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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1961
Page
4
Virginia L. Mills sues for divorce from Lester C. Mills in district court here she seeks custody of one minor child. Also items note local meetings personnel and events including Ottawa Lions Club speaker H. K. Stevens and various community notices.
A Lufthansa four jet Boeing 720B crashed during an emergency landing near Ebersheim west of Mainz. All three aboard were killed including two flight captains and a flight engineer, all Germans. No passengers were aboard. The crash occurred just after noon. cause undetermined. Police say it struck an open field. The aircraft was among several 720s delivered earlier this year for North and South American and Middle East routes.
William Baker twenty is held for investigation in the slaying of Dick Hammi twenty six early Sunday in Atwood Kansas sheriff reports say the shooting followed a fight between Baker and Harold Jakes thirty who accused Baker of taking his jacket from an Atwood pool hall Saturday night
Rep Robert F Ellsworth schedules four appearances this week in Franklin County with talks at North American Ottawa Rotary Wellsville High School and a dinner with the Franklin County Republican Central Committee A coffee hour follows and he discusses his first year in Congress The trip includes Ted Bland and Lester J Brown and returns on the 8 40 train from Ottawa to Kansas City
Mrs Ethel Loretta Lee 72 of Crestview nursing home died there after a long illness She was born July 28 1889 in Hays and lived in Ottawa 39 years She was married to Floyd Alva Lee who died in 1955 Surviving are two sons and five daughters and numerous grandchildren Services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev Tom Ingle officiating Burial will be in Highland Cemetery
Four Franklin County extension council members plus Don Brown and Rose Mary Crist travel to Lawrence Thursday for a district meeting. Attendees include John Lederer Pomona representing agriculture, Mrs George Graves RFD 4 home economics, Ray Carey Princeton 4-H, and Roy Herring Williamsburg new extension president. A week of program planning follows with youth development at Co Op tomorrow 1 30 directed by Ross Nelson 4-H agent. Meetings at Masonic Hall cover management marketing home surroundings land Friday 1 30 led jointly by Brown and Miss Crist.
KC Markets Kansas City AP reports hogs up to 50 cents higher with 180 to 260 pound barrows and gilts at 18.00 to 40. Calves and cattle show mixed to steady to higher trends. steers 23.50 to 96.95, cows 14.80 to 20.00, vealers 23.00 to 26.00, feeders steady. Lambs and sheep mostly steady with good to prime lambs at 15.00 to 16.50 and ewes 3.05 to 5.25.
Doug Durbin 11 and Donald Sellens 10 found 43 pounds of nickels and pennies totaling 175.15 in abandoned Milner Street house jars. They moved the coins to the Sellens home. Police say the money belonged to Ray Cearfoss, owner of 1117 Milner, kept in a sideboard.
Western powers and the Soviet Bloc reached a six point pact at the Laos peace conference in Geneva. Britain and the Soviet Union are named joint guardians of Laotian neutrality with a veto on major decisions by the three nation control commission. The plan becomes operative after the neutrality treaty is completed.
Ottawa University debaters took first place at a Wayne Nebraska meet with 19 colleges. Under coach Michael Tweet the Ottawans went 8 of 10, with Michael Cornett and Jeffrey Cunningham undefeated at 5 and 0, defeating Chadron State College Yankton, 5. Dak., and others. John Williams and James Gwartney went 3 of 5, beating Mankato Minnesota College Omaha University and Kearney State College, but losing to South Dakota School of Mines and Chadron State.
Several Ottawans connected with the social welfare department will attend sessions in Lawrence today and tomorrow. The program includes an address by Abraham Ribicoff secretary of health education and welfare on Law and the Child. Attending are Wanda Baird Norman Rogers Louella Parrot and members of Franklin County Welfare Board and other social workers.
State troopers cited Floyd M. Wilhite and George W. Hutchinson after a rear collision east of Pomona. Wilhite halted due to engine trouble and was cited for stopping in a lane, Hutchinson for failing to decrease speed. Nearby, Dorothy Wilkerson and James Sands involved in separate incidents. injuries reported for Wilkerson family, no charges filed in the final minor crash.
Ottawa Employment Service reports a generally good outlook despite seasonal declines in agriculture and construction. November initial unemployment claims rose slightly. 162 new applications vs 242 in October and 148 in November 1900. Active files total 390, with 69 placements in 95 November openings. December is expected to improve with Parmelee Co. placements and demand for extra sales personnel for the holidays.
Gustav M Sehnert died November 30. Funeral held December 2 at Calvary Baptist Church officiated by Rev William R Weber. Pallbearers were George Christeson H J Avery E Burns Harold Curtis Alton Rumford D W Arnold. Mrs A H North sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
Garnett adopts dial phones announced by Lee Replogle manager of United Telephone Co. Earl Snyder mayor initiated the changeover by calling relatives in Thayne Wyoming. Ottawa remains toll center for Garnett calls routed through Southwestern Bell. United has served Garnett since 1946 after purchasing Central Telephone facilities.
Admissions list includes Mrs. Donald Barnes and others across Sanford Nichols Pomona Isabelle Warren Lyle Sutherland Patty Rice Vern Link and more. Births report two newborns to James Corlis Norman Moore and George Kramer with weights recorded. Dismissals note multiple patients and families including Venables Button Brandt McFadden and Shepherd among others.
A compiled schedule of livestock auctions across Kansas with dates in December. Listings include Charles Lyndon at Florence and Ottawa Livestock Commission Co events, Neosho and Franklin County sales, Osage City, Emporia, Overbrook, and Ottawa RFD 4 locations, plus various weekly community sales and a Wavarly area sale with contact notes for brokers and organizers.
Sheriff officers questioned Betty Ruth Gilmore 25 and Paul Fuentes 23 of Fort Worth in a Grover Knight Men’s Clothing burglary case dated around November 18. Fort Worth arrests linked a five member gang. Betty Gilmore served as lookout for Leroy McKinney 16 Augustine Mason 22 and James Ray Brown 17 all of Cleburne. They face probable arraignment today on grand larceny and breaking and entering charges. detainers sent to Fort Worth where others are held.
Legal notice describes Ottawa Kansas ordinance 2191 approving West Tenth Street improvements from Locust to Willow including alleys with grading guttering curbing and paving. It details funding by special assessments bonds and citywide taxes plus timing and appraisal methods for cost distribution.
The city council approves the apprise ment report and levies special assessments on described lots and parcels in Willow Acres and Cam and Fitts Place Addition. Owners may pay within 30 days to avoid bonds. bonds issued to cover unpaid amounts repayable in 10 installments, with annual certification to the county clerk.
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