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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1958

Page

4

Side Swipes at Ottawa University Tour Concert

Modern music and drama will highlight the Ottawa University tour concert at First Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30. Kodaly Jesus and the Traders and Mendelssohn Elijah provide the program with soloists in costume. The concert is open to the public. Ottawa High School band played on tele vision with exchange band at Highland Park and left Ottawa noon for the trip. WIBW photographers filmed the Ottawa bus arrival for the 6 pm Channel 18 news.

Ottawa University First Baptist Church Kodaly Elijah Mendelssohn Ottawa Highland Park Topeka WIBW Channel 18

FBI Arrests Wanted Man In Riverside Murder Case

Donald Earl Klaus, 22, charged with murder in Riverside California, was arrested by FBI agents in a Kansas City hotel. He allegedly transported the victim’s car from Riverside to Florence Arizona after the body was found near Riverside March 9. Klaus, traced to a Lordsburg New Mexico hospital, was unarmed and offered no resistance. The FBI continues to probe if a companion aided his escape.

Kansas City Donald Earl Klaus Riverside Calif FBI W. Mark Felt Klaus Florence Ariz Felt Lordsburg N. M John Henry Sherman Long Beach Sherman

Weather forecast shows fair mild weekend conditions

County forecast indicates generally fair and mild weather this afternoon and Sunday. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low in the 30s and Sunday high in the 60s. Past data include yesterday's high 62 and today’s low 33. record highs and lows for this date are 86 in 1930 and 19 in 1957.

Geskeeleil A Secon

Six Policemen Are Charged with Burglaries

MUSKOGEE Okla Six police officers pleaded innocent to second degree burglary in city court yesterday admitting thefts. Officers Bonicelli Limbird Gray son Maples Basham Hefner identified. Maples Limbird Bonicelli trial starts May 5. other three preliminaries set April 29. Wehba says investigation may implicate more officers in a five year mess.

Muskogee Okla Ernie Wehba Wehba Scout Car Paul Bonicelli Jr Raymonds Limbird Jerry Grayson William Basham Lehn Maples Charles Hefner Maples Limbird Bonicelli District Court

Tooth Lost During New York Robbery

James Fox bound and gagged during a robbery at a New York dentist office. The assailants stole $1,000 in loot, and clinic owner Dr. Lee J. McGinnis freed himself, untied his wife, and then extracted Fox’s tooth after calling police.

New York James Fox Lee J. McGinnis McGinnis Fox

Unemployment Appears Static

Washington unemployment among workers insured for jobless benefits stayed mostly flat through March. For the week ended March 99, total insured unemployed fell to 3,276,500, the fifth straight week within a narrow range. Initial claims for new benefits rose by 79,900 to 501,800 for the week ended April 5. About 43 million of 67 million workers were covered. farm workers remain largely uncovRed.

Washington Labor Department Department Bureau of Employment Security

U.S. to Consult Allies on Rejecting Red Plan

The United States plans quick consultations with NATO allies to reject Russia terms for meetings to arrange a summit. Washington seeks a reply by Thursday, the date Moscow proposed for ambassador level talks in Moscow.

Washington United States NATO Russia Moscow Khrushchev Britain France

Idaho Falls youths sentenced in dynamite murder attempt

Charles M Feely aged 18 and Monte D Moore aged 21 admitted setting off a dynamite blast to kill a young mother and claim 20000 in insurance. They pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder and were sentenced up to 14 years each. The injured mother Roene Gasser, 24, recovers, her 15 month old son unharmed.

Idaho Falls Idaho Charles M. Feely Monte D. Moore Henry S. Martin Roene Gasser

Peace Prospects Are Brighter

Russian ambassador Mikhail Menshikov said peace prospects look slightly better and stressed willingness to seek understanding between sides. He called US atomic test ending an important step toward peaceful coexistence with Russia during a weekend visit with Cyrus Eaton. The Soviet party will visit Eaton's Acadia Farm at Northfield, about 151 miles south of Cleveland.

Cleveland Mikhail A. Menshikov United States Cyrus S. Eaton Washington Russia Eaton Menshikov Vladimir Lavrov Acadia Northfield Here

Nab Two Youths In Stolen Car

Two 16 year old boys from Falls Church Virginia were chased and arrested by Yates Center sheriff's deputies for stealing a car and 40 dollars in cash at gunpoint from a woman in Falls Church. Suspects Michael Joseph Bannach and Kenneth Gene Jacobsen were held for federal or Virginia authorities.

Yates Center Kas Falls Church Virginia Michael Joeph Bannach Kenneth Gene Jacobsen Jack Kress

Charge Three Men In Radio Prank

Three Los Angeles electronic engineers were charged with operating an unlicensed radio transmitter that broadcast on Sputnik 1’s frequency as a prank on amateur operators tracking the satellite. Rulon D. Jensen and Deal L. Hanson of Los Angeles and Fred W. Field Jr. of Torrance face arraignment in U S District Court Monday.

Los Angeles Sputnik 1 U.S Fred W. Field Jr Torrance

Truman Returns To His Old Stamping Grounds

Harry S Truman revisits his stomping grounds for the 13th anniversary of becoming president. He arrived in town and will speak at a banquet for the American Veterans of World War II and testify in House Banking Committee hearings on recession measures. He rejects a tax cut idea while considering public works cautiously.

Harry Truman Waslington Harry S. Truman United States Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Missouri Truman White House Dency House Banking Committee Banking Committee Spence D-Ky Eisenhower Administration

Court Reporter Davenport Seen as Historian of Courts

Gilbert Davenport of the 4th Judicial District verbatim reports court procedures in Franklin and Anderson Counties. His notes become permanent records and can be questioned only by impeachment. Davenport is certified through a Supreme Court board and the National Shorthand Reporters Association, with a 200 wpm standard via a five party mock trial. He uses a steno machine and has a wartime Army journalism background, later moving from Kingman to Ottawa area court reporting while maintaining an 85 acre farm with cattle pasture.

Gilbert Davenport 4Th Judicial District Franklin Anderson Counties Davenport Supreme Court Examining Board Manhattan Topeka Business College Chicago Truman United States Great Britain Kingman Ottawa

Annual Harmony Parade Planned

The Sixth Annual Parade of Harmony will be at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday April 26 at 8 15 p m Three top barber shop quartets The Wi Neighbor Four from Kansas City Cavaliers from Newton and the Humbugs from Topeka will perform Ottawa chapter of SOSB S P B S Inc is the sponsor Admission is 1 proceeds go to financing the Ottawa chapter activities this year Al F P J Williams directs the Ottawa chapter chorus and a local quartet provide additional entertainment

Memorial Auditorium Ottawa The Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing, Inc Wi Neighbor Kansas City Cavaliers Newton Topeka al F P. J. Williams Harold Tickner

Ottawa Declares Clean Up and Fire Prevention Week 1958

The city of Ottawa Kansas proclaims April 13 to 19 1958 as Clean Up and Fire Prevention Week. Mayor J E E Andrews urges civic groups schools and citizens to actively participate and homeowners to tidy their properties to make Ottawa safer and more attractive. Signed K E Andrews mayor and Donald R Capper city clerk.

State of Kansas Ottawa J. E. E. Andrews K. E. Andrews Donald R. Capper

Lie Detector Traps Man In Chicago Murder

Chicago police disclosed lie detector tests placed Barry Cook at the scene of the July 22 1956 lakefront murder of Margaret Gallagher. Two witnesses identified Cook in court and from a car drive by the scene. Cook was questioned about Judith Mae Anderson’s dismemberment slaying the previous August.

Chicago Barry Cook Cook Frank Ferlicy Margaret Gallagher Gallagher Lake Shore Drive Ferlic Halton Grant John Reid Judith Mae Anderson Reid Anderson

GM To Shut Down Plants For Production Readjustment

General Motors plans week long shutdowns at nine Chevrolet division plants to realign production with new car inventories. A second set of nine assembly plants will close the following week with locations including Janesville, Van Nuys, Oakland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Warsaw, Baltimore, and Flint, among others.

Detroit General Motors Chevrolet Toledo Cleveland Ohio Buffalo Tonsawanda N.Y Bay City Lie’venia Mich Flint

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