Local Briefs Include Traffic, Theft And Ads
James T. Seright, 89, was cited for driving 45 in a 30 zone and faces Police Court tomorrow. Coats were stolen from Adv. Cc. F. Prager’s unlocked car in Armory parking lot. Marth E. Simmons, 46, Olive, caused major damages hitting a light pole on West 7th, facial cuts reported. Franklin County taxes reach $556641.09, 24 percent of total. A 20 minute film The Lost Picnic will play in Ottawa schools this week to highlight driving errors. World Book Encyclopedias ad promotes 1960 edition at 1959 price.
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James T. Seright
S. Poplar
Marth E. Simmons
Olive
West 7Th
Ottawa
Eugene Flaherty
California State Highway Patrol
Deaths Mrs Edna M Smith Princeton Resident
Mrs Edna M Smith 69 widow of Albert Smith died Sunday at 5 30 pm in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a yearlong decline Born Sept 15 1891 in Franklin County she lived in the county all her life Parentage Frank and Clara Bare pioneer residents She married Albert Smith in Ottawa in 1922 and he died in 1925 Surviving sisters are Miss Bessie Bare Princeton and Mrs J B Williams Topeka Services at Princeton Methodist Church Wednesday 3 pm conducted by Jarrett Clinton Burial in Princeton Cemetery
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Edna m. Smith
Albert Smith
Princeton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Frank and
Clara (Shaw) Bare
Ottawa
Princeton Methodist Church
Bessie Bare
J. B. Williams
Topeka
Jarrett Clinton
Princeton Cemetery
Smith
Edna M
Widow Anna Whiteneck dies at 79 in Ottawa
Anna V Whiteneck 79 of 727 Cleveland Ottawa died today at 3 16 a m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after years of ill health She was born June 1 1880 in Franklin County daughter of Jesse Parr and Anna Cain She married at Ottawa March 13 1901 She was Methodist and survived by her widower and a sister Jennie Rogers Lyndon Services at Lamb Funeral Home Wednesday at 1 pm burial in Richmond Cemetery
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Anna V. Whiteneck
Cleveland
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Jesse and
Anna (Cain) Parr
Whiteneck
Ottawa
Methodist Church
Jennie Rogers
Lyndon
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Richmond Cemetery
Kansas City live cattle and hog market report notes
Kansas City livestock figures show cattle totals around 14 500 with mixed moves across classes. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly 25 to 50 lower while cows run 25 to 50 higher. hogs up 25 to 35 on barrows and gilts with sows steady to lower. Sheep activity moderate with lambs steady to weak and various prices listed for wool and native lambs.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Hospital Notes Admits and Births and Dismissals Drawn
Hospital notes list admissions for Miss Edna Greenawalt and Mrs. Daniel Arnold and others, births for Feuer and Wilson families with weights, and day of week. Dismissals include John Bulson and several patients headed to Cedar Willow and Elm streets, with names such as Mrs. Feuerborn Hetzel Aubry Arnold Hollingsworth.
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Raymond Feuer
S. Elm
John Wilson
King
David Thomas
S. Cedar
Tom Ingle
Blackhawk
John Bulson
John J. Feuerborn
Gordon Hetzel
Willow
Garland Hinkle
N. J Hickory
Loraine Aubry
S. Sycamore
Tom Arnold
Lctindee
Jerry Dean Hollingsworth
Ash
Wellsville Brownies Candlemaking Project Detailed
Fourth grade Brownies under Mrs James Coughenour crafted candles from melted donated wax and baby food cans using colored crayons to make cocoa brown leaves with gilt edges. They cut wax leaves with cookie cutters and attached them to candles, sharing five with shut ins. Wellsville Grade School A team beat Edgerton 20 to 10 in a Thursday basketball game. Johnny Gorsage led with six points. Edgerton won the B game 10 to 8. Dusty Swearingen scored four. A. L. Sherman of Paola recovers from rib fracture after a fall and plans two days at his daughter’s home with Mr and Mrs Charles Stephens and family RFC 2. Floyd Smith remains bedridden with heart trouble in severe cold and is improving.
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James Coughenour
Coughenour
Wellsville
Edgerton
Johnny Gorsage
Dusty Swearingen
A. L. Sherman
Paola
Charles Stephens
RFC 2
Floyd Smith
Not Out Yet Adlai Hints Not Out Yet
New York AP Adlai E Stevenson, knocked down in two tries for the presidency, hints that he may not be out. On a TV panel he says serving the country in any capacity is possible and his party could benefit. He suggests doubt about a future presidential draft, noting it happened in 1952 and unlikely twice.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Agreement Reached On Kansas Neuro Institute Role
Gov. George Docking and Dr. George Jackson announced agreement on the Kansas Neurological Institute at Topeka after a conference. Docking said no disagreements with Jackson except for nomenclature over psychiatric versus custodial operations.
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Topeka
Kansas Neutrological Institute
George Docking
Docking
George Jackson
Jackson
Supreme Court Allows Second Trial for Miami Channel Tampering
The Supreme Court refused to block a second trial for Richard A. Mack and Thurman A. Whiteside on charges they plotted to fix a Miami TV channel award. The 11-1 initial jury deadlock followed by a denial of acquittal left unresolved issues, paving the way for retry.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Richard A. Mack
Thurman A. Whiteside
Miami
Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Whiteside
U.S. Dist
Burbita S. Matthews
Matthews
U.S. Court of Appeals
Mack and Whiteside
Supeme Court
Supreme Court
Doctor Becomes Accused Slayer Then Ends Own Life
In Los Angeles a prominent physician, Dr Harold N Peterson, 52, beat his wife Judy Perelson 18 to death with a hammer after financial troubles. He then attacked his daughter Debbie 11 and fled, later taking barbiturates and dying. Judy survived with a skull fracture.
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Los Angeles
Harold N. Peterson
Judy Perelson
Peterson
Lillian
Judy
Debbie
Joe
Marshall Ross
Perelson
Dr. Perelson
Two Kansas Women Injured Fatally in Rushville Crash
A two-car collision one mile south of Rushville on U S 59 left two Kansas women dead and three others injured, two critically. Opal Frasher of Elwood died on arrival at Sisters Hospital in St Joseph. Donna Liggett of Atchison died at Atchison Hospital. Survivors include T Sgt Sars J Liggett on leave from the Air Force and William M Neiderhauser, both listed in critical condition, plus James Frasher, 13, reported in good condition.
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Rushville
Kansas
U. S
Opal Frasher
Elwood
Kan
Sisters Hospital
St. Joseph
Donna Liggett
Atchison
Kas
Atchison Hospital
Meet Today For More Steel Talk
Federal mediators and steel industry negotiators meet again in Washington to move toward settlement of the 116 day strike. A 80 day Taft Hartley injunction expires January 26 with another walkout threatened if no agreement is reached. Wages before the strike averaged 3.11 dollars per hour. the industry offers three year terms with 30 cent hourly benefits while the union seeks 24 cents more. disputes on Kaiser Steel Corp terms and work rules remain.
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Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Taft-Hartley
Kaiser Steel Corp
NFO to Launch Concentrated Drive to Raise Prices
National Farmers Organization president Oran Staley announced a concerted price-raising campaign at the St Joseph convention. He hailed hogs withheld from markets as a success and urged farmers to keep hogs from major markets amid picketing at stockyards. He projected about 1,000 delegates from Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Illinois.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
National Farmers Organization
Oran Staley
Rea
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Open Hearings On Drug Makers
Washington AP reports a Senate subcommittee begins hearings to probe whether drug makers charge excessive wholesale prices for medicines, especially those used by seniors. Chairman Estes Kefauver notes focus is on wholesale prices, with some testimony showing markups, not retail store profit margins.
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Washington
Senate
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly J
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Retired Educator Sullivan Dies In Hays
Ward W. Sullivan Sr., 75, retired educator, died Sunday in a Hays hospital. He taught at the University of Kansas University of Illinois and Fort Hays State College and led Whitworth College Spokane as president from 1929 to 1939. He was brother to Frank Sullivan Kansas insurance commissioner. Survived by his wife and two sons Ward Jr. Hays and Harold Sullivan Louisville Ky.
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HAYS
Ward W. Sullivan
Sullivan
University of Kansas
University of Illinois
Fort Hays State College
Whitworth College
Spokane
Wash
Frank Sullivan
Kansas
Ward Jr
Harold Sullivan
Louisville
Hearings on Drug Prices Before Subcommittee
Subcommittee holds hearings focused on drug price issues with testimony planned from industry and consumer groups. Officials aim to examine pricing practices and potential policy options to address affordability.
Tragic Greek Ferry Capsizes Killing Twenty Workers
In central Greece a overloaded ferryboat capsized during a sudden rain squall on a lake. All twenty men aboard drowned. The victims were construction workers on a hydroelectric power station project.
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Athens
Greece
Dr Galbraith Dies by Own Hand in Sooner Prison
Dr Ben T Galbraith, serving a double life for the murder of his family, died after cutting his femoral artery with a razor blade in his Oklahoma State Prison cell. He left a note requesting cremation of his body to mix with graves dirt of his wife Kitty and children Frank Jere and Sarah Ann.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
Oklahoma State Prison
Robert R. Raines
Joe Sherrill
E. W. Harrell
Loral Whitlock
Tulsa
Galbraith
Whitlock
Kitty
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Farm Couple Found Slain Near Walters Oklahoma
George Grimes and his wife, about 55 and 50, were found slain in their home near Walters after being missing since Thursday. Both died from .22 caliber gunshot wounds, with the crime scene showing gas turned on in the two stoves and signs of possible outside shooting before being dragged inside. A rifle with blood on it was found upstairs, and a gray wool trousers with blood near a road five miles away. Sheriff Kerr stated no robbery signs and no clear struggle. State Crime Bureau agents investigated the case.
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Walters
Okla
Oklahoma
George Grimes
Cotton County
Joe Kerr
Grimes
Kerr
Earl Lovett
State Crime Bureau
Henry Renschin
Whitenack Anna Whitenack dies. services set
Anna Whitenack, wife of Harry C. Whitenack, died early today. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. from the Lamb Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Richmond Eas. Cemetery.
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Whitenack
Anna
Harry C. Whitenack
Samt Funeral Home
Richmond, Eas
Family Doctor Of Year Is Honored
In Elgin Oklahoma Dr Ches ley Martin was named Family Doctor of the Year by the American Medical Association. A southwestern town of 400 held a Sunday celebration with hundreds in attendance. About 50 of the 1,200 present were born by Dr Martin including his first delivery patient now Dr Maxine Rieff of Oklahoma City who praised his early obstetrics work. The party took place in a school gymnasium he designed in his spare time.
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Elgin
Okla
Chesley Martin
Oklahoma
American Medical Assn
Martin
Maxine Rieff
Oklahoma City
Dr. Rieff
Dr. Martin
Treasury seized gaming devices in Franklin County Kansas
Notice of October 22 1959 seizure of five slot machines and two Joker Electronic machines in Franklin County Kansas under 26 U S C 7302. Claims must file bond or petition for remission by December 31 1959. property forfeiture follows. Ralph R Lashbrook supervisor in charge Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 2503 Federal Office Building Kansas City Missouri.
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Legals
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bervics
Franklin County
Kansas
U.S.C
Mills
Ralph R. Lashbrook
Kansas City
Alisouri
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Elizabeth Morton
Wellsville News
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Adlai
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Ottawa University
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Laverne Pence
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W. J. O'Neill
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