Ottawa Herald News Briefs Report Short Items
News briefs cover a range of local updates from Ottawa including a postponement of the Ottawa Garden Club meeting to January 9 with an out of town speaker, a trip to New Orleans by Mr and Mrs Lee Perkins for cattlemen meetings, a Burlington monument dealer overcoming gas fumes, a stop sign arrest of Charles Newland Baldwin, Red Cross relief missions by Ruth Miller to flood and tornado areas, and Garfield Gardeners postponing their meeting to January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Garden Club
New Orleans
Lee Perkins
National Cattlemen’s Association
National Cow Belle Association
Perkins
Kansas Livestock Association
Natchez
Roast Fresh Pork With Potatoes Instructions
Cooking For Fun presents a roast method for a five pound pork loin with garlic salt and seasoning. Cook at 325 degrees until internal 185 degrees, about 3 1 3 hours, then add peeled potato halves around the meat and baste. Rest 15 minutes before carving.
Weather Summary for 1955 Year
The report lists monthly totals of moisture and daily weather. It records high temperatures from 60 degrees on January 4 5 to 106 degrees on July 30, lows from -? to 9 degrees, snow totals up to 12 inches in March and 2.9 inches in December, and counts of cloudy partly cloudy and clear days across each month. It shows overall variable conditions with extreme heat in July and fluctuations in moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hospital Notes Admits and Births Reported
Admitted Roger Keith route 2 Friday. Births Mr and Mrs Dennis Harkins Rantoul son born Thursday weight 7 lb 11 oz. Dismissed Michael Nelson 505 W sth. Mrs Charles Burlingham and baby daughter route 2 Friday. Mrs Effie Griffin 704 Ash William Epps 1128 N Oak Connie McAuley 314 S Mulberry today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Keith
Dennis Harkins
Rantoul
Michael Nelson
W. Sth
Charles Burlingham
Effie Griffin
Ash
William Epps
N. Oak
Connie McAuley
S. Mulberry
Memorial Funeral Service for Arthur Musgrove
Funeral services for Arthur Musgrove will be held at Towner's Chapel Monday at 2:00 PM with Elder C E Andrews officiating. Interment follows at Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Musgrove
Towner’s Chapel
C. E. Andrews
Highland Cemetery
Watch On Levee In San Francisco Storm
Battered levees remained under around the clock surveillance as light rain and snow fell across storm battered northern California. No imminent danger appeared, but flood waters receded and California counted 52 deaths with the possibility of more bodies yet to be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Bartenders And Barbers Feudin
NORTH ADAMS Mass Local bartenders and barbers clash over a planned 25 cent raise in haircuts and shaves effective next Tuesday haircuts at 150 and shaves at 1 The Beverage Dispensers Local called the rise out of line with wage scales and plans to distribute 5000 voter cards urging union workers in local plants to boycott barbershops that raise prices Barbers reply by telling bartenders to mind their own knitting and they will mind theirs
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North Adams
Mass
Dionne Quintuplets Reconcile with Parents in Ontario
North Bay Ontario The Dionne quintuplets and their parents said a misunderstanding has been ironed out after three of the four surviving sisters visited the family home in Callander. Oliva Dionne blamed outsiders for the trouble and telephoned a statement to the North Bay Nugget. The sisters approved the note and said they understand each other better and expect no further misunderstandings. The family rift followed the sisters not returning home for Christmas and not sending a card or calling.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Deaths A former Ottawa resident dies in Wichita
Arthur Musgrove, a former Ottawa resident and painter, died today at St. Francis hospital in Wichita at 1 45 a m He was born October 23 1885 in McPherson He lived with sister Mrs Eugene Routén in Wichita Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p m at Towners Funeral Chapel Elder C B Andrews officiating Burial will follow in Highland cemetery Also noted: the National Safety Council reports 36 000 deaths and 1 250 000 injuries from motor vehicle accidents in 1954 with total costs of 4 400 000 000
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Arthur Musgrove
Wichita
Ottawa
St. Francis Hospital
Eugene Routén
McPherson
Towner’s Funeral
C. BE. Andrews
Highland Cemetery
National Safety Council
Happenings from 1955 Auld Lang Syne review
A retro look through 1955 highlights lists local and national events. Notable items include Governor Norman Hall? No, Fred Hall’s election in Kansas, flood control funding requests, a Franklin County home closure, and Ottawa annexations cleared by the Kansas Supreme Court. Glenn Griffin born January 3 and a Hillsboro tragedy noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Auld Lang Syne
Glenn William Griffin
Norman Seibel
Hillsboro
Kansas City
Fred Hall
Kansas
Congress
Robert A. Anderson F
Ottawa
House
Ways and Means
Franklin County
Kansas Supreme Court
City of
South Main Business District
Post Office at Homewood Closes After 78 Years
A brief item notes the Homewood post office will close after 78 years of operation. It also records two separate events: Georgi Malenkov resigning as Soviet premier and Floyd Curfman taking his own life by jumping from the Locust Street bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homewood
Georgi M. Malenkov
Floyd Curfman
Locust Street
March through April events in Ottawa and Kansas
A digest of local and state happenings includes dedication of the new Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, a major atomic test near Las Vegas, Kansas Supreme Court action in Ottawa annexation, publication controversy over the Yalta papers, Legionnaires at the Second District convention, Gov. Hall vetoing the right to work bill, coffee quality returning to Ottawa, city planning for a Hickory street parking lot, J R Cheney named state highway commissioner, the fatal shooting of Fred Hermreck at Lone Elm after an argument, and city election winners Ivan Brown Arvid Berglund Ben Park and Harry Rybolt, plus Salk polio vaccine effectiveness announcement.
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Allen
Lawrence
Las Vegas
Kansas Supreme Court
Ottawa
Yalta
Hall
House
Hickory Street
Fred Hermreck
Garnett
Lone Elm
Ivan Brown
Arvid Berglund
Ben Park
Harry Rybolt
Local Interest Rises in Kansas City Baseball
Notable local mentions include strong interest in major league baseball in Kansas City. Wellsville students received the first polio shots in the county. Byron Byerley, a Kansas University student, admitted robbing the Centerville bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wellsville
Byron Byerley
K. U
Centerville
Multiple local events reported in brief notices
May 5 Survival City in Nevada was blasted by an atom bomb. 7 The government called a shaft to the mass anti polio inoculations pending a report on the safety of present vaccine supplies. 13 A proposal to merge four rural high schools in this area was made. 26 Fifty six persons were killed when a tornado hit Udall Kas L I Crater city clerk here for the past 25 years resigned. 31 Don Meek Ottawa University athletic director resigned. June 2 Bert Ross announced he would close his quarry after 43 years in business. 8 The opening session of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas Negro Masons opened at Memorial auditorium. 26 Franklin county farmers voted for another year of wheat marketing quotas. 28 The county's new wheat ice was valued at about $14 million.
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Nevada
Udall
Kas
L. I. Crater
Don Meek
Ottawa University
Bert Ross
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas
Negro Masons
Memorial Auditorium
Franklin County
Wheat flow fills area elevators and flood funds approved
July events include wheat pouring into local elevators and Senate approval of funds for flood control work. On the 12th, Attorney General agents seized slot machines in eight Kansas cities. The 16th saw controversy as Highlands Cemetery outhouses were erected. Ottawa Steel Products, Inc. was sold to a Detroit firm on the 30th.
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Senate
Harold Fatzér
Kansas Cities
Highlands Cemetery
Ottawa Steel Products, Inc
Detroit
Wichita baby black market uncovering and murder case
A girl reporter uncovered a Wichita baby black market. Mrs William Allen Jr 34 wife of a Kansas City car dealer is being sought after her blood stained car was found near Union Station. Mrs Allen's body was later found in a field near Stanley Kas with several hundred OttEwan residents nearby.
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Wichita
William Allen, Jr
Kansas City
Union Station
September Calendar Highlights At Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald lists key events from September including Betty Salmon as the first calendar girl, the start of a 14 A local industrial fund drive, a state move to provide reflectorized license tags facing opposition, highway engineers visiting for a proposed Ottawa by pass, and two men escaping from Franklin County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Salmon
Herald
Ottawa
Franklin County
Sidney Harris obituary and local justice protest note
October 2 Sidney F Harris Herald publisher died. A rising wave of discontent by various persons centered on drunk driving cases in police court was to prompt a citizens group to seek a grand jury probe. On October 12 a discussion on possible indictments against Mayor W W Robe for alleged improprieties in liquor cases was held in the AttGen's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney F. Harris
Herald
Oyster Iecutes
W. W. Robe
Attorney General
Ottawa Officials Face Controversy Amid Police Actions
A series of Ottawa civic events unfold with police conduct protests. The Attorney General discusses local government con troveries in Topeka while city officials present their side. W G Snedaker named publisher of The Herald. City attorney proposes a plan to end the dispute. Forty seven parking meters were smashed by vandals. Delegation seeks flood control funds in Washington. A citizens group review of police department matters is under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Glenn
William Boucek
Ottawa
Attorney General
Topeka
W. G. Snedaker
The
Herald
Washington
Don White
City fires two policemen in controversy fallout
In Ottawa authorities confirm the two policemen were not to be rehired amid a city controversy. A district court suit by William E Gilliland Jr seeking 25000 damages names the officers as defendants. An ouster action against the mayor and two commissioners faced Don White, with signers later asking to be removed. Veterans Day programs proceeded as authorities declared the ouster complaint insufficient. A Colorado plane sabotage case and Kansas City slaying tied to Arthur Brown were noted, alongside Richmond resident Marjorie Roeckers winning Franklin county cherry pie title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gilliland, Jr
Ottawa
Jack Byrd
Kansas Corporation Commission
Don White
Franklin County
Colorado
Arthur Brown
San Francisco
Wilma Allen
Kansas City
Marjorie Roeckers
Richmond
Icy streets delay Safe Driving Day campaign
The city announced the termination of airport manager Earl Sexton’s contract effective the first of the year. Ottawa Christmas Jubilee celebrations began as plans moved forward with Martin Dickinson of Williamsburg named head of the fair board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sexton
Ottawa
Martin Dickinson
Williamsburg
Fair Board
Welfare board advisory group organized here
Ottawa University received $119,600 from the Ford Foundation. George Lister was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce. Ordinances authorizing increases in electric and water rates here were passed by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Board
Ottawa University
Ford Foundation
George Lister
Chamber of Commerce
Must Die For Two Killings Must Die For Two Killings
The mother of U S GI Richard A Hagelberger says President Eisenhower refused clemency for her son in a murder case in Diebach Germany. Hagelberger and John Vigneault were convicted of killing Paul Eckart and Lothar Schlosser on April 19 1952.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Eisenhower
Robert H. Stacy
White House
Richard A. Hagelberger
Hagelberger
John Vigneault
Manchester
N.I
Paul Eckart
Lothar Schlosser
Diebach
Germany
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K. S. Bennett
E. W. Crandall
Emmaus
Carl Henning
Burlington
Charles Newland Baldwin
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Baldwin Junction
US 59
Newland
I. J. Kioster
Baldwin
Red Cross
Ruth Miller
Sedgwick County
West Coast
Kansas- Oklahoma
New York
Garfield Gardeners
AP News
Lamb Funeral Home
Rock — Funeral Services For
L. Rock
Clifton
A.m
Louis H. Dengel
N. Main
Saffron Glass Co
Reno Lockers
Max Reneau
Musgrove
Christie
Victoria R. Christie
Federated Church
Joe Towner
A. Myers & Son
Centrcopolis
Overbrook
Robert’s
Charley Minchel
Robert
East 11Th St
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Anderson County
Neill George
Waverly
Kasner Sale
Artie Lenhart
Miles West
Miles North
Chet Hermreck
Albert
Anna
Main
Franklin
Clyde
Franklin Co
John Rossman
Eas
Wilson and
Wilson
Oakle
Punty Sale
J. R. Cheney
Dean Berlin
Lamb
Jittawa
Bank of Ottawa
Bank of Friendly Service
OI Jin Furniture
Charles Quin
Paul Gaynor
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