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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1958
Page
7
OU officials unveiled a plan for multiple housing units on Cherry Street, with a 3 acre donated site to become University Meadows. The project aims to replace dorms, boost enrollment toward 15,000 to 18,000, and offer tax benefits and future university ownership, while addressing faculty shortages amid rising college demand.
Mrs Thomas Boehm dropped valuable diamond rings into a septic tank while soaking her feet in a trailer home bath. She used a steel safety pin to guard the rings and a police magnet retrieved the pin with the rings on the first try. The rings were valued at $2,000.
Partly this afternoon with cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and occasional rain Wednesday. Not so cold tonight, colder Wednesday. Highs this afternoon around 40s. Gillows tonight 40s, highs Wednesday 50 to 55.
A gun duel in Dana Point California left a 1 year old boy his father and a deputy sheriff dead. Another deputy and a 14 year old boy were wounded. The assailant Charles Arthur Seyfert 39 and his son Charles 14 fired on deputies Edward Johnson 31 and Robert Shultz 37 who approached a battered school bus. Seyfert and his youngest son Tommy 10 were killed. The older Seyfert boy and Deputy Johnson were hospitalized. Authorities cited a warning call from Seyfert’s sister in nearby San Juan Capistrano and concerns about the husband’s mental state. Mrs Seyfert 34 fled with her daughter Robert 4 after stopping at the sister’s home. Smorgasbord N Amer Coffee Shop listed.
Belton Missouri city council session erupts as Tillie M. Quick requests resignations from Mayor, Public Works chief, and an alderman over alleged illegal city dealings. She cites a City Hall remodeling bill, a large city plant insurance policy, and repair work by the alderman. The mayor adjourns abruptly while legal counsel is consulted.
In Las Vegas area a United Air Lines DC7 with 47 aboard collided with an Air Force F100 during instrument training at 21 000 feet. Both planes crashed, all aboard perished. CAB proposes restricting air space to instrument flight only unless clearance is given. A Nellis AFB mission involved the F100 and the pilot ejected, raising questions about future flight restrictions and safety measures.
Washington witnesses testified that a $50,000 payoff could halt a union organizing drive at the Philadelphia bakery chain Horn and Hardart. Daniel Hanlon, chief counsel for the company, said he rejected any such proposition. The idea reportedly came via Samuel Feldman, a Teamster Local 929 agent, with Solomon Freedman arranging the talk.
Herman Keith a retired farmer and longtime Franklin County resident died yesterday at 2 30 pm in Ransom Memorial Hospital He was born July 7 1865 in Wisconsin one of eight children His family moved to a farm near Ottawa in a covered wagon He married Eleanor M Radley Sept 2 1880s and observed their 66th wedding anniversary before her death Nov 20 1950 He was a member of First Baptist Church for 74 years Surviving are two daughters Mrs Judith Kane Bellel and Mrs dusther Hahn Independence four grandchildren and three brothers and a sister Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 pm at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Roger Fredrikson and Dr W A Teltiott officiating Burial will be in Nap e Cemetery
A weather bulletin says a storm from the northern Rocky Mountain region will move east into Kansas bringing rain across much of the state and possible snow in the northwest. Temperatures are expected to drop as the system develops, with stockmen advised to protect livestock.
Over 200 persons are expected at the Chamber of Commerce All-Sports Banquet at the Armory tonight at 6:90. Peg Carr reports about 200 tickets are sold and some committee members still have tickets to turn in. Carrie Smith, football coach at Pittsburg State Teacher College, will be the speaker with Tom Gleason as MC and Rev. Roger Fredrikson delivering the invocation.
A tornado in Midlothian Texas ripped through farms, injuring 11 people and lifting 2 year old Gary Wroning from his collapsing home, slinging him 50 yards into an open field with only a cut chin reported. In the same session, Docking’s tax reform proposals were discussed by the House Ways and Means Committee amid calls for swift floor action.
A tornado struck a four room frame house owned by George Froning six miles southeast of Vetcotitan, tearing the building apart. Froning crawled free from debris while his wife and daughter shielded their child during the wind and rain. The wife suffered a gash to the left arm, and the family found Gary dazed nearby after the collapse.
Senate Republicans decided to speed action on a sales tax aid bill worth about 57.5 million dollars for schools and social welfare. The plan would allocate 6.5 million for high school aid and 18 million for elementary aid, with a later introduction and possible passage. A second caucus was set for tomorrow to review income taxes severance taxes and sales tax raise options.
Loyd F. King, 48, of Monroe Trail er Courts, was severely injured when he failed to negotiate a curve on US 59 south of Princeton. His car left the road, rolled four times, and he was thrown through the windshield. He suffered a back injury, internal injuries, and multiple lacerations, first treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital before transfer to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Salinas California. Melvyn Russell Blair a retired Army lieutenant colonel and decorated veteran of two wars was sentenced to 5 to 20 years in prison for attempting to steal 40000 in Bing Crosby golf tournament receipts last January. Acting Superior Judge J A Blair denied probation after Blair pleaded guilty to the holdup attempt citing the use of a revolver.
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