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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
3
Fragmented OCR note references Mills charges cruelty and body of their two children. Mentions Colbern open till 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve buffet for $1.50. Names Ernest Baldwin, Albert Miller, Mt Hope, Elf Plano Tuning, Ottawa Herald contact numbers.
Clyde L Moten aged 69 of 130 S Poplar Ottawa died at 9 40 am in Rane Memorial Hospital after years of illness. He leaves wife Tessie Vann five sons a step son three daughters a brother and two sisters. Irma Lancaster aged 67 a former Ottawa schoolteacher died at her Lynwood California home on December 26. Services set for Dec 28 in Dengel and Son Mortuary with burial in Peoria Cemetery. Surviving are a sister and a brother.
New York AP report notes church membership in 1962 reached 117,946,002 Americans or 63.4 percent, same as 1961 and down from 1960. Catholics grew 8 percent to 23.6 percent. Protestants rose 17 percent to 34.9 percent with 64,929,941 members. Southern Baptist led with 10,191,303. Methodists fell to 10,153,003 as other denominations shifted.
Claude Milier, 22, of Lasong, obtained a marriage license to wed Judith Ann Richmond. The filing lists both parties and confirms the legal eligibility to marry under local regulations.
Respondents across states weigh the impact of civil rights, conservatism, and Johnson’s Kennedy program on Goldwater’s strength. Some see shifts favoring Nixon if he runs, while Rockefeller’s divorce is noted as weakening him. Scranton is repeatedly named as a potential dark horse in a contested GOP nomination.
Area families and relatives gathered for Christmas in Ottawa Lyndon and surrounding towns. Names include Wallace Knight Baker Daryl Knight Gentry Decker Hammond Binns Horne Roberts Stout Kent Davis McMillin and others from Topeka Kansas City Garden City and Davenport, with multiple dinners and visits noted.
Readable fragments list numerous families visiting relatives for Christmas across towns including Lawrence Topeka Ottawa Garnett and Kansas City. Attendees include Wolken Pickert Rocker Hadsall Edwards Duncan and many others with extended kin in Overland Park Ottawa and Linage counties.
Hospital notes list admissions Clara Klein from 317 S Hickory Carl Koehler at 1185 Locust Kenny Jones from Chanute Kathryn Snyder of Overbrook Friday births to Mr and Mrs William Johnston at 224 Willow a Friday birth weight 7 lb 14 oz and dismissals Eldon Rale 300 W 11th Linda Sandra and Gail Green from Quenemo Mrs Lex Taylor RFD 8 Friday The Herald offers weekly prize for best reader news tip.
Rey and Mrs Lamon visit daughter in Kansas City over Christmas. Church of God caroling on Dec 23. Mary Lou Kramer from Warner Pacific Bible School spends Christmas with Howard Kramer family. Missionary meeting with Marie Boyers on Dec 17 ends with gift exchange. Jobs Daughters chapters in Topeka install 19 officers on Dec 18 with Norma Catlin as queen and Diana Haworth as pianist among others. Don Mathers visits family in Holli. Auxiliary meeting Dec 16 includes Christmas gift exchange. Alvin Boyer family to Texas for Christmas.
Mrs Lucy Jane Clines died December 23. Services were held at Towner Chapel December 26 with Rev Ned M Roberts officiating. Pall bearers included Ray Harper Frank McNutt Max Wilker John Wilker Phillip Fitzgerald and Harley Blankenbaker. Dean Zook sang hymns with Jo Archer accompanying. Burial followed at Antioch.
A federal grand jury will continue deliberations Jan. 2 in the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping case. Jurors began studying evidence Thursday against three men jailed by the FBI and charged with the December 8 abduction of the singer.
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen said he will decide next month whether to seek the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Eisenhower has urged several figures, including William Scranton and Henry Cabot Lodge, to join the field, though Eisenhower would not name a favorite. Stassen, once an unsuccessful Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate in 1958, is Eisenhower’s disarmament adviser.
More than 50 athletes from U.S. colleges will compete December 30 in the first Orange Bowl Invitational Track and Field Meet in Miami Florida.
Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced on November 19 that he would accept no more American aid and ordered U S military and economic personnel to leave. The U S relations with Cambodia soured as fears grew that Cambodia drifts toward China and rebels gain support from Vietnam and Thailand.
AP report states Nelson A. Rockefeller plans to stop attacking Sen. Barry Goldwater as he resumes his 1964 GOP presidential bid with a January 8 speech in Portsmouth New Hampshire The shift follows the likelihood President Johnson will lead the Democratic ticket and reflects a broader open field strategy rather than targeting Goldwater Johnson campaign tactics may change after the New Hampshire primary if Rockefeller Goldwater converge in March 10 voting.
Lane residents hosted Christmas visitors including Mr and Mrs Don White Sr and Jr and baby. A son named John Fitzgerald was born December 11 to Mr and Mrs Joe Suther Lybria Africa. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Suther of Topeka and Mr and Mrs Ed Brownlee of Lane. Mrs Lillian Simmons and Kay returned home Friday after visiting her Louisiana parents for several weeks.
Kansas temperatures will average about five degrees below normal in the east and near normal in the west from Saturday through Wednesday. Low readings 13 to 24 with a turn to colder conditions and light snow in the western plains. little accumulation expected. Missouri temperatures run near normal in the northwest and 5 to 10 degrees below normal in the south and east, with highs around 37 to 40 northwest and mid 30s northeast, lows 18 to 24 northwest and around 20 northeast, little or no precipitation.
AP dispatch notes cattle and hog offerings with price tests. Cattle scarce for adequate price test. calves none. Hog prices show weakness in barrows and gilts with ranges around 14.35 to 15.75 for various weights. Sows steady to weak, baby pig prices listed. Sheep offerings not sufficient for test. Consumer eggs prices paid to producers: large A at 35.40, medium A 30-36. Wholesale eggs delivered prices shown. Missouri Arkansas live fryers and broilers listed: farm price 12-14, delivered 13-6%4.
Peoria school children directed by Mrs Glenn Scott and Mrs Odena Detwiler performed a Christmas carol program Friday evening. Sheri Detwiler accompanied the carols. Home made candy cookies and popcorn balls were served.
First published December 27 1963 and last January 10 1964 this legal notice informs all persons concerned that Emma Maxine McGhee daughter and heir at law of Mary Olive Carrier deceased has filed a petition in the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas to determine the descent of real property Lots 25 and 27 Block B Bowles Sheldon and Topaz Addition Ottawa Kansas and all other property owned by Mary Olive Carrier at her death Defenses must be filed by January 20 1964 at 10 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas. failure to respond may result in judgment. Attorneys Gleason Doty and Logan represent petitioner.
The Franklin County Kansas Board of County Commissioners, at its December 16, 1963 meeting, passed a resolution to vacate a specified road in Franklin County. The notice provides publication dates from December 20, 1963 to January 9, 1964. The description begins with the road’s starting point on one-half and continues in formal legal terms.
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