Fire destroys Lee Nichols farm barn and nearby structures
Ottawa reports a large barn on Lee Nichols farm and several nearby buildings burned early Sunday night. Insurance coverage was $2,000 of a $4,500 loss with origin undetermined. Bridges on US50 relocation and a new dairy barn may be built. notes on rain in Franklin and Appanoose townships accompany local news.
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Lee Nichols
Art Jensen
Ottawa
Nichols
Wolken
Tom Elder
Russell Ralph Co
Topeka
House
USSO
Franklin County
J. H. Button
Appanoose Township
Deaths in Richmond and Centropolis area obituaries
Mrs. Issalona Morford of Richmond dies at 81 at home after long illness. She was born December 22, 1875 in Crawfordsville Indiana, married to James W. Morford in 1905. Survives two sons George E. Morford and August F. Weise. Funeral at Methodist Community Church Richmond Saturday at 2 pm. Pallbearers named. Burial in Richmond Cemetery. John Wesley Woodsum, 84, of Centropolis area, died today at Ransom Memorial Hospital after about two weeks illness. Born August 13, 1873 in Cincinnati Ohio, he married Mary B. Sterling in 1698. Survives widow Christina, sons Donald and Edward, two grandchildren. two children deceased. Funeral at Towner's Chapel Sunday at 2:30 pm with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Centropolis.
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Mond
Yeserday
Crawfordsville
Bartholemy
Paoeby T. Elouse Demoret
James W. Morford
George E. Morford
August F. Weise
Ohio
Methodist Community Church
Richmond
Pall
John Wesley Woodsum
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Centropolis
Cincinnati
John
Elizabeth Bradford Woodsum
Mary B. Sterling
Christina Woodsum
Donald
Edward
RFD
Towner’s Chapel
Don Hood
Centropolis Christian Church
Bryan Stewart
William Clark
Hayden Turner
Tilfred Simmons
Jay Brown
Ralph Dyer
al Williams
Lawrence Ott
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Hospital Notes Dismissal in Drunken Driving Case in County Court
A citation against Lavernon Lohman for driving without a valid license was dismissed in Osawatomie Police Court by Judge Milo Harris after a police chief amendment. The case, tied to a blood test, was continued in County Court today amid further notes on other local arrests and preliminary actions.
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Lavernon
Lohman
Dale Demastus
Osawatomie
Lee Langley
Pomona
Milo Harris
Eugene Flaherty
Myrtle Smith
Martin J. Wolken
Garnett
Gar House
Harold/ s
Gumm
S. Cedar
Kurtt
Ottawa
Weigand
Dale Skilly
Wa Sling
Willard Bloss
Wellsville
Funeral services for Mrs Har old Hargrove at Towner's Chapel
Mrs Harold Hargrove died August 24. Services held August 28 with Rev R B Shoemaker officiating. Pallbearers listed. hymns by Mrs Bert Detwiler and Mrs Dudley Gibson with Mrs Lawrence Ott. Burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Also funeral plans for Home Glen McCullough set for Saturday at 2 pm at Towner's Chapel. Rev Carl Grondorf to officiate. Pallbearers listed. burial in Stanton Cemetery near Rantoul.
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Harold Hargrove
Towner’s Chapel
R. B. Shoemaker
Jack Rays
Jess Rattles
Orville Craft
Dale Burgoon
Dan Brassfield
Marion Dempsay
Bert Detwiler
Dudley Gibson
Lawrence Ott
Paul McCracken
Wellsville Cemetery
Glen McCullough
Towner
Carl Grondorf
Rantoul
Floyd
Cecil
Raymond
Jerry
Ray
Larry McCullough
al Williams
Stanton Cemetery
Two Injured In Wreck Near Quenemo
Richard Green aged 20 and Bob Moore aged 17, both of Quenemo, suffered minor injuries when Green's car struck a bridge near Quenemo. Green went to Ottawa for X rays after chest soreness. both had scratches and bruises.
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Richard Green
Bob Moore
Quenemo
Green
Pate
Ottawa
Quiz Captain In Sea Crash
A freighter Mormacsurf collided with the river steamer City of Buenos Aires in the Uruguay River 78 miles north of Buenos Aires. The wreck left 94 missing from the 247 aboard the City of Buenos Aires while the freighter sustained no injuries and its captain Kenneth J. Sommers and crew were detained for testimony.
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Buenos Aires
City
Mormacsurf
Moore-McCorimack Lines
New York
Uruguay River
Kenneth J. Sommers
Marin County
California
Dodero Steamship Line
Montevideo
Youth Admits Check Passing Delinquent Forgery Case
Don Sheler aged 15 admitted in Juvenile Court to forging four checks and, with Ken Bishop aged 16, passing them at two Ottawa stores on Aug. 12. Police tied handwriting, both boys confessed. Sheler to be sentenced Sept 7. trial for Sheler continued.
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Don Sheler
N. Mulberry
Milo Harris
Sheler
Ken Bishop
N.sycamore
Ottawa
Bishop
Roy Shureh
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Eugene, Flaherty
Bill Wheeler
Trail
Quick Dish: Potatoes and Peas for Quick Company
A quick vegetable dish combines one can or two cans of small whole potatoes with a package of green peas. Heat the potatoes with the drained peas and a bit of butter or margarine for a simple, tasty side dish suitable for serving guests.
Another Charge For Dave Beck
A federal grand jury in Tacoma issued a seven count indictment charging Dave Beck and six associates with evading income taxes for 1951 through 1953 totaling about 184000 dollars. Beck denies the charges in Los Angeles while his son Dave Beck Jr and others are named alongside auditors and union officials in a conspiracy alleging concealment and misrepresentation of Becks true income.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dave Beck
Los Angeles
Teamsters Union
Becky
Dave Jr
Fred Verschueren Jr
Teamisters Union
Nathan Shefferman
Ln Chicago
Shefferman
Shelton
Norman Gessert
Teamsters
Beck Sr
Beck
Urges Postal Rate Action
Postmaster General Summerfield appealed to the Senate to act on House passed legislation raising postal rates. He warned a 686 million dollar deficit for the current year would drive total postwar losses to over six billion dollars, calling it an unconscionable subsidy to large mail users at taxpayers' expense.
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Washington
Summerfield
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Defense In Comfort Evacuation Rooms Kept Cool
Civil Defense officials stayed cool during a late evacuation in Jackson Mississippi. Ice filled tubs cooled air circulating from a concrete walled room beneath Memorial Stadium where officials were headquartered. Fans oscillated over the ice to move the chilled air.
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Jackson
Miss
Civil Defense
Memorial Stadium
Doctors Sign Up To Cut Welfare Costs
A pre paid medical plan will begin in Labette County on Sept 1 to reduce welfare service costs. Similar programs already operate in other Kansas counties as the state notes rising medical expenses for welfare clients. Twenty one physicians have signed up for the ordinary and reasonable service programs established by the state.
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Parsons
Lahette County
Kansas
Labette County
Laughing Gas Target Possible With Catalyst
Dr. Ray W Johnson of Case Shost of Applied Technology in Cleveland suggested a catalyst could alter engine exhaust to reduce nitric oxide. He proposed placing sponge platinum on a spark plug to convert emissions, noting it would still leave lead and carbon monoxide as hazards while joking about laughing gas.
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Los Angeles
Cleveland
Ray W.johnson
Case Shost
Applied Technology
Marriage Licenses Listed in Lawrence Area Notices
Lawrence and Ottawa residents appear in a batch of marriage license notices. Names include Lawrence partners Donald Weaver V and Betty Yates. James D. Melroy with Juanita M. Chirk. Leonard A. Walker with Mary L. Sommerville. Ronald O Richardson with Ales L. Fishourn. James R. McCrea with Karen Elaine Andrews. Caleb A. Davis with Amelly K. Roberts. and others across Lawrence, Ottawa, and Osage City.
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Lawrence T. Strongren
Osage City
Sally Ruth Reeder
Ottawa
Donald Weaver
Soviet Missile Range Claims Highlight Long Range Pace
Soviet press seeks to describe a new intercontinental guided missile with a range above 8,000 kilometers. Pravda notes speeds near 10,000 mph, multiple stages, and high accuracy, claiming no defense against it and comparing US Snark and Atlas missiles unfavorably.
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Moscow
Russia
Komsomol Pravda
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Reba Salsbury
W. 7Th
Boston
Mass
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Boston Univer
Spears
Association For Education
Bank In Journalism
Dette
Minn
Fort
Elmer Beth
K. U
Charles
International Falls
Wright Studio
Walter E. Beal
Alfred W. Wasson
Lane
James A. Shaver
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Joplin - White River
Shaver
J. A. Austin
St. Louis
Harry Fisher
O. B. Jaycob
Folsom
Carl A. Jacob
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
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Grand ‘Rapids
Wilky’s Pottery
P. A. Johnson
Tally Baptist Church
Stephen Hull
Eddie Warner
Mr.Johnson
Ora Fanning
S. Hickvery
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Fanning
Glen King
Jess McDaniel
Dorothy Elliott
Susan
Sarah
Albuquerque
N. M
Elliott
Great Sandia ‘Corp. B
Margaret Weidner
Elliotts
Emporia
New
Mexico
James Morford
Issalona Morford
Rich
Kenneth Barkley
Ralph McCrea
Gerald Milchelt
C. E. Gault
Bert Stevenson
Edward Williams
Gerald Milcfelt
Eugene O'Mara
Lee Perkins
Richmond Cemetery
Ol and Fa Manufacturing Co., Inc
Idwin
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
FBI
Cobb - Kerwin Mathews
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Richard Boo Valens
Robert Logena
Montana
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Orion
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H. L. Johnson
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Opal Markley
RFC 4
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Special Kansas Company
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Okla
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Morford
Richmond Community Church
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Louis H. Denget
Ames Dean
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Tih
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Tonite
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U.S
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The
Ilcress Drive-In
Tern On
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David Lang
Wasa
Charles A. Lockwood
Vice
Charles H. Schneer
Resiriog
Nancy
Arthur Davis
Franz
Keruie Aymond Marcus
Mira
USN
Ral
Kans
Christian Adamson
Cot
USAF
Nathan Juran
Morningside
Lus
Lynch-Hot Town
Howard Duff
Sierra Stranger
Sale Meee
U. S
Snark
Allas
Ottawa Herald
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