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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1956
Page
4
Monroe County Republicans publish a rear window card slogan urging safety with a political twist. Seventh grade students will meet Monday August 27 in the junior high study hall at 1 p.m. for schedules, bring a $1 rocket fee, and tour planned of the building.
The public is invited to an organizational safety committee meeting for Franklin County at 8 p.m. in the basement of the First Methodist church on Tuesday August 28. Don W. Jones notes 95 invitations were sent to key persons and groups. The program includes talks by Mark Robeson Paul Holmes and a C R McCamment representative, plus safety films. The group aims to save lives with traffic safety a priority and plans to form committees on information legislation accident records enforcement and engineering.
U S Navy air officials report a patrol plane was fired on before it disappeared off the Red China coast near Formosa. Technician J C Albert P Mattin of Delta Ohio survived initial wounds from gunfire but died from crash injuries. The 7th Fleet initially planned continued search for 15 remaining crewmen, though later word indicated orders to persist in the hunt.
President Eisenhower resumes a full round at Pebble Beach California tackling Cypress Point again and may go for broke on the treacherous sixth hole as he plays.
Eugene Wingert of Wellsville swept major prizes at the Richmond Fair winning both grand championship and reserve grand championship in baby beef. His Herefords Prince and Duke also earned grand championships at Ottawa and Lane, with Prince weighing 1200 pounds after a two-stage feeding plan. He plans to take both calves to the Fat Stock Show in Wichita in October and lists multiple SHAFF projects.
Two local youths Ronald E. Meyer and Mike E. Zakoura were named to KU scholarship halls. Ten recipients receive a $300 award and perform daily household tasks in exchange for reduced room and board, all starting at KU for the first time. Meyer, son of Edward and Mable Meyer, will enter engineering and architecture. Zakoura, son of Fred and unknown, will study journalism.
Gary D. Maxwell of Route 1 reported a calf darted into the path of his car two miles east of Ottawa on a township road yesterday. He said the calf jumped in front of the vehicle and the front end sustained about 150 in damage. The crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. No injuries reported.
MINEOLA NY Angelo John LaMarca 31 a taxi and truck driver was taken from his cell at 4 am for another automobile trip amid efforts to pin down details of the kidnapping and death of infant Peter Weinberger. Police report little information on the early morning trip or the whereabouts and possible accomplices. LaMarca held without bail for a further hearing on kidnapping. murder likely added. Remains found yesterday near a Long Island parkway.
Oil has been found in a well drilled Thursday on Cyrus Hughes farm about 1.5 miles southwest of Ottawa. About 15 feet of sand at 710 feet depth. Pumping planned immediately. expected to compare with local shallow wells. A second Hughes well showed weaker results but both will be pumped. Leases on Hughes and surrounding 300 acres held by Elmer Sieg with Dr Homer Flora and Tom Gleason of Ottawa. Paola driller G T Showmaker drilled the well. Sieg has long prospection experience in Miami and Western Franklin counties.
George Zaharias reported Babe Didrikson Zaharias critically ill at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The famed athlete, battling cancer since 1953, is very weak and exhausted after a difficult night as doctors continue treatment.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a Sunday high around 100 in the south central region and 90s elsewhere. Yesterday’s high 91 after 1 40 pm, low today 63 at 6 am. Record highs 110 in 1936, record low 50 in 1896. Hourly figures show 9 am 77, 3 pm 91, river at 0.5 foot. Winds light, precipitation trace yesterday.
Temperatures cooled a few degrees in the Ottawa area with a 91 degree high. The reading occurred on the official thermometer from 1 40 to 2 20 and again at 3 00 p m. The 6 a m minimum was 63 degrees. Sprinkles were reported late in the afternoon and cloudy skies suggested rain to the south and west. An ice cream supper was announced for Tuesday August 28 at Homewood Christian and Community Church.
Guy Carpenter, 63, of Ottawa, suffered cracked ribs and scratches when his truck rolled three times after a youth in a car struck it near Merriam around 1 am. He was taken to KU Medical Center then returned home. He plans another hospital checkup next week. He was en route to Kansas City to buy watermelons for his stand.
Kansas Republicans and Democrats turn to state politics after national conventions. State committees meet Tuesday to elect chairs while party councils draft platforms for the November 6 general election. Theis is expected to be re elected Democratic state chairman. Shaw seeks James Pratt as GOP chairman. Docking opposes union shop. Prohibitionists share a slate, with meetings at the State House and Hotel Jayhawk. Gov. Hall attends national convention in San Francisco.
Cairo sources indicate President Nasser may reject a plan backed by 16 of 22 nations at the London conference for internationalizing the Suez Canal. He reportedly will offer guarantees of free and unimpeded canal use, possibly as a counterproposal to the proposal.
Ottawa had 80 accidents involving 154 vehicles and 144 drivers in six months. Adverse weather played a small role while daylight, clear or cloudy skies and dry roads dominated. Violations like failure to grant right of way caused about 36 percent of crashes. speeding and device presence were minor factors.
The State canvassing board certified official Aug. 7 primary results with George Hart winning the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination by 463 votes over Paul Aylward, and George Docking and Warren Shaw leading their races for governor and Senate respectively. Carlson led Republicans for U.S. Senate and won by a margin larger than all Democratic votes combined. full district results and top vote-getters for statewide offices listed. 287,150 Republicans and 152,092 Democrats voted in the 1956 primary.
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