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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
1
A compact Ottawa column lists miscellaneous items from 1973 including cafe notices, hospital admissions, a bank director omission, a forgery trial continued, a funeral, a troop visit, transfers, a graveside service, a political dinner, Red Cross class plans, and a Navy promotion. Public notices mix with personal updates and community happenings in brisk itemized form.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs William Fowler at 507 King Frank L Tedrow 612 N Mulberry Mrs Earl Ray Watts Quenemo Willis Cramer 627 N Cedar and today births of a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Blanton 408 E 5th weighing 8 lb 4 oz Dismissals include Mrs Roy Farris Route 3 Mrs Ottie Amstot 1104 S Main Mrs George Hoopes and baby son Waverly Mark Rice 825 S Main and Mrs Ned Shull 311 E 9th Frank L Tedrow 612 N Mulberry today
White House announced a three day drought inspection trip for President Eisenhower with Benson Seaton and other officials. The schedule covers San Angelo Texas Woodward Oklahoma Clovis New Mexico Pueblo Colorado Garden City Kansas and Wichita with a Beal Hall briefing at McConnell Air Force Base and a concluding Washington return.
Kansas traffic fatalities report shows 1 in last 24 hours, 17 to date in 1957, and 19 in the same period of 1956, per the State Accident Records Section. The figures reflect ongoing road fatalities in Topeka and across the state.
Sister of Mrs Elizabeth McRoberts dies in Kansas City after visiting Ottawa. Funeral from Newcomer Funeral Home with Elmwood Cemetery burial. Andrew Johnson of 746 Pecan dies. service Saturday at St Paul AME church, Hope cemetery. Arthur C Jeffers 62 of Kansas City, former Agricola resident, funeral held at Wakenda Church of the Brethren near Hardin. burial in church cemetery. Surviving wife Leta Mae and four siblings. Attending relatives from area listed.
Army officials reported no word on clemency for Orville Cupp a 20 year old airman from Lowry Air Force Base Denver still serving a two year sentence for willful disobedience and failure to salute a superior officer The wife Nancy Cupp resides in Denver and clemency would require Air Force Secretary action The case is under review at the U S Disciplinary Barracks Leavenworth Kansas
Yemen joins Arab states arming through the Soviet bloc after a Czech deal. Officials say weapons aim to counter alleged British aggression and bolster internal security while border clashes with Britain along Aden persist. No weapon types disclosed.
Funeral services for Andrew Johnson of 746 Pecan will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock from St Paul A.M.E. Church with interment in Hope Cemetery.
At Ft Ord California the Combat Developments and Experimentation Center tests troop organization and weapons to shape a new streamlined infantry division designed for conventional or atomic warfare. Brig Gen Frederick W Gibb leads 48 officers 16 civilians and 19th Regimental Combat Team in evaluating use of draftee soldiers in future divisions.
Racial violence rocked Montgomery and Mobile with bombings targeting Black churches and homes. No injuries reported. Cross burnings and threats followed incidents amid bus desegregation tensions in Atlanta and Georgia National Guard readiness. An unrelated Beaumont blast damaged a Negro family's home and a sidewalk near Dr. Ed Sprott, a former NAACP official.
Local listings show weekly livestock sales at Overbrook every Wednesday. The Anderson County sale operates in Pomona Kas with Jan 24 noted. C F Schultz and Son advertise 2 miles south and 14 miles west of Michigan Valley for farm auctions.
Readable fragments show names Neill George and Jarm Albert with ages and several dated entries. Mentions Waverly Safe Pavilion in Kansas and locations around Pomona, Ottawa, Overbrook, Princeton. Listings include Co. Sales Co. on Wilson and Locust and Hang Lassen routes with January dates.
Market prices show wheat at 2.10, barley at 1.10, soybeans around 2.25, rye 0.80, white corn 1.35, yellow corn 1.35, shelled yellow corn 1.35, Milo at 2.20 per hundred pounds. Butterfat 0.50 to 0.47, straight run eggs 0.22 to 0.19. Heavy hens 0.09, cocks 0.06.
STILLWATER Okla More than 20 million cubic centimeters of polio serum are going begging on manufacturers shelves a U S Public Health Department official said yesterday Dr Jack C Haldeman chief of general health services spoke at a meeting of the Oklahoma Public Health Assn He estimated that about 40 million of the nations 60 million youngsters under 20 have received one or more shots If we are going to lick polio he said we must have 85 per cent of the children immunized and we should have it done before the next polio season Attend church next Sunday.
United States seeks General Assembly approval for a fact finding team to investigate Soviet intervention in Hungary and other information from any source. Observers expect broad support with only the Soviet bloc likely to vote against. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. led the proposal for a committee empowered to uncover facts.
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