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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1962
Page
3
Mrs Ernestine Brown of Williamsburg filed for divorce from Roger Brown in District Court yesterday citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of three minor children. The couple formerly lived in Ottawa.
Washington AP Secretary of Welfare Anthony J Celebrezze announced that new regulations will be issued soon governing distribution of new drugs to doctors for investigational use. He urged tightening rules to protect consumers while preserving doctors professional work and urged Congress to strengthen the Food and Drug Act this session via President’s recommendations. The FDA is within his department.
AP forecast indicates showers spread across Kansas tonight and Friday as a cool spell lingers. Partly cloudy today with scattered to widespread storms, earlier showers concentrated in the south. Totals include Atlanta .85, Garden City .42, Pittsburg .46, Coffeyville .35 inches.
Three motorists were cited by highway patrolmen in Franklin County yesterday. Francis B. Henry Jr. 18 Mission and Lester E. Mooney 18 Adrian Mo were charged with driving 60 in a 50 mile zone. Milton W. Clark Jr. 46 Wichita was cited for driving without KCC authority. Henry and Mooney posted a $15 bond each, Clark posted a $10 bond. All three are scheduled to appear next Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Parks 72 of Emporia Kansas injured in head on collision on U S 69 near Louisburg. She suffers a compound fracture to a leg and possible rib injuries. Husband 72 and James B Mitchell 75 treated and released. Patrolman Pivonka notes clear stretch about 14 miles south of Louisburg.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs. Felix Johnson Coleen Jeffery and Harold Hahner and Mrs. Gary Miet chen among others. Births announce a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horne with weight 6 pounds 4 ounces. Dismissals include Douglas Smith Frances Alterman and a newborn Lyndon baby daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Curtis.
Ottawa city officials heard a request from Cities Service Compressor plant to supply industrial water east of Ottawa. Commissioner Queen cited city policy against outside-area water service while Ernzen said the plant will install its own line and handle rights of way. Grogran called the request unusual and urged further study before a decision.
Sheriff's patrolmen responded to an early morning car truck crash three miles south of Ottawa on US 50. Delbert Cady 28 of LaCygne said sun glare blinded him as he crested a hill, rear ending a truck driven by Victor Zinn 34 of Hereford Texas. Victor and Gladdis Zinn were unharmed. Cady's AT&T owned car sustained $200 damage. No injuries or charges reported.
Pennsylvania Railroad official James P. Newell cited insufficient rail anchors during track rehabilitation near Steelton, causing rails to misalign and derail a baseball special that killed 19 and injured over 100 as cars plunged into the Susquehanna River while carrying fans to a Phillies game in Philadelphia.
A Pratt boy injured when his bicycle collided with a mail truck had a $20 000 damage claim denied by U S District Judge Wesley Brown. The ruling found no negligence by the driver. Mrs Rose Y Reynolds filed the claim for her son Darrell against the federal government.
Jerry Thompson, 23, Ottawa RFD 2, pleaded guilty to six traffic violations in Police Court today. He was fined 285 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail after a chase on North Main Street where he allegedly reached 90 mph. Also jailed were John H. Maack, 21, for failure to yield and other offenses. Marion L. Zook, 22, for failure to yield. James L. Johnson, 18, for reckless driving and speeding. Gail Pate, 16, for illegal registration. Melvin D. Pierson, 18, for reckless driving and drag racing. Four others forfeited bond for speeding and related charges.
Glen Schoof of Council Grove faced Judge Robert Pinet on a charge of passing an insufficient funds check for 243 dollars to Franklin County Sales Company in Ottawa. He produced bank account proof, redeemed the check, and paid court costs to abate the charge.
A U S Army rocket unit member in West Germany has requested political asylum in Czechoslovakia citing racial discrimination. CTK identifies him as R. S. Hareld, a Negro officer, with a German companion Margita Schlottag. Army says Sgt Raymond S. Hareld has been absent since May 8 and last seen near the Czech Austrian border May 30. He is with Wiesbaden unit 5th Missile Battalion 1st Artillery 32nd Artillery Brigade. next of kin listed as Hatsuko Hareld of East Providence RI.
George Hart the Democratic governor candidate accused Kansas of violating the 14th amendment for 94 years by failing to keep legislative and congressional representation in balance with population shifts from farms to cities. He argued the one representative per county provision reflects an era when Kansas total population was about 364,399, similar to Sedgwick County today.
The House passed a bill to pay 73 million dollars in war damage claims to the Philippines. The measure moves to the Senate where rapid approval is anticipated after a 194 to 35 vote on Wednesday.
Actor Charles Laughton aged 63 is in satisfactory condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after emergency surgery for a collapsed vertebra. He entered the hospital Monday night and the tumor is not mentioned in the report.
County health officer Dr. J. R. Henning told Ottawa city commissioners about unsanitary conditions from outdoor privies and failing septic tanks. He cited a Logan Street petition for a sewer lateral and described similar issues in Pomona Williamsburg and other county areas. He urged plans to clean up these problems with full city cooperation. Only two commissioners attended the meeting, Queen and Grogan, while Mayor Williamson was away.
NEW YORK AP A federal judge gave State Supreme Court Justice J Vincent Keogh a two year prison term for obstructing justice by attempting to fix a federal bankruptcy case. His co defendants Elliott Kahaner 36 a former U S assistant attorney in Brooklyn and Antonio Tony Ducks Corallo 47 an underworld figure also received two year sentences.
KC Markets reports cattle 2,900 and calves 50 with most classes steady. good and choice slaughter steers 25.75 to 27.00, cows 14.25 to 16.00, calves 22.00 to 23.50, vealers 22.50 to 24.00. Hogs 3,400 weaken across weights. barrows 10.00 to 25.00, sows 14.25 to 17.50. Sheep 300 steady. spring slaughter lambs 22.00 to 23.00, feeder lambs 13.50 to 15.00, ewes 5.00 to 6.25.
Washington AP reports a Commerce Department summer slowdown with a billion dollar drop in sales across manufacturers wholesalers and retailers from May to June. June sales totaled 67.4 billion while construction activity fell from 62.5 billion in June to 61.0 billion in July with private building rising but offset by declines in public projects. Retail deliveries dropped 300 million to 20.2 billion, manufacturers off 500 million to 34.1 billion, and wholesalers down 200 million to 13.2 billion.
President Kwame Nkrumah was unharmed when a bomb exploded near his car as he stopped in a village 500 miles north of Accra on return from a visit to Upper Volta. A schoolboy was killed and 56 people injured in the attack.
Clarence A Briles died July 29 and funeral services were held at Lamb Funeral Home Rug with Rev. R. B. Shoemaker officiating. Pallbearers were Eldon Good A O Finch George Gould O W Taylor Ralph Batdorf and Phillip Parrott. Mrs Dale Van Horn sang hymns with Mrs J R Henning accompanying. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Ordinance 2208 authorizes the Ottawa governing body to grade gutter and pave North Oak Street from Grant to Dundee, including intersections, with a 32 foot wide steel reinforced Portland cement pavement and 6 inch curbs, funded by a special tax under state law.
The city authorizes curb inlets and drainage work on a street, with cost paid by assessments and general bonds. Bonds run ten years at up to 5 percent interest, with semi annual coupons. Assessments based on lot values minus building value, appraised by three disinterested appraisers. The ordinance, effective after publication, passed July 18, 1962, by Mayor Charles Williamson.
City of Ottawa Kansas invites sealed proposals for Construction of Sanitary Sewer Lateral No 137. Bids due Aug 8 1962 at 7 pm at City Clerk Office with 500 dollar bid guarantee. City reserves right to reject bids and waive technicalities. Donald R Capper City Clerk. Dated 81-62.
A collage of auction listings across multiple Kansas towns including Emporia Ottawa Osage City and Pomona notes weekly Fridays Saturdays and Tuesdays sale times and contact details. Several specific sales are listed with dates such as Aug 6 Aug 15 Aug 20 plus dairy cattle stocker and feeder auctions and community sales at 1136 N Main printing contact numbers CH 2-1974 CH 2-1201.
A sequence of sale consignments and dairy auctions are scheduled around Lyndon Ottawa and Franklin County Kansas. Listings include Neosho and Ottawa Livestock Commissions with Aug dates and venues, plus multiple farm and dairy sales near Ottawa, Pomona and Princeton. Names such as Harold Stewart, Charles Beatty, Henry Behrens, Earl Moore, Norris Johnson & Son, Walter E. Hegberg appear with locations and route details.
Acknowledgments express gratitude for flowers gifts and cards during hospital stay and illness and death of John Juergens. Signed Mrs Emmett Stankard and family extend thanks to relatives friends neighbors and Greenwood B Y F for support and care. The Frack family and relatives also thank those who sent flowers cards and food during bereavement.
A 1961 model self propelled power lawn mower with a 3 horse Briggs engine and 22 inch cut. Heavy gauge steel base and in excellent condition offered for 39.95.
A serviceman with experience in servicing appliances is sought by Douglas Brothers for an Ottawa Kansas area job. The ad promises a real opportunity with nationwide organization, a car requirement, good income, year round work, and a postal address at 922 So Cherry.
Ottawa area livestock sale notice thanks community for opening day flowers and turnout. Franklin County Sale Barn reports 250 to 300 head expected for Saturday sale at Leeds Fort location. Also offers 800 bales new prairie hay at 25 cents a bale and corn side-dressing with Arcadian Uran.
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