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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1956
Page
4
The community of Rantoul sponsors a public sale and dance to benefit the March of Dimes. Monday evening events begin at 6 30 p m with a sale of items from residents including hay grain and canned goods. Bert Detwiler acts as auctioneer and Steven Needham leads arrangements for the event which raised 137 last year.
About 500000 Virginians will vote on a constitutional change to allow state funds for private tuition grants to parents who keep children from integrated schools. A limited constitutional convention would be called if approved. Proponents led by Sen. Byrd push the plan as necessary, while opponents warn it would wreck public schools and broaden wealthier private education. Negro groups oppose it. most politicians and many officials back it. AFL CIO denounces the proposal as funding private education for the wealthy.
A 15-year-old Louisville youth helped detectives by pointing out a 14-year-old suspect in a Brooks filling station burglary. The 14-year-old allegedly admitted taking 107 dollars and a .22 rifle. He was charged with breaking.
Ottawa University debaters travel to McPherson for a college tournament led by Prof Richard Chartier with six team members Jack Bremer John Ross Richard Hoglund Don Ellenstine Don Stenger Jim Springfield and partner pairings listed for the event.
Two men charged with drunk driving Lyle Reddick and Roy Cearfoss paid $100 fines plus costs and received paroles from 30 day jail terms. Three men charged with speeding paid $10 and costs. Charles W Green Emporia cited for 55 in a 45 zone. Charles W Eisenbise 831 S Poplar and Donald Howell 1900 Main were cited for 35 in a 20 zone.
At Pueblo County Jail the sheriff called for the Gallegos brothers to plead guilty. Joe Sam and Louis Gallegos entered separate theft pleas and were ordered into probation investigations.
Washington reports a 248 million dollar contract for B52 heavy bombers is another order in the B52 procurement, not raising the eventual total. Production will be at Boeing plants in Seattle and Wichita. The Air Force has not disclosed total purchases but envisions about 11 wings, possibly 400 to 500 planes. Each B52 costs about eight million dollars.
James Hudderston, polio crippled Ottawa man, operates the Korn Krib in Rapid City South Dakota a popcorn and candy shop. A local fundraising group led by George Lister Rog er Fredrikson and others provided a loan to Hudderston to buy the business. He will repay into a permanent fund to aid other handicapped people. Hudderston recently earned a degree from Ottawa University and moved to Rapid City in late November. His shop is reported to be prospering with steady sales of popcorn and candy.
Derrell Lee Propes 29 of 1621 S Main appealed district court decisions after a police court conviction for drunk driving reckless driving and an open bottle. Judge Myron S Steere found him not guilty on the reckless count and Propes remains free on 250 bond. Meanwhile a cold wave swept the Midwest with subzero readings in Minnesota and the Dakotas, a warm South Atlantic coast and heavy rain along the West Coast.
LOS ANGELES 4 A leading specialist, Dr. Irvine Page of Cleveland, says heredity and diet drive rising heart deaths, not just high pressure. He cites 800000 dying now and 1200000 predicted in 1960, urging fat reduction and noting Caucasians more affected than Navajo or Japanese groups. Lamb Ambulance, Phone 380.
New York society turned out for Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III at the Waldorf Astoria as the engaged pair appeared publicly for the first time since the engagement. The Philadelphia star wore a brocade off shoulder gown with orchids and a red rose, while Rainier wore midnight blue formal attire and medals across his chest.
Bonn reports Wilhelm Haas will be the first West German ambassador to Moscow. Haas, a career diplomat, was previously ambassador to Turkey. The move follows a Soviet agreement announced after Valerian Zorin presented credentials to President Heuss. The exchange stems from a Moscow accord between Adenauer and Bulganin made last September.
Santiago reports indicate at least 250 people were arrested as Chile's government enforces a state of siege to head off a planned nationwide strike by the Central Labor Union. Police detained union leaders, politicians, newspapermen, and former aides to President Ibanez amid charges of international communism aiming to incite unrest. The strike, called to protest wage and pension freezes, threatens inflation control measures and public hunger according to officials. The president and Interior Minister labeled the action a threat to public order as Congress prepares to reconvene January 11 to review the freeze program.
Forecast calls for generally fall conditions this afternoon and tonight with a sharp drop in temperature, becoming warmer Sunday. Central portions may be colder this afternoon, not as cold tonight, with lows near 20. Sunday highs expected in the upper 40s from east to west.
Washington D C 7 Son Mans field Mansfield a Senate Foreign Relations Committee member urged daily assessment of American policy to counter Russian moves. He said the containment policy was once highly effective but has waned as the Soviet Union advances into Middle East South Asia and Africa. He spoke after a briefing on the world outlook by the secretary of state.
Washington Senate Internal Security subcommittee continued hearings into alleged Communist infiltration of the press and broadcasting. Eighteen witnesses, including 14 current or former Times staffers, were questioned as the panel pressed a probe amid editorial rebuttals and political tensions. Dr. Benjamin Fine of the Times testified he briefly joined the Communist party in 1935 while a Columbia graduate student.
London officials report the choking fog that blanketed Britain for three days eased by dawn. By morning only a few patches remained and rail air and road traffic largely returned to normal.
The cold front pushed Ottawa to 14 degrees this morning, the coldest so far this year, with a biting north wind. A warming trend is expected soon as the weather bureau notes ground temps fell while higher air remained warmer, altering overnight readings at several locations.
A. E. Bishop, famed for 29 years of hunting rabbits for his wife on her birthday, failed to trap a single rabbit this year. He uses an unusual method throwing a hammer after sighting a rabbit, a practice his wife finds crazily devoted and odd.
Eisenhower s soil bank proposal draws Midwest Republican support from Mundt of South Dakota and Young of North Dakota who see payments to farmers who cut production as appealing. Mundt calls it a double edged attack on surpluses with cash and conservation incentives while Young hopes for parity shifts on base crops. Democratic committee critics say the plan echoes Democratic ideas twice rejected and note past opposition by the administration to similar bills.
Governor Fred Hall calls for funds to open a 75-bed Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital at Chanute and run the Kansas Treatment Center for Children in Topeka. The Chanute unit could begin operation six months early, with staff, records, and supplies planned. the Topeka center to start in May with a budget of 288,620 for Chanute and 138,442 for Topeka in the year ending June 30.
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