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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1962
Page
3
Ora Lee Mace, 33, of 733 N. Poplar, is listed in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center Room 323 B after a light plane crash southwest of Quenemo on Sunday. He suffers jaw fractures and a compound fracture of the right leg, with no head or chest injuries.
At the annual stockholders meeting of Wellville Bank the following were reelected to the board L. L. Hostetter W. Jo DeTar Carl C. Warnock W. Hl. Moherman Ralph R. Lidikay J.B. Moherman Ottawa and W. B. Smith Ottawa A subsequent directors meeting elected L. W. Hostetler president W. H. Moherman vice president HH FE DeTar executive vice president Richard Moherman cashier Carl Warnock Hugh Cramer and Mrs Letha Bell assistant cashiers
Market listing shows prices for soybeans at 2.21, shelled corn at 1.05, ear corn at 1.00, oats and butterfat values, and poultry egg figures with graded eggs at 32 26 200. The section reads as a wholesale price table with limited context and several OCR errors in item labels.
Kansas City market notes show cattle 8,000 head with calves 100 slow to 25 lower, steers weak, heifers steady to weak. feeders 22.60 23.75. Hogs 3,500 with barrows and gilts 2.50 lower, sows 14.50 15.25. Sheep 1,600 lambs steady to 25 lower, ewes steady, good to prime lambs 16.50 17.50, good ewes 3.50 6.60, feeders 11.0 12.50.
Two 20 year olds were fined 55 dollars each after pleading guilty to speeding and reckless driving for a drag race on South Main. R E Kenyon East Dorm Ottawa University and Mac Eugene Wise Sheldon Hall CA faced charges.
Delbert Henry Linaweaver, 30, who escaped Saline County jail July 8 1960 while serving 5 to 10 years for second degree burglary, was named on the FBI 10 Most Wanted. He helped two others escape, seriously wounding two jailers, and has a long record including vagrancy forgery parole violation burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.
Frank L. Johnson son of Edwin L. and Mrs Johnson of 20 Rockwood Drive will be commissioned ensign in the U S Navy Reserve in ceremonies at the University of Kansas tomorrow. He will train at the Naval Supply Corps School in Athens Georgia and is a Delta Upsilon member who sailed on a summer cruise aboard a Navy warship Rear Admiral J F Julian Becton commander of the Naval Reserve Training Command Omaha Nebraska will speak at the commission ceremonies in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Services for Mrs Lulu Elizabeth Hoover who died January 27 were held January 29 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Thomas K. E. Ingle officiating. Pallbearers included Karl Reed Jesse Ball Harold Hoover Charles Reed Alva Hoover Ralph Batdorf C. J Milton Jr sang hymns with Mrs J Henning. Burial followed at Walnut Creek Cemetery.
Six Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students linked to Delta Tau Delta pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for stealing a large spruce from a cemetery and using it as a Christmas tree at their fraternity house. They face about three months in jail on weekends.
A 23 year old Radcliffe graduate student described in court how two California men kidnapped her, bound her with stockings, and drove her 800 miles from Albuquerque to Kansas City. Richard Banish and Robert Runge face charges. Runge held for extradition, Banish on bond.
Admissions list includes Lena Wolken Richmond Maude Cunningham 509 S Oak Alta May Hume 510 N Oak Mary Coats Princeton Harold Gumm 434 Willow Nellie Bell 604 Beech Monday M H James 1121 N Main David Burgoon 508 N Sycamore James Hull Topeka Tuesday births to Larry Scherich 534 West South and Harold Gahagen 907 Ash both Monday weights 6 lb 14 oz Mr and Mrs Gerald Foote Wellsville Emma Bronson 1019 N Poplar Glenn Scott Sally Zirzow O A Harold Gumm 434 Willow Lawrence Whitebread 108 N Locust Patti Jones Tecumseh Mary Roatch Richmond Russell Shipps RFD 1 Rantoul Tuesday
President Kennedy sent to Congress a plan to create a Cabinet rank Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. The fate of the plan is uncertain with House prospects unclear and race and partisan controversy surrounding the proposal. The department would absorb agencies from the Housing and Home Finance Agency with Robert C. Weaver named secretary, the first Black Cabinet member.
A 1960 Thunderbird registered to John C. Speers of Kansas City struck a utility pole near 15th and Rockwood Drive at about 1 am, breaking the pole but leaving power undisturbed. Occupants reportedly left to return later for the report. Damage to the pole estimated at 250 dollars. car damage not yet totaled. In a separate 1:30 pm collision on West 4th Street, William H. Vest of Paola, 27, sustained major damage in a crash with Basil W. Campbell, 64, from Main. no charges filed.
Four year old Danny Hopkins son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Hopkins LeLoup suffered dental injuries after attempting to jump from a bed His mouth was struck by the bed foot two teeth were knocked loose and his lips swelled from the impact
A four year old boy playing with matches started a blaze that killed Rosalind Hamilton, a 14 month old, in Rochester. The mother led the brother and two other children to safety as the fire spread from the infant's bed.
Ottawa University received a United States Atomic Energy Commission by product material license enabling use of radioactive materials for instrument operator training and calibration. The program includes training in monitoring fallout for civil defense with Franklin County. Prof. E. G. Dick leads the training, after attending a radiological defense course in Battle Creek, Michigan.
TOPEKA AP A bill authorizing about 120 million dollars for the Highway Department won preliminary approval in the Kansas House. The measure sources funds from federal money the state gasoline tax and other fees. An amendment to strike 800000 for a central highway laboratory was defeated 54 44. Proponents say the lab will improve testing procedures and eventually pay for itself while opponents push for more construction funds. Representative Don Smith criticized possible administrative growth.
AMMAN Jordan AP King Hussein's wife Muna al Hussein gave birth to a son at 5:27 a.m. weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces. The baby named Abdullah becomes Jordan's crown prince. Daughters in Moslem kingdoms have no succession rights.
Ivan T. Brittingham, 18, of rural route two, was charged with failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision on Interstate 35 six miles east of Ottawa. State troopers said he was driving west around 7 30 a.m.
Troopers report a rear collision occurred when a 1954 car towing a 1953 model blocked by a truck tried to pass. Brittingham followed but could not pass, struck the rear of the towed car and damaged his own 1954 vehicle. The tow car was driven by Lon H. Hacker of Houston.
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas Robert W Bundy was appointed administrator with will annexed of Emma S Franklin also Emma Helen Franklin deceased on January 26 1982 creditors must file claims within nine months from first publication January 30 1962 Ottawa Kansas dated January 27 1962 Robert N Bundy administrator with will annexed Adbonde
Sale listings for Overbrook, Ottawa, Emporia, Wilson, Osage City and surrounding areas. Weekly events include Overbrook Livestock Sale every Wednesday and Ottawa Market Sale near Main on Wilson. February dates at Emporia and local county sales in Wilson and Ottawa. Contact numbers listed for each venue.
Charles Lyndon Kansas and Neosho Missouri host night consignment horse sales. Ottawa Livestock Commission Co on West Wilson Street, Ottawa Kansas lists February 20 sale. Neosho Livestock Commission Co in Neosho Missouri lists February 22 sale. Frank Kerr Farm sale occurs one mile south one east one south of Edgerton Kansas on county line.
Community auction every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 1138 N Main. Community sale every Thursday at 7 p.m. 1136 N Main. February 3 Furniture Auction at Printy’s Auction House 1 p.m. Todd Mobile Homes owner Jake Ralston Princeton Kas Ph YE 7 266 D & J Auction every Saturday 3 p.m. Furniture & mise Garnett.
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