Ottawa News Snippets including legal and weather notes
A confusing Ottawa item list covers contact notes for a Herald delivery issue, a Newport student at the Naval Officers Candidate School, and a Plano tuning remark. It mentions an Elks beer license approval, a 15 minute parking proposal for United Presbyterian church parsonage, a preliminary hearing for Lynn Fouts on check fraud, Paul Richard Smith’s DUI plea, Norman Brown’s return to Newport, and Wor den precipitation well below normal with 30.78 inches rainfall this year.
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M. Todd Macdonald
United Presbyterian Church
Walnut
Macdonald
Third
Worden
Douglas County
Walter Schwarz
Deaths Mark Ottawa Resident Elizabeth Foster at 99
Mrs Elizabeth Foster 99 longtime Ottawa resident died at 4 30 am in the Methodist Home Topeka where she had lived 12 years She celebrated her 99th birthday December 6 1956 surviving relatives include nieces and a nephew Funeral arrangements pending burial at Baxter Cemetery Ottawa Also included are notices of Kiwanis officers and a club meeting report with names and roles plus obituaries for Sylvester D Stovall and additional survivors.
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Elizabeth Foster
Ottawa
Topeka
Foster
Maple
Harold Miller
Emile Barnes
Bert ‘Troxel
Osawatomie
Baxter Cemetery
Joel Nor
George Rabeck
George. C. Rabeck
Ottawa Kiwanis Club
LeLoup-Wells
Isl
Genevieve
Dean Driscoll
Gaines
Olympia
Wash
Wellsville
Randolph Bundy
Belle Willis
S. Ce
Ransom Memorial
Bobital
She Bundy
Rob
Lawrence
Ert Craig
Homer Ree
Bob Winchester
C. W. Henning
Jim Chandler
W. D. Bemmels
Don Capper
Harold Stevens
Walter Coburn
Warren Wesen
George Scott
Harry Scott
Sylvester
D. Stovall
Sylvester Demit Stovall
N. Hulberry
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Florence
Kas
Henry A
Isa D. Jeffries Stovall
The
Baptist Church
Anna Horton
Alfred
Alvin
Merideth Stovall
Torrington
Wyo
Eva Fowler
King
Effie) Coleman
Peabody
Lida Horton
la Grange
Dale A. Stovall
Poplar
William A
Marion
Lee
Pittsburg
Burton
Ruben
Stovall
Rosa Bell Norton
Towner’s Chapel
D. m
Wayne Caldwell
Hope Cemetery
Hospital Notes Admits Several Local Residents
Hospital notes list admissions including James Behler Wellsville Emma McMahon Garnett Elmo Shepherd 1016 Cypress Mrs A Chrismer 108 S Hickory Max Ward 930 5 Hickory Virgil C McDowell Cedar House nursing home Marguerite Davenport 426 Ash Joseph Walken route Garnett and dismissals of Kenneth Coffman Wellsville Mrs George Eneichen Rantoul Fred Thielen 626 Willow today
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James Behler
Wellsville
Emma McMahon
Garnett
Elmo Shepherd
Cypress
Chrismer
S. Hickory
Max Ward
Hickory
Virgil C. McDowell
Cedar House Nursing Home
Marguerite Davenport
Ash
Joseph Walken
Kenneth ‘Coffman
George Eneichen
Rantoul
Fred Thielen
Willow
Gasoline price rise aimed at farm loans financing
The government raised gasoline prices to finance farm loans, stating the increase is not due to the Suez Canal blockage. The boosted price reaches the equivalent of 86 cents per gallon, reflecting a higher cost for consumers.
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Sparis
Suez Canal
Pace quickens for Suez Canal salvage operations
Port Said reports faster salvage of two major obstructions as divers and West German teams work on the Ferdan bridge collapse and the sunken Akka. Divers attach cables, salvage ships Energie and Ausdaver standby to lift debris while Akka removal looms tough. ME News Agency quotes Suez Canal Authority chief Mahmoud Yunis forecasting large ships could depart Port Said within four days.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ferdan Bridge
Port
Energie
Aus' ‘Daver
Middle East
Mahmoud Yunis
Suez Canal Authority
Mother And Child Perish In Fire In Walpole Mass
In Walpole a mother Doris Danehey and her infant James died in a bungalow fire after the mother attempted to save the child. Fire Chief Aaron Hill said the body of Mrs Danehey was found near the baby's crib. Earlier in Fairhaven a woman Linda Cordeiro and her son Stephen perished in a separate blaze near the door while trying to flee.
Seek Way To Stop Highway Slaughter
Traffic accidents killed more Americans in 1956 than ever before and lawmakers across the nation pursue strict measures. AP survey shows steps include more highway patrols, tougher license suspensions, stricter exams, auto inspections, National Guard or sheriff support, roadblocks, radar use, and state speed limits. Kansas lawmakers seek to boost patrols by 100 to 250, fund driver education, and require new licensees to complete a driver education course.
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Associated Press
National Guard
Kansas
World Wide News Briefs From Chile to Berlin
Chilean Congress approves a bill allowing a 32 percent wage rise after government freezes and inflation pushes costs up 44 percent since last year. Chinese Nationalist planes drop propaganda leaflets over Peiping in a paper bomb raid. ground fire limited. Zhukov to represent the USSR at India’s Jan 26 Independence Day celebration. A West Berlin paper reports East German students clashed with Communist police during a New Year event in Jena. two officers hurt and four students arrested.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Taipei
Peiping
Air Force
Formosa
Moscow
Georgi Zhukov
Soviet Union
India
New Delhi
Berlin
Teacher Fired After 17 Months Signing In
DETROIT A Hazel Park School Board dismissed 51 year old Marvela Hine after 17 months of full pay for signing in at the superintendent’s office. The board had not assigned her since September 1955 and questioned her fitness before firing her. She will test the dismissal before the State Tenure Commission.
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Detroit
Hazel, Park
Marvela Hine
State
Record Steel Output Seen in 1957 Rise
New York reports the nation’s steel mills are poised to set a production record in 1957, potentially up to three million tons higher than the 1174 million tons achieved in 1955. Iron Age weekly cites estimates. 1956 production was about 115 million tons.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
Tentative OK For Baker Dorm
Baker University receives tentative approval for a 436000 grant to build a 144 male dormitory. Washington office will grant final approval after review of architectural, engineering, financial, and legal data. previous loan of 316000 funded a 96 female dormitory completed in September. Completion of the new men’s dorm is targeted within 1957 if final approval is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Baker University
W. H. Lindt
The
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Ft. Worth
Texas
Washington, D.C
Baker
Washington Office of Housing and Home Finance Administration
One Democrat in Kansas Delegation
Floyd Breeding, a Rolla farmer, becomes Kansas lone Democratic member in a largely Republican delegation. He succeeds Hope in the Sun District after a 30 year GOP tenure. Breeding takes oath with House members as Sen. Carlson begins a new six year term.
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Washington
Kansas
Floyd Breeding
Rolla Farmer
Breeding
Rep
Hope
Congress
Sun District
House
Sen
Carlson
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Western Kansas Crops Are Bad
Western Kansas crop conditions are described as terribly dry with little wheat and much land in reserve. Moisture was only 9.21 inches for the year in Hays, about 40 percent of normal, and extensive rabbit damage and erosion concerns are noted across the southwest and Colby regions.
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Manhattan
Kas
Experiment Station
Kansas
Kansas State College
Hays
T. Bruce Stinson
Tribune
B. Erhart
Garden City
Lars
Axelton
Rabbits, Crops, and Water Woes Across Kansas Farms
Erhart notes counties in the Garden City region paying bounties for rabbit drives while sorghum plants and root foraging are observed. In southeast Kansas moisture steadied winter cereals into good condition, though stock water remains scarce and municipal supplies run low. Floyd Davidson of Mourid Valley station confirms favorable cereal status amid drought pressures.
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Garden City
Erhart
Kansas
Floyd Davidson
Mourid Valley
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R. I
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