Ottawa News Briefs Snapshot of Local Events and Incidents
Community activities include church gym hours with Warren Rinehart as recreation director and a list of local police court actions. Notable items cover speeding charges on I-35, a drunk and disturbing the peace case, a following too closely collision at 7th and Main, a theft report of antenna sections, and hospital updates for Mrs. Mary Atkinson. Also noted are club meetings, theater and library events, and local civic notices with several residents’ movements and services.
Church Denies Castro Charges Amid Cuban Tensions
In Havana the Catholic Church refuted Fidel Castro's accusation that priests took bribes to denounce his revolution. Archbishop Perez Serantes, amid unconfirmed reports of detention, said he would stay in Cuba. Nine bishops published a letter denying indoctrination by the government and bribe allegations.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Enrique Perez Serantes
Santiago
Camaguey
Cuba
Perez Serantes
Ionce
Batista
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Youth cited after failing to yield at Island Main crash
David E. Anderson, 19, of 611 N. Cherry, cited for failing to yield the right of way at Island Main near 10 0 m. His station wagon northbound on Main collided with a three quarter ton pickup driven by Lawrence L. Chandler, 27, of Richmond. Anderson to appear in Police Court tomorrow citing the accident and location details. Relatives attending the funeral of Mrs. Lars Nelson listed among many attendees from Avoca Iowa Buffalo Oklahoma Lincoln Nebraska Fort Worth Texas Lawton Oklahoma Kansas City Estes Park Colorado Pomona California and other nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Anderson
N. Cherry
Island Main
Anderson
Main
Lawrence L. Chandler
Richmond
Lars Nelson
John F. Lee
Carf. Klindt
Laura Christensen
Avoca
Iowa
E.lee
Buffalo
Okla
Robert. D. Yohe
Roland Knepper
Lincoln
Neb
A. L. Nelson
Gardner
Clifford M. Nelson
Ft. Worth
Tex
C. Carl Fitch
Fred
Lawton
Robert M. Nelson
Kansas City
Wilson Atchison
Estela and
Crystal
Englewood, Colo
Willard
Sharon
Pomona
Four Sisters Die In Farm House Fire
Four sisters aged 14 9 7 and 6 died in a farm house fire in Byron Center Michigan. State police said three brothers playing with matches may have started the blaze. The victims were Deanna 14 Danna 9 Cathy 7 and Cheryl 6, daughters of Mr and Mrs William Seabolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Center
Mich
Deanna
Danna
Cathy
Cheryl
Wiliam Seabolt
Wellsville News Highlights Local Hiring And Community Activities
Clyde Yakle of Wellsville starts as heating and air conditioning engineer for the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, moving after the first school term. Newcomers Mr and Mrs Raymond Carpenter Jr arrive from Wichita with Kevin and Lori, while Mrs Carrie Hay dies in Seattle and is to be interred in Wellsville. local Mission Society holds a work day for Congo-bound missionaries. The Wellsville Methodist Church raises funds by selling Christmas trees, and attendees join a missions workshop in Moran, Kansas.
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Eisenhower
Abilene
Clyde Yakle
Wellsville
Yakle
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Yakles
Clydene
Karen
Raymond M. Carpenter Jr
Kevin
Lori
Locust
Wichita
Carpenter
Pat O’dea
Woman's Missionary Society of
Wellsville Baptist Church
Congo
Helen Cramer
Mary Hostetter
Mundy Charles F Funeral services held at Towner's Chapel
Funeral services for Charles Franklin Mundy who died Nov 30 were conducted at Towner's Chapel December 3 by Rev Charles P Knight. Pallbearers named David Clinton Graden Richard Kenneth and Clifford Griffin. Mr and Mrs Jim Dyiver sang hymns with Lawrence Ott accompaniment. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Franklin Mundy
Towner's Chapel
Charles P. Knight
David
Clinton
Graden
Richard
Kenneth
Clifford Griffin
Jim Dyiver
Lawrence Ott
Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral services set for Mrs Carrie Hay in Wellsville
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Hay will be held at Coughlin Funeral Home in Wellsville on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Rev. Lowell Dickinson will officiate. Burial follows in Wellsville Cemetery.
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Carrie Hay
Coughlin Funeral Home
Wellsville
Low
Ell Dickinson
Wellsville Cemetery
Nixon Is Urged To Challenge Election
Rep. Walter H. Judd blasted Vice President Richard Nixon for not seeking vote recounts after the November election. Speaking at Hutchinson civic club, Judd called the GOP’s stance an incomprehensible failure and urged challenging irregularities in states such as Illinois and Minnesota. He asserted Republicans won the election and urged action while records remained verifiable.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Richard Nixon
Illinois
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Hutchinson Civic Club
Nixon
Judd
Jewelry Stolen From Private Home in Kansas City Suburbs
Jewelry valued at nearly 11000 dollars was stolen from the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Mallin in Mission Hills suburb while the couple slept in an adjacent bedroom. Mallin, a produce broker, said the jewelry was taken from a dressing room and the loss was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert {. Mallin
Mission Hills
Mallin
Coyote Crop Too Plentiful in Franklin County
Coyotes are reported to be too plentiful in Franklin County and adjoining areas. County commissioners seek public ideas on eradicating the animals. The current bounty fund is exhausted at 500 coyotes this year. A new $1,500 bounty allowance is set for next year. Don Brown, agricultural agent, will discuss cross-county plans with neighboring agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Don Brown
Deaths in Ottawa area claim several residents
The Ottawa area reports multiple deaths including Mrs Isadora Coop 78 of 122 W 9th St who died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a week as a patient. Flora R Halderbaum 80 formerly of Ottawa died in Chicago. Omar Wilson Oakley 86 of Paola died in Miami County nursing home. Charles E Cole 72 of Ottawa died in Harper after transport to hospital. Funeral details and survivors listed.
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Isadora Coop
Ransom Memoria Hospital
Linn County
Henry
Phoebe (Hodgson) Miner
Mound City
Sterling Coop
Ottawa
la Cygne
Methodist Church
IMRS
Flora R. Holderbaum
Flora R. Halderbaum
Chicago
Til
George G. Holderbaum
Karl Holderbaum
Gladys O'Keefe
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Charles Brink
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Omar Wilson Oakley
Paola
Miami County
Kentucky
John Oakley
Ivan A. Jones
E. 5Th
William C. Huesgen
Gasland
Towner
Charles P. Knight
Hope Cemetery
Charles E. Cole
S. Main
Harper
Bob
Phyllis Cole
Hutchinson
Traffic Toll Near Topeka Hits 24-Hour Toll
In Topeka Kansas a traffic death toll climbed over a 24 hour period ending 9 am during December. The 1960-4A report notes 837 deaths in the comparable 1959 period, highlighting rising roadway fatalities.
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Topeka
Apj
Kansas
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Listed
Admission notes list John Snyder Pleasan ton Mrs Thomas Kinder George Cates Charles A. Smith Edwin Lee Nutt Frank Hollingsworth Jeffery Gilmore and others. Births include Floyd D. Burch daughter Vernon Allen son John B Perkins daughter. Dismissals note Fred Piper Mrs Lester Hutchison and baby son Mrs George Hutchison Glenn W Griffin Mrs Fred Willard and Ella Shannon among others.
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John Snyder
RFD
Pleasanton
Thomas Kinder
Poplar
George Cates
King
Charles A. Smith
Richmond
Edwin Lee Nutt
Waverly
Frank Hollingsworth
Logan
Jeffery Gilmore
Sycamore
Floyd D. Burch
N. Oak
Vernon Allen
John B. Perkins
Rantoul
Fred Piper
S. Hickory
Lester Hutchison
Baby Son
Walnut
George Hutchison
S. Poplar
Glenn W. Griffin
S. Cedar
Fred Willard
Lebanon
S. Sycamore
Ella Shannon
Wellsville
Scout Rocket Fails At Atlantic Test Center Flight
A 72 foot Scout rocket and inflatable satellite sank 80 miles off Virginia after stage two failed to ignite. The $750000 vehicle is unrecoverable. NASA will study telemetry and radar for clues while planning a follow up. If successful the satellite would have orbited for weeks to a year to measure atmospheric drag on large surfaces.
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Wallops Island
Virginia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Coast Guard Rescues 17 From Stranded Freighter Morazan
In Traverse City, 17 crewmen were plucked from the grounded Liberian freighter Morazan after hitting a reef near South Manitou Island. The icebreaker Mackinaw evacuated the captain and 14 others, while immigration officials faced possible deportations for six crew members. Authorities awaited salvage decisions as storms, ship damage, and family concerns unfolded.
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Traverse City
Mich
Coast
Francisco Morazan
U.S
Mackinaw
Manitou Island
Grand Traverse Bay
Coast Guard
Eduardo Trivizas
Local Markets Snapshot From Soybeans to Butterfat
In a terse market listing, soybeans show prices around 1.82 with minor variations, corn and shelled corn quoted near midpoints, barley and mill products noted with small shifts, butterfat at 2.02, eggs and hens priced in modest ranges, and tea values listed at 1.50. The fragmented data imply a routine agricultural exchange update with several line items and inconsistent OCR readability.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report AP
Livestock prices show cattle and calves mostly steady to lower in Kansas City sales. Slaughter steers 1000-1200 pounds mixed grades 19.50 to 26.50, heifers 24.06 to 25.40, yearlings 25.00-26.40, cows 16.00-21.00, bulls 17.00-18.00, hogs 180-270 pounds 17.25-18.78, sheep lambs steady with lambs 16.00-50 and ewes 3.30-5.25.
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Kansas City
Nuclear Talks In Geneva Accessed By Allies
In Geneva the United States Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to a two month recess in marathon negotiations for a nuclear test ban treaty. Delegations led by Charles C Stelle Sir Michael Wright and Semyon K Tsarapkin postponed talks to February 7 urging the Soviet Union to re-examine its position on safeguards needed for a test ban.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Charles C. Stelle
Sir Michael Wright
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U.S.S.R
Stelle
Keefer estate appoints co administrators in Kansas
In the probate court of Franklin County Kansas A W Keefer and Myrna J Hashman were appointed co administrators of the estate of Arthur LeRoy Keefer on November 30 1960. Creditors must file their claims within nine months from the first publication or be forever barred. Dated November 30 1960 Ottawa Kansas.
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Franklin County
Said
Arthur LeRoy Keefer
Kansas
A. W. Keefer
Myrna J. Hashman
Ottawa
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Highway Patrol
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Rosemary Crist
Manhattan
Lester Mills
Mills
James F. Brock
7Th and Main
Brock
Louis P. Foltz
Princeton
Foltz
James Pollum
Pollum
Donald L. Stephens
F. Wilson
Mary Atkinson
Bethany Hospital
Kas
Ray Johnson
Johnson
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J. N. Atkinson
Atchison
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Kenneth Campbell
St. Luke's Hospital
Carnegie Free Library
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van Ilyich
Don Madison
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Alfred W. Fager
Quenemo
Wall-Diffenderfer
Memorial Park Cemetery
Owen Followerl
Bankers Life. Insurance Co
Franklin County Barracks
Arthur J
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Frank Lehew
Gerry Harford
Clarence Heg‘berg
Chalmers Clark
Herman Shaw
Clarence
Lee ‘Nichols
Dean R. McCurdy
B.nnington
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S. Locust
Snyder Pharmacy
the True Drug Store
Williamsburg Wildlife Association
Williamsburg Legion Hall
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Lions Club
Ralph O. Marts
Ottawa University
U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
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Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Robert D. Miller
Garnett
Mid-Continent Grain Co
Charles Tomblin
Miller
Milller
Seatttle
Wash
Cuma Hiner
Tacoma
Merle Todd
Edgar Gilbert
Wellsville Methodist Church
Moran
James Nabors
William Farney
Perry Leib
Jennie Lytle
Phillip Jacoby
Dwight Leitnaker
Charles F. Mundy
Cleveland
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Clay J. Donges
John J. Duffy
Clevelam
Atlantic
T. R. Martinez
Detroit
Lars S.” Nelson
S. Nelson
Luce Miller
Wallace T Hanning
Neet Frances Miller
Carl Hanning
Coyote Hound
Kenneth Baxter
Lamb
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Order of True Kindred
Hazel Romstedt
W. C
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Nome
Americas School
P. QO
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Madison St
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Dea‘ey
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Henry Alban
Conrad
Ottawa Herald General Services
SEARS
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McCracken Electric
H&r Block, Inc
Sheldon Trk. & Trac. Co
John
Miles Keuth
Yellowstone
Princeston
Henry Stand
Tractor & Imp
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Western Auto
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