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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
1
Local brief notes outline a free Vacation Pack option for Herald subscribers, with phone numbers for requesting the service during absence. Also listed are community items including appointments, visits to a hospital, reunions, a divorce filing, a new three cent stamp, and various local meetings and moves.
Chicago economist Leon Keyserling, top adviser to Truman, called the GOP prosperity claim a myth. He said economic progress has slowed under Eisenhower, unemployment rose, farmers suffered a calamity, and small business faced pressure and stagnation as Democrats draft platform. He linked this to broader critiques of Republican foreign policy and world peace.
Funeral services for Clyde E Burnett of 840 Burrough who was killed July 27 in an accident while in military service in Germany will be held at McVey-Dengel Mortuary Friday at 2 p.m. Rev J R Smith will officiate Burial will be in Highland cemetery Survivors include his mother Mrs Lottie Shireman Sunflower Kansas The body arrived in Ottawa this morning escorted by Roy Burnett a brother stationed in Germany
Kansas voters approved multiple bond measures in yesterday’s elections with varied margins. Wichita favored a 12.5 million school bond by about 20,000 to 8,000, Arkansas City backed 1.6 to 1.5 million for sewage disposal, and Salina Chanute and Lawrence approved airport and related bonds. Chanute also approved 22,500 for Santa Fe Park expansion. Emporia rejected 185,000 for a municipal pool. Garden City approved 50,000 for a National Guard armory. Newton backed 22,500 for Greenwood Cemetery land. Russell approved 60,000 for a city hospital.
First published notice for Gerald B. Anderson and Mary R. Anderson asking the District Court of Franklin County Kansas to quiet title against Water Mitchel Aaron Broyles and Mary Broyles and unknown heirs and guardians. Defendants must answer by September 16 1956 or a judgment by default will follow. Bowers and Bowers Attorneys represent plaintiffs.
CHICAGO Colorado women Democrats push for a party platform plank calling for free access to information in all government branches. Dr. John A. Farley, Pueblo platform committee member, submitted a resolution from Colorado Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs supporting constitutional guarantees of the peoples right to know and access information in executive legislative and judicial departments.
Five men died when a United Heckathorn C82 Flying Boxcar crashed and burned while preparing for a Mediterranean fruit fly eradication run. Pilot Charles Day and co pilot Ray Howkie from Haywood California died, with John Tichner Warren Rogers and W Johnson of Miami among the ground crew. The plane, en route from Master Field to Boca Raton, suffered engine trouble. one man was ejected.
The Associated Press reports the national weather showing little change. Showers fell from the Rockies eastward across the Central and northern plains to the Mississippi. Generally fair weather prevailed in the eastern third and from the western Rockies to the Pacific. Storms hit parts of the plains with 40 to 50 mph winds and funnel clouds reported in southern South Dakota and western Iowa.
Report notes that much of the land on which buildings in Rockefeller Center, also known as Radio City, sits is owned by Columbia University.
Secretary of Defense Wilson says the Suez Canal situation is a minor upset unlikely to affect U S defense planning. He noted potential ramifications but hopes it remains local, contrasting with Dulles and Eisenhower who stressed concern over Egypt's nationalization and Western reactions. Great Britain and France moved toward a war posture in the region.
New York Pamela Wilde, 28, wife of NBC Today host Dave Garroway, vows to love honor and cook breakfast for him at 4 a.m. each weekday, after their Municipal Building marriage yesterday. Garroway, 42, begins work at 7 a.m. on Today. This is their second marriage for both. both were previously divorced.
President Eisenhower signed 13 bills including continuation of federal housing operations and a new flood insurance program for homes and businesses. He also approved a 10 percent boost in monthly payments to retired railroad workers. Sixteen bills await action as Congress winds up its session.
Colorado Springs delegates organize the Colorado Watershed Conservation Assn to unite water interests across six Colorado basins. Twenty six delegates elect officers and adopt a constitution, with members including four delegates per basin plus leaders from the Colorado Dade Ranchers Assn and the Colorado Izaak Walton League. Lt Gov McNichols was expected to attend.
Seventy army navy and air force units reportedly closed in today on a rebellion in Manabi province western Ecuador. The government said the revolt would be put down once and for all by whatever means necessary. The outgoing Velasco Ibarra administration blamed defeated political leaders and a garrison at Porto Viejo for the uprising. censorship was imposed on newspapers and dispatches as Quito reported normal activities.
In 1956 gas utility and pipeline companies plan more than 1.6 billion dollars in new construction across the United States. Major firms invest in expansion projects, reflecting a nationwide push to boost gas distribution and pipeline capacity.
State Rep. Howard Bentley of Kinsley, former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was defeated for the Republican nomination to the Kansas House. Hubert L. Duke Fatzer led with 643 votes to Bentley's 335 based on returns from 9 of 13 county precincts. Fatzer is a brother of Justice Harold R. Fatzer, a former attorney general and Bentley rival.
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