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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1958
Page
4
The Shining Star 4-H club fair will be shown on television at 32:15 p.m. Wednesday on channel 13. The fair was held last week and coverage follows local fashion and business notices from Ottawa and surrounding areas with community events and ads.
Osawatomie Kas residents planned a hospital parade with a 400 patient turnout. The Osawatomie State Hospital float will be viewed by patients as they prepare for the town parade. Dr George Zubowicz said many patients will ride the float and those lacking funds will receive a dollar from the patients fund to spend at the fair.
A 41 year old Eureka man, Robert H Teegardin, faces a speeding charge in Ottawa Police Court on August 9 after a citation by Police Chief Eugene Flaherty. He was cited for driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone on the 900 block of South Main with a loaded gas and oil truck and trailer. Teegardin posted a $2 bond for his appearance.
State Accident Records Section reports 1 death in the last 24 hours and 291 fatalities to date in 1958, compared with 304 in the same period of 1957.
The House Ways and Means Committee chair Wilbur Mills voices concern as a bill to raise the national debt limit faces debate. He says spending must be cut and questions funding for nonessential programs while inflation and deficit pressures loom. The hearing aired Monday in Washington amid warnings about revenue and government fiscal restraint.
ABILENE AP Search continues for 65 year old Joe Langhofer Dickinson County commissioner who vanished yesterday morning. His car was found between Abilene and Enterprise near Kyle bridge with hat and billfold inside. River dragging near Smoky Hill River southeast of Abilene resumed with foot searches planned. Langhofer’s son said his father was tired but not despondent and planned a trip to the Ozarks with his wife.
Washington AP reports the Defense Department says 1000 additional U S service troops arrived in Lebanon, bringing total U S Marine and Army forces ashore in the Beirut area to just over 15,000. Spokesmen note these are support units, not combat forces, and the move comes amid easing tensions and planned withdrawals.
Floyd Bartlett pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Court on Monday to an assault charge filed by Mrs. Hazel Griffin. The trial is set for August 8 at 2 pm with a $100 bond approved. Griffin alleges the assault occurred on August 3, a Sunday.
Clyde Harber of 1016 N Oak, assistant pressman at the Herald, sustained severe injuries to his right hand Monday when it was caught in the press during a run. He was admitted to Ransom Memorial Hospital and listed in satisfactory condition today.
In Topeka police report Joseph H. Bryant fifty five, drank before attempting to drive his mother from the home. He punched a plate glass window, fled, and a blood trail led to weeds where he lay unconscious. He died at a hospital from loss of blood.
A gun toting four year old in Newark confronts a safecracker at Fon Kings laundry. The boy declines to draw his weapon and later alerts his mother who calls police after the trio flee. Police credit the child with handling the incident well.
A passing volunteer fireman spotted smoke from a second story window in CLATHE Kas. He woke Shirley Jones 27 Marilyn Jones 13 and Stephen Jones 3 and all escaped unharmed. Mrs Donald Brown carried her nine month old from an adjoining unit. Fire Chief Prather said the fire started in a waste basket.
In Franklin County Kansas the probate court schedules a hearing on the petition by Billie Filis Schulz for administration of the estate of Dixie Olive Schulz deceased. The hearing will be August 27 1958 at 10 o clock A.M. in Ottawa. Attorneys Gleason Gleason Doty Logan represent the petitioner.
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