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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1961
Page
4
The U S Civil Service Commission announced new examinations for a recreation specialist and an immigration inspector. Information and application cards are available from Rex Lewis at Ottawa Post Office Snyder Pharmacy 518 Main.
The county attorney’s office filed 120 complaints with the County Court in July. Of these, 109 were traffic violations, with other cases including grand larceny and malicious destruction of private property. Additional counts: legal sale of fireworks, two. drunk three. and bogus checks four.
Mrs. Charlotte Cole, 38, died northwest of Wichita from a ruptured liver and internal injuries after a two car crash. She was a passenger in a car driven by Robert Dreiling, 28, of Wichita. The vehicle overran a dead end, plunged down an embankment and struck timbers. Open heart massage at a hospital failed to save her.
Oklahoma City AP Regents for higher education distributed 30 million dollars among 19 state supported colleges and universities for the current fiscal year. Chancellor E T Dunlap said the total is 3 million more than last year with 75 000 set aside for a comprehensive study of the entire higher education system in Oklahoma.
Tournament at De Soto runs August 9 to 12 with Wells ville A Team to play Sunflower and De Soto. The A Teams season ends after these games and a tournament schedule will follow. Various local residents' activities and family movements are noted, including hospital stays and church appointments.
In Paris the six Common Market foreign ministers agreed to open negotiations with Britain for entry into the bloc. The move follows Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's announcement that Britain would seek negotiations, with mixed expectations of concessions to protect sovereignty and Commonwealth trade. Denmark Austria Sweden signaled interest, Norway debated, Switzerland reaffirmed neutrality, and Portugal offered no comment. The decision alarmed Commonwealth exports that rely on Britain's preferential market access.
NATOMA Kansas AP John Hogan, a lifelong wheat harvester since age 13, faces retirement after this season. He has worked Kansas harvests for 70 years, owns 8 acres with 3 acres of wheat, and plans to quit after this year or next, aging as he contemplates lighter duties.
Unofficial sources in Moscow say the Soviet Union may launch another manned space flight within a week to 10 days. The plan reportedly considers two crew members, avoiding Yuri Gagarin due to risk, aiming for a propaganda edge by placing two men in orbit before the United States achieves a single flight.
Admissions include Mildred Hall of Waverly and Virginia Price at 826 N Sycamore plus several more names and addresses. Dismissals list Ray Anderson and Douglas Booten among others with locations RFD 2 and Pomona, noting today.
Four Missouri and Kansas defendants face a $250000 fraud suit by Tulsa firms Frank Oil Co and Success Tl & Mining Co over oil and gas leases in Montgomery County Kansas. Named are Stephen J. Jankovich and Fagene Soule, Wilhemina Soule, and Mamie F. Pattee. Allegations include disclosure of lease data to secure loans and interference with drilling. Frank Oil Co seeks restraining action and Pattee to provide lease copy tied to a $60,000 investment and unrecorded lease.
Havana AP reports eight Cubans who sought ransom in the United States for 1,200 fellow prisoners of the anti Castro invasion were returned to Cuban jails from Miami. They arrived with four delegates of the Cuban exile tractor committees seeking to persuade Prime Minister Fidel Castro to free prisoners gradually as tractors become available. The committee offered 300 small tractors, but Castro demanded more. Two members of the prisoner negotiations team refused to return and sought political asylum.
An Arkansas construction worker boarded a Chico bound DC3 without a ticket and shot a ticket agent Bill Hicks and pilot Capt. Oscar Cleal after a 120 mile chase. Britt failed to pay fare, claimed he wanted to return home to his wife, was subdued by passengers, and jailed for attempted murder. Cleal is critically injured with optical nerve damage and blindness.
East Germany threatened to restrict travel with West Germany amid claims polio spreads across the border. Western observers saw it as a move to curb refugees flooding into West Berlin, while Berlin air traffic largely continued unimpeded despite a new East German rule.
Clifton L. Sinclair, 44, Pittshore, fined 50 in Police Court for being drunk in the 100 block on West 1st at about 11:20 p m yesterday. Laura Scott, 27, L348 Main, fined 15 for running a red light and not having a driver license. Bonds totaling 110 forfeited for Ray mond Feuerbarn, 32, 510 8 Cedar, and Leslie P. Bichnan, 17, RFD 2 Westphalia, charged with drunkenness and speeding with red light violations.
In Franklin County Kansas Irene N Herron heir at law petitions to determine descent of an undivided one half interest in the West Half of Section 3 Township 18 Range 1B excluding a 50 feet road right of way and adjoining land. The hearing is set for August 3 1961 at 5 09 PM in Ottawa Kansas with written defenses due by then. Irene N Herron and B Piersen attorney for petitioner.
Aug sales listed for Waverly and Ottawa areas include Holstein dairy cows at Waverly Sale Barn and Franklin County Sale Barn events. Auctions feature Howard- Grant entries, a 12:30 pm start, and multiple farm gatherings at Locust and Wilson in Ottawa with regular weekly sales and household goods auctions in Franklin County.
Printy and Sons Ben Printy Cap CH 2-1974 Ohio 21201 announces a community auction every Thursday night at 7 p.m. at 1136 North Malo. A recurring community sale is planned for the same address and schedule.
KC markets show cattle mixed with steers 21.00 to 23.50 for prime, heifers 20.50 to 22.50, utility cows 14.16, vealers 21.00 to 25.00. hogs down 25 cents on barrows and gilts, sows 14.25 to 14.40. sheep steady with lambs 18.00 and ewes 11.00 to 13.00. Dealers report steady to higher on several classes amid firm stockers and feeders.
The July fire department report shows one of six minor fires caused $50 damage, damaging a truck owned by Cecil Steher. Three other car fires were reported. Other calls included burning meat on a stove at 121 N Hickory, a shorted TV at 1017 S Main, the Tom Bullock residence, and a cat rescue from a tree at 320 S Cedar.
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