Ottawa area notices and arrests summarized in one report
Lincoln Ellsworth 1014 South Lubt left for Flasher North Dakota to tend his ill mother Mrs David Ellsworth. John A Kunkel Jr Kansas City cited for speeding in a no passing zone and lacking valid license. Leland Leon Jacot 714 Ash cited for failing to stop at US 59. Junior high students and advisors met to discuss changes to the youth guide per PTA council. National Merit Scholarship tests set for Ottawa High juniors tomorrow. first time juniors take the test. For sale old newspapers 10 cents per bundle. Ottawa Herald advertises local vendors and auctions including Alvin Houston public auction near Poston a farm. Mrs Ira Buesell Sacramento California underwent above knee amputation surgery April 19. condition satisfactory. Phillip Seaton 819 North Sycamore reports theft of a fender skirt Friday night. Baxter community closing day basket supper Wednesday. Alpha Delta Kappa state convention attendees from Ottawa. Mae Riddle of Colorado Springs visiting friends. remembered as Mae Fletcher Okerberg. A new parsonage and office for Rev W H Dickinson under construction at 1624 South Sycamore costing 15 000 to 16 000.
Traffic Safety Seminar To Be Held Here In Ottawa
A traffic safety planning seminar is set for Ottawa on May 2 at Memorial Auditorium from 9:30 a.m. onward. Don Jones, president of the Franklin County Citizens Safety Council, announces the event with keynote by Jones on welcome. The program highlights teens and women in traffic safety with speakers from state and local safety groups, including Kirk Hammer and Claud R. Camment, plus women’s activity leaders and legislative briefings. A Garden City Garden meeting follows April 30, with Creola-Charles Baker coordinating both events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Don Jones
Franklin County Citizens Safety Council
Memorial Auditorium
Jones
Claud R. Camment
State Highway Commission
Frank Lawrence
National Safety Council
Georgiana H. Smurthwaite
Manhattan
Elmer Logan
Bethel
Garden City
Creola-Charles Baker
Traffic Safety Council of Women
Wanted Workers in Garden City Farm Labor Boom
W D Trebilcock manager of a nine county state employment office reports about 70 farm laborer positions available in Garden City Kansas with no applicants to fill the jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
Hospital Notes and Births and Dismissals Summary
Admitted were Mrs. Sarah Hunter of 704 Ash and others including Milton Pippenger and Fred Noel among a list of patients. Births reported to Lynn and Lynn Smith of Wichita their daughter born Saturday weighing 7 lb 1 oz, and Mr and Mrs Earl Comstock of Melvern with a son born Saturday weighing 7 lb. Dismissals included George Jenkins and Barbara Carmona among several names. One patient, Clyde Nichols, transferred to K U Medical Center today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hunter
Ash
Hugh Campbell
S. Cedar
Milton Pippenger
Mona
Fred Noel
S. Elm
Bob Killough
Jerry Chamberlin
Waverly
Charles II
Jones
Lynn Smith
Wichita
Earl Comstock
Melvern
George Jenkins
Cedar House
Maida Milward
Rantoul
Barbara Carmona
Wellsville
Deborah Hildebrant
Latimer
N. Main
Howard Lee
H. A. Lewis
Ben Ogle
Michigan Valley
Clyde Phillips
N. Poplar
S. Robert McCrea
S. Hickory
Clyde C. Nichols
K. U. Medical Center
Spanish Students Attend Cervantes Day at KU
Miss Nelle R. Buchanan from Ottawa University led four Spanish students Doris Polley Ruth Dryden Alice McClure and Frank Randel to the University of Kansas Cervantes Day celebration. Activities included morning and afternoon programs and a noon dinner. The event featured Stirling Maxwell rare books from Scotland including Cervantes works such as Don Quixote with talks by visiting UT professor Dr Walter Starkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle R. Buchanan
Ottawa University
University of Kansas
Doris Polley
Ruth Dryden
Alice McClure
Frank Randel
Library
Stirling-Maxwell
Scotland
Cervantes
University of Texas
Walter Starkie
Cowboy Programs Distorting Justice Says Justice
Providence Rhode Island Superior Court judge Justice Joseph R Weisberger warned that television cowboy programs distort the public view of U S justice. He said Westerns depicting arbitrary judges or sheriffs quick on the draw mislead Americans and suggest the law serves only frustration of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
U. S
Joseph R. Weisberger
America
Reserve Bank Officials Call for Tax Cuts
Reserve Bank heads say vigorous steps should include prompt government measures if consumer spending shrinks this spring. They favor substantial but temporary tax cuts on personal income and corporate taxes, and stress accelerating started public works. They advised modest action if consumer spending remains stable and investment contraction does not deepen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Bank
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Reserve
Collision at 7th and Main injures two drivers
Martha E E Swords, 40, of 702 S Oak, and Charles Eugene Oyler, 38, of Chanute, were injured in a crash at 7th and Main at 7:20 AM. Swords, westbound on 7th, crossed Main as Oyler north on Main ran a red light. Both cars suffered major damage. Swords was treated for a minor head injury at Ransom Memorial Hospital and released.
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Martha EE
Swords
S. Oak
Charles Eugene Oyler
Chanute
Main
Miss Swords
Oyler
Jon Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Are They Bear Tracks Are They Bear Tracks
In Merriam Kansas large footprints were found by Mrs Frank E Holtman Jr near her home and on a car. Zoo director William T A Cully identified them as American black bear tracks weighing about 250 pounds and noted recent sightings in the Missouri Ozarks nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Merriam, Kas
Frank E. Holtman Jr
William T. A. Cully
Swope Park Zoo
Jacksonville Blasts Hit Jewish Center and Negro School
A Jewish synagogue and the James Weldon Johnson School in Jacksonville were dynamited in a racially charged incident. No injuries reported. Explosions caused about 20,000 dollars in damage. An anonymous call claimed future bombings by segregationists. Police tied the events to racial unrest. motives unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
James Weldon Johnson School
R. C. Blanton
A. M. Acosta
Bert Miller Dies Founding Ottawa Herald partner dies in Battle Creek
A. L. Bert Miller former co owner of the Ottawa Herald died Friday night at his Battle Creek home after a long illness. He helped form the Ottawa Herald partnership in 1907 and later built Federated Publications. His son Robert followed him in newspaper work and he was active in the Ottawa Elks. Funeral held in Battle Creek.
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A. L
Bert) Miller
The
Ottawa Herald
Battle Creek Mich
Battle Creek
Miller
U.S
Henry J. Allen
Ralph A. Harris
Herald
Louise Branson
Ottawa
Robert Miller
Ottawa Elks Lodge
Ottawa University Academy
Enquirer
C. W. Post
the News
Federated Publications
Lansing
iGrand Rapids
Michigan
Indiana
Paul A.martin
Ottawan
Journal
Leader of Bronx gang charged in youth murder slaying
In New York City the 20 year old Ramon Serra, president of the Egyptian Crowns, was arrested after a Bronx street corner confrontation and charged with homicide in the shotgun killing of 17 year old Michael Ramos. Serra reportedly admitted the shooting after a 14 year old girl friend tipped police. Dist Atty Daniel Sullivan plans a first degree murder indictment. Serra wore a star earring and claimed Ramos gave him a bad look before Serra shot him in a Bronx candy store Saturday night.
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New York
Bronx
Ramon Serra
Daniel V. Sullivan
Serra
Michael Ramos
Marriage Licenses for Bush and Warner Listed
Roger Allen Bush 23 Vermillion South Dakota and Jane Kirby Warner 23 Ottawa. Marriage licenses granted as recorded in local civil records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Allen Bush
Vermillion
S. D
Jane Kirby Warner
Otta+we
Ottawa Kansas Maps Maple Street Improvement Resolution 1958
The Ottawa City Council adopts a resolution to grade gutter pave and improve Maple Street from Thirteenth to Fifteenth including intersections. Plan calls for 6 inch Portland cement concrete steel reinforced pavement 31 feet wide with 6 inch curbs and drainage facilities. Special assessments to pay for the project. Passed April 16 1958. Mayor K B Andrews City Clerk Donald R Capper.
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Maple Street
Ottawa
Kansas
Thirteenthtreet
Fifteenth Street
Franklin County
Maple
Thirteenth Street
Marple Street
K. B. Andrews
Willow Street
K. E. Andrews
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Lincoln Ellsworth
S. Loubt
Flasher
M. D
David Ellsworth
John A. Kunkel Jr
Kenneth Cook
Highway Patrol
Cook
Leland Leon Jacot
Douglas Bros
Zenith TV
PTA Council
Ottawa High School
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Wilky’s
Mi. S
Alvin Houston
Postona
Ira Buesell
Sacramento
Calif
Henry van Loenen
Western Auto
Phillip Seaton
N. Sycamore
RCA Victor
Willis Garden Center
8Th & Cherry
Baxter
Henry Staadt
Lily Ruth Wilhite
Ralph Armstrong
Iola
Alpha Delta Kappa
International Teachers Sorority
Mae Riddle
Colorado Springs
Mary
Leila Stiles
John Okerberg
Mae Fletcher Okerberg
S. Sycamore
W. H. Dickinson
Bill Tamm
Hi Neighbor Four Barber Shop
John Goldsberry
Don Page
Tom Saunders
Chuck Langdon
Jwitch Opportunity
Kirk Hammer
State Highway Commmission
Victor Haflich
Kansas Citizens Safety Council
Howard Hadsall
Anthony
Helen Harp
Jolitta Schlehuber
McPherson County
Harm School
Hear McPherson
Michael Pritchard
Benton
Butler County
Missouri Ozarks
Merriam
Cully
Ozarks
Jewish Center
Blanton
Florida Times-Union
Confederate Underground
Florida
Miami Beach
Sydney M. Lefkowitz
Confederate Center of Information
South
Bert Miller
Fee Reue
Olighdezvous
Alice Bayron
Kai Tak
Dexter lwinaMatic Out
Dexter
Nel Due Enea
S.main
Flanner
Laura Jane Flanner
Towner's Chapel
Stanley
Kramer
S. Main
Radio & TV Service
J. E. Lidikay
P.O
Donald R. Capper
State of Kansas
Esther A. Conard
Alberta B. DeShazer
Frances R. Dunn
Esther Ann Conard
Esther A. Coward
Alberta Deshazer
R. R. Redmond
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