Local Ottawa Sheriff Desk Short Handed Amid Absences
The Franklin County Sheriff's office in Ottawa is short handed with Sheriff day Brown away on vacation and Deputy Sheriff Josephine Evans home sick. Under sheriff Willard Lister and Deputy Earl Easdale are covering duties while cameras and films are noted. Wright Studio and local figures like County Commissioner Co¢d. Vining return from Sand Lake Michigan visit with family.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa
Day Brown
Josephine Evans
Willard Lister
Earl Easdale
Vining
Richmond
Kay
Cora Loree
Sand Lake
Mich
Grand Rapids
Death of North East Ottawa area farmer Clark Drake aged 88
Friend Clark Drake 88 longtime retired farmer of north east Ottawa area died Saturday at 12 15 p m after years of declining health. Born March 4 1869 in Noble County Ohio he moved to Kansas in 1894 then Franklin County two years later. Survived by widow Mable Irene Moore two daughters Mrs Earl Farris Ottawa and Mrs Harry Andrews Phoenix Ariz one son Francis C Drake Grants New Mexico two grandchildren and one brother J B Drake Hotchkiss Cole. Funeral at Lamb Funeral Home tomorrow 10 a m with Rev Gordon Miller. burial Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin.
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Clark Drake
Ottawa
Noble County
Ohio
Kansas
Franklin County
John W
Mary Larrick Drake
Mable Irene Moore
First Christian Church
Francis C. Drake
Grants
N. M
Earl Farris
Harry Andrews
Phoenix
Ariz
J. B. Drake
Hotchkiss
Cole
Lamb Funeral Home
Gordon Miller
Oakwood Cemetery
Baldwin
George B. McNeair
Hamblin
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Vinita
Okla
Nab
Lenthea Butler McNeair
Laura Wakefield
Alberta March
Evanston
Sne
Ncdn
Ill
Donald
Larne
Rose Shields
Salina
Alfred G
Cleveland
McVey - Dengel
Hope Cemetery
Hospital Notes Various Admissions And Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Ora Detwiler at 321 E 4th and Mrs Edgar Reeves at 801 S Locust, with other names and addresses. Births noted for Joe and wife a daughter and for John and wife a son, plus weights. Dismissals and transfers recorded to Emporia hospital and K A Medical Center.
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Ora Detwiler
Edgar Reeves
S. Locust
Kenneth Bennett
N. Oak
Everett Harding
Kansas City
Kas
E. W. Robinson
Olive
Wiley Keltz
S. Hickory
Homer Perry
RFD
Wellsville
Joe McGilbray
John Kay
Range Fire Is Controlled in Eastern Oregon
A 12000 acre range fire burned through dry grass and brush near Vale Oregon over the weekend tying up firefighting equipment. A 30 man skeleton crew kept watch while ranchers fought a small blaze with foot methods. The fire started at a hay baling operation Friday and leveled Malheur City, an abandoned mining town, while destroying power poles. Several ranches and a timber stand were saved.
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Vale
Ore
Oregon
Malheur City
Visitor Steals Judge's Gavel in Madison City Hall
A visitor on public tours of Madison Wisconsin’s new combined city hall and county courthouse stole the judge’s gavel during the visit. No other details on motive or consequences are provided.
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Madison
Wisc
Mrs Thena Akin Dies at 88 in Paola Nursing Home
Mrs Thena Akin 88 longtime Lane resident died Saturday morning at White Nursing Home Paola widow of James Akin who died 1952. Born July 10 1669 to Uriah and Sarah Johnson she is survived by son Homer Leavenworth. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 30 p.m. Lamb Funeral Home Rev Charles P Knight officiating burial Baker Cemetery.
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Thena Akin
Lane
Paola
James Akin
Akin
Uriah
Sarah Johnson
Homer
Leavenworth
Lamb Funeral Home
Charles P. Knight
Baker Cemetery
Aki — Thena
James
Long Brewery Strike Ends At Coors After Weeks of Walkout
Golden Colorado reports the end of the long brewery strike as Brewery Workers Local 366 votes 170 to 54 to accept a compromise with Adolph Coors Brewing Co. The strike began April 24, with a four day drafting session producing terms offering special severance pay up to 120 workers, vacation and sick leave continuity, and wage increases of 15 cents an hour retroactive to March 4, 1957, plus another 15 cents on March 1, 1958. The contract runs to February 1, 1959.
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Golden
Colo
Adolph Coors Brewing Co
Hargis
Spy Dodd Stern Named by Morros as Soviet Agent
House investigators say Boris Morros testified that Martha Dodd Stern and her husband Alfred Stern joined the Soviet apparatus. Morros also alleged a Prague embassy secretary and a German intelligence contact were Soviet agents. He claimed Soviet espionage used 55 U.S. firms as covers.
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Washington
House
U.S
Boris Morros
Walter
D-Pa
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Morros
Martha Dodd Stern
Mrs. Stern
William E. Dodd
Nazi Germany
Mexico City
Martha Dodd
Alfred Stern
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Space Travel Books Here Space Travel Books Here
Space travel books at the Carnegie Free Library attract reader interest as predictions of manned Moon landings within 25 years circulate. Librarian Nell Barnaby notes a dozen titles on space exploration in demand, including Willy Ley’s The Exploration of Mars and Across the Space Frontier edited by Cornelius Ryan. Arthur C Clarke’s Exploration of Space appears as a non technical yet scientific read, with focus on astronautics and civilization. The library also carries works on jet propulsion guided missiles flying saucers and related subjects.
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Nell Barnaby
Carnegie Free Library
Mars
Willy Ley
Cornelius Ryan
Space
Arthur Clarke
Funeral Services for John D Hughes
Funeral services for John Dillard Hughes who died August 15 were held August 18 at Lamb Funeral Home. Rev Charles P Knight officiated. Pallbearers were Roy English Robert Horne David Zimmermann Frank Zimmerman Harry Miller Theo Sedgwick and Mrs R L Stevens played organ selections. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hughes
John Dillard Hughes
Lamb
Charles P. Knight
Roy English
Robert Horne
David
Frank Zimmerman
Harry Miller
Theo Sedgwick
R. L. Stevens
Woodlawn
Pomona
Returned Officer Investigates Car Flip Near Lincoln Township
Highway Patrol trooper Bob Conaty, just back from vacation, responds to a two a.m. crash in a soybean field a half mile west of US 80 on Lincoln township road. The car owned by Francis M. Coon rolled several times. son Kenneth allegedly drove it at about 11 p.m. and was later pulled from the vehicle by another Ottawan.
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Highway Patrol
Bob Conaty
US 80
Lincoln Township
Conaty
Marks
Coon
Kenneth
Girl Says She Was Abducted
A 16 year old Missouri girl Lena Mae Hutcheson said she was abducted and held against her will until Kilby released her near Wichita. Kilby faced charges of vagary, suspicion of statutory rape, kidnapping and white slavery, while police tied him to alleged overnight stays in Tulsa and a Wichita apartment.
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Wichitap
Missouri
Richard P. Kilby
Kilby
Rex E. Brenz
Lena Mae Hutcheson
Anderson
Wichita
Brent
Gil
Tulsa, Okla
Visits Here After Trip To St. Croix
Clifford Nelson of Fort Worth Texas son of Mr and Mrs Lars Nelson 741 Tremont returned home Saturday from a business trip to St Croix in the Virgin Islands Nelson covers an estate area as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as chief architect for the airport division of the Civil Aeronautics Administration He was raised in Ottawa and graduated from Ottawa High School and the University of Kansas He has been with the CAA since the end of World War 2.
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Clifford Nelson
Fort Worth
Tex
Lars Nelson
Tremont
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Nelson
Puerto Roco
Airport
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ottawa
Ottawa High School
University of Kansas
CAA
Mixed flower bed and veggie plantings bloom in yard
Mrs Willy ma Taylor of Mangum Oklahoma experiments with a mixed garden this season. She plants flowers among vegetables and vegetables among flowers. Her beds feature eggplant parsley sweetpeas larkspur roses zinnias peppers and lettuce growing together.
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Mangum
Okla
Wilma Taylor
First To Swim Lake Erie First To Swim Lake Erie
A 36 year old ex Marine completed the first ever Lake Erie crossing in 35 hours from Point Pelee Ontario to Sandusky Ohio. History professor Dr Harry Briggs Jr was urged by an escort of Marines and navy men and credit given to spectators for boosting his final push as fatigue mounted near the coast.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Lake Erie
Point Pelee
Ont
Canda
Harry Briggs Jr
University of Alaska
Briggs
Gib Shanley
Toledo
WOHO
Shanley
Pelee Point
Senator Capehart Visits Paraguay for Sao Cross Honor
Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana arrived in Asuncion from Buenos Aires for a two day visit. He will meet President Alfredo Stroessner and other officials who will present him with the Grand Cross of the Paraguayan Order of Merit. Capehart attends the Inter American Economic Conference in Buenos Aires.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Buenos Aires
Alfredo Stroessner
Capehart
Queen and Princess Margaret Grounded by Cold at Balmoral
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret were said to be recovering from colds that kept them indoors during their Balmoral holiday. The royal family remains at Balmoral Castle for a traditional annual vacation after a busy summer social season.
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Ballater
Scotland
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Balmoral Castle
Sen. Case seeks draft age changes amid manpower concerns
Washington Sen. Francis Case urged Congress to raise the minimum draft induction age from 18 to 20 and lower the maximum from 26 to 25. He said a large manpower pool creates an unwarranted civilian liability. His proposal, to be offered as an amendment to a House bill, faces Senate Armed Services Committee scrutiny as Pentagon officials push for passage after a public hearing.
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Washington
Sen
Francis
Case
R-Sd
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
Military Services Authority
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Wright Studio
Vel Rene Beauty Shop
C-T.f
Harold Letchworth
Boulder
Meeker Lodge
Allenspark
Lola Sloan
James Cook Weidner
1300
Willow
Milo Harris
Joe Ferns
Cottonwood
Main
Jay Ellis
Co-Op
Bertha Bell
Cole School
Nelson Cary
Hewitt Chevrolet Co
Winfield
Dean Herrman
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile Co
Herrman
Cary
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Jack Lane Motor Co
Charles Fletcher
Carl Bloomer
Rantoul
Jack Bronson
Lyndon
Glenn Garber
N. Poplar
Joseph Strange
N. Main
Lyman Trumbull
Emporia
Mamie Wilt
Emporia Hospital
Irwin Myers
K. A. Medical Center
Flora Straub
Overbrook
Hershell Kunard
Victor Warren Dean
Adell W
Margie Babcock
Peoria
Anthony Oddo
Carl Grondorf
Virgil Wayne
Michael Ray
Ira Dean
L. C. Babcock
Maple
M. L .Dean
Zarah
Hollywood
New York
Waller
Morris
Eisenhower
United States
Molly
W. L. Hutchinson
Leo Edington
McMinnville
Hutchinson
Chuck Langdon
Francis M. Coon
Mulberry
McVe - Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Lata
Loe Hielo Perec Tak
Motley Garden
Merle Paul
K.C
Nele Isham
Mer
Dean
Adell Warren Dean
Drake —F. C
Albright Sewing Circle
Fenceus Hm One
Pentagon
Army
Senate
Senate Committee
Ashley
Harry
Harry Smith
S. Main
Porter Spears
Tom Porter
George Spears
Boy Am
Jack Horner
Angu
Organization of
Or Anchorsavings Acne Loan Association
iGé
Mayers
D. William Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
North American Building
J. Deann
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