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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1955
Page
5
A Lawrence reporter asked a KU Fine Arts professor about Liberace’s appearances at the university. The professor dismissed the entertainer as the “biggest fake in music and television,” saying he could not play and that eight-year-olds could perform better.
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered light snows in the extreme northeast warmer in the west and north this afternoon tonight and on Tuesday low tonight in the 20s high Tuesday 30s to 40s. Record highs and lows for this date are listed with temperatures yesterday and today’s hourly readings. River at 70 feet.
WASHINGTON D C President Eisenhower chose Julius C Holmes a career foreign service officer to be ambassador to Iran The White House announced the nomination will go to the Senate tomorrow It must undergo Senate confirmation Holmes hails from Lawrence where his father was a prominent local insurance man
Franklin county's 1955 corn acreage allotment rises to 40 076 acres from 38 952 last year, based on 1951 53 plantings and adjusted for weather and farm operation changes. Notices to be mailed around February 18, with a 15 day appeal window to the county ASC committee.
Weather report notes scattered light snow persisting in northeast Kansas while most of the state warms. Ottawa recorded lows of 17 and 20 degrees with frost on evergreens from fog, then melting as sun returned. Temperatures ranged from 1 degree above zero in Bismarck to 70 in Miami with varying cloudiness and improving western warmth.
The Highland Park junior high basketball game was postponed from last Friday due to snow. A Founders Day PTA program at Garfield School will begin at 7 30 p.m. and provide three game tickets to attendees. Ticket distribution will occur after the PTA program.
A blaze at the Arizona Downs Race Rack in Phoenix destroyed 24 stalls and killed 13 horses early today. The cause was not immediately known and investigators are examining the scene.
Lehew stated the rate would be between 82.45 percent and 90 percent of parity, noting the figure could not fall below 8245 per cent nor exceed 90 percent. The comment specifies a guaranteed floor and ceiling tied to parity.
An AFL craft strike idled over 4,000 workers at an Oak Ridge atomic plant project in Tennessee. Pickets were posted by local 487, AFL Painters Union. about 700 of 5,000 crossed lines. AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council official A Galyon called the strike unauthorized.
Ottawa shoppers can win a total of 85 in scrip this week with one 55 prize two 10 prizes and two 5 prizes. Scrip can be used at participating Ottawa businesses. Winners will be announced at 2 30 p m Wednesday in all participating locations and must be present to receive prizes.
Washington the Supreme Court reversed contempt sentences for two Wichita taxi drivers and a third, Cecil Courtney, who faced 90 days. The drivers had been held in contempt for refusing to testify before a secret inquiry into a taxicab strike. The court held county judges may issue subpoenas, but witnesses must have immunity from prosecution. The ruling sends the case back to the courts with directions to grant immunity and allow self defense against contempt charges.
A Miami county grand jury opened the February term at the district court in Paola Kansas. District Judge Harry Fisher named Frank McCarthy as foreman, with 14 other Miami county residents making up the panel. No witnesses had yet been summoned to appear before the grand jury.
Four people died in Kansas highway crashes over the weekend. A two car wreck on U S Highway 166 near Sedan Saturday killed Hull Nelson and his son Jimmy age 2 and 20 year old Joe Willoughby. The Fullers were of Arkansas City and Willoughby lived in Sedan. Kenyon Merle Rose 19 of De Soto died when his car hit a Santa Fe train near De Soto on the way to church.
Darrel A. Dunn, director of the Farmers' Home Administration for Kansas, urges farmers in 43 drought counties to file applications for emergency hay and grain aid immediately. Applications must go through local FHA or county ASCS committees. No applications will be accepted after midnight February 15.
Tokyo report quotes Lt. Charles Salmon and Capt. George Williams Jr praising the F86 Sabrejet after two American pilots shot down cannon-firing MiGs over the Yellow Sea. They assert Sabrejets have long been superior and dismiss MiG performance in comparison.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon started a 12 stop Caribbean tour in Havana and other locations. The trip aims to discuss sugar, trade and anti communism concerns with local leaders and officials.
London Peiping radio reported Red Chinese aircraft intercepted six waves of U S military planes over China coastal islands. The broadcast said the U S planes flew away after 28 sorties over Yikiangshan and Toumenshan, calling the act a grave provocation against China s territory and sovereignty. It warned that U S air intrusions would bring serious consequences.
The House adopted a resolution allowing Dr. Forrest C. Phagi Allen to remain as basketball coach at the University of Kansas for three seasons beyond the normal retirement. The measure, signed by 74 of 125 members, would let him coach until June 30 1959 if desired, despite a Board policy requiring retirement at age 70. Lead is the end product of several radioactive decays.
TOPEKA A move was initiated in the Legislature to restrict the number of retail liquor stores in Kansas. Representatives Howard Chambers and Maurice E. Webb introduced a bill to issue only one license per 5,000 population of a city or township. Webb said the cap aims to ensure stores are financially viable. The bill would not affect licenses already in effect and would permit transfers.
Carrier planes were fired on by ground batteries as the U.S. 7th Fleet led the evacuation of 30,000 Nationalist soldiers and civilians from the Tachens near Formosa. Marines landed to assist while torpedo boats were spotted offshore. No damage reported and the first evacuees were moved from Jower Tachen with authorities awaiting orders from Chiang Kai-shek.
A 1947 White truck driven by Charles C Anderson 30 of Wichita skidded on an icy Baldwin road while attempting to pass a westbound car driven by Robert Cline 18 of Roberts Springs. The vehicle jackknifed into a filling station, hitting an electric sign and stopping eight feet from the pumps. Damage to the sign was about 100 dollars.
Ottawa University debaters won 11 of 18 debates over Friday and Saturday but did not reach finals at the Pittsburg Teachers College tournament. Senior pair John Ross and Jack Bremer won four of six preliminaries yet were eliminated in the semi finals by Emporia State Teachers College. Wilma Rughey and Vernon Barnes won three of six preliminaries, while junior team Dick Hoglund and John Dodgens won four of six but did not make semi finals.
Secretary of Defense Wilson and Admiral Radford told a House Armed Services subcommittee that the armed forces are shedding trained personnel to private industry. They defended a proposed selective pay raise to retain officers and noncommissioned staff, warning turnover could last a decade or more and hurt readiness and costs.
A morning Ottawa High assembly featured a panel discussion on dating with eighth graders Sylvia Salb Jack Henning Delpha Hooking and Jack Bremer among panelists. Moderated by Rev. Roger Fredrikson the program explored when to date honesty with dates and deciding when to go steady with boys.
In Washington the Eisenhower administration and allies weighed new moves to ease a tense situation. President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles held a White House conference, then Dulles met with New Zealand ambassador Sir Leslie Munro and British ambassador Sir Roger Makins to discuss diplomacy. Safe-U. S. Savings Bonds.
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