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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1961
Page
6
Joe Toumberlin pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated open bottle violation and no license plate, fined 250 dollars with a 90 day suspended jail term. A reckless driving charge was dismissed. Other items note a car collision near Ottawa, a 85th anniversary event at Bethany Chapel Baptist Church, and local ads.
Obituaries note Joseph L. Harbison 83 of 1009 W 6th who died Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after two years illness. Survived by wife Jennie, two daughters, a brother, grandson and two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 PM at McVey Dengel Mortuary. Also Toney Miller longtime Greeley resident died August 15 and services held August 19 at Holy Angels Church Garnett. Burial at St John Cemetery, Greeley. survivors include Stella Miller widow, three sons Ben Clyde Gene, two daughters Marie Fredericks and Kathryn Tactor.
Charles Lynn Newman 51 Nowata Oklahoma convicted of drunken driving fined 100 dollars and given 30 day suspended jail sentence Newman also fined 25 dollars for reckless driving and filed notice of appeal bond set at 500 dollars. Clarence E Rose 31 Quenemo pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated reckless driving and speeding 55 in a 20 mile zone and is set for trial August 29. One person fined 25 for moving traffic violation. three others forfeited 55 in bonds. Additional fines included Jerome L Weigand 22 for reckless driving 25 dollars. Gerald J Montgomery 17 329 8 Poplar 10 dollars. Charles Ray Evans 19 Wellston 20 dollars. Cleda H Hayden 43 RFD 4 25 dollars for failing to yield the right of way. Hayden and Floyd Minnick 62 collided at 7th and Cedar about 4 p.m. yesterday. Minnick driving north on Cedar Hayden east on 7th.
Funeral services for Miss Grace Hedrick 82 who died August 18 in Lawrence were held August 21 at Richmond Methodist Church with Rev Knox officiating. Mrs Jerry Mil cfelt sang hymns with Mrs Lee Perkins at the organ. Pallbearers were A O Sigler Leo Freese Ira Williams C E Gault Albert Dunbar Cecil Buckley Burial was in Richmond Cemetery Miss Hedrick a practical nurse lived in Richmond about 20 years ago and is survived by a brother Albert Hedrick Lawrence.
Funeral services for Mrs The resea Drake who died August 17 were conducted at McVey-Dengel Mortuary on August 21 with Rev. Ernest Nelson officiating. Pallbearers included Lee Nichols A J Dawson Eugene Saffron Robert Dufield R D Waymire and Scott Kidney. Mrs D D Driscoll sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens at the piano. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
Timothy Jay Bell, 2 percent, and Evelyn Jane Tawney, 17, Ottawa, each filed for marriage licenses.
Admissions list includes Olen Streebin, Hurst Coffman, Floyd Keim, Vivian Collins, James M. Mays, Curtis Heathman with addresses noted. Births: Delbert Eichinger and spouse Pomona a son born Monday, 7 lbs 7 oz. Robert B. Hollon and spouse 715 E. 15th a son born Tuesday, 8 lbs 12 oz. Dismissals include Kenneth Thompson, Donald Wayne Marconett, and multiple patients with listed residences. several mothers and infants noted for discharge.
United States Ambassador Adlai F. Stevenson condemned the Soviet Union as cynically suppressing freedoms at a special U.N. General Assembly session. He countered Platon D. Morozov as shameless and urged ignoring his attack on foreign-held bases. Stevenson contrasted Soviet actions with France freeing territories postwar while Russia occupied countries resisting troops in the Bizerte base dispute.
The Associated Press reports that British researchers studied 220 dying hospital patients aged 60 to 101. A quarter were aware they were dying, most faced death without fear, with seven recognizing it within hours of death. Pain was moderate to severe in 13 percent, higher with rheumatoid arthritis than cancer.
In Berlin Chancellor Konrad Adenauer toured the East West barrier and faced jeers from East German Communists led by Gerhard Eisler at Potsdamer Platz. He ignored the heckling and proceeded to visit the Brandenburg Gate area and the Marienfelde refugee center, amid rumors of Soviet visits and border tensions.
DETROIT AP General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler proposed a three year contract to the United Auto Workers with six-cent hourly raises each year plus cost of living allowances. The pact includes expanded fringe benefits and a new income guarantee to cover shorter work weeks for about 490,000 workers. Ford and Chrysler said their al-
Abilene residents from varied professions form the Old Abilene Players in an amateur summer melodrama “He Ain't Done Right by Nell” directed by George Makins. Cast includes a housewife, lawyer, buyer, lab assistant, sales manager and two students with a husband-wife and mother-daughter leadership pair. Performances run Friday and Saturday nights at the Alamo Saloon in Old Abilene.
NEWBURGH New York AP An Air Force colonel faces court martial on neglect of duty charges linked to the Texas Tower collapse that killed 28 Air Force personnel and civilians on January 15 The trial opened with formal charges and a defense request to delay. Colonel William M Banks, a Raleigh West Virginia native, boasted of exoneration and cited wartime combat service and aviation innovations amid the proceedings.
In Honolulu, women dominate many barber shops with over half of the citys 1000 master barbers and 180 apprentices being female. Shops hire women exclusively or mix staffs to attract customers, and many men enjoy being clipped by lady barbers who also offer neck and upper back massages. A pending state law would allow masseges to continue under barbering rules.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson briefed Democratic congressional leaders on his weekend West Berlin visit. He described the mission as historic and said talks with West German leaders strengthened U.S. and Western Allies positions in West Berlin during a 36 hour trip that included 1,500 American troop arrivals. House Leader McCormack called the report historic and said America is proud to have Johnson at this crucial moment. Senate Leader Mansfield said he was pleased and impressed by the vice president’s activities.
Community sales every Thursday night at 1136 N Main Ottawa and Lawrence. Aug 26 Merle E Hartwick furniture antiques 1 p.m. 1 mile east of overpass on highway K 10 Lawrence. Sept 2 Printy Auction House 1136 N Main Ottawa 1 p.m. Overbrook Livestock Sale weekly Wednesday. Aug 26 Mrs A E Messenhamer household goods sale Ottawa Franklin Co. sale at 11 a.m. Aug 28 Carl B Butell Est dairy sale 10 miles SW Lyndon. Aug Lee Robinson farm sale 4 miles SW Lawrence. Aug 30 Charles A Wells farm sale 7 miles NW Ottawa. Sept 1-8 P Horncbuckle clean sweep farm sale 3 miles south 1 west 44 south Baldwin Jet. Sept 13 Leon Burrichter Holstein carry sale 68 miles south of Ottawa on highway 66 mile west at 1 p.m.
Albert Narold and C Beatty of Lyndon Kansas are named in a brief local notice with phone digits CH 2-1842 and CH 2-4836 referenced. The fragment provides contact style codes but no event detail or context.
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