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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
5
U S Army service troops prepared about 40 combat helicopters with nearly 400 pilots and crew for missions against Viet Cong rebels in Saigon. Crews will transport Vietnamese troops and equipment to attack positions, marking the first time U S personnel fly such missions in South Vietnam amid expanded aid agreed a week earlier.
Two Kansas City deaths were blamed on sub freezing weather. An elderly man died of exposure and another perished in a house fire believed to be started by a furnace.
Funeral services were held December 4 at Melody Mc Gilly Eyler Chapel in Kansas City for Vernon Ray Tompkins 51 who died December 1 in St. Joseph's Hospital Kansas City after a three year illness following a January 13 1959 car crash. He served in the Coast Guard in World War II and worked in Civil Service in Washington DC and San Francisco before later returning to Social Security work in Kansas City. He is survived by his widow Maxine Stark a son Ronnie a daughter Linda his mother Mrs Ella Tompkins of Melvern two sisters Mrs Mable Hackett of Willow Springs and Mrs Helen Paciord of Melvern and a brother George Tompkins of Topeka with burial in Melvern.
Robert Arthur Marlow, 77, died yesterday at Rayburn Rooming House at 4 40 pm after arriving from Lawrence and checking in earlier. Coroner Dr D G Laury says natural causes. He sent his mail to Osceola Missouri and was divorced from Hazel in 1960. He was driving a Hudson.
Mrs Maude L McGuire 82 of Carmen Oklahoma died December 10 at General Hospital Enid after long illness. She moved to Carmen in 1987 born March 21 1897 in Stew art daughter of Marion Shields. She married Will L McGuire in 1900 in Lebanon. he died 1937. Survived by two sons Russell Ottawa and Harold Pomona four grandchildren seven great grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Towner's Chapel with Dr Raymond P Jennings officiating burial Highland Cemetery.
Cattle numbers 3 500 calves 50 steer prices steady to peak heifers steady cows strong to 25 to 50 higher others bleady good to prime steers 23 75 26 75 good to choice heifers 23 50 25 25 utility and commercial cows 15 50 17 50 good and choice dealers 23 00 26 00 good and choice stockers and feeders 22 76 24 50 Hog prices 2 200 barrows and gilts steady sows strong to 25 higher 1 3 barrows and gilts 190 250 Ib 16 75 17 35 sows 300 400 Ib 13 75 14 75 Lambs strong to 25 higher ewes and feeders steady good to prime lambs 15 00 17 00 cut to choice ewes 3 00 5 60 good to choice feeders 11 00 12 50
UN military adviser Brig. I. J. Rikhye said French mercenaries drafted a plan to dynamite the Union Miniere complex in Katanga if U.N. forces join the Congo army in defeating secessionists. He said 12 veterans devised the plan and that Katangan forces have stored dynamite for use if ordered. Tshombe claimed U.N. planes damaged Kolwezi facilities and disputed the U.N. framing of the action as defensive.
Sen. Barry Goldwater returning to Washington denounces Army Reservists who complained about duty during the Berlin crisis as "a bitching bunch of freeloaders." The brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve spoke at a Madrid news conference with Sen. Howard W. Cannon and Rep. Jack R. Miller. They toured U.S. bases in Spain and met Capt. Gen. Agustin Munoz Grandes. A group of American students in Spain quipped about a Goldwater for President Club while noting their ties to U.S. military or embassy posts.
The Soviet Union demanded the United States hand over West German General Adolf Heusinger, NATO military committee chair in Washington, for trial in Moscow on war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. Bonn rejected the charges as false and said it would not extradite him.
AP reports sunshine lifts Kansas from a night of as low as 19 below zero at Goodland. Temperatures to rise 10 to 15 degrees statewide with lows near zero in the east, lower in the west. Snow ranges four to eight inches statewide, with higher totals in northern areas. Winds stayed mild as a new Arkansas pressure system altered forecasts, and drifting was limited. Warming expected to continue through Wednesday with no additional snow forecast.
Hospital notes show admissions for Marvin Burns of 525 S. Sycamore on Tuesday and dismissals for Mrs. Charles Dykes of Greeley on Monday and Alfred Haberthier of 912 S. Cedar on Tuesday.
Statewide snow storm left highways slick in spots though all routes remained open. Crews work statewide. most areas report improved conditions today though isolated slick or packed snow persists in several zones including Mankato and heaviest snowfall around Kinsley and Great Bend.
Earl Harwell McClendon 23 of Greenwood Arkansas and Carol Ann Lollar 22 of Ottawa obtained a marriage license.
Western foreign ministers press for tighter unity on Berlin as signs emerge that European allies doubt U S leadership. Talks in Paris yield little progress on negotiating with the Soviet Union and Congo policy strains draw mixed signals from London, Paris, and Bonn. De Gaulle resists joint moves while French officials hint America will press Moscow.
Hawkins Grange hosted a Christmas basket supper at Emery Green School with Joel Towner and the Baldwins assisting. Gifts for Osawatomie State Hospital and Parsons Training School adorned the lighted tree. Forty? four readers.
An FAA inspector recommended charging FAA administrator Najeeb E. Halaby with careless operation after his aircraft brushed the wingtip of a parked United plane at Washington National Airport on Nov 9. No injuries occurred. the collision damaged the FAA plane’s light and the UAL aircraft’s wingtip, delaying the UAL flight about an hour.
Richard P. Pavlick, 74, of Belmont New Hampshire, says he is ready to stand trial on a charge of plotting to assassinate President Kennedy. He was arrested in Palm Beach Florida a year ago after officers found dynamite in his car and motel room. Pavlick said he planned to kill Kennedy due to the way he was elected. He has been held at the Federal Prison Medical Center in Springfield Missouri under a law allowing continued detention until mental competency is determined.
A compilation of upcoming horse and livestock auctions across Kansas and nearby Missouri. Listings include Charles-Lyndon in Florence and Ottawa Livestock in Ottawa with December dates, Neosho Night Horse sale, Printy and Son, Community sale nights, D and J Auction Saturdays, Garnett furniture auction, Overbrook Livestock every Wednesday, and Ottawa Market Sale near Wilson each Saturday at 1 p.m.
Overbrook and Ottawa area sales list events through December with dates and venues. Includes Hereford, stocker and feeder, dairy closings, and multiple towns such as Overbrook Ottawa Waverly Baldwin Jct Emporia Wilson Locust.
First published December 12 1961 notice in Franklin County Kansas probate matters. Everett B Simmons appointed executor of Charlie W Simmons estate with nine month claims period. Also Nellie Maude Gregg estate hearing for final settlement set January 4 1962 in Ottawa with Jules V Doty administrator and Gleason Doty & Logan attorneys.
The family of A L Jack Stark expresses gratitude to kind neighbors and friends for their gracious remembrance during their recent bereavement. It will always be remembered.
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