Topeka platform meeting for county Democrat leader Jules Doty
County Democrat chairman Jules Doty attends a party platform meeting in Topeka while also serving as second district chairman. Other notices mention Greenwood School enrollment times, a Franklin Co fair radio prize winner, a Lawrence man cited for DUI, school enrollments and schedules in Princeton, local pharmacy ads, Santa Fe rail figures, a San Diego visit by Gene Boyd, and a Ottawa death notice for Vern Chiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Doty
Democrats
Topeka
Doty
Three Held In Stock Thefts In Kansas
Three 25 year old men were held for questioning in Linn and Miami counties over livestock thefts. Names given as Lonnie Strong Rich Hill Mo Raymon Lieser and Dave Wigglesworth. Two drive it yourself trucks at a Louisburg station held 37 hogs and eight Holstein calves. Hogs identified as Hoag’s from Pleasanton feed lot. Calves reported stolen from Moore’s LaCygne farm. Police say 12 cows were stolen from Dean Stinson farm last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paola
Kas
Linn
Miami
Alva Farrar
Miami County
Lonnie Strong
Rich Hill
Raymon Lieser
Dave Wigglesworth
Kansas City
Louisburg
E. A. Hoag
Pleasanton
Lou Moore
LaCygne
Moore
Farrar
Dean Stinson
Gains for Nixon in summer Congress claim
Senate and House Republican leaders say Vice President Nixon has benefited politically from the current session. Dirksen taunted Kennedy for weak leadership as Congress nears adjournment while Halleck noted Democrats hold nearly a two to one majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
Dirksen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
White House
Halleck
Films On Venereal Disease Shown At Teachers Institute
Two films about the cause and spread of venereal diseases will be shown at 2 p m Thursday for county teachers at the First Baptist Church Elliott Hall. County health officer Dr J R Henning invites all parents of high school students to attend and view the films. Lee Van Winkle of the state health department will present and answer questions about the films. If parents approve, the films may be shown to students later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Teachers Institute
First Baptist Church
Elliott Hall
J. R. Henning
Lee van Winkle
State Health Department
Henning
Harvey W. Keifer dies at 78 in Ottawa residence
Harvey Webster Keifer 78 of 745 Pine St. dies at home at 7 a.m. He was born Sept 16 1681 in Sarcoxie Missouri and moved to Ottawa from Mud Creek. He married Stella Riley in 1903 who died years ago. Surviving are son Earl, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Thursday at Towner's Chapel at 10 a.m. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Webster Keifer
Pine St
Sarcoxie
Ottawa
Mud Creek
Henry
Sarah
Artz) Keifer
Stella B. Riley
Methodist Church
Earl Keifer
Towner's Chapel
Highland Cemetery
John P. Morgan
Richmond
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Laura Winifred Maxwell
Bloomingdale
Ohio
Edwin N
Abbie
The
Presbyterian Church
Ladies of Grand Army of Republic
Rebekah Lodge
Richmond Methodist Community Church
W. F. Purvis
Funeral Services For August i Fredrick Lawrenz 76
Funeral services were held at Coughlin's Chapel Wellsville for August i Fredrick Lawrenz who died at his home in Lawrence. Rev. Dunlap officiated with soloist Mrs Vinton Cramer and pianist Mrs Frances Ware. Interment in Clearfield Cemetery with pallbearers Ted Brecheisen Raymond Brecheisen Walter Pooch John Sturm John Selzer Dewey Hackler. Survivors include brothers Henry of Wellsville Fred of Baldwin and sisters Mrs Anna Shores s of Lawrence Emma and Minnie Lawrenz of Topeka Mrs Dan Turm of Eudora. Lawrenz was born in Germany and lived on a farm northeast of Wellsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrick Lawrenz
Lawrence
Coughlin
Wellsville
Rev
Dunlap
Vinton Cramer
Frances Ware
Clearfield Cemetery
Ted
Raymond Brecheisen
Walter Pooch
John Sturm
John Selzer
Dewey Hackler
Henry
Fred
Baldwin
Anna Shoress
Emma
Minnie Lawrenz
Topeka
Dan ‘Turm
Eudora
Germany
Kennedy Names Four Advisors On National Defense
Senator John F Kennedy announced a four man nonpartisan group to advise on national defense and foreign policy. The panel includes Paul Nitze David Bruce Roswell Gilpatrick and James Perkins, chosen to provide broad expert input without party ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Paul H. Nitze
State Department
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Germany
Roswell L. Gilpatrick
Aero-Space Corp
Air Force
James A. Perkins
Carnegie Corp
Gaither
Eisenhower
Wellsville Methodist Church to celebrate 80th year
The Eight for the 80th committee chaired by Jennie Lytle Doris Coffman Marcelene Todd Mary Ruddell Gene DeTar Walter Wattkins Keith Adriance Frank Rice plans the 1960 Wellsville Methodist Church anniversary. First meeting is Sunday Sept 4 at 3 pm at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville Methodist Church
Jennie Lytle
Doris Coffman
Marcelene Todd
Mary Ruddell
Gene DeTar
Walter Wattkins
Keith Adriance
Frank Rice
Claims Defectors Knew Secrets in Crypto Case
Washington AP reports two missing NSA employees Bernon Mitchell and William Martin, both cryptographic analysts, presumed defectors to the Soviet bloc. Rep McCormack asks UN American Activities Committee to investigate, noting loss of valuable cryptographic information is serious. Their June departure from Ft Meade led to traced movements to Mexico and then Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Security Agency
Soviet Union
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Committee On UN
Mitchell
Martin
Mexico
Cuba
Family News: Reunions and Travel Highlights
Alfred Harrison remains a patient at Ransom Memorial Hospital. The Coffmans and Jacobs joined the Jacob family reunion Sunday and visited the Lawrence Murphys that evening. Russell Lambert and Ricky, and Forrest Booth with his wife returned from a 10 day vacation at Rush Lake Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Harrison
Ransom Memoria Hospital
Coffmans and Jacobs
Jacob
Lawrence Murphys
Rush Lake
Minnesota
Russell Lambert
Ricky
Mrs. iForrest Booth
Herter Calls Western Hemisphere Ministers Conference Solidarity
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter returned from the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers conference in San Jose Costa Rica describing the gathering as evidence of regional solidarity. He praised the meeting as strengthening the inter American system and said it showed the hemisphere’s determination to preserve freedom from external and internal tools of interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Foreign Ministers Conference
Americas
Herter
San Jose
Costa Rica
Plea Guilty In Police Court For Three Collisions
Three people charged in Police Court pleaded guilty to failure to yield the right of way and were fined a total of $35. Charles Dyer 72 Leon Henderson Reekie 17 and Jerry L Criqui 20 all involved in collisions. Reekie said he slowed for a yield sign on Locust but did not see the Abel car. Additional arraignments included Donald L Lanning driving on the wrong side and Kenneth V Morrow reckless driving. Gerald Smith forfeited a $50 bond. Likes did not appear. Dismissals included Dale Cunningham and Charles Brady. The trio were arrested June 14 with three other Missouri salesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iCourt
Charles Dyer
Grant
Leon Henderson
Reekie
RFD
Overbrook
Jerry L. Criqui
Quenemo
Wilson and Locust
Jake R. Abel
Topeka
Wny
Ubel
Donald L. Lanning
Osawatomie
Kenneth V. Morrow
Princeston
Max W. Likes
S. Walnut
Gerald Smith
Kansas City
Dale T. Cunninghham
Independence
Charles Brady
Missouri
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
In Kansas City cattle 5800 head sold with calves 300. Slaughter classes active and firm to 1.00 lower for calves. Stockers and feeders steady. Hogs 3200 head weak with barrows gilts and sows down 0.25-0.68. Sheep 1200 head generally steady with good to prime lambs 17.00-19.50 and ewes 3.50-4.00. Feeder lambs 14.50-15.00.
Payola Bill Passed by House to Eisenhower
The House passed a bill aimed at stopping payola and quiz show rigging with a voice vote and no audible opposition. It is sent to President Eisenhower for signature as the AP reports from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Today
Eisenhower
Echo Timetable for Wednesday Aviation Schedule
Echo timetable lists Wednesday flights with times and directions for Kansas City. Observers note elevations indicating overhead to low sky, including 12:57 a.m. south at 42 degrees SE, 4:06 p.m. south 26 NE, 6:16 p.m. north 79 NE, 8:22 p.m. north 53 NE, and 10:27 p.m. north 66 SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Echo
Kansas City
South
North
Walkout on New York Central Ends in Elkhart
About 600 NYC railroad workers staged an overnight walkout in Elkhart Indiana, halting mainline passenger and freight traffic between Chicago and New York until a court injunction was threatened. The strike ended as talks progressed and officials promised no federal injunction if workers returned by 8 am. Disputes date to 1958 over yard assignments and the firing of brakeman Charles A. Goolsby after a fight with Michigan Central workers.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central
Chicago
New York
Nyc
Cleveland
Robert Swert
Brotherhood of Railroad
South Bend
Brotherhood
Swert
van Kessler
Elkhart Police Ihief
Michigan Central
Niles
Employes
Charles A. Goolsby
Niles Railroad
Blue Island
Michigan
Goolsby
U.S. Delegation Gains Insights From Two Week Soviet Visit
Dr. Edward iMazic, president of the National Assn. of Negro Doctors, said a U.S. delegation he leads learned many valuable and useful things during a two week stay in the Soviet Union in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Edward iMazic
National Assn. of Negro Doctors of
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Iowa Pair Sentenced After Guilty Pleas in County Court
Des Moines men Comen Young, 37, and Maurice Cox, 28, pleaded guilty to driving without license or title and without proof of ownership after a stop on Interstate 35 near Ottawa. They received 10 day jail terms. Also cited were Bernard Kerber, 84, Wichita. Lee Roof, 69, Liberty MO. Eldon Peters, 32, Iola. and J T Fuller, 35, Olathe for speeding in trucks over 5,000 pounds. Peters to appear Sept 3. Kerber, Roof, Peters to appear Sept 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Interstate 35
Ottawa
Comen
Robert Wayne Young
Maurice Freeman Cox
Robert Pinet
Bernard H. Koriber
Wichita
Lee W. Roof
Liberty
Eldon E. Peters
RFC
Iola
J. T. Fuller
Olathe
Peters
Kerber
Roof
Rep Ed Rees is Praised as He Leaves Congress
Washington AP Rep Ed Rees retires from Congress after 24 years. Republicans and Democrats pay tribute praising his service as congressman and former ranking Republican on the Post Office Civil Service Committee. Leaders from Avery Halleck and McCormack express deep respect as his departure nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ed Rees
R-Kas
Congress
Rees
House ‘Post Office-Civil Service Committee
William H. Avery
Kas
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Funeral for Ernest Clayborne Held at Bethany Baptist
Funeral services for Ernest Clayborne who died August 25 were conducted at Bethany Baptist Church on August 29 with Rev. Stacy Hopkins and Rev. Brown officiating. Pall bearers included Roy Lewis Frank Price Charles Allen Pearl Edwards Harvey Williams and Frank Armstrong. Thaida Vann accompanied hymns sung by the church choir. Corin thian Lodge No 12 conducted a Masonic service at the church. Burial followed at Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Clayborne
Bethany Baptist Church
Stacy Hopkins
Brown
Roy Lewis
Frank Price
Charles Allen
Pearl Edwards
Harvey Williams
Frank Armstrong
Thaida Vann
Corinthian Lodge No. 12
Hope Cemetery
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals Summary
Hospital notes list admissions for Fred A. Gollier Patricia Martin Mrs Sue Shumate Ernest Baldwin Miss Maye Halloren and Mrs Ernest Miller Monday at various addresses. Dismissals include Mrs Richard L Kingston and paid daughter at 422 E 14th today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Gollier
RFD
Paoua
Patricia Martin
Princeton
Sue Shumate
Ernest Baldwin
Maye Halloren
S. Main
Ernest Miller
Rantoul
Richard L. Kingston
Pleads Guilty To Burglaries In Rantoul Case
Veil Dean Bennett an inmate of the Kansas State Reformatory Hutchinson yesterday was sentenced to serve three concurrent and to 10 year sentences after he pleaded guilty in District Court here to three counts of second degree burglary. He admitted burglarizing Downey Grocery and Service Station on K-68 Sar Grain and Lumber and the Reddick Grocery both in Rantoul. Three other burglary counts at Lane Lumber Co Gill's Grocery in Lane and Reddick Grocery were dismissed. Bennett to be returned to Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veil Dean Bennett
Kansas State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Downey
Sar Grain and Lumber
Reddick
Rantoul
Lane Lumber Co
Gill’s Grocery
Lane
Bennett
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Franklin Co. Fair
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Powell
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Gene Boyd
San Diego
Calif
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Toronto
Kingston
Canada
N. Amer
Adv
Nixon
Teachers Institute
Harvey W. Keifer
August Lawrenz
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
L. A. Schellack
M. L. Averill
Lucky ‘Schellack
Springfield
Horst and Terrill
Harrey
Lincoln, Neb
Charles ‘Rhoades
C. W. Coffman
Elm Street
Leslie Ruddell
Abe Lingle
Gardner Medical Center
Densis Cox
Deerfield
Clifford Cox
Jess Cox
Frank ‘Bacon
RFD 2
Swartz Mercantile Store
E. E. Turner
Jan
Sherry
Don Gillespie
Jo Ellen
James Coughenour
Darrell Childs
Mrs
Dick Foulke
Manhattan
Charles Tomlin
Chadron
Neb
Chandron
James Benvie
Cincinnati
Nita Dunham
James ‘Benvie
Tomlin
Black Hills
Bennie
Carrie Shelton
Arthur Shelton
Rutgers, Ark
Kenneth Cordie
Darrel
Vincent Harper
Mt. Moriah
Cordies
Davis City
Swope Park
Warren Phillips
Elda Phillips
Leroy Childs
Evan Phillips
Joelene, Geryln
Janet
Clarence Coffman
Mas
Chris Jacob
Greenville
Coffman
Earl Lovitt
Rosemead
Visi Jting
West 7Th
Shumate
Jack Fenton
Ieee
KC Livestock
Ansas City
Townens
SOS
Echo Timetable
Russia
Lions
Gemeral Home
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
Gerald B. Harford
Sidney O. Morris
Sec'y
Stewart
Gordon B. Noland
W. 15Th
Ules
Ottawa High
Glen Ainsworth
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