Ottawa area news briefs and local notices
Convicted in Garnett court Salb faces 60 days in jail and court costs. Community fashion show, woodworking exhibit, and two plays set for Princeton Friday. Pomona Grange meets Saturday with supper and business, degree work. Ottawa University trip to Kansas City plants scheduled April 26, April 27 speech correction trip to KU medical center. Alpha Psi Omega dinner tonight installs new officers and eight new members with Ruth Lathrop sponsor. Dowell charged with drunkenness misaddress corrected. Vacations for Ottawans Santarpia and Watkins. Ogg posts overtime parking bond. Court house rest room repaint Saturday. Fowler guilty of two no account checks. third hearing April 24. Madison quiet title suit filed. Cole school last day Friday potluck then 8 p m program. Noel surgery at St Marys KC. Youngs return from Arkansas trip. PTA convention in Wichita with Dorkins president and Hinderliter vice president. Ottawa University choir aids Rotary meeting with several local and regional guests.
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Alpha Psi Omega Dramatic Fraternity
Ottawa University
Sheldon
Ruth Lathrop
Hospital Notes Admitted and Dismissed Names
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Joe Selby route 1 and Mrs. Frieda Kissinger 404 E Logan plus Mrs Elmer Mallory Pomona and others in Williamsburg Providence and Richmond with addresses. Dismissals include Renee and Renetta Engles 1027 Cottonwood and Steven White 1021 S Mulberry among others.
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Joe Selby
Route 1
Frieda Kissinger
E. Logan
Elmer Mallory
Pomona
J. O. Beeson
N. Poplar
Lila Bond
Williamsburg
Ray Nutt
Massasoit
Renee and
Renetta Engles
Cottonwood
Steven White
S. Mulberry
Florence Bennett
William McCall
Richmond
Lonnie Cox
Ada Crow
Hall Attacks Opponents Over Right to Work Bill
Gov. Fred Hall told a luncheon that his opponent did not back the right to work measure in 1953 but now backs it. He did not name Warren Shaw, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful. Hall warned the lobby will not be satisfied until the bill passes, comparing labor and farming interests and citing Kansas’ 1955 labor law as a solution.
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Pratt
Fred Hall
Hall
Warren Shaw
Kansas
Ghostly Blue Lights Arouse Residents of Colorado Town
In Silver Cliff Colorado residents report nightly ghostly blue lights moving over the town cemetery. Witness Ray De Wall of the Wet Mountain Tribune cites crowds of up to 50 seeing bluish, hovering lights near tombstones, while attempts to detect them with geiger counters failed. Residents offer theories from star reflection to mercury vapor lights, with some recalling sightings before street lighting existed.
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Colorado Town
Silver Cliff
Colo.p
Colorado
Ray de Wall
Wet Mountain Tribune
Westcliffe
Here
Perjury charge against ex Army officer challenged
Attorney Edward Bennett Williams argued that two House members acted as judges not legislators during hearings in which Aldo L. Icardi denied masterminding the 1944 Holahan slaying in Italy or misappropriating OSS funds. A perjury indictment arises from his March 1953 testimony before a House subcommittee. Govern ment portrayed Holahan as reluctant to arm Italian partisans for civil conflict.
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Washington
Aldo L. Icardi
House
Icardi
USS
William V. Hollahan
Edward Bennett Williams
U.S. Dist
Richmond B. Keech
Pittsburgh
Armed Services
Holohan
Italy
Office of Strategic Services
Williams
Jeardi
Twelve Charges Sentenced for Kentucky Youth
Billy Hill a 17 year old high school senior in Mount Sterling Kentucky pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to 12 charges. He received ten years for robbery two years for carrying a concealed deadly weapon two years on each of two housebreaking charges two years on each of two charges of stealing from a school one year for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and one year on each of five storehouse breaking charges. All sentences run concurrently and he will be turned over to the Kentucky Youth Authority until he becomes of age.
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Mount Sterling
Billy Hill
Kentucky Youth Authority
Easy Topper Pattern Lets You Sew Quick Summer Style
The advertisement promotes a lightweight woolen, pastel linen, or pique topper with a neat collar and square pockets. It offers Misses sizes 12 through 42, notes size 16 uses 24 yards of 54 inch fabric, and includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mail to Anne Adams in New York, with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Ottawa Herald
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Gas Service Co Executive Shift in Kansas City
The Gas Service Company elected Ben C Adams Sr as Chairman and R M Power as President at the April 17 meeting after the annual stockholders gathering in Kansas City. Adams remains principal executive officer, Power is Executive VP, with Adams Jr as Vice-President and Duggan as VP and General Counsel.
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The
Gas Service Company
Ben C. Adams, Sr
R. M. Power
Kansas City
Adams
Mr. Power
Ben C. Adams, Jr
Jerry T. Duggan
I. W. McKee
H. E. Dean
R. W. Barker
Adams, Sr
Mr. Adams, Sr
Doherty Organization
Doherty and Cities Service Organization
Fruit Pill May Prevent Sunburn
In Florence Arizona researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Oregon study psoralen a fruit derived drug to prevent sunburn. The compound from fig and citrus trees aims to speed tanning while avoiding overexposure. Last year eight prisoners suffered severe sunburn prompting caution and further trials. Dr Thomas B Fitzpatrick of the University of Oregon cautions he is encouraged by recent results.
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Florence
Ariz
University of Arizona
University of Oregon
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Funeral services for Clarence A. Smith
Clarence A. Smith died April 14 and funeral services were held April 17 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with Rev. William Luce officiating. Pallbearers included Orin Kirkendall Bernard Bruner J W Edwards Frank Davis H G Blunt and Fred Yates. Jimmie Richardson sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens accompaniment. Burial followed in Lane Cemetery.
Manufacturing Boom Reaches Kansas Since 1940
Since 1940 more than 1,000 new manufacturing industries have either moved into Kansas or started operations within the state. The surge marks a significant growth in industrial development and job creation across Kansas during the period.
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Kansas
The
State
Man Killed On Safety Mission In Arlington
Dallas man Charles Virgil Ramsey, 50, was killed last night when struck by a car while walking across Highway 80 to phone his wife and confirm they were safe. Ramsey and companion Jessie L. Wilson had driven to Fort Worth seeking jobs and stayed late. Ramsey stopped to call and reassure his wife. Safe buy: U.S. Savings Bonds.
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Arlington
Tex
Dallas
Charles Virgil Ramsey
Jessie L. Wilson
Ramsey
Fort Worth
Wilson
Local grocer sued in county court over promissory note
The Lee Foods Division of Consolidated Foods Corp Kansas City sues Wellsville resident J D Martin for 955.45 alleging the amount is due on a promissory note.
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Wellsville
Lee Foods Division
Consolidated Foods Corporation
Kansas City
J. D. Martin
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