Whitaker family hosts open house before overseas departure
A long running family open house at D C Whitaker's home in Ottawa winds down this Sunday as sons Phillip Whitaker and Theodore Whitaker prepare to ship out for Germany and the Azores. Relatives from Lawton Oklahoma Waterville Kansas and Lawrence gathered for the farewell, with others planning visits to Scarsdale New York and Ottawa. Meanwhile city hall crowd turns out to object to proposed garbage fee structure with rates climbing to 30 per month for slaughterhouses and 20 for large grocers while smaller shops lobby for lower costs and logistics of trash removal.
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D. C. Whitaker
Pfc
Phillip Whitaker
Theodore Whitaker
Phillip
Germany
Ted
Bob
Bobby
Pat
Kathleen
Waterville
Kas
Whitaker
Barrett
Nancy Kay
June
Lawrence
Ted Whitakers
Phil
Carilee Shipps
Ellis
J. R. Hall
Lewis Whitakers
Billy
Robert
John
Bellflower
Calif
Dick Whitakers
Pittsburg
New York
Azores
Air Force
Ted Whitaker
Ottawa
D. C
City Hall
Kenneth Andrews
A. C. Richeson
Ivan Brown
Don Capper
Douglas Gleason
Ira Bonine
As Lew
An- Lares
Leo M. Fergusson
Emergency Flight For Polio Victim Beekman Evacuated
AIC John W. Beekman of Ottawa, seriously ill with polio, was flown to Maxwell Field Alabama in an emergency aerial evacuation. He traveled in a portable iron lung, accompanied by Air Force doctors. Beekman is the son of John W. Beekman of Palm Beach Florida and is a Ottawa High School and Ottawa U graduate.
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AIC
John W. Beekman
Otawa
Area Air Force Hospital
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Palm Springs
Fla
A.F.B. Beekman
Beekman
Air Force
Dorothy
Mary Kay
Shirley
Broadway
Palm Beach
Ottawa High School
Ottawa U
Four Hurt In Head-on Crash North Of Ottawa
Four persons were seriously injured in a two car collision about 614 miles north of Ottawa on US 50S. Ambulances transported all four injured and two uninjured to Ransom Memorial Hospital around 8 AM. Details list Harold Horton 48 Tremont Ill with lacerations and shock. Mrs Horton 47 with broken leg and collarbone and shock. Fred Horton 14 with concussion and shock. Tilford J Latyson Jr 32 Topeka with facial chest and head lacerations and possible rib fractures. Two Horton children, Clayton 12 and Caren 10, were uninjured and staying at the Coburn home awaiting grandparents from Tremont. The Horton car reportedly on the wrong side of the road. no witnesses to the crash. Both cars were total losses. The accident occurred on the new bridge near the Franklin Douglas county line opened a few weeks earlier after prior bridge accidents.
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Ottawa
Harold Horton
Fred
Tremont
Ill
Tilford J. Lawson
Topeka
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Horton
Clayton
Caren
Highway Patrol
Mrs. Horton
Fred Horton
Tilford J. Latyson, Jr
Walter Coburn
Coburn
Lawson
Franklin-Douglas County
Jury List Drawn for September Term in District Court
A 40 member jury panel has been drawn for the September term of district court. Notices were sent by the sheriff to residents across Ottawa, Pomona, Wellsville, Richmond, Lane, Osawatomie, Princeton, Williamsburg and Rantoul. The district court is to convene Monday, September 10.
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Sheriff's Office
Ottawa
William H. Adcock
Alfred Beets
Roy C. Boyer
C. P. Burrows
Charles A. Engstrom
Wayne Garrett
Ruth Igel
Robert C. James
Blanche Lamb
Roy Lancaster
Myron E. McCall
Joan Nesbit
Dale Schleif
Jeanette Stephenson
Juanita Thompson
Herby McClure
Lane
Kenneth Page
Osawatomie
Donald Waddle
Princeton
Merle Lawin
Rantoul
Lavon Bates
Williamsburg
Ezra Stewart
District Court
Killed In Crash Near Beau Embankment
EL DORADO Washington S. C. Bishop 72 of Syracuse Kas was killed last night when his car struck an embankment west of Beaufort. Police said the accident occurred on a rural road and it was unclear whether weather or speed contributed to the fatal crash.
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EL Dorado
Washington S. C
Bishop
Syracuse
Kas
Beau
Nixon Campaign Dropped By Stassen At GOP Meet
SAN FRANCISCO AP President Eisenhower said Harold Stassen told him he would drop the dump Nixon campaign and seek convention permission to second Nixon's nomination for a second term. Eisenhower described Stassen as a team player and noted health improvements as he played golf and promoted a Republican Congress. He said Dewey had no role in New York politics and that Nixon remains as good a candidate as any.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Stassen
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
New York
Dewey
Goodwin Knight
California
Pennsylvania
Franklin County Considers Citizens Safety Committee
Franklin county plans a citizens safety committee with an organizational meeting August 28 at 8 p.m. in the First Methodist basement. Don W. Jones, Kansas Firemen’s Association official, cites state backing and compares groups in St. Joseph and Northeast Johnson county. Ottawa reports no traffic deaths in the first half of 1956 while statewide deaths rise. speakers include Mark Robeson, Paul Holmes, and a C. R. McCamment representative. safety films will be shown.
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Franklin County
Citizens Safety Committee
Don W. Jones
State Safety Organization
Jones
Kansas Firemen’s Association
Kansas Citizens Safety Council
Topeka
First Methodist Church
Citizens Safety Committees
St. Joseph
Johnson County
Ottawa
Fred Hall
Kansas
Eisenhower
Mark Robeson
Mission
Kansas Citizens’ Safety Council
Paul Holmes
Sealright Corporation
Kansas City
C. R. McCamment
Kansas Safety Director
Singer Sewing Machine Takeover Payments
Advertises takeover payments for a Singer Sewing Machine with contact numerals 1641M and 218 c 1t.
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Singer Sewing Machine
Wellsville Youth Triumphs at County Fair Beef Show
Eugene Wingert, 14, SHAFF 4-H member, won grand championship in the 4-H Beef Show with his Hereford steer Prince at Franklin County Fair. He also earned the Angus calf award from Ray Koontz and placed highly in multiple divisions including junior and fat lamb events, with reserve champion in fitting and showing.
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Eugene Wingert
Prince
Franklin County
Ray Koontz
Ottawa
Hampshire
Barrows
Eugene
Fall afternoon warmth and cooler tonight forecast
The forecast calls for warmer conditions this afternoon in the east and south with southwest winds 25 to 30 mph. Tonight winds diminish with lows in the lower 50s to around 60 in the southeast. Thursday will reach near 90 degrees.
Temperature Returns To Normal In Ottawa Area
Temperatures rose back toward normal in the Ottawa area after a spell of resortweather. The early morning low reached 55 degrees, up from 46 yesterday, while the previous day’s high climbed to 81 compared with 75. The forecast indicated further warming today and tomorrow.
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S. W. Light
Ottawa
Court Asked To Rule On Moldenhauer Miller Case
District court is asked to decide if Floyd Moldenhauer’s complaint against Robert Miller for loitering falls under former jeopardy after Miller was found not guilty in county court for disturbing the peace on Moldenhauer’s farm near Wellsville June 9. Other co defendants were acquitted of disturbing the peace but guilty of trespassing. appeals and further trials await.
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Floyd Moldenhauer
Robert Miller
Miller
Moldenhauer
Wellsville
Moldenhauver
Moldenhauer - Miller
Jimmy McGaugh
Richard Moherman
Wayne Leach
Scott Moherman
Republican Convention Show Not Ready For Big Time TV
A San Francisco observer criticizes the Republican National Convention broadcast as uneven and unpolished. He notes long-winded women speakers and cabinet members overshadowed by Eisenhower while praising Hoover's warm reception and a final sign spell out “Republican women.” The piece likens the event to a junior pageant and questions Madison Avenue’s influence on the production.
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San Francisco
Madison Avenue
Eisenhower
Nerbert Hoover
Betsy
Firestone's Dog Daze Bargains At Honn's Service
Firestone offers dog friendly bargains and puppy good deals promoted at Honn's Super Service on a1a c11 with registration details.
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Firestone
Dog Daze
Honn
Super Service
Talks Politics At Convention Before Nixon's Illness
SAN FRANCISCO i President Eisenhower and GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall discussed convention plans as the party prepared to renominate Eisenhower and Nixon. Hall said the convention would proceed with roll calls for both nominations and that acclamation is barred. Nixon flew to Whittier to be with his ill father, Frank Nixon, age 77, as illness could affect the vice presidential acceptance speech. Hall noted Eisenhower had no plan to discuss other nominees and emphasized a possible open convention. Eisenhower spoke by telephone with Nixon and wished his father a speedy recovery. Hall met with Eisenhower at breakfast and the President greeted Republican leaders throughout the morning.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard Hall
Hall
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Frank Nixon
Chicago
Leg Breaks In Odd Ottawa Accident
Ralph Tedrow, 26, of 116 East 15th, suffered a broken bone in the right leg below the knee in an unusual morning accident. He was delivering for Reliable Transfer when Clifford R. Brown, 20, showed him a used car at the Wholesale Garage. Brown started the car thinking it was in neutral. the vehicle lurched forward, pinning Tedrow against a garage wall. Tedrow was taken to Ransom Memorial hospital.
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Ralph Tedrow
East 15Th
Tedrow
Ottawa
First and
Walnut
Clifford R. Brown
Route 2
Brown
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Junior High Enrollment Up In Ottawa
There are signs of increased enrollment at Ottawa junior high this year. New student enrollments counted yesterday show 15 seventh graders, three eighth graders, and 24 ninth graders. Seniors, sophomores and juniors in senior high also pre enrolled, including three seniors, two sophomores and four juniors.
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Ottawa
Robbery at Rob Supermarket in Kansas City
Three men robbed the Rob Supermarket at 26th and State Line last night. They abducted the driver and a store employee, locking them in the trunk of a car. Officials from A&P Foods say the cash loss will be determined after today’s audit.
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Kansas City
State
A&p Foodatore
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Reneau Locker Plant
Antone Produce House
Haverty Locker Plant
Dump Nixon
Lamb Ambulance
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Rob Supermarket
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