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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
5
Mrs. Otho Lackey reported $15 cash a ring and a wristwatch stolen from a purse in her home on December 12 via an unlocked entry. Postal receipts show 1960 totals rising from $160,310.55 to $148,871.13 year to date, with a $3,204.32 increase.
Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the NAACP urged Democratic congressmen to vote for Rep. Richard Bolling of Missouri over Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma for House majority leader. He cited civil rights voting records since 1949 Bolling 26 times right Albert 26 times wrong and warned the choice could affect civil rights legislation in the new Congress.
In Portland Oregon Senator Maurine B Neuberger a Democrat from Oregon had minor throat surgery to remove a cyst just above her vocal cords. Her doctor reported the cyst was removed and she was released last week from a hospital where she had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in the large intestine.
Admissions include Ned Crawford at 1001 S Main. Dismissals list Mrs. Cora D Fowler 326 S Cedar Mrs. Bill Baldwin RFD 4 Mrs. Charles Miller 6224 S Locust Elvin Currant 842 S Main Friday.
Ottawa is named as one of four sites for wheat sedimentation laboratories. Gibb Egbart announced the tentative choice, with final selection pending facility availability. The Ottawa lab would be housed in the ASC office and employ one full-time tester to assess wheat gluten strength.
John F Rhoads 72 died Thursday in Research Hospital Kansas City where he had been two weeks He was born July 20 1889 in the Salem Hall community and lived in the Wellsville area except for 10 years in Kansas City Surviving the widow two daughters Mrs Clifford Knoop Kansas City KS and Mrs Jessie Wrouthroup Ft Worth TX sister Mrs Etta Cheba Melvern AR brother George Wellsville and one grandchild Funeral 2 pm Sunday at the Wellsville Baptist Church of which he was a member Rev Homer Ganong to officiate Burial in Wellsville Cemetery.
Funeral services for Forrest Booth of Wellsville were held at 2 p.m. in Wellsville Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Ganong officiating. Vocalists Mrs. Winton Cramer and Mrs. Bob Cramer sang. Pallbearers named, burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Funeral for Maude L. McGuire, who died December 10, at Towner's Chapel with Dr. Ray P. Jennings officiating. Pallbearers listed. organ music by Mrs. J. M. Kilgore. burial in Highland Cemetery.
An immense Soviet fishing fleet off the New England coast disrupted testing of experimental radar gear for U S air defense. Air Force officials say many tests have been shut down by the Russian fleet, with about 100 trawlers and several mother ships sighted near Cape Cod and Nantucket. The SAGE radar system, developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, relies on ferrets to detect emissions. The Sioux City, Iowa SAGE center opens today, with Lincoln Laboratory already hosting the first SAGE center for experimentation.
Colorado officials probe cause of a bus train collision that killed 20 children near Greeley. Overloading and poor visibility cited by the Colorado Highway Safety Council. Thirteen children hospitalized, 37 aboard. Driver Duane Harris reported minor injuries. Train official said the bus did not stop at the crossing. Weather cold, bus partially loaded, windows frosted. bus routes involve Delta Elementary Meeker Junior High and Greeley High School pupils.
Wellsville senior and junior Methodist Youth Fellowship plan a Friday December 22 nativity tableau on the south lawn of the Wellsville Methodist Church from 6 30 to 7 30 p m. A donkey and two lambs will depict the scene with Christmas music broadcast. Cast includes Bill Coughlin Joseph Nancy Harris Mary Pam Poole angel Linda Pierce Charlotte Rogers Carol Lawrenz three shepherds Dean Lawrenz Gene Broers Delon Jacoby and three Wise Men. After caroling, youth return to Fellowship Hall for refreshments.
The Herald clarifies a mixup in a Willow Street sewer story. Myron Steere says he has not agreed to a right of way grant because the city has not removed light poles from his Mulberry Street home, though the earlier report placed them on Willow Street.
Seven people clung to a flying boat after engine trouble forced a ditching 65 miles south of Nassau. They were rescued by tug Maggie and reported in good condition. The party included A Alex Shuford of Hickory North Carolina Hal Simms of Hickory and others from Orlando bound for Caracas with pilot Joe Brannock of Hickory.
The flu outbreak moved from rural Missouri and Illinois to urban St. Louis, with up to 30 percent of students missing classes. Potosi schools closed all week as about 33 percent of 2,400 pupils were absent, while Lutesville and Wolf Lake reported clustered cases. Roosevelt High School had 650 absent, O’Fallon Tech 500, Beaumont High about triple its usual 6 percent, and Maplewood-Richmond Heights logged around 200 ill pupils with many other districts seeing elevated absenteeism.
AP Detroit. Chris Gugas Los Angeles polygraph expert will fly to Athens Greece to administer a lie detector test to Chanute Kansas inmate Roger Ranney 26 who was convicted October 14 of killing two Greek seamen Gugas helped reorganize the Greek federal police after World War II and says the Greek government will cooperate His travel costs are paid from a Ranney defense fund raised in Chanute
Kenneth Moore of Roxbury was elected president of the Kansas Angus Association at its annual convention in Wichita. C Wilbur White of Goodland was named vice president, Fred Schultis of Great Bend treasurer, and Emmett H. Shank of Hope secretary fieldman. Amelia Ann Price, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Neil Price of Reading, was crowned the association's queen with runners up Amy Lou Gaddie and Barbara Kratzer. About 2,000 cattle men 4 H and Future Farmers of America members will attend the futurity show today and Saturday, with more than 123 head of Angus entered.
Township trustees and Ottawa City assessors will attend two sessions of an assessor's school in the county courthouse on December 20 and 21. Bruce Spears, county clerk, says about 30 persons will participate, with 9:30 a.m. start times. Assessors begin work January 2.
Twenty six Missouri attorneys say state funded transport for private and parochial students does not violate constitutions. They argue money from the General Revenue Fund, not Public School Fund, could cover costs. Col John J Griffin released the statement during human rights week, with plans to present proposals to Governor Dalton in January.
Panama announced formal diplomatic break with Fidel Castro's government leaving only eight of twenty one Western Hemisphere nations including Canada still engaging Cuba. The move ends official ties and shifts regional stance toward Havana.
Ottawa Savings and Loan Association files to foreclose on a mortgage against Jack F. May and Edith Evelyn May and related defendants. Property described as Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 in Block 10 of the original Town of Emerson now part of Lane Franklin County Kansas. Pleading deadline January 26 1962 in Ottawa Kansas. Attorneys Gleason Gleason Doty and Logan.
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas the estate of Martha Elizabeth Morgan deceased is heard to settle accounts determine heirs and assign property. Joel H. Towner administrator petitions for final settlement and allowances with a hearing set for January 8 1962 at 10 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas. Attorneys for Administrator.
Sealed proposals for CB 2-61 and CB 3-61 bridge projects across Bac Creek and Middle Creek in Franklin County will be received at the County Commissioners office in Ottawa Kansas at 10 a.m. January 5, 1962 and read aloud. Bid deposits equal to 5 percent of the base bid accompany each proposal. The county may award all or part of the projects and may reject any bid.
First published December 8 1961 in the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas notice to all persons concerned that James P Mize executor named in decedents will seeks probate and letters testamentary. Defenses must be filed by January 2 1962 at 2 pm in Ottawa Kansas court. Judge Robert L Pinet Probate Judge supervises the matter.
A long listing of livestock sales across Kansas and nearby towns. Notable entries include Neosho Livestock Commission Co in Neosho on Dec 19, Emporia Livestock Sale Co on Dec 15 and 22, Franklin County Sale Co in Ottawa on Dec 16 and 23, Osage City Livestock Sale on Dec 19, Waverly Dairy and livestock sales on Dec 21 and 3, plus several weekly auctions in Ottawa Overbrook Garnett Pomona and Princeton with contact numbers.
State of Kansas Franklin County notes the death of Nettie B Gibson also known as Nettle Gibson. The notice provides standard probate and public notice language dated December 1961.
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