Reservists to be Deployed Home From Active Duty
About 110000 reservists and national guardsmen will be released from active service between August 1 and 11. The Army outlined a plan for demobilization after the Berlin crisis, with many returning to part time drills and civilian life. Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division will depart August 1 and likely return by August 5. Texas's 49th Armored Division leaves August 5 from Ft. Polk. Reserve drills resume, and some may extend active service or enlist in the regular Army if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berlin
Kennedy
Army
Air Force
Navy
Wisconsin
32Nd Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
49Th Armored Division
Texas
National Guard
Ft. Polk
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Cloudiness and a Little Cooler
Cloudiness and a chance of showers Sunday with lows near 50 tonight and high around 70 Sunday. Yesterday's high 72, low 52, year-ago high 60 and low 38. Record highs and lows noted for the date. Hourly readings provided ending early morning with mixed digits and unclear entries.
Light Rain Totals Across Ottawa Area
Ottawa recorded .03 inch of rain overnight while nearby areas saw more. Pomona and Osage City each measured about a half inch, indicating uneven rainfall distribution in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Pomona
Osage City
Burroughs Receives Three Year Probation For Tire Theft
Orville K. Burroughs of Garnett was placed on three years probation with restitution to the State Highway Commission totaling about 2600 dollars for tires stolen from the department. He had pled guilty to 10 counts of grant larceny and was sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. The tires were allegedly sold to John H. Weidmann of Weidmann Tire and Battery Service, who faces 10 counts of receiving stolen merchandise with a preliminary hearing set for May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
Orville K. Burroughs
State Highway Commission
Burroughs
Highway Department
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Grant
John H. Weidmann
Weidmann Tire and Battery Service
Doris Ann Freshour Miss Ottawa of 1962 at pageant
Doris Ann Freshour, a 19-year-old Ottawa University freshman from Greensburg, was crowned Miss Ottawa of 1962 at the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Pageant in Memorial Auditorium. Runners-up included Dixie Lou Wollam and Susan Lee Harvey. Freshour earned a $100 scholarship, with $50 to runners-up, and will advance to Miss Kansas and Miss America competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Doris Ann Freshour
Ottawa University
Greensburg
Beller Studio
Memorial Auditorium
Dixie Lou Wollam
Mary Wollam
Ash
Pepsi-Cola
Stephen Ralph
Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Association
Jack Rutter
Jack Day
Vern Wadkins
Ottawa Lions Club
Freshour
Pratt
Atlantic City
Royal Court
Susan Lee Harvey
Parking Ticket Mix Up Heats Hutchinson Town
In Hutchinson Kansas Mrs. Ernest Dicks wife of the postmaster paid 2.50 for an overtime parking ticket after two uniformed men claimed 50 cents. Police sought the honest officer but found none. Firemen later confirmed an early ticket sale for a ball and Mrs Dicks paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
Ernest Dicks
Carl Spriggs
Spriggs
Mrs. Dicks
Fred Dimond
Traffic Toll Topeka Saves No One
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am Saturday with 38 deaths in April, 145 in 1962, and 155 in the comparable 1961 period as officials note trends in road safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
JFK And Mac Open Little Summit Talk
Washington AP President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan conferred at the White House on cold war issues including nuclear testing and Berlin. Diplomats expect a Western call for a verifiable test ban and a pledge to halt Pacific tests once a Soviet pact is signed. Rusk reported slow but steady progress with Germany and Berlin. Macmillan arrived from New York, Kennedy from Florida. a 19 gun salute marked the welcome. The leaders planned a series of talks through Sunday, wrapping with a joint statement on halting tests upon a reliable ban treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
White House
Berlin
Russia
U.S
Pacific
Macmillan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Germany
Rus
New York
Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Canada
Exodus From Dixie To Resume Monday
One way Freedom Bus rides for dissatisfied Negroes will resume Monday in New Orleans. George Singelmann said Trailways will supply as many buses as needed, with more than 100 Louisiana Negroes ready to depart for destinations including New York Philadelphia and Chicago. A couple and their 10 children were among those seeking to leave, and 25 seats were reserved on the Sunset Limited for California. Municipal leaders in Oakland New York and Philadelphia weighed in on the dispute and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Freedom
New Orleans Citizens Council
George Singelmann
Singelmann
Trailways
New York City
Shelby Williams
Williams
Los Angeles
Oakland
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
California
Admits Setting Fatal Fire in Seattle Home
A 38 year old engineer James Vincent Miller admitted to police that he set fire to his own home killing three of his five children while his wife and two others escaped. He poured gasoline and paint thinner in a basement hall to trap the family and said he was overworked and upset over his wife’s complaints. He was held without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
James Vincent Miller
Robert Timlin
Fire Department
Miller
J. V. Fineran
Timlin
Sophia Loren Linked to Bigamy Case in Rome
Rome reports the tribunal has upheld the 1959 finding that Carlo Ponti’s first marriage to Giulia Fiastra remains valid, making his marriage to Sophia Loren in 1957 by proxy in Ciudad Juarez Mexico subject to bigamy charges. Divorce is illegal in Italy and Mexican divorce is not recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren
Ponti
Giuliana Fiastra
Miss Loren
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
Italy
Loren
This Should Sober Him
London AP reports real estate dealer Stanley Allen was fined for a drunk driving citation and for a subsequent offense. He received $70 fine and a driving prohibition for the first offense, then $210 and a two year disqualification for the second offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Allen
Threaten TWA Strike Threaten TWA Strike
The Air Line Pilots Association warned the National Mediation Board it will strike Trans World Airlines on May 5 if no contract is reached. The union for 1,500 pilots cites 20 months of talks without a settlement on working conditions. Strikes would affect national operations. international flights would continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Air Line Pilots Association
National Mediation Board
Washington
Trans World Airlines
Mediation Board
TWA
Marilyn Monroe Slims Waist for New Film
HOLLYWOOD AP Fifteen pounds slimmer and a week late Marilyn Monroe is reported ready for work on a new film Something's Got to Give. The movie also stars Dean Martin Cyd Charisse and Steve Allen. Spokesmen for 20th Century Fox reported Marilyn’s waistline streamlined to a gracible 22 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Marilyn
Monroe
Dean Martin
Cyd Charisse
Steve Allen
20Th Century-Fox
Tip On Truck Mishap Wins $5 Prize
Readers submitted four pictures for The Ottawa Herald tips contest. Edna Tept meyer of Hickory won $5 for a timely call about an overturned truck on page 1. Runners up included Mrs. L. M. Watkins of Rantoul and Mrs. Earl Bartlett Jr. of Ottawa, with other tipsters named. The paper awards $5 weekly for the best tip on news or features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Edna Teptmeyer
Hickory
Herald
L. M. Watkins
Rantoul
Earl Bartlett, Jr
King
Ronnie Doyen
12Th Street
Arlen Pinkston
Quenemo
Lorenda Brown
Imes
A. L. Miskimon
Ottawa
Clay Unsatisfied With Berlin Plan Proposal
Berlin based AP report notes Lucius D. Clay Kennedy’s special representative expresses discontent with a U S proposal to include East German Communists on an international Berlin lifelines control authority. He warns compromises may occur but remains wary of outcomes and urges West Germans to trust the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
U.S
Clay
East Germany
Washington
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tony
Doris Ann
Ottawa High
Albert M. Harvey
E. 12Th
Elizabeth Gay Hinton
Honolulu
Hawaii
Saundra Rae Holmes
Des Moines
Towa
Marilyn Rochelle Donham
Cecil E. Donham
Marney Lynn Dyess
Albany, Ga
Janet Rae Grogan
Clay Center
Richard Hill
Elizabetth Gay Hinton
Jfk
Mac
Dixie
John Houlihan
Oak
Land
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Thomas Burress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Manuel Kaufman
Sophia
Raney
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!