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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1956
Page
5
Wilma Blachford notes cooler weather after buying an air conditioner. Grasshoppers appeared on Ottawa streets early and faded by mid morning as polls opened at 8 am. Farmers preferred shoppers stay in town. Intermittent showers and sun shaped the mood of candidates as partial returns came in.
Franklin County teachers in Ottawa plan a multi day institute August 28 to 31 with field trips and sessions on guidance reading arts and crafts. Attendance earns school service pay. certificates required for school boards. Speakers include Dr Raymond Charles and Ralph W House. arts and crafts taught by Virginia Jennings. The Cookes buy the Geiger estate residence in Ottawa. Lt Comdr George E Cooke expected home from the Intrepid in the fall.
Weidmann Tire and Battery announces a final close-out sale on all Kelvinator appliances at cost. Located at 206 C3L, this clearance offers substantial savings as stock is liquidated. Customer savings apply to ranges, refrigerators, and freezers while supplies last.
Electricians and plumbers protested a bid for lighting fixture installations by Elliott Barnes of Elliott Electrical Equipment. The June contract totaled 11271.67 dollars and critics urged competitive bidding, citing Ottawa’s practice of public notices and direct contractor outreach. Delegation included Virgil Wiggins Earl Barnett Phil McCracken Walter Pierson with Attorney Tom Gleason.
Don W. Jones, Ottawa member of the state legislative committee, says a safety council groundwork will be laid at a meeting next week. A state charter is filed and local groups will run national and state traffic safety programs with broad civic involvement. Commitees include information, legislation, enforcement, and education. President Eisenhower and Governor Hall back the effort.
In Fulton Kansas a chance garden chat sparked a reunion between George Edwards and his son Earl Edwards now the Rev. Earl Edwards of Redwood City California. After 30 years apart the elder explained his first wife took the son to California 30 years ago and Earl and his wife who are sisters learned of the other through neighbor Earl Coulter. The Rev and Mrs Edwards visit Fulton with their three children.
Weather forecast calls for fair south and partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms to the north this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures show no major change with lows 60 to 65 northwest to around 75 southeast, highs 90 to 100 across regions. Yesterday reached 98, today’s low 74, record highs 110 and lows 50 on this date. River stage near .53 of a foot this morning.
Warm weather continued in Ottawa and across Kansas with readings of 100 degrees or higher expected statewide except the extreme northeast. Northern areas may see scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday, while the south stays generally fair. A brief morning shower in Ottawa produced no measurable moisture.
County commissioners held a hearing on the coming year’s budget and no one appeared to protest any item or discuss the budget with the commissioners. The panel noted several years of no protests against published budgets.
Three accidents caused about 550 in damage yesterday and today with no injuries. Charles A Le Master 24 Ottawa and Richard D Berger 16 Richmond collided near Ottawa on US 59 at 7 10 am. McMaster 200 damage and Berger 100. John M Gremminger 24 Olathe collided with Robert C Barker 39 Kansas City Kansas 1 5 miles southwest of Ottawa on US 50S at 9 50 pm yesterday. Baker 50 damage. Gene Mohr 28 Rt 1 Ottawa and Harry L Patterson 75 929 S Hickory collided in 100 block on south Hickory at 9 41 today. Patterson 100 damage, Mohr none.
About 1,000 votes had been cast by 12 30 p m in Ottawa out of 4 912 registered as the primary election began. Precinct totals were listed for nine Ottawa wards with notable races for governor and several precinct committeeman and committeewoman posts. The Herald will update results this evening from 27 Franklin County precincts and display a blackboard of contest outcomes.
Sheridan county coroner ruled the freak death of 2 year old Sophia Louise Hair at the All American Indian Days celebration an unavoidable accident. Delbert Amotte 25 of Rapid City collapsed from a seizure and fell onto the child as the national anthem began.
Employment data for July shows 200 workers placed on jobs, 94 new applications filed, and 216 applications still on file. June had 130 placed and 125 new filings, while July last year saw 126 placements. Ottawa three-county office head George Medlock notes high job placement and fewer new applications.
Civil defense workers are scarce with volunteers asked to join on medical fire police and welfare committees. Director Weidmann notes no special experience needed as training will be provided and urges calls to 1626 for medical 160 for fire 372 for police and 144 for welfare.
Vice Admiral Charles Randall Brown new commander of the U S 6th Fleet arrived at Split for a three day courtesy visit to the Yugoslav navy sailing from Venice aboard the cruiser Salem. Units of his fleet had gone to sea from Naples Genoa and Leghorn amid Italian speculation of Suez crisis links denied as routine movements.
Washington 41 Robert G. Thompson a former Communist party official today lost his appeal for restoration of government disability payments tied to injuries incurred while serving in the Army during World War II.
Dan Turner former Iowa governor and state vice chairman of the 1952 Eisenhower campaign says he will not vote for Eisenhower in the November election He tells a National Farmers Organization convention that the President seems isolated from real farm conditions Turner who led Iowa from 1931 to 1933 has long criticized Secretary Benson but this marks his first public attack on the President.
The Defense Department issued a draft call for 17,000 men in October, all for the Army, the largest monthly quota since December. The Army was about 15,300 short of its goal, boosting total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 to 2,101,430. The Army remains the sole service using the draft.
U S Steel Corp raised prices on average $8.50 per ton as major producers follow suit after a five week steel strike. Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin study the situation while Republic cites price comparisons. U S Steel forecasts a 7.4 percent rise in employment costs under a three year no strike contract, with price increases totaling about 6.25 percent.
Investigators in Niagara Falls search for the cause of a million dollar explosion at the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant that killed three men and injured 17. The blast wrecked multiple insecticide production buildings, with $1 million in damages cited by a company spokesman.
In Kansas, Harry Woodring leads George Docking by a slim margin for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination as returns from 203 precincts show Woodring ahead. On the Republican side, Gov. Fred Hall inches ahead of Warren Shaw in early counts from 251 precincts, with Hall leading in Wyandotte and several industrial centers while Shaw gains in Wichita and Parsons.
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