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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
1
Vane Kring schedules a public sale at Centropolis on Thursday December 12 starting at 1 p.m. Local news notes include foreign students presenting Christmas customs at Ottawa University Rotary club and various legal and traffic events.
Wayland Hoyt Crannell 62 of Spring Hill formerly of Ottawa died December 4 in Reece Hospital Gardner. Funeral at Bruce Chapel Gardner December 6 burial Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Stanley. Born November 23 1894 Mound City Missouri World War II veteran sergeant Headquarters Co Field Artillery discharged. Lived Ottawa and Richmond 1919 to 1943. Married Vera Shreve May 27 1943 of Olathe. Survived by widow and one sister Hazel Maxwell Venice Florida.
District Court juries reduced and awarded compensation in two land takings for the USID relocation. Breckenridges received 6902.50, Monroe couple 3555.05 from higher original awards. Two other appeals were dismissed. Mathes estates and Sands appeals dropped. trial underway for Graybill Hunzicker case. Jury list included Nelle Parker and Henry Nordeen among others.
New York report notes Santa and dealers in Franklin County told to report quail stamp sales by next Monday. County Clerk Bruce Spears to report to the state immediately. Other brief items include college pledge lists at Kansas State and Phillips University honor roll, plus local notices about a grass fire, court plea, gift pottery ad, and a church youth party.
Two out of town cars collided at the intersection of 7th and Main causing minor damage. No injuries are reported and police cited no charges pending.
Store officials report sales 20 to 40 percent below last year's comparable period, blaming the strike. Trade associations note losses running into the millions, while suburbs shopping centers report booming business credited to the strike. Gains also seen in Nassau County and New Jersey.
Police report Edith L. Collinge, 57, of Lawrence, driving east on 7th, and Omie P. Manning, 44, of Halstead, driving south on Main, collided head on yesterday at the intersection causing major damage to both vehicles.
A crop and insect school will be held next Tuesday December 17 at Masonic Temple starting at 10 30 a m. Don Brown Franklin County agricultural agent announced it is a regular winter school of the Extension Department Kansas State College Manhattan in charge are Gates Extension entomologist and Robert Bohannan soil testing specialist. Topics include corn fertilization pasture improvement European corn borer chinch bug grasshopper and alfalfa aphid with pest control notes and livestock pest information for local farmers.
Henry V Simpson was returned from Kansas City to Ottawa jail by a bench warrant after findings suggested his $2,500 bond was insecure. He faces four counts of grand larceny with three counts for grain theft from Clarence Moldenhauer of Wellsville and one for seed a radio phonograph a doll and a chest taken from J H Button in Centralpolis.
High winds estimated at 60 mph toppled two brick walls at an auto showroom under construction in El Dorado. About 120 workers escaped injury as the north and east walls collapsed, with damage around $10,000. TV antennas and minor property were damaged.
Congress will examine the acreage reserve section of the soil bank program next year. Secretary Benson signaled support for ending the reserve after the 1958 crop season, stating aides are reviewing its operation and outcomes. The soil bank, created in 1956 to retire marginal lands and curb surpluses, has two parts and could be altered as part of farm policy discussions.
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