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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1957
Page
10
A cluttered classified page lists items for trade or sale including a black tank sweeper, used indie model TV, GE shoes and skates, dogs and puppies, farm and junk items, and real estate rooms for rent. The notice promotes swapping and buying opportunities with contact details and evening phone times.
Hollywood figure Humphrey Bogart estate sale set for Wednesday January 30 in the Northwestern area. Morfor sale manager Maree says holdings include over a million dollars in stock cattle and Hereford bulls. sale will be after probate filing in Waverly and survey of all holdings.
At a joint House and Senate judiciary hearing Kansas lawmakers heard a proposal for appointing Supreme Court and district judges from a governor selected list of three by a commission of lawyers and laity. The plan would require two thirds legislative and voter approval, with retention on the ballot for judges finishing terms. Several bar and judicial groups supported it while Sen Fayette Rowe called it undemocratic. no action was taken.
CHICAGO police report Bennie Bedwell, a 21 year old skid row drifter, confessed with another man he and a companion named Frank killed Barbara 13 and Patricia 18 Grimes sisters. Bedwell testified before a coroner's jury resuming the inquest into the sisters deaths. They were last seen Dec 1998 and found Jan 22 in a ditch near Willow Springs after being assaulted and discarded in a snow bank.
The Danish government has asked Soviet military attache Anton Rogov to leave the country amid indications a Red spy case is developing. A Foreign Military spokesman said Rogov engaged in activities incompatible with his post as a diplomat. Intelligence operatives had watched him for months and they noted contacts and investigations.
HOLLYWOOD Helene Costello once earned 3000 weekly starring with John Barrymore is dead at 53 from pneumonia in a state hospital. Officials said she was committed to Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino last week for narcotics addiction under the name Adrienne Costello. Death came Saturday. She was the fragile beauty who had leading roles in late 1920s films.
George Albert Smith of Pittsburg 28 admits armed robberies near Joplin Missouri and Chetopa Kansas police said Police chief Ralph Beard stated Smith implicated Dorothy Pierce 27 Pittsburg mother of three in some robberies No charges filed Smirl a parolee from California state prison was arrested Saturday night after a $48 filling station robbery near Joplin Ottawa merchants shoplift incident unspecified details
British Minister of Defense Duncan Sandys and U S Secretary of Defense Wilson continued six hour talks in Washington on missiles and arms shipments. Key aims include early substantial flow of American arms, comparing strategic thinking, and exploring further military cooperation in weapons production and use. The meeting also touched on support for a Harry B. Truman Library in Missouri.
The Poll Books for voter registration in Ottawa Kansas are open at the City Clerk's office. All who did not vote in the November 1996 General Election or have moved since registration must register in person at City Hall to be eligible to vote in future elections. Special arrangements may be made for ordered or disabled persons. Donald R. Capper, City Clerk.
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