News Briefs from Blue Springs to Estes Park
Mrs. Robert Gardner of Blue Springs visited with Mrs. Skipp Wilson in Ransom Clinic Hospital. The Gardners and Wilsons were supper guests of Mrs. Owen Fowler. Massengale of Wellsville is recovering from a back injury while repairing a fence. Beautyland advertises entry for Mozelle Gagne and Riley Bula Cummings. Three Ottawa couples, Henry Gilroy and family, Neil Bullock and family, Harvey Martin and family, stayed in Estes Park with travels from Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Gardner
Blue Springs
Skipp Wilson
Ransom Clnisi Hospital
Gardner
Mr. Wilson
Owen Fowler
Robert Massengale
RFD
Wellsville
Massengale
Ottawa
Estes Park
Henry Gilroy
Greg
Paula
Neil Bullock
Nancy
Harvey Martin
Sue
Gilroys
Colorado Springs
Estes
Local happenings and notices in Ottawa area
Ellis Piano Tuning and visiting relatives mark a quiet Ottawa day as post office plans an August rural carrier exam in Lawrence. A fatal injury in Italy and a local traffic collision are noted alongside a large Grange picnic with plans for an October state convention and VFW district meeting in Wyandotte Lake.
Forceful in dealings with Reds and Nixon aide
Herbert G Klein, Nixon press aide, advocates a forceful approach to Russia while leading a 70 member journalist delegation to the Soviet Union. He kept calm amid delays, language hurdles, and bureaucratic friction, earning stature with reporters and negotiating access, film bans, and TV debate footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lewine Warsaw
Herbert G .Klein
Richard M. Nixon
San Diego
Klein
Soviet Union
U.S
Nixon
Police Cite Six Drivers In Weekend Radar Check
Ottawa police cited six drivers for speeding using a new radar device. John W. Berry and Joe Marion Myers faced charges for 36 mph in a 20 mph zone, with bonds posted by Myers. Manuel Ortiz and Donald Willis also faced higher speeds, while Robert Lee and Hazel Crumm were cited for 40 and 47 mph in 30 mph zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
John W. Berry
RFD
Manuel Joseph Ortiz
Kansas City
Joe Marion Myers
Cherokee
Donald Dean Willis
S.willow
Robert E. Lee
Princeton
Hazel Lee Crumm
Wil Jow
Rayburn Backs Labor Bill and Opposes Landrum Griffin Plan
Speaker Sam Rayburn expressed support for the labor control bill drafted by the House Labor Committee, calling it a splendid effort to curb racketeering in labor. He opposed a tougher substitute backed by Landrum Griffin and ordered to come to debate as Rules Committee set consideration for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House Labor Committee
Rayburn
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Tee
Howard W.smith
D-Va
House
Graham A. Barden
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hogs Lambs Prices Here
Kansas City AP market report shows cattle 9 500 head calves 600 prices for steers 27.00 28.00 high good to average choice, cows 16.00 17.50, dealers 27.50 31.00. Hogs 4 200 head up 25 50. butchers 14.50 15.00, sows 130 400. Sheep 1 500 head steady. spring lambs 21.50 22.00. ewes 4.50 5.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Grain Prices Move Through Mixed Wheat and Corn Quotes
Grain markets report at Manbasa City shows wheat mostly steady with slight gains, soybeans up, oats steady, and futures closing higher. Prices quoted for No 2 and No 3 grades across wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans with several figures repeated in shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manbas City
Mila Matze
Cheney Reservoir Site Viewed by Congressional Team
In Wichita area Kansas, Chairman Walter Rogers and Rep J Edgar Chenoweth inspect a proposed Cheney Reservoir site on the Minnescah River near Cheney. Bills would authorize an $18 million project adding water for Wichita with recreational features. no hearings set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Interior
Wichita
Kas
Cheney Reservoir
Kansas
Congress
Minnescah River
Cheney
Iit
Interior Committee
Walter Rogers
D-Tex
Year-Old Boy A Polio Victim In Kansas City
A one year old boy admitted to the University of Kansas Medical Center last Wednesday was Kansas City Kansas fourth polio victim of the year. Willis Wansetter son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wansetter had received no vaccine shots and was reported in fairly good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Health Department
Willis Wansetter
Clarence Wansetter
Death of George F. Hough in Ottawa at 63
George F. Hough 63 lifelong Ottawa resident died yesterday at 11 30 p m at his home 506 N Cherry after illness since December He was born Aug 7 1895 in Ottawa son of George T and Ida Shireman Hough He married Metta McKnight in Ottawa Nov 25 1919 He served in the U S Naval Reserve three years in World War I He was a member of North Baptist Church He ran a nursery stock business and since 1951 worked for Chism Construction Co Surviving are his widow two sons Willis and Donald five daughters Mary F McAdoo Laurene White Maxine Lane nine grandchildren five brothers Levier Harry Dana Merle and Rollo and two sisters Mrs Owen Potter and Mrs Marie McGee Burial in Highland Cemetery Funeral Wednesday at Towner's Chapel with Rev Thomas E Ingle officiating. News of Ralph J Swords death in Deerfield reaches Ottawa Relatives attend Deerfield services Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hough
N. Cherry
Ottawa
George T
Ida (Shireman) Hough
Metta McKnight
U.S. Naval Reserve
North Baptist Church
Chism Construction Co
Willis
Donald
RFD
Mary F. McAdoo
Laurene White
Maxine Lane
Wichita
Levier
Harry
Dana
Topeka
Merle
Houston
Tex
Rollo
Avena
Calif
Owen Potter
Marie McGee
Taft
Towner’s Chapel
Thomas E. Ingle
Highland Cemetery
Ralph J. Swords
Deerfield
Rose Swords
Clifford Hobbs
Martha Swords
Steve R. Swords
Mound City
Escaping pair hunted in Arkansas after jail break
Sheriff deputies and state police hunted two escapees from Cassville Mo. Eddie Weathers 25 of Fullerton Calif. and Edvin Kervalviens 17 Latvian refugee AWOL from Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. They stabbed a jailer and fled with a hostage, later stealing a car near Rogers then fleeing toward Garfield as roadblocks closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentonville, Ark
Arkansas
Cassville
Garfield
Ozark Mountain
Missouri Line
Rogers
Fayetteville
U. S. Highway 71
Eddie, Weathers
Fullerton
Calif
Edvin Kervaliias
Ft. Leonard Wood
U. S. 62
Jimmy Mooney
Washburn
Weathers
Kervalvins
George Smith
Smith
Bill Hemphill
Mooney
Hemphill
Kervalvias
Monett
Exchange Of Visits Acclaimed At Geneva
Western Allies praised Eisenhower for agreeing to meet Khrushchev, seeing it as a step toward easing East West tensions. A Berlin crisis pause and a possible summit were highlighted, with Britain and West Germany backing a solid Western front and joint talks ahead of Khrushchev’s Washington visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Washington
Russia
Andrei A. Gromykov
Selwyn
Lloyd
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Khrush‘chey
Civil Rights Bill Taken Up For Study
Senate Judiciary Committee, by an 8-5 margin, took a civil rights bill up for consideration despite Southern opposition. The measure would extend the Civil Rights Commission and require the preservation of voting records for investigations by the attorney general into alleged denial of voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Supreme Court
James C. Eastland
D - Miss
Civil Rights Commission
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Brown Seeks Western Bloc in 1960 Democratic Drive
Gov. Edmund G. Pat Brown of California announced a plan to canvass Western Democratic governors on presidential preferences at a Sun Valley meeting next month. He wants California’s 76 convention votes augmented by others for a strong candidate, while keeping open his own possible bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Brown
Sun Valley
Idaho
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Child fatally hurt in Topeka mishap
Penelope Theel, 23 months old, of Junction City, was fatally injured Sunday in her driveway in Topeka when struck by a two ton oil truck driven by her father Lloyd The driver said he did not see the child run behind the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Penelope Theel
Junction City
Lloyd
Hospital Notes Snapshot of Local Births and Listings
Births include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lynn Howell in Spring Hill with a son born Sunday weighing 8 lb 11 oz. Other entries note residents and addresses in Pomona, Quenemo, Odessa, Princeton, Pasadena, Baldwin, Adam Young in Osage City, and multiple names such as Kathryn Kreusch, Dennis Smith, Mrs. Jon Ware, Mrs. William Thomas, Mrs. Theo dore Spencer, Mrs. Leroy Pearson, and Beulah Matteson alongside hospital notes and Sunday references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Kreusch
RFD
Po‘mona
Sanford Dunn
Princeton
Dennis Smith
Quenemo
Eli Sa Towe
Nelson Hotel
Keith Barnhart
Pomona
Jon Ware
S. Cedar
Larry Jeffries
S. Oak
William Thomas
Dyer’s
Baldwin
Randolph Young
Pasadena
Calif
Donald Lynn Howell
Spring Hill
Glenn English
Cedar
Adam Young
Osage City
K. B. Richardson
Leroy Pearson
Theodore Spencer
Odessa
Guy McIntosh
N. Oak
Addie Ogle
N. Mulberry
Beulah Matteson
Osawatomie Fair Opens August 19 With New Pulling Contest
Osawatomie Kansas hosts its 21st annual Free Fair August 19 to 22 featuring amateur contests, band concerts, rides, and exhibits in agriculture live stock and home economics. A new team pulling contest appears Friday night August 21 and the traditional horse show runs Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osawatomie
Kansas
Industrial development dept aids southeast Kansas area
Kansas Gas & Electric Co reports creation of an industrial development department to assist communities in the 24-county southeast Kansas region. George E. Billings will head the new unit, collaborating with civic groups and the 10-county South Central Kansas Economic Development Council led by Don Hickman of Kansas City. Billings and key company officials embark on a two week tour of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
George E. Billings
Port Huron
Mich
Industrial Development Corp
Billings
Kansas Economic Development Council
Don Hickman
Arkansas City
Marriage Licenses Report From Lawrence and Nearby Areas
John G. Beribner aged 19 and Nancy K. Wempe aged 18 both of Lawrence appear among marriage licenses. Harley A. Breers aged 21 of Wdgerton and Janet Scott aged 24 of Oftaya are listed as another couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Beribner
Nancy K. Wempe
Lawrence
Harley A. Breers
Wdgerton
Janet
Scott
Oftaya
Freed Bank Robber Back In Custody
Atlanta AP report says Emory N. Brown 38, a former bank robber who married his Atlanta attorney after leaving Leavenworth in June, is back in prison on a Federal Parole Board warrant. Brown, convicted in 1947 for a $9,000 Florida robbery, was transferred to Atlanta in 1955 and may have violated release rules by associating with a former prisoner. The parole board will decide his detention after his statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Leavenworth, Kan
Federal Parole Board
Washington
Emory N. Brown
Leavenworth
Marjorie Sue King
U. S
Brown
Tampa
Fla
Lake Alfred
Fred T. Wilkinson
Parole Board
Hangs Self In Jail At Girard
Donald Hinton 28 awaiting trial on rape assault and burglary charges was found hanged in Crawford County jail in Girard. He was discovered by Jailer Albert Sell after 10:15 last night. A light burned in the cell this morning. no other prisoners were on the second floor. Hinton’s assaults involved two Pittsburg women in June. he faced similar charges at Goodland. He and Paul Parsons 19 were arrested in Colby in June. Parsons faces burglary grand larceny and criminal assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard
Kas
Donald Hinton
Crawford County
Pittsburg
Albert Sell
Hobart Ahrens
Hinton
Goodland
Paul Parsons
Colby
Parsons
Artillery Battle In Formosa Strait Reported Near Matsu
In Formosa Strait near Matsu Island an artillery clash occurred as Communist and Nationalist warships appeared, the Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry said no Nationalist ships were damaged and no hits were claimed on Red vessels. No naval gunfire details were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa Strait
Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Chinese Defense Ministry
Music Camp Opens At Fort Hays State
Nearly 750 high school students from 106 Kansas towns and 10 other states arrived for the 12th High Plains Music Camp at Fort Hays State College. Director John Kinion of Pittford, New York, will lead a workshop focusing on band materials for junior high and elementary bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hays State
Fort Hays
Kan
Fort Hays State College
Kansas
John Kinion
Pittford
N. Y
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reach Recorded Toll
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities tallied in a 46 hour period ending at 9 am today. To date in 1950 the total reaches 334, compared to 336 for the comparable period in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Ottawa Kansas Ordinance fixes terms and salaries for appointive offices
Ordinance No 2145 establishes two year terms for city officials including City Attorney City Clerk Dairy Inspector Engineer Treasurer Marshall Fire Chief and Police Judge beginning May 1 of odd numbered years and ending April 30. It sets salary ranges and directs monthly pay per council resolutions repeals prior ordinances and takes effect after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Ottawa
Manaas
Kansas
Mansis
Mayof
Lotticiat
Mey
Notice of Appointment In Probate Court Kansas estate case
In the Probate Court of County Kansas the estate of Fred D Willingham Frederick Douglas Willingham deceased Case No W 38T notice is given that Administrator with will annexed was appointed and qualified on July 3 1959 Letters of Administration with will annexed granted to him all persons having demands against the estate must exhibit them within nine months from July 27 19 8 as provided by law or be barred Dated July 4 1959 Henry Edwards Administrator Gleason Doty Logan Attorneys for Administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sala
Probate notice of Mae Inez Harper estate in Ottawa KS
In Franklin County Probate Court Kansas the estate of Mae Inez Harper deceased is administered with executor Ray Harper named July 17 1959. Creditors must file demands within nine months from first publication or be barred. Dated Ottawa Kansas July 17 2089. Bowers & Bowers Attorneys for Executor.
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Beautyland
Mozelle Gagne
Riley-Bula Cummings
Ellis
Fred Lutz
Delbert Greenfield
Mr. Lutz
Mrs. Greenfield
Lamb
T. J. Cummings
Ray Howell
Wilbur Allen Mansfield
Wilbur J. Mansfield
Italy
D. L. Casida
S. Elm
Mansfield
San Francisco
Eisenhower Road
W. 15Th Street
Betty Kersley
Roy A. Talbott
Ash
Grange
Fidelity
Greenwood
Pleasant View
Club House
Prosperity
Hawkins Granges
W. H. Rice
Fred Kissinger
C. G. Niehaus
J. G. Lytle
Barbara Downs
Ottawa University
Nicaragua
Garland Hinkle
Jane
2Nd District
VFW
Wyandotte Lake
Bethel
Herb Rush
Rex Kaiser
Paola
Los Angeles
Weirton
W. Va
Ous
White House
A. V. Popov
Frol Kozlov
Siberia
Moscow
KC Livestock
Jack Fenton
Herald
University of Kansas
Fenton
Kathrine Sue
S. Poplar
Fentons
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Judiciary Committee
Herman Talmadge
States
Osawatomie Fair
Ilance
Ottawa, Kansas
Ganeaa
Donald R. Capper
Awdr . Mayer
Probate Court
County
Fred D. Willingham
A.ka
Frederick Douglas Willingham
Henry Edwards
Gleason
Gleason, Doty & Logan
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Saidounty
Mac Iner Harper
Mae Inez Harper
Harper
Ray Rarper
Bowers & Bowers Attorneys For Executor
George Ferguson
James Sping
Ottawa Ottawa Lads
Loren A. Ames
W.M
Charles W. Watts
Secy
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