Side Swipes and Rural Roundups Across Lyon County
A collage of small town items reports a mistaken Ottawa Canada locale on a Rocky Mountain View story, a 14th annual Bluestem Roundup near Emporia with 3000 expected, Hereford beef for the barbecue, plus local thefts, a hospital routing for Virginia Evans after a car accident, a US 40 crash near Lawrence, a big catfish at Lone Star Lake, and an upcoming ice cream social at the First Methodist Church with youth group notices.
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Lyon County
Emporia
Lyon
Two Injured In Ottawa Area Car Truck Crash
A morning crash three miles north of Ottawa on US 59 left one man in critical condition at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Edward Fetty, 22, of Lawrence, a passenger in a southbound 1949 Ford driven by Jay Sylvester, 26, Kansas City, suffered severe head injuries and other trauma. Sylvester sustained facial and chest injuries. Bowlby, 15, nearby driver of a turning 1953 Chevy flatbed, was unhurt. An unrelated Henley narrowly avoided injury when the Ford ornament embedded in his windshield. Investigating officers were Sheriff Jay Brown, Undersheriff Dean Driscoll, and Trooper Art Jensen.
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Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Edward E. Fetty
Lawrence
Fetty
Jay Sylvester
Kansas City
Bobby Bowlby
Poplar
Sylvester
Young Bowlby
John D. Henley
S. Oak
Henley
Uranium Stock Case Hearing Continued to August 16
Paul Brownlee of Houston faced a preliminary hearing in county court on the Kansas uranium stock sale case. Attorneys requested and were granted a continuance to August 16 after Brownlee was arrested July 11 when an Ottawa University student alerted authorities.
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Texas
Ottawa University
Paul Brownlee
Houston
Brownlee
Kansas
O. U
Community Survey prompts readers to judge ads for awards
A newspaper urges readers to fill a Community Survey Opinion Form from The Herald. Readers choose one ad per group from large and medium ads, with a weeklong window Monday through Saturday starting August 1, and may win cash awards if their opinions align with the majority.
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The
Herald
Ottawa board approves high school vocational addition plans
The Ottawa board of education held its annual reorganization meeting and approved a brick 164 by 48 foot one story addition to the Senior High School for a vocational agriculture department. Bids due August 15. Architect Malcolm Jones. Construction to start after contract letting. New board members B F Park and Harry Rybolt. retirees S Robert McCrea and L B Paine. Dr W D Bemmel s elected president. Mrs Fred Kaiser vice president. other members Dr A Berglund and Glen Ainsworth.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Vocational Agriculture Department
Malcolm Jones
Ottawa
Henry A. Parker
B. F. Park
Harry Rybolt
S. Robert McCrea
L. B. Paine
W. D. Bemmels
Fred Kaiser
A. Berglund
Glen Ainsworth
Honored For Flood Work At Kansas City Dinner
Seven Ottawans joined nearly 600 attendees at a testimonial dinner in Kansas City Kansas honoring banker Willard Breidenthal. Breidenthal, Riverview State Bank president, was lauded for flood control and water conservation leadership and other river development work in the Kansas City area. Ottawa attendees included George Lister Robert A. Anderson Verne Chesbro A C Richeson Don Capper Robert S. Hill and Lamar Phillips. John Thompson of the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce also attended.
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Willard Breidenthal
Kansas City
Kas
Town House Hotel
Breidenthal
Greater
Riverview State Bank
Ottawa
George Lister
Robert A. Anderson
Verne Chesbro
A. C. Richeson
Don Capper
Robert S. Hill
Lamar Phillips
John Thompson
The
Missouri State Chamber of Commerce
Talbott Quits As Air Force Secretary
Washington reports Talbott will resign as secretary of the Air Force a week from Saturday citing an outside business interest. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation and praised Talbott’s service. The 67 year old Ohioan faced Senate scrutiny over profit tied to an outside venture. Possible successors mentioned include Gov. George N. Craig Rep Carl Hinshaw James Douglas Lee White and Fred Crawford.
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Washington
Harold FF
Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower
White House
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Pentagon
George N. Craig
Indiana
Carl Hinshaw
Calif
James Douglas
Lee White
New York
Fred Crawford
Cleveland
Seven Buses To K C Game
About 700 Ottawans will travel to Kansas City on August 10 to attend the baseball game. Fourteen Ottawa firms have bought tickets for their staff, with Peoples National Bank handling sales and sending tickets back tomorrow. Seven buses will transport 259 passengers from Memorial auditorium at 5:15 p.m., while the rest travel by car or other means.
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Kansas City
Ottawa
Peoples National Bank
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
First National Bank
Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed After $2791 Heist
A man robbed Cook and Vencll Bank of Galt holding cashier Maxwell at gunpoint and locking him in a vault. Within two hours officers nabbed a suspect at Mt. Moriah, Mo., with bundles of bills found in a pillow slip and a gun wrapped in a jacket in his truck. The truck bore a Texas license plate and carried Missouri and Iowa plates. FBI and state and local officers pursued leads across northern Missouri.
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Galt
Cook and Vencll Bank of
G. O. Maxwell
Mt. Moriah
Highway Patrol
R. T. Burks
Harold George Wood
San Antonio
Tex
Burks
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
X& Third Graf
Maxwell
Trenton
Missouri City
FBI
Ottawa National Guard Unit Faces Busy Camp Schedule
Special Camp McCoy report details Ottawa unit arrivals by convoy and train, hot weather in the 90s, and strenuous camp plans. Battalion leaders note strong cooperation with Camp McCoy HQ, with field practice to start next Monday and 155 mm howitzers to fire 800 rounds. A film by the National Guard Bureau and a written battalion history are planned.
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Ottawa National Guard
Mons
Walton K. Weltmer
Sth
Camp McCoy
James Richardson
Chardner Campbell
27Th Field Artillery
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D. C
County Fair Season Around The Corner
The Franklin county fair opens the 90th annual event at new Ottawa grounds August 18 to 20 with 4-H reviews, talent contests, and horse pulling. County entries begin. premium lists total about 1,000. Events run August 18 to 20 and include variety shows, livestock judging, and a parade. Admission 49 cents for adults, 25 cents for children.
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New Grounds
Ottawa
Lane
Richmond
Wellsville
Court House
Lincoln School
Barbara Donelson
Garnett
Kenneth MccGinness
Johnson County
Ottawa Fair
Westport
Kansas City
Joan Spooner
Jay Ross
Ross
Saddle’ Club Entertainment
Weather forecast and old newspapers for sale
Generally fair through Wednesday with little temperature change. Tonight low in the 70s, high Wednesday 95 to 100. Yesterday’s high 300 at 2 to 4:10 p.m. Low today 73 at 5:30 a.m. Hourly readings through 8 a.m. show 87 at 9 a.m. and 95 at 11 a.m. Record highs and lows for the date noted, river level 49 feet. Also listed: For sale old newspapers by Lamb Ambulance, phone 380, Herald office.
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S. W
Lamb Ambulance
Herald Office
Airmen Due In Hong Kong By Thursday
Eleven American airmen held in Communist China for over two years are set to reach Hong Kong by Thursday. Two C54 transports were ordered to bring them home, with arrival expected tonight. After medical checks at Fanling, they may appear in uniforms for news photos before traveling to Kai Tak for a briefing and onward to Honolulu, possibly via Guam or Wake.
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Hong Kong
China
U. S. Air Force
Red China
United States
Peiping
U. S
Air Force
Fanling
Jockey Club
Kai Tak
Honolulu
Guam
Wake
White House
James Hagerty
Washington
Far East
North Korea
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Walter Wilson
Delta
Colo
Colorado
Denver
Canada
F. H. Bullock
S. Main
Baxter School
Pink Langdon
Forest Park
Pink
Langdon
Virginia Evans
Lindsborg
St. John's Hospital
Salina
Rolland Leroy Mallory
St. John’s
Lindsborg Hospital
Mallory
Topeka
US 40
Joe Crawford
State Highway Commission
John Eland
W. H. ‘Bill
Gilinee
Clare Shadle
Crouse
Shadle
Lone Star Lake
Methodist Ch
Jay Brown
Dean Driscoll
Art Jensen
Bobby Bowly
Bob Leonard
Community Survey
Curby Auto Supply
Cheney Super Mints
Douglas Bros
Edmiston
Hillcrest Drive-In
Malott’s Hardware
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Ottawa, Lumber Co
Richardson’s
Saunders Scott’s
Stewart Memorials
Sunrise Dairy Saffron Glass Co
Tally Theatre
Gambles Mike
Mulcahey Buick Gambles
Pence’s Food Center Penney’s
Edmiston’s
Keefer
Mike Mulcahey
Buick
Minnick
Dodge-Plymouth
Price Motor Co
Hewitt Chevrolet Ottawa Building & Lean Litwin
Srd Award
K.C
Leland Betz
PEC
Robert W. Loyd
McCoy
Wisc
Omaha
di Hhoa
Melvin Stockard
Wayne
Jack Keller
Wayne Criss
James Lemmon
Ralph Raffelock
Dale Cooper
Clarence Strickland
Gerald Reser
Ralph Kramer
Franklin Coun
Weidmann Tire & Battery Service
C Tf
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