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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1957
Page
1
W. B. Smith will present color slides featuring Ottawa and Franklin County scenes along with historical Kansas views. A potluck supper begins at 6:30 p.m.
Bonnie Lee Foster was granted a divorce from George Sidney Foster in district court yesterday on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Custody of two minor children awarded to the mother. Neighbors helped cut wood for a ill family at the W. E. Taylor home near Lane yesterday.
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs Ottie Amstot 1104 S Main Mrs H B Snyder 1404 Willow Arthur Dennis 124 E 2nd Fred Armstrong Golden City Mo Mrs Milton Hackett Pomona Jane Fishburn Richmond and Michael LeRoy Campbell Pomona today Births report Roy Woods route 4 son born Thursday weight 8 lbs 4% oz Dismissed Elmo Shepherd 1016 Cypress Roy English Pomona Mrs Hugh Magrath and baby daughter Harris today
Recent applications for building permits at city hall include Ottawa Co-Op grain elevator tank $131000 Mary M Collins 215 W Fifth alteration of duplex $500 R N Graham 620 N Locust garage $250 Anton J Strafuss 317 E 15th dwelling $10000 Mrs L W Spright 726 S Oak addition to dwelling $500 First National Bank repair and improvement of bank building $25000 Charles E Blum 1403 S Main duplex $10000 Jose Main 620 N King garage $150 John Kelsey 517 Birch alteration of garage $75
Lawrence Feltner age 45 of Lyndon wed Geneveve Paxson 33 of Lyndon. Donald Smith 24 of Ottawa married Opal Stoffer 20 of Ottawa. Louis Gamble 38 of Topeka married Thelma Baskerville 40 of Lawrence.
The 450 foot U S Navy freighter Arneb was pinned against Cape Hallett after being crushed by a wind driven ice pack in McMurdo Sound. Crew fought to patch a gaping hole above the waterline and hull cracks while flooding stayed under control. Northwind icebreaker aided the stricken ship as Captain Nels C Johnson reported damage to both hull sides and one propeller.
A wealthy California couple, Mr and Mrs Laurence Bly of Burbank, head to Phoenix to pursue adopting six children orphaned in the Phoenix train crash that killed 12. The children's aunt tentatively approves, and a California official sees no law blocking the adoption. Mrs Cecilia Alires cared for the six children since the Dec 17 crash at a Phoenix crossing.
The Associated Press reports a cloudy wet day across much of the nation as an arctic surge moves southeast. Temperatures fall to near zero in North Dakota and near freezing in the Central Plains while the Northern Plains see light snow flurries and upper Great Lakes remain chilly. Warmer breezes spread from the Southern Plains to the Atlantic coast, with temps ranging from the 20s to 60s.
Hannibal Missouri story: John Bobbitt, 46, was cut in two by a switch engine yesterday but survived over five hours. He spoke with his wife, a minister, and doctors before dying two hours after anesthesia. Doctors noted little bleeding and said the injury was severe but his case unusual. Coroner said Bobbitt claimed he threw himself before the switcher. Relatives mentioned recent nerves.
A compact listing of livestock and estate sales across Kansas towns with dates in January. Entries reference C A Myers Sons, Roberts Market in Lawrence, Overbrook Livestock, Hunt Brothers dispersal near Pomona, Lille Bales Estate in Ottawa, and other sales on Wilson Streets Locust, Locust & Woods, and near Princeton.
Washington reports a Scripps-Howard story claimed U.S. Marines in the Mediterranean possess live atomic artillery. Gen Randolph Pate declined to comment. White House press secretary Hagerty said Eisenhower has given no authority to use atomic or any other weapons in the Middle East.
A Hungarian refugee, unnamed, told Northwest Progress that Communist secret police tortured inmates in an underground Budapest prison and ground bodies in huge grinders. The archdiocese paper described him as 27, highly intelligent and cultured, among refugees aided by Catholic Relief Services. He said hundreds were imprisoned and tortured.
A report notes that more than 2,500 companies operate door to door in the United States. Experts warn that rattlesnakes are deaf to noise and advise rapid movement when encountered in the wild.
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