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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1957
Page
1
News briefs note Company B 880th Military Police Battalion from Ottawa will travel to Parsons for an exercise involving .45 caliber weapons. The entire battalion attends, leaving Ottawa at 7 a.m. in a car caravan led by Capt. Glen Crowley.
The Kansas conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church reports a 5000 dollar pledge to Bethany College Lindsborg for a boys dormitory funded by the Women’s Missionary Society. Ethel Palmquist leads the society which plans payment by April 1 1958 as part of the Kansas Conference’s 87th annual convention. Rev Paul Noren was elected vice president. Gene L Larson treasurer. Rev Wymore M Goldberg secretary. Dr N Everett Hedeen presiding notes high missionary totals and that six of ten United States and Canada missionaries are women.
A list of church services across Quenemo Kansas with times, pastors, and meeting details for Kingdom Hall, Assembly of God, Bethany Chapel, Nazarene, Church of Christ, Wesleyan, Church of Christ at 9038 Poplar, Sacred Heart, Christian Defense Society, Trinity Methodist, Presbyterian, Grace Episcopal, First Methodist, Free Methodist, Calvary Baptist, North Baptist, First Christian, Faith Lutheran, Garnett Lutheran, St Paul A M E, and ministerial alliance program.
The Salvation Army introduces a plan for processing transient cases via police departments and local committees. Major T A Raber described the system at United Presbyterian Church. Randolph Bundy chairs Ottawa Salvation Army work. $1200 is allocated to Ottawa from Community Chest funds, with 80 percent to the state and 20 percent locally.
State Highway Director Lynn Brodrick says Democrats are replacing Republicans as agents for Kansas drivers licenses. About 225 communities have seen changes with plans to switch most of the roughly 400 agents, based on recommendations from state and county Democratic officials, with some cases retaining or appointing Republicans.
New York The inflatable air house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright will be shown at the International Home Exposition Show May 4 12 at the Coliseum. The two vinyl coated nylon domes form living dining sleeping areas with a full kitchen and bath. Built by United States Rubber Co the units measure 8 by 19 feet and 24 by 12 feet and are anchored by sand filled tubes. Air pressure keeps the structure aloft and an air conditioning system maintains inflation and climate.
The Associated Press reports a tense baseball game as the Oakland A's keep pressure on the Chicago White Sox. Early hits and sharp defense kept the score close, with late innings deciding factors uncertain.
In a dual track meet on the Burlington track, Melvern dominated with nine firsts and placed in every event while Burlington and Parsons fared behind. Melvern’s top scorer led with strong showings in distance and field events as Johnson and Christman also contributed solid finishes.
KU fans anticipated a glimpse of the team after a close 4-3 loss to the league leading Chicago White Sox, with strong play from the home squad and continued optimism for upcoming games.
Thunderstorms threaten as Hilly Pierce returns to the mound in the sixth for Kansas City while Tom Morgan suffers a loss. Rangers of Texas and Ohio Valleys face storms, tornadoes, and heavy rain, with Fort Worth and Dallas recording inches. Kansas University football fans peek at the alumni meet and a mixed weather outlook across the nation shapes a volatile early spring day.
Nine youngsters from Wesleyan Methodist Church attended Hospitality Day at Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Miltonvale. The Ottawa group left Friday morning and returned today after classroom visits campus tour chapel counselling banquet and entertainment. Attending Ottawans included Marie Gilmore Delores Hubbard Eugene Cates Shirley Hubbard Ethelyn Campbell Cecil Gilmore Mary Ann Hubbard Joel Garrett Kenneth Bennett and Rev Wayne Caldwell as adult sponsor.
In NICE France the destroyer Everglades rushed to rejoin the U S 6th Fleet as 300 sailors left in the south of France after ships sailed for the Middle East. Officers and men stranded in Paris and northern Italy near departure.
TOPEKA The State Board of Health official warns shockingly large numbers of Kansas children and adults remain unvaccinated against polio. Dr Thomas R Hood urges prompt immunization as the 1957 season nears. He notes vaccine supply for those under 19 and pregnant women is accessible through the State Board of Health and counties, with commercial supplies available for all others.
In this fragmentary market item, prices for Yellow Corn shelled and oats appear with figures around 2.20 and 2.18 per unit, alongside notes on barley, Milo, and heavy and light hens. The text is garbled with multiple unreadable segments, but indicates a 48 hour graded status and assorted commodity pricing typical of a historic market listing.
Admitted Mrs Robert Stansbury 608 S Poplar Bobby Rice 827 S Sycamore today Births Mr and Mrs Herbert Fredricks 517 Birch daughter born Friday weight 7 lb 10 oz Mr and Mrs David M Stone 25 Princeton daughter born Friday weight 8 lb Mr and Mrs Jesse L Brown Baldwin daughter born Friday weight 4 lb Dismissed Mrs Eldon Brockus Rantoul Elizabeth Ann Butler 405 Willow Friday Mrs Wayland Kirkland day daughter 738 King Mrs Ralph Schoonover and baby son 744 Walnut Mike Robinson 846 Olive today
A group from Ottawa University headed to St Louis for botanical study at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Prof and Mrs Elmer Roth accompany the students who will visit the Orchidea rium to see about 64 000 orchids and study rare psilotum plants before returning to Ottawa for classes.
Rivera and Lollar drove in key runs as Chicago defeated Kansas City 6 to 4. Morgan allowed two runs over seven innings before LaPalme struggled late. Pierce earned the win, Morgen took the loss, and 15 627 attended the game.
Senator Schoeppel of Kansas will address a gasoline plant dedication near Altica on May 3 and speak to the Wichita chapter of the National Federation of Postal Clerks the following day in Wichita.
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