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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1959
Page
4
Clarence Fowler of four miles southwest of Centropolis schedules an August 17 public auction at 11 am to sell his dairy herd and milking equipment. Lunch will be served by Women of the Ap panoose Baptist Church. Other items: local notices, church events, and community updates on road work and local businesses.
Three persons pleaded guilty to traffic violations in Police Court today. Kenneth Larry Reddick Jr. 17 was fined 50 dollars for reckless driving. Ronald Edward Myers 21 was fined 20 dollars for driving 50 in a 30 mph zone. Kent McCright 18 was fined 15 dollars for driving 35 in a 20 mph zone. Andrews 37 Bartlett 25 Williams Jr 19 were continued for one week. Gilliand 58 jailed for drunk in public. Paul 19 for illegal mufflers forfeited 15. Grumm 41 forfeited 12. Blythe 32 and Berg 24 forfeited 15.
In the market record, barley beans corn eggs and poultry prices appear with mixed values. Beef and butterfat figures show low clarity while egg and hen categories list several uncertain figures and descriptors.
Cattle receipts about 4 500 head with calves 200 and hogs around 3 000. prices show slow to down 25 cents for cattle, spots up 25, average choice steers near 28.00, long hauled steers 27.50, good to choice 25.50 27.00, standard 22.50, utilities 16.25 18.00, vealers 27.00 30.60. Hogs steady to 50 higher, barrows 14.35 14.65, 1 3 weights 14.26 14.85, sows 11.25 12.75, sheep 2 000 head steady to 50 higher, native lambs 20.50 22.00, slaughter ewes 4.50 3.00.
Wheat and corn quotes drift with modest changes amid varied grades No 2 hard and dark hard wheat around 1.94 to 2.06 per unit and No 2 white corn near 1.20 to 1.23 while No 3 grades trail. Futures end mixed with minor gains and losses as trading settles with uncertain demand signals.
Frank K Weis who died August 5 was honored with funeral services at Lamb Funeral Home on August 8 officiated by Rev James R Sorensen. Pallbearers included Louis Denker Harlan Cannady Merle Heckman Ralph Hobbs Cecil Dunn and Mark Walter. Albert J Williams sang hymns with accompaniment by Mrs J R Henning. Burial followed in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
Louis Lopez about 50 suffered foot injuries when a Continental Bread truck driven by Jim Cully 48 Kansas City ran into the rear of a tractor he was driving on US 169 west of Greeley. The collision sent both vehicles barreling. Lopez treated at Anderson County Hospital Garnett then moved to Trinity Lutheran in Kansas City.
Charles B Vickers 78 died Sunday evening at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a three day stay He was a retired farmer who had lived in Le Loup 14 years Born September 18 1880 in Caplinger Mills Missouri he is survived by his widow Alice son Elton of Ottawa five daughters Mrs Albert Mages Newton Mrs Raymond Harbison Ottawa Mrs Harold Cherry Harrisonville Mo Mrs John Sheets Glasco and Mrs Floyd Gumm Le Loup a brother Fred Cameron Mo and a sister Mrs Dora Good Stockton Mo Two sons Kenneth and Ralph preceded him in death Services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev Lowell Dickinson officiating Burial will be in Wellsville Cemetery.
Hobart Oklahoma AP reports Mr and Mrs W A Fullingim quietly observed their 80th wedding anniversary at their home near Hobart. She is 98, he is 104, married in Denton Texas in 1879. No celebration due to their son Will age 78 at the house being ill.
Senate probers open closed hearings on Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers in Washington. The inquiry, led by Republicans, targets alleged improper practices by UAW officials, with Reuther demanding public access. The panel includes JFK, and concerns over flower fund handling are cited.
NEW YORK AP reports Muriel Miles once a Ziegfeld Follies star killed herself with pills amid aging loneliness. A banker’s life note and a modest funeral funded by life insurance followed her death at age 59 in her New York apartment, with police noting a $63 bank balance.
Trustees in the Coffeyville Loan and Investment Co reorganization filed a creditor list in U S District Court naming about 1 120 certificate holders. Nineteen insurance companies, seven equipment lessors, and 23 other creditors are listed. Claims are due by Sept 21. a reorganization plan is due by Nov 20 with a hearing set for Dec 28 in Coffeyville.
In Cincinnati four members of The Platters were freed on $1,000 bond each after being charged with aiding and abetting prostitution. The group members David Lynch Jr Tony Williams Herbert Reed and Irvin Robi all of California faced arrest by vice squad detectives during a downtown hotel raid. Four 19-year-old girls were also arrested and held on $1,000 bonds. The Platters had finished a three day engagement at the Copa Club in Newport Kentucky.
Dorothy Hudson of Anchor age Alaska flew from Miami to Chicago after her 11 year old cocker Wahine escaped a crate at Midway Airport. She crawled into a muddy sewer pipe Monday, helped by a cordon of neighbors, to retrieve Wahine after a three day search. A boy who spotted the dog was paid $50.
Admitted Ralph Lloyd Myers and Michael John Geiss with listed addresses. Births reported for Mr and Mrs Richard Husted of Rantoul and Mr and Mrs Harvey Berr of Willow with weights noted. Dismissed Nora Massey Diana Lynn Triplett Mrs C L Bearly Mrs Dallas L Casida Mrs Frank C Mersman and baby son Richmond Higinio Escobar listed with addresses.
Winners announced for the August 6 demonstration contests by county 4-H agent Les Sallee. Helen Lederer RFD 2 Pomona won health, Dorothy Glanville RFD 2 and Cheryl Mack 822 S Mulberry won foods, Patricia Abersold RFD 2 won dairy foods, James Dunn RFD 2 and Alfonso Mages 521 S Cherry won electronics. Lederer a Junior Judges member. others part of Silverleaf 4-H club. Eleven demonstrations held.
First published July 28 1959 in Franklin County Kansas probate court notices Harold E Evertson executor seeks final settlement of Amanda Evertsons estate. Court to hear August 22 1959 in Ottawa Kansas. Notifications urge defenses and outline heirs devisees legatees and distribution per will.
In San Francisco the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and Pacific Maritime Association ratified a three year contract. ILWU members will share in productivity gains with employers contributing 114 million dollars first year and an estimated 142 million total for 1962. Wages rise 11 cents an hour for longshoremen to 3.08 and 14 cents for ship clerks to 2.93, retroactive to June 15.
Smoke blankets northern mountains as Ukiah and Willits crews battle new flames. Ukiah residents, including all available men, rally to protect a 15 000 population while women and children use hoses to dampen roofs. Rangers report two Cow Mountain fires were started by youngsters and hunters as southern blazes near Lake Elsinore kill two and scorch 1600 acres.
Lloyd D Kahle 25 of Salina wed Julene Paugh 24 of Ottawa in a marriage license listing. Also listed were Robert W Allen 19 of Ottawa and Connie Lou Hagadorn 17 of Osawatomie.
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