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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1958
Page
5
Ottawa educators plan an all day meeting tomorrow with coffee for new teachers at 8 15 a m in room 108 High School. A general session follows at 10 a m in the High School auditorium and afternoon building meetings will be held. A Labour Day holiday means no school Monday.
A 275 member Kansans and Oklahomans delegation urged building an interstate from Ottawa south toward Tulsa Dallas and Houston. They argued the route would serve more people than any other Kansas City to Tulsa link and asked for an interstate designation. Governor Docking noted eastern Kansas would see the project years away and highlighted southeastern Kansas decline while Parsons and northeastern towns grow.
Generally fair weather continues this afternoon and tonight with a partly cloudy Thursday. Warmer today, cooler tonight. highs this afternoon in the 90s, lows tonight around 60. Thursday highs in the mid 80s. Yesterday’s high 85, low 59. Record highs 106 in 1913, record low 41 in 1910. Hourly data through 8 am shows varied readings. yesterday was clear with light wind and no precipitation.
A large crowd attended the Ottawa Free Fairgrounds opening with entries poured in across jams cattle and other categories. County Agent Don Brown estimated over 2000 entries overall, far above last year’s 1500 as home improvement judging starts at 3 p.m. livestock at 7 p.m. The rodeo’s second performance is at 8 p.m. and the parade featured two bands and naval and shrine units.
In Formosa the Communist bombardment of Quemoy and the Tan islets continued for a fifth day. Nationalists reported 8,800 shells on Tatan Erhtan and Quemoy. No CN air or sea action around the isles was seen. Nationalists claimed hits on Wu yu Ting Tateng and other targets. By noon nearly 100,000 shells had been fired by the Communists since last Saturday. The U.S. 7th Fleet remained on alert with no unusual activity.
Arkansas lawmakers approve Faubus anti integration package as the U S Supreme Court set to hear Little Rock desegregation. The House 94 1 Senate 33 0 pass school closing and related bills to block forced integration while enabling displaced students to transfer funds and allow segregated classes if needed.
The Jackson Daily News reports U S marshals in several states have been alerted on standby for possible immediate duty in Little Rock Arkansas. The order reportedly came from the U S attorney general's office in Washington and the source is described as reliable but unnamed.
The Silver Leaf 4-H Club the largest in Franklin County will perform at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital Sunday after a successfulWinter General Hospital show in Topeka. About 40 members travel by bus from Ottawa leaving 1 30 p m. They plan a picnic at Leavenworth tour the hospital and present a one hour program at 7 p m. Lunches are packed and the group will return the same evening. The Ottawa VFW and Knights of Columbus Hall hosted practice with a few changes planned for the Wadsworth show.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP another advanced research rocket was fired to investigate radiation in the earths atmosphere The five stage missile was launched under the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and blasted aloft late Tuesday then disappeared into the night sky seconds later.
A 60 year old Ottawan man, Ewing G. Dryden of Franklin County, died when his car rolled over on a county road nine miles southeast of Ottawa. Dryden was pinned beneath the vehicle and found dead, with George McDaniel arriving later. The crash occurred seven miles east of Princeton on the John Brown road at about 11:40 p.m. Dryden, born March 15, 1898 in Arnot, had worked at Sunflower Ordnance plant and as a service station attendant. He was married to Olive E. Denton and survived by the widow, two stepsons, three children from a former marriage, and one son-in-law in military service.
Flames swept the empty Majestic Theater in NAMPA on Tuesday as firemen confined the blaze to the building and prevented spread to the nearby fire station. The cause was not reported and no injuries were listed.
In Topeka AP reports GOP and Democratic platform divisions over a severance tax on oil and gas and labor rights. GOP leader Clyde Reed backs tax plans while Democrats back a flexible labor plank, with Docking opposing tax increases and seeking revenue tweaks.
President Eisenhower, ahead of a Supreme Court session on school desegregation, publicly hinted at slowing the pace of integration. He denied opposing the 1954 ruling, but acknowledged telling friends he favors a slower path, saying integration should come through education, reason, and persuasion. He warned that closing schools to block integration would trigger heavy litigation, noting Arkansas and Virginia already have such moves.
Franklin County officials plan a 12 30 p m meeting with Kansas State University zoning expert Marlin R Hodgell to discuss county zoning matters The meeting in the Commission chambers will include the commissioners attorney engineer agricultural agent and Chamber of Commerce planners Rod Cupp and Robert Hill among others Hodgell previously spoke to the group about county zoning and is expected to provide more detail at today’s session
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