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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
5
Ottawa city officials pursue a sanitary garbage and trash disposal plan with tentative fees for about 85 business firms. Fees range from 1.50 to 20 per day based on waste, while residences would see under 1.50 per month. A $44 136 bid from Leo M. Fergus onwa to provide equipment and burial acreage is likely to be accepted.
Topeka reported a new low for Aug 21 at 45 degrees while Manhattan registered 44. Russell saw 56 as last night’s lows. Expect light rain and a slow warmup with highs in the 70s and nightly 50s. Cooler night prompts joking about blankets and autumn near.
John Gaynor was reelected chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Central Committee at a meeting held at his home last night. Marie Harding was elected vice chairman Julius Raffelock was reelected treasurer and Elizabeth McMannis was elected secretary.
Albert Keefer of 1045 S Main describes collecting accounts and unsold seeds for a large seed company as an engaging summer job. He has 65 accounts in eastern Kansas and 40 in Oklahoma, with a few small and several large accounts in Pittsburg, Iola, and Kansas City. The work involves collecting payments, gathering unsold seeds, repairing racks, and testing seeds for germination before re packaging or destruction. Weather impacts sales, with Oklahoma dry and Kansas more rainy, but travelers still visit towns to complete shipments and attend family events along the way.
TOPEKA The Kansas State Board of Health reports polio onsets in 1956 are 54 percent of 1955 levels with 66 total cases year to date after 12 new cases were recorded last week. In 1955, 122 cases had been reported by this time.
A four year old hound named Red was doused with inflammable liquid and set afire late Sunday night in the 1500 to 1600 block of South Main. The dog ran into weeds and the flames were put out. Earl Hicks, 1023 South Locust, owns Red and tends his burns at home with salve. Police seek those responsible. a $100 reward is offered for arrests and conviction.
Richmond's 32nd annual Free Fair runs Wednesday through Friday with livestock and baby shows, a checker tournament, a tractor derby, baseball games, and a big parade featuring bands and floats. Events include terrapin and baby contests, team pulling, music each night, and Capper Trophy awards with Kenneth Cunningham as president and John H. Boeckers as secretary.
In Dryden Virginia James Gates aged 68 was pulling a dresser drawer when it came loose and dropped the bottom. A .22 caliber pistol fell from the drawer and fired striking Gates just below the heart and killing him at home.
Walter S. Smith a 46 year old McPherson city engineer was reported in serious condition today at St Francis Hospital Wichita after being taken there last night suffering from polio.
Franklin county ASC staff and state committees met in Topeka to review wheat acreage reserve and conservation programs. Contracts must be signed by Sept 21, with 60 percent loan payments or 1.28 per bushel in this county. meetings will explain conservation details and eligibility for farmers who planted wheat at least one year between 1952 and 1956.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Republicans welcome President Eisenhower at their 100th anniversary convention with a roaring greeting. A 10,000 word platform calls for tax cuts for low and middle income families and small independent businesses. Nixon appears favored for renomination, with many delegates leaning toward him despite Stassen moves. Eisenhower arrives early, signaling fitness for a new GOP crusade.
Lane Fair wraps its 47th annual session with local officials pleased by the exhibits. Secretary Clarence Raffrey notes the final amateur contest is tonight and the old fiddlers contest occurred yesterday. Visitors praise the swine display alongside strong cattle and sheep shows as livestock judging nears completion.
SAN FRANCISCO Republicans pledge tax cuts for low and middle income families and small independent businesses in a draft platform to be approved at the convention. The pledge accompanies aims to reduce government spending, balance the budget, and lower the national debt while urging defense strength and continued fight against racial discrimination.
Generally fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight with increasing southerly winds. Low tonight 55 to 60, high Wednesday in the 80s to around 90, northeast to southwest. High yesterday 75, low today 46, record high 105 in 1936, record low 45 in 1954.
Stockholders of the Ottawa Production Credit association celebrated paying off the last dollar of outside capital on July 31 at the annual meeting held after noon at Forest Park. The 600 members from Franklin, Anderson, Coffey, Osage, Douglas, Johnson, Miami and Linn counties now own all $142,995 of capital stock. Reserves total $230,527. Since its start in January 1934 the association has loaned over $33,168,707 to area farmers and stockmen. Fully member owned, it will assume liability for taxes like a private institution and operates from a new office at 212-214 South Hickory in Ottawa with a Burlington field office. Officials include President Wilson Counts, Ray Teagarden, George W. Anderson, Mildred Strain, Ralph Weinheimer, Clarence Lay, Everette Miller, Andrew Forbes, and staffers Joan Liekteig, Deloris Pederson, and W. A. Droege.
A 6 year old Dallas boy underwent a series of antirabies shots after a frantic week long search. A rabid dog bit 15 people in Rockwall last Tuesday, with witnesses recalling a boy bitten when a family stopped for cold drinks while traveling.
Four nations Pakistan Turkey Iran and Ethiopia joined 18 others at the 22 nation Suez conference in backing Secretary of State Dulles plan for an international board to operate the canal with Egyptian participation. India criticized the plan as impracticable and proposed a compromise granting Egypt full control with advisory international input. Egypt had nationalized the canal company on July 26 and welcomed softened British and French positions on force.
Ottawa police logged accidents 148 and 149 yesterday. Frances L. Ecord, 39, and William J. Close, 316 Walnut, collided at 8:45 p m at S Main and 3rd, causing about 20 to Ecord and 100 to Close in damage. Lena M. Cox, 17 Wellsville, hit a parked car owned by Tressa V. Blackburn, 59 803 N Oak, in the 700 block on N Main at 2:31 p m, with damages around 100 to Cox and 150 to Blackburn.
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