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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1959

Page

4

Tax forms and local notices in brief update

A compact news brief notes Uncle Sam and State income tax forms mailed with instructions. It mentions Owens Fallowell trip, Rose Parade ad, Britain appealing a fine, Warner facing a driving charge, Lt. Slankard's Navy graduation, World Book sales push, and Peg Carr attending a Kansas Chamber meeting for action plans.

Uncle Sam Peg Carr Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Topeka Kansas Chamber of Commerce Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

Funerals for I Edward Miller and Louis Bohnet

Services were held December 28 at Princeton Christian Church for I Edward Miller who died December 24 with Rev James Sorensen presiding and pallbearers including Howard Brown Harold Carey Ralph Haney Roy Spencer and others. Burial followed at Princeton Cemetery. Also on December 28 services for Louis Bohnet who died December 25 were held at Towner's Chapel with Rev Kurt E Juengel officiating. Pallbearers included John Allen Ralph Sand Lou Stratton and others. Burial was at Highland Cemetery.

E. Edward Miller I. Edward Miller Princeton Christian Church James Sorensen Howard Brown Harold Carey Ralph Haney Roy Spencer Dean Carey Ben Haney Raymond Dagenette Earl Butts Neil Anderson Princeton Cemetery Louis Bohnet Towner’s Chapel Kurt E. Juengel John Allen Ralph Sand Lou Stratton Tommy Craft Clarence Good Walter Hegberg Gerald Hamilton Raymond Gillette Vada Neihaus Lawrence Ott Highland Cemetery Mary E. McKnight McVey-Dengel Thomas Ingle Robert McKnight Bert Williams Gene McAdoo Elmer White Don Hough Solen Lane A. H. North R. L. Stevens

Deaths RAY CLARK 69 Merced native dies in Ottawa notice

Ray Clark 69 of Merced California died December 22 according to a notice received in Ottawa He was the son of former Franklin County treasurer A E Clark He graduated from Ottawa High School Surviving are his widow two sons one brother Ernest of Florida and two sisters Mrs Amy Wickham Baker Oregon and Mrs R E Webb Colorado Springs

Ray Clark Merced Calif Ottawa A. E. Clark Franklin County Ottawa High School Ernest Florida Amy Wickham Baker Ore R. E. Webb Colorado Springs

Nine Year Old Shot by Accident at Mapleton Home

In Fort Scott Kansas Earl Thomas Holstein aged nine was fatally wounded when a shotgun he and his brother William fourteen were examining discharged at their Mapleton residence. The boy died on arrival at a Fort Scott hospital. Parents Wil lam Fred Holstein Sr. were away. Siblings Carolyn and Marilyn, sixteen, survive.

Fort Scott Kas Earl Thomas Holstein William Mapleton Willam Fred Holstein Sr Carolyn Marlyn

Fidel Castros sanity questioned in Today interview

American reporter James Buchanan of the Miami Herald, recently jailed in Cuba for 14 days, told NBC Today that Fidel Castro's recent actions do not reflect a sane man. He avoided calling Castro a psychopath and said Communist influence under Castro is evident while noting civil liberties erode from expectations set by Castro.

New York Fidel Castro James Buchanan The Miami Herald Dave Garroway National Broadcasting Co Castro Cuba Fidel

Three Die In Family Fuss

Kansas City AP report: a rejected suitor fatally harmed a divorced woman and her son, wounded her and her mother, then died in a crisis after breaking into the home. Victims are Janet Scott Hill 17, Erskine Scott Jr. 12, and Earl Jones 26. Frances Scott 38 injured. Hadley Craddock 21 involved.

Kansas City Janet Scott ‘Hill Erskine Virgil Scott Jr Earl Jones Frances Scott Freenss Hospital Jones Mrs.Hill Craddock

Fire damages Silverdale Stone Co plant in blaze

A fire at Silverdale Cut Stone Co destroyed the cutting plant and offices, with damage estimated over 100000. Fanned by a north wind, the blaze raged two hours, bending metal beams and toppling walls and roof. No workers were present. insurance will cover less than half. Cause undetermined.

Silverdale, Kas Silverdale Cut Stone Co Jimmy Piatt Eva Piatt Arkansas City Silverdale Pratt

Woman Hit By Bomber Fuel In Tucson Tragedy

A Tucson woman, June A. David, 32, riding a bicycle, died when a B47 fuel tank fell from a Davis Monthan Air Force Base flight and exploded. The plane’s captain steered into a steep bank to avoid a denser area, investigators said.

Tucson Ariz June A. David Clifford Smith Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Smith Air Force Donald R. Shilling

Seven Men Rescued From River Ice Offshore Quebec

A helicopter rescued seven men stranded on a drifting St Lawrence River ice floe Monday night after their fishing shack broke away during cod fishing. They drifted for four hours before being lifted to safety.

Quebec St. Lawrence River Loe

Dr W A Elliott Will Move From Ottawa To Fort Worth

Dr W A Elliott a well known Ottawa minister will leave Ottawa Saturday to live with his daughter's family in Fort Worth Texas They are Mr and Mrs C Morlan and son Donald in Ottawa University student who were there for Christmas His 40 year ministry began at First Baptist Church in Ottawa in 1907 He retired in 1947 and then lived at 721 S Mulberry The move brings him closer to a son and family Elliott Susan and Sarah who recently visited Also grandson Gordon Morlan and his fiancee Judy Green of Dearborn Michigan recently came from Kalamazoo Michigan both former University of Ottawa students

W. A Elliott Ottawa Fort Worth C. &. Morlan Wisteria ,Court Donald Ottawa ‘University Elliott First Baptist Church S. Mulberry Susan Sarah Kalamazoo Mich Gordon Morlan Judy Green Dearborn 0. U

Fined Jailed On Driving Charge

A 17 year old Ottawan Roddy Dale Cook 521 N Cherry was fined $20 and jailed three days after pleading guilty in Police Court to reckless driving. Judge Pinet said it was harsh but a third violation in a short period. Other cases today led to fines totaling $119 for five people.

Roddy Dale Cook N. Cherry Robert Pinet Cook Larry Douglas Koehler S. Oak Lawrence E. Gast Dennis N. Petal Evangeline Watts Fred Clayborn Claude Matthew Hoss S. Poplar George Charles Geise Jr S. Mulberry

Negro Voter Registration Drive Aims for 2.5 Million

NAACP and Southern Christian Leadership Conference inaugurate a southern voter registration push. Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King Jr. say the non partisan effort targets 2.5 million registrants for the 1960 presidential election with support for civil rights backed candidates.

Atlanta National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People Southern Christian Leadership Conference Roy Wilkins New York NAACP Martin Luther King Jr Montgomery Ala

Gideon Chosen by God to Save Israel from Midianites

A biblical tale shows Gideon threshing secretly when an angel announces his fate to lead Israel. He doubts his worth, but God commands him to destroy Baal’s altar, cut down the grove, and later deliver Israel, evolving from youth to prophet, leader, and judge.

Gideon Israel Manasseh Baal

Breakins Reported At Two Williamsburg Stations

Franklin County sheriff reports two Williamsburg service stations Phillips 66 and Skelly broken into after midnight. Phillips lost about two cartons of cigarettes and a small amount of pennies. Skelly untouched. Entry made by breaking glass front doors and reaching inside to open them.

Williamsburg Phillips 66 Skelly Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Phillips Station

Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals

Admissions include Kelly Dunham RFD 2 Wells sville Mrs Maurice Ponton 741 Ash Edith Gibbons 203 Ash today Dismissals list Rhonda Haas 1121 N Main Mrs James Franks Jr and baby son 315 S Cedar Zela Curtis Hickman Mills Mo Jane Leach Pomona Mrs Henry Hermreck and baby daughter 816 S Locust Mrs Leslie Lawler Baldwin today

Kelly Dunham RFD Wellssville Maurice Ponton Edith Gibbons Rhonda Haas N. Main James Franks Jr S. Cedar Zela Curtis Hickman Mills Jane Leach Pomona Henry Hermreck S. Locust Leslie Lawler Baldwin

Carbine evidence links Goodpaster to slaying case

Williamson County Coroner Adolph Flack said empty .30 caliber U S Army carbine cartridges found in Dr W J Goodpaster s desk match those found near the scene of the Christmas Day slaying of Mrs Margaret Strunk and the wounding of her escort Bernard Dobraski near the Goodpaster home Goodpaster a brother of President Eisenhower s staff secretary is jailed without bond on murder and assault charges Goodpaster denies ownership of a carbine and shooting the pair A Springfield ballistic expert examined and compared the cartridges

Marion Williamson County Adolph Flack W. J. Goodpaster Carterville Ill Goodpaster Eisenhower Andrew J. Goodpaster Margaret Strunk Flack

Naval Reserve Pilot Killed Near Minneapolis

A Naval Reserve pilot from Kansas City Lt. Roland E. Toeys, 26, was killed Monday when a Navy propeller fighter crashed 15 miles southwest of the Minneapolis St Paul airport. He was en route from the Olathe Naval Air Station and was an aeronautical engineering senior at the University of Minnesota. Cause of the crash was not known.

Minneapolis Kansas City Minneapolis-St. Paul Roland E. Toeys Olathe Naval Air Station University of Minnesota

Nixon and Kennedy May Run In New Hampshire

Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy may enter New Hampshire’s March 8 primary. Nixon delays a firm decision while advisers weigh listing his name to mobilize grass roots Republicans. Kennedy likely to enter every possible primary with Senator Hubert Humphrey as a potential Democratic opponent in New Hampshire.

Nixon Kennedy New Hampshire Washington Richard M. Nixon John F. Kennedy D-Mass Eisenhower GOP Sen Hubert H. Humphrey D-Minn

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices

KC Livestock Kansas City AP reports cattle calf slaughter steers high good and choice mostly steady others mixed yearlings cows bulls and calves firm stockers weaker. Hogs slow with barrows gilts steady to 25 lower sows steady to strong. Sheep active slaughter lambs steady to strong ewe feeder lambs and wooled/sheep prices listed.

Kansas City

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