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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1955
Page
4
An Emporia woman suspects garlic breath will label a person as suspect after garlic went missing from her garden. In Wellsville a Sunday car wreck drew youths with black eyes and bloody cuts who, according to the Wellsville Globe, were not involved in the crash but were guests at a local couple's beer party nearby.
New York Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas pledged a full impartial review of Eugene Landy the top student denied a Naval reserve commission because his mother was once a Communist. Landy 21 a U S Merchant Marine Academy graduate stood with hands at his sides during the oath ceremony and awaits a reconsideration after graduating with second highest honors in a 96 member class. Landy plans to appeal with Sen Smith's help and consult his mother Mrs Deborah Landy and local supporters. He sails tonight on a 30 day voyage aboard Texas Sun leaving Carteret New Jersey.
Eleven U.S. airmen released by Communist China report they are all physically fine after medical exams. Maj. William H. Baumer of Lewisburg sustained a leg wound and frost bite. others faced no visible injuries. Intelligence officials questioned the fliers about 32 months in Red China as they recovered in a Far East hospital near the base in Tokyo. Possible departure routes included Hong Kong to Tokyo and a Monday return via Alaska. In a separate note, Helen's Snack Shop in downtown offers pan fried liver and local fare from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with various sandwiches and pies.
In Seoul ten soldiers of the 24th Division were killed and ten injured when their transport truck plunged from a bridge and burned en route to Kimpo Air Base. Eight died on site, one died en route to hospital, and one later at the hospital. a driver survived uninjured. Names withheld pending kin notification.
Curtis Hoppin 42 of Pawnee Illinois died after his car hit a bridge abutment on U S Highway 36 in Sabetha Kansas. He was alone in the vehicle and died in a hospital about an hour after the accident, according to highway patrolmen.
Rep Walter says he will ask the Attorney General to list the National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenbergs Case as subversive. The move targets those tied to the group while not affecting the disbanded organization. The hearing followed four days of HUAC inquiry into Communist activity aiding the Rosenbergs.
Calvin Oklahoma Louis Jones a 34 year old life term convict escaped prison two days ago and eluded guards bloodhounds and a dragnet before being captured by Cal v in city marshal Alvin Sels at Rock Island depot without resistance Jones had fled in a prison truck and reportedly fled into brush after the truck got stuck near McAlester He is serving a life term for rape.
TOPEKA Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours 4 To date in 1955 313 Same period 1954 318.
Gallup Poll style appeal urges readers to submit opinion forms this week from Hillcrest Drive In Theater Ottawa Building and Loan Tally Theatre. It promises large cash awards for participation and notes surveys rely on representative cross sections for accuracy.
Mr and Mrs Clarence W Moody of Burlington Iowa former Ottawans reached Kansas City after learning of the disappearance of Mrs William Allen of North Kansas City. They traveled by train from Iowa to join the Allen family, the husband and two sons awaiting word. Mrs Allen, employed in Topeka for the state corporation commission from 1940 to 1941, had been missing about 48 hours.
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Sunday with a few widely scattered thundershowers in eastern and northern portions. Cooler in extreme north Sunday, lows tonight 70 to 75 west to east, Sunday highs around 90 to 95 in the north and south. Yesterday's high 89 at 2 30 p.m. and low 73 at 1 a.m. Hourly temperatures wrap to dawn with mixed readings. Yesterday’s sky was partly cloudy and the wind from the south light.
Showers drenched southeast Kansas with scattered storms possible in the west and north. Temperatures ranged from the 60s to 100, with highs near 95 to 100 in many areas and cooler 60s to 70s expected tonight across the state. Readings included Lecompton 1.63, Trousdale 1.41, Topeka 0.94, and numerous rainfall reports from Cottonwood Falls to Dodge City.
Premier Nikolai Bulganin invites all ambassadors and diplomatic chiefs in Moscow with families to his country house for a day of swimming lunch and recreation. It marks the first broad invitation by the Soviet leader to foreign officials for such an event. The memo mentions a chili-frankfurter finger-food menu and a late afternoon gathering at Memorial Audit.
Capt George A Stone of Minneapolis piloted a four engine Stratocruiser that failed to reverse propellers at Midway. He used full left rudder to steer clear of a gasoline area, veered into a steel fence, ran onto Central Avenue, and evacuated 68 people, with no fire. Copilot Ralph Gray praised Stone for averting disaster.
Four people died and a fifth was critically injured when a two-state car crash occurred a mile and a half south of the highways 71 and 180 junction near Lamar Missouri. Victims include Walter Sylvester Metz 65 of Leavenworth Kansas Natling Harper 51 and Mern Woods 39 both of Butler Missouri. Richard Lee Sharp 20 of Leavenworth died hours later. Pagel Harper 55 of Lamar Kansas was injured seriously when his car swerved into Metz southbound vehicle as the MO US trip home from Joplin.
Hurricane Connie altered its path during the night and will pass north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The system shifts course toward a northern tack, affecting shipping routes and coastal vigilance in the Caribbean region.
Kansas City police and Missouri authorities searched along the riverbank for clues in the disappearance of Wilma Allen, 34, mother of two. Her bloodstained clothing and car were found near Union Station after she was last seen Thursday afternoon during a hairdresser appointment. Her husband, a local car dealer president, urged caution and said he doubts she is alive. Officers noted tire marks and footprints, with a theory she may have been abducted or fled on a freight train.
In Louisville Kentucky a record vote looms as Democrats race for governor in one of the era s hottest primaries. Heavy turnout expected with half a million Democrats and up to 100000 Republicans. Key players include A B Chandler Bert Combs and U S senators Barkley and Clements. The result could shape the 1956 Democratic presidential nominating race.
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