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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1957
Page
5
The Ottawa board of education schedules a public hearing this evening at 7:30 in the high school board room. The proposed budget for the coming year is 631,415.57 dollars, up 23,556.31 from last year.
Farm and forestry officials announced the drought across New England has ended after yesterday’s rains. Rhode Island saw its first widespread rain since April, Cape Cod recorded 3.02 inches at Barnstable, and Massachusetts operated 21 cloud seeding generators to coax rain. Southern Vermont reported no rain and suffered windstorm damage with downed lines and trees but no casualties.
POINT PEELE Ontario two former Kansans Virgil Regier 21 Buhler and Arnold Krocker 20 Inman drowned while three companions watched. They moved to Detroit recently and were swept under by a strong undertow off Pt Pelee National Park beach where warning signs mark dangerous currents.
Generally fair weather this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Locally warmer tonight and Tuesday with increasing southerly winds to 20-25 miles per hour. Highs reach 85 this afternoon, 60-65 tonight, and 90-95 Tuesday.
Seven people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Fatalities for the year reached 295, with several families named among the victims. Two-car crash south of Louisburg killed three adults and another man injured, while a separate Beatrice Neb. resident died in a one-car crash near Marysville. A Topeka boy died in a hospital from injuries after a Big Springs crash, and two charges of negligent homicide were filed in Douglas County Court. A Topeka father faced a parking violation linked to the tragedy. A Wichita tractor unit ran over a child at a truck terminal, not counted as a traffic fatality.
Vienna Georgia businessman and diplomat Walter Franklin George dies at 79 from heart disease at his home after a long career in government. A former U S Senator and Eisenhower era ambassador to NATO, he guided bipartisan foreign policy from Vienna to Washington. Funeral set at First Baptist Church with burial in Vienna Cemetery. Senate observes short session out of respect.
Belgrade welcomes Tito back from Romania where he met Soviet leader Khrushchev. Ho Chi Minh arrives for a five day official visit from Hungary as thousands line the streets. Observers say the Khrushchev talks push Yugoslavia toward a broader Soviet influenced drive to link with non-Communist socialist parties.
Ottawa records a dramatic weather shift as mild morning cooled to subfreezing and North American payoff records fall. Mrs. Ruby Pickett of San Diego won $65,007.80 at Caliente after betting $2, highlighting a weekend of exceptional turf results and upcoming races.
Franklin County commissioners held a formal inspection of a road east of Williamsburg as part of the second road system plan. The budget for the coming year extends south to Emerald Church with new culverts a bridge and straightening of curves. no one attended the hearing or the adjourned session to discuss the budget.
In Las Vegas New Mexico the Gallinas River burst three dams sending an estimated 90 million gallons of water into surrounding areas up to 14 feet deep. No deaths reported though homes and livestock were damaged. National Guardsmen evacuated hundreds from riverbank communities as floodwaters rose and later receded.
Gov. Docking returns to the Kansas Capitol after a three week vacation. He says he feels normal and plans meetings with governor conference committees on federal state relations to improve efficiency. He notes concerns about the economy and funding as he resumes duties.
James R. Hoffa, seeking to succeed Dave Beck as Teamsters president, says he has no plan to pull the three million building trades unionists from the AFL-CIO. He spoke in Atlantic City on the eve of a special AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department meeting, insisting all issues will be resolved at today’s constitutional revision session. A Washington Teamsters statement added to the sense of renewed strain between building trades and industrial unions.
Washington reports the United States will further loosen Western trade restrictions on shipments to Red China after allied pressure. The move signals a shift in policy targeting China’s economy and potential impacts on international commerce and diplomacy moving forward.
Oklahoma officials extend livestock quarantine in northeastern Oklahoma amid 18 new anthrax cases. Quarantine now covers six square miles south of Winita in Mayes County and 19 more square miles in northwest Ottawa County. About 55,000 animals vaccinated. 27 veterinarians from multiple states aid the effort. No alarm, says Harold Hutton, president of the State Board of Agriculture.
Crater, former Ottawa city clerk and Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals secretary, had his position abolished as an economy move. Jean C. Evans, attorney for the board, announced the action noting an $42,700 budget with $8,000 for rent. Evans said clerical staff and the elimination of the special investigator role will trim costs for the next year.
President Johnson accuses Vice President Nixon of waging a propaganda campaign against the Senate jury trial provision in the civil rights bill. He predicts final passage within days and defends the right to trial by jury while noting Eisenhower would veto the measure if it reaches him in its current form. House Republicans forecast failure this session, while Democrats privately weigh a veto and a stronger bill next term.
Ottawa agencies were informed by the Kansas Inspection Bureau of rate increases for longer term policies. A three year policy now costs 2.7 times the one year rate, four times for five years, and eight percent total rate increase is noted. Salina’s G T Barnett was reelected state commander of the Kansas Veterans of World War I.
President Eisenhower will remain in Washington until Congress adjourns, abandoning earlier Newport vacation plans. White House press secretary James Hagerty said the administration expects no adjournment date yet, with House and Senate races and civil rights debate affecting the schedule.
An Israeli security official testified in a preliminary inquiry that Jacob Heruti orchestrated a 1953 attack on the Soviet embassy to spur Soviet and American intervention in Israel. The plan, attributed to an organization headed by Heruti, also reportedly included killing officials and aiming to incite a Zionist insurrection within Israel within a decade.
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