Ottawas Fourth of July Celebrated With Parade and Rodeo
Ottawa enjoyed a large Fourth of July festival sponsored by the Lions Club with a crowded park and a daytime parade featuring horses, autos, fire trucks, and bands led by Abdallah Oriental Shrine from Kansas City. The rodeo at Jack Bennett place drew a capacity crowd despite a Sunday shower, while many locals sought other recreation such as ball games, golf, and fishing. A notable prize drawing offered a remote control lawn mower won by Sharon Zeikle of Independence Missouri.
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Ottawa
Lions Club
Kansas City
Sharon Zeikle
Independence
Harold Dahlstrom
Ash
Sharon
Main Street
Abdallah Oriental Shrine
Kas
Forest Park
Newfield
Overbrook Resident Wins In Community Survey Contest
The Herald reports a weekly prize survey in Overbrook with first prize of 25 dollars to Mrs. M. E. Forth of Overbrook, second to Mrs. Audrey J. Martin of Ottawa, and third to E. L. Eaton of Williamsburg. Police note a steady accident rate and reader comments praise concise ads with pictures and prices.
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M. EB. Forth
Overbrooks
Herald
Cole
Audrey 3. Martin
Ottawa
E. L. .Eaton
Williamsburg
Martin
Herald Ad Survey Highlights Shopper Preferences
Readers praise clear ads with prices and pictures, noting time saved and easy shopping. Comments from Mrs. Martin and Mr. Eaton emphasize brief descriptions, readable prices, and visual appeal as keys to guiding purchases. Letters describe ads as a handshake of trust between merchants and customers and praise the community survey for its engaging, brain-teaser style.
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Imah Jline
Herald
Martin
Eaton
Ottawa
Anchor Savings & Loan Assn and Local Outlets In Trade Notice
Local trade notice lists Select One Anchor Savings and Loan Assn Didde Office Supply Douglas Bros Edmiston's Grover Knight's Hillcrest Drive-in Mack Electric as entities connected to an upcoming financial and commercial market update. Officials urge readers to review consumer terms and regional shop offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchor Savings & Loan Assn, Didde
Office Supply
Douglas Bros
Edmiston’s
Grover Knight
Hillcrest Drive-in
Mack Electric
Six Dead When Fast Train Hits Car at Wisconsin Crossing
At a country crossing near Beloit Wisconsin a Milwaukee Road passenger train struck a car laden with 11 people, killing six including Harriet Smith 38 and two of her children Larry 1 and Skippy 3 months. Four died at the scene, two at Lakeland Hospital Elkhorn, injuries left in critical or serious condition. The car’s driver was Beatrice Smith. The train, bound for Chicago, traveled about 60 mph. Relatives locate and confirm victims while investigators describe the crash as at a side road crossing near an overpass.
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Allens Grove
Wis
Sis
Milwaukee Road
Walworth
Wisconsin
Beloit
Lakeland Hospital
Elkhorn
Harriet Smith
Larry
Skippy
Smith
None Hurt in Car Crashes in Franklin County
Several traffic mishaps occurred in Franklin county yesterday with no injuries reported. A 1948 Chevrolet driven by Chester Gibson collided with a 1955 Chevrolet pickup driven by Q. A. Spigal near Ottawa on Wilson street. damage estimated at 350 dollars. A 1948 Chevrolet driven by David I. Heath ran off US 59 into a ditch, damage about 150 dollars. A three-vehicle scene on K-68 east of Ottawa involved Marvin W. Clayton, JG Ball, and Howard A. Grigsby with moderate damages. Clayton cited for passing. Two calves found on highway later. Associated Press notes: 12 Kansas traffic deaths over the Fourth of July holiday. record high three-day toll reaching at least 393.
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Franklin County
Dean Driscoll
Ottawa
Wilson Street
Chester Gibson
Q. A. Spegal
W. 15Th
Driscoll
Ite
Bob Conally
David I. Heath
Oak Grove
Heath
Conaty
Investigute
Marvin W.clayton
Wellsville
JG. L. Ball
Mapleton
Kas
Clayton
Howlard A. Grigsby
Studebaker
Driscoll and
Harry Gillis
Ffield
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Fall Weather: Partly Cloudy With Scattered Storms
Forecast calls for fall conditions with partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms expected east and central this afternoon and evening and west Wednesday afternoon. Continued heat with low tonight 65 to 70 and highs in the upper 90s. Previous day high 92 at 3 pm. River at 1.12 feet.
Fine Weather For Harvest Continues Across Oluwa Region
Warm sunshine and scattered clouds marked another fine harvest day in Oluwa and surrounding areas. July’s hot, sticky spell lingers nationwide with little relief expected, while Ottawa recorded a brief Fourth of July shower of .16 inch. Rain totals across Kansas included Achilles with 3.8 inches, Sappa creek flooding, and several towns logging measurable moisture. The forecast anticipates a slow warming trend with highs 8 to 12 degrees above normal.
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Oluwa
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Maraisides Cygnes
Achilles
Kansas
Sappa Creek
Republican River
Larned
Oakley
Anthony
Norton
Cedar Bluffs Dam
Russell
Nessi City
Hill City
Great Bend
Hays
Five Die in Train Wreck Near Fort Sumner
Five crewmen from Clovis New Mexico were killed in a head on collision of two Santa Fe freight trains 36 miles west of Fort Sumner. A derailment sent 48 cars off the track and sparked fires in toppled diesel engines. Three bodies were found soon after and a fourth man was located beneath wreckage as others attempted to jump clear. The westbound freight reportedly failed to stop at a siding, crashing into the eastbound train on the main line.
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Fort Sumner
Nlm
New Mexico
Clovis
N. M
Santa Fe Railroad
Wheat support rates set for 1955 crop across markets
The Agriculture Department announced national average support for the 1955 wheat crop at $2.08 a bushel, two cents above the fall planting estimate. Rates reflect 824 percent parity under a new flexible system, with detailed regional prices for Hard Red Spring Soft Red Winter Durum and related grades at Minneapolis Portland Chicago Kansas City Galveston and San Francisco.
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Washington Uf
Agriculture Department
Minneapolis
Mineneapolis
Chicago
Kansas City
Galveston
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Young Wife Is Kidnapped in Santa Monica
A 21 year old Santa Monica woman Mrs. Joni Mary Wilson reported she was abducted by two men while her baker husband John Wilson left their car to buy cigarettes. She described a long drive to Venice before escaping and returning to her step father Jack Ziegler who brought her to a police station unharmed. The husband was assaulted when he tried to intervene and the two men drove off with his wife. The wounded escape ended with her running from the abductor who pleaded to return home. The incident led to police involvement and a nearby search.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Joni Mary Wilson
Jack Ziegler
Wilson
Venice
Iscream
Jayhawker Days Festivities To Open At Burg Tomorrow
Jayhawker Days begins in Williamsburg with amateur contest and parades. Four cited on drunken charges during holiday. arrests include J M Ruiz aged 24 and Louis Nunez 30. The event runs three days with radio talent, livestock show, parade, and park dance. entries sought via Mrs Willard Binns by 7 p.m. tonight.
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J. M. Ruiz
Polce
G. C. Rodriguez
N. Poplar
Louis Nunez
Poplar
Gerald Boyer
Lola
Williamsburg
Topeka
Willard Binns
Waldmann Tire & Battery Service
Jayhawker
Credit Grain
Kansas
State Bank
Ottawa
Kas
Lamb Ambulance
County Harvesting Nears Completion Amid Car Shortage
Elevatormen in Franklin County push to move grain as the 1954 wheat harvest nears completion. Record grain receipts clash with a severe box car shortage, leaving elevators at capacity and delaying unloading. Officials report heavy activity over the Fourth, with harvests likely to continue receiving grain for 60 to 90 days as farmers store wet wheat on farms.
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Vranklin County
Feuerhborn
Richmond
Feuerborn
Lyle Grier
Cos Op
Grier
Charlie Geiger
Geiger
Stio
Ed Hopkins
Wellsville
Hopkins
Ottawa Man Charged With Raping Teen Near Road
Victor W. Wilhoite, 24, of 125 S. Poplar, waived preliminary hearing and is bound over to district court after being charged with raping a teenage girl near a country road on June 26. He remains jailed on $1,500 bond. attorney Tom Gleason represents him.
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Ottawa
Victor W. Wile Ihoite
S. Poplar
Wilhoite
Tom Gleason
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Mary Crawford
Ellen Baldwin
Margaret Crawford
Mike Crawford
Willow
Miss Baldwin
Bob Leonard
Overbrook
Chaser
Hérald
Leo Edington
County Humane
Charles Disquert
Baldwin
the Humane Society
Norman Bowling
W. 10Th
Iowa
Garden of the Gods
Cave of the Winds
Seven Falls
Pike's Peak
Royal Gorge
D. F. Kyle
Fairfield
General American Oil Company of Texas
Illinois
Roscoe Ward
Harlow Walker
Jim Murphy
Sheriff's Office
Les Stallings
Murphy
Community Survey
Anchor Savings & Loan Assn
Bests
Pontiac-Cadillac
Gambles
Litwin’s
Montgomery Ward & Co
Pence Food Center
Price Motor Co
Richardson‘s
Terrill’s
Kelsey's Grocery
Ottawa Building & Loan Assn, Safeway Stores
Zero Food Mart
Malott Hardware
McVey-Denge! Mortuary
Norman Lumber Penney's
Richardson's Shoe
Saunders Music
Scott’s
Sheldon Truck & Tractor Skelgas
Star Grain & Lumber
Stewart Memorials Saffron Glass Co
Sunrise Dairy Co
Tally Theater
Hi-Way Furn
Mart Keefer
Minnick Motors Price Motor Co
Srd
Kan
Sas
Herald Office
Fame Oa
Apo FM
Ee Sp. m
Bam
Clowdy
Ralph Alter
Santa Fe
The
Kansas State Bank
St. Joseph's
Waverly
Amer
Legion Meeting
Web
Legion Hall
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