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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1961

Page

6

Waring and family visit. Osburn to speak on TB tests

Rey Waring and Mrs. L. Frank Waring of Elsinore Calif formerly Ottawa residents visit brother Jim for six weeks and plan trips to Pittsburg to see son Ford, a Pittsburg State instructor. Mrs. Rosalie Osburn, Franklin County nurse, will address Hawkins Community Club Friday at 8 p.m. on TB tests in schools and show a film. Also an officers election and Centenn ial Parade tickets on sale.

Rey L. Frank Waring Elsinore Calif Ottawa Jim Waring First Methodist Pittsburg Ford Pittsburg State Rosalie Osburn Franklin County Hawkins Community Club Osburn

Local Market Prices for Grains and Poultry

Readable market listing shows soybean price 3.09, wheat 1.80, rye 0.70, ear corn 0.90, shelled corn 0.90, oats 0.68, barley 1.25, butterfat 0.48 43, eggs straight run 0.23, graded eggs 0.29 0.26 0.23, heavy hens 0.08, light hens 0.205, cocks 0.09. Prices reflect commodity values and egg classifications.

Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Auction Week Nears

Cattle totals near 2000 with calves around 50. slaughter steers steady to strong, heifers steady, cows slow, bulls and feeders mixed. Hogs up to 25 higher on barrows and gilts, sows steady. Sheep with spring lambs rising, lamb quotes 18.00, 13.50 to 17.00 for other grades. ewes 3.00 to 4.00. Bulk stocker and feeder bids noted for Thursday auction.

Kansas City

Collapse Of U N Feared By Landon In Speech

Alf M. Landon warned in Topeka that the United Nations may collapse. He cited Laos Cuba and Africa noting US actions helped the Soviet gain strategic positions yet UN efforts barred Soviet expansion in the Congo and Africa.

Topeka Alf M. Landon Kansas United Nations Landon Laos Cuba Africa United States Congo African

Near Death for Ex-prisoner Robert McCann

Doctors in Manila report Robert McCann a 60 year old recently freed from a Red Chinese prison is dangerously ill with cancer and too near death to be moved to the United States.

Manila Robert McCann United States

Santa Fe Income Drops in First Quarter 1961

TOPEKA AP The Santa Fe Railway reports first quarter net income of 8,095,711, down over 3 million from last year. Gross income for the quarter fell to 189.7 million from 149.9 million in 1960. March net income was 4,593,032 versus 5,091,406.

Topeka The Santa Fe Railway Today

Space Project Suffers Blow

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Atlas failure blazed into a fireball seconds after launch crippling the US orbital plan for Mercury. The unmanned capsule was ejected by the escape system and landed safely in the Atlantic. A Redstone mission next week aims for a 115 mile suborbital flight lasting about 16 minutes.

Cape Canaveral Fla America Atlantic Ocean Cape National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Papers Must Serve Public

New York AP. Mark Ferree, ANPA president, cited over 250 examples of newspapers serving the public beyond news. He noted 7.5 million dollars in false advertising refused in 1960 and said ANPA, now 846 members, formed 75 years ago to improve content and public service. He called readers’ trust a strong bond.

New York Mark Ferree American Newspaper Publishers Association ANPA Ferree Gneral Scripps-Howard

Kennedy proposes expanded student loan program

President Kennedy calls for a permanent expanded national student loan program to aid needy college students. He also seeks to raise new federally financed fellowships from 1,500 to 5,000 annually and extend loan forgiveness to teachers in colleges and universities. He urges three year extension for funding science math and language instruction and adds physical fitness as a permitted use of funds.

Washington Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Senate House Sam Rayburn Commissioner of Education

Awards Given At High School Awards Assembly

Karen Indall received a Time Magazine certificate of excellence for her high score on a current events test. The assembly honored 82 students across cheerleads, Future Homemakers of America, journalism, drill team, basketball, and thespian groups, listing numerous names and roles.

Karen Indall Time Magazine Life Homemakers of America

Stoffer Dwight R Means funeral details listed

Funeral services for Edward Wendell Stoffer who died April 21 were held at Lamb Funeral Home on April 23 with Rev Charles P Knight officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Mound Cemetery. Active pallbearers named along with honorary pallbearers. music by Mrs J R Henning. Donations to American Cancer Society requested in lieu of flowers. Funeral services for Dwight R Means Pittsburgh Pa who died yesterday will be at Lamb Funeral Home Saturday at 10 30 am officiated by Dr Raymond P Jennings with burial at Highland Cemetery. A service at Christ Methodist Church Bethel Park Pa Thursday afternoon precedes.

Edward Wendell Stoffer Lamb Funeral Home Charles P. Knight Will Dunlap Frank Davis Willard Bitts Harris Murray Newt Fleming Ed Hoffman Charles Briles Will Green Vincent Reedy Otis Shipps John Bulson Henry Staadt Ralph Green Wayne Dickerson Herbert Wolf Frederick Wood Truman Milton George Spears Bruce Spears J. R. Henning Evergreen Mound Cemetery Dwight R. Means Pittsburgh Raymond P. Jennings Highland Cemetery Christ Methodist Church Bethel Park American Cancer Society

Optometric Group Selects Officers in Kansas

In Wichita AP report Dr. Wayne Frantz of Iola was elected president of the Kansas Optometric Association. Dr. E C Jeffrey of Kansas City became president elect, with Harold Ripple of Hiawatha as first vice president and E D Nelson of Topeka as second vice president. Wendell D Waldie of Wichita was reelected treasurer and secretary Emporia. Harold Snider reelected as second vice. Auxiliary officers elected include Mrs James Riley Wellington president and others as listed.

Wichita Wayne Frantz Iola Kansas Optometric Association E. C. Jeffrey Kansas City Harold Ripple Hiawatha E. D. Nelson Topeka Harold Snider Emporia Wendell D. Waldie James Riley Wellington Howard Sharpe Atwood Fred Weaver Abilene Vvice Bernard Nickel Winfield Franklin Reinhardt Great Bend

Leak Found in Miami County State Lake Dam

Adron Dawson of Overland Park spotted a rupture in the dam at Miami County State Lake southeast of Osawatomie. A strong flow of water was observed through the break as a state fish and game inspector was called to assess the site. The lake remained high due to recent rains.

Osawatomie Miami County Adron Dawson Overland Park

Katanga Chief Arrested By Congo Soldiers

Katanga leader Moise Tshombe was arrested at Coquilhatville airport as he attempted to depart for home after walking out of an anti Communist conference. Soldiers surrounded his party and barred civilians from the terminal while forcing passengers to return to town. Tshombe, his foreign minister Evariste Kimba, and two others were detained as they prepared to board a plane amid surrounding Congolese and European aides. The incident followed Tshombe’s accusation that Kasavubu sold out to the United Nations and threatened to jeopardize a proposed confederation of Congo states.

Coquilhatville the Congo Moise Tshombe Katanga Tshombe Equator Province Joseph Kasavubu United Nations Leopoldville Evariste Kimba Congo Antoine Gizenga Kasavubu U.N

Ample Local Gas Supply Urged for Kansas Industry

Gov John Anderson urged the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Kansas Industrial Development Commission to secure non interruptible natural gas for local industry. He cited 565 billion cubic feet of gas shipped out of state in 1959 and warned Kansas loses reserves to industrialized regions elsewhere.

Topeka Kansas John Anderson Corporation Commission Richard Byrd John Sticher Kansas Industrial Development Commission

Truckload Of Mail Damaged By Fire

AP reports a Kansas City to Lamar route mail truck was heavily damaged by fire at Harrisonville Missouri early Wednesday. About half of 200 to 250 sacks on the star route carrier were destroyed, others water damaged. Route includes all cities between Kansas City and Lamar with mail discharged and picked up along the way. Some Nevada post office mail was water soaked.

Kansas City Lamar Harrisonville George Carpenter Nevada

Wellsville graduates display wall hanger for yearbooks

Wellsville High School alumni committee arranged a wall hanger with swinging panels to display graduation photos. Committee members hosted Marquise Studios rep Gladys Miller to set up 12 wings of 24 by 36 inch panels with double glass.

Wellsville High School W.H.S. Alumni Association Gladys Miller Marquise Studios Enid Okla Perry Leip Perry Leib Walter Revey Marcelene Todd Nina Barton) Jacoby

Ottawa Kansas notices of probate hearings and traffic ordinance

Multiple public notices from Franklin County Kansas including petitions for administration of Jennie B Caple and Emer R Bromell estates with hearings set in Ottawa on May 4 1961 and April 10 1961, plus Ordinance 2179 regulating travel and traffic designating through highways in Ottawa Main Logan Seventh Cedar Hickory Locust Willow Fifteenth Walnut Streets with enactment date April 19 1961.

State of Kansas Franklin County Kansas Jennie HB. Caple Louis H. Dengel Jennie B. Caple Emer R. Bromell Ottawa LeRoy R. Bromel Lucille T Sprofera Main Street Logan Street Seventh Street Cedar Street First Street Fifteenth Street Hickory Street Locust Street Tecumseh Street Willow Street Walnut Street Fifth Street XK. Andrews

Hospital Admission and Discharge Notes

Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs Glenn Heaverin of Melvern on Tuesday Mrs Sarah Hunter of 635 South Mulberry Eunice Butter of Williamsburg today and discharges for Gene Brown RFD 8 Mrs Robert Howell 622 South Cedar on Tuesday Mrs Herman Ackmann and baby son RFD 1 Garnett and Mrs Larry MacArthur Richmond today

Glenn Heaverin Melvern Sarah Hunter Williamsburg Gene Brown RFD Robert Howell S. Cedar Herman Ackmann Garnett Larry MacArthur Richmond

REPORT OF CONDITION Citizens State Bank Pomona Kansas 1961

Report of condition for Citizens State Bank of Pomona Kansas as of April 12 1961 lists assets including cash balances with other banks reserve balances and cash items in process of collection along with government obligations and other bonds notes debentures and Farm Home Administration loans with 100 percent insured by the U S Government amounts shown reflect various classifications and totals for the period.

Pomona Kansas U. S

Overbrook and Ottawa Livestock Sales and Auctions

A compact listing of weekly and upcoming sales across Ottawa Kansas area and surrounding towns. Includes Overbrook Livestock Sale Wednesdays, Ottawa Market Sales on Wilson Street, Neosho Livestock Co sale in Missouri, and various private auction events with dates April 26 to May 16. Locations include Baldwin, Richland, Lyndon, and local residences, with contact names and phone numbers where given.

John Lester Hickory Ottawa Kansas W. H. Lucas Baldwin Eidith B. Steele Watate Wakarusa Bottom Richland Lawrence Kas Wilson Street Kansans Neosho Livestock Commission Co Neosho Missouri

Bank Statement and Tractor Sale Noted in Ad

Neal B Baxter attests bank statement accuracy showing liabilities and profits while an advertisement promotes a garden tractor with Briggs Stratton engine. Tractor features large tires, attachments, and installment pricing at $89.95 or $5.00 down and $6.00 monthly.

Briggs & Stratton

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