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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
1
Local readers are urged to call the Herald office for vacation packs and missed-copy service. The page mixes club remodeling notes at Ottawa Country Club with social visits, a military call from New Jersey, hospital updates, and several short notices on admissions and discharges in Topeka.
The Justice Dept will file a civil antitrust suit in Federal Court for Eastern Michigan charging General Motors Corp. with monopolistic control of bus manufacturing. GM’s share of the national bus market is cited at 70 to 80 percent. Brownell stated no political motive and no word of advance action to Defense Secretary Wilson.
Topeka Harry Valentine Clayton Center editor was named publicity director for Gov. Fred Hall’s campaign. Valentine said Kansans chose Hall in 1954 to wrest government from a “selfish politicians” group and complete the job with a second term. He argued a long-serving group seeks to return to power.
Johns funeral service will be held at Towner's Chapel Friday at 2 30 p m. Interment will follow at Williamsburg in Kansas pastures.
Obituary notices report Floyd H. Phillips of Kansas City Kansas, 55, died at K U Medical Center. He was born in 1900 and lived in Peoria before moving to Kansas City five years ago, a custodian. Survivors include a widow and three sons. Other obituaries note Henry S. Johns, 81, of Williamsburg, died in Harper while visiting a daughter. Ellsworth Homer Leinaker, 93, Wellsville, funeral today. and J O Rennie, 65, Osawatomie, sister of Lamar Phillips, also dead. Funeral details follow with locations and survivors. Also included are kitchen tips on storing English muffins and serving poached eggs.
In Columbus Ohio a 32 year old wife of an Air Force major admitted stabbing elderly landlords Andrew J. Robinson and Maude Robinson both 73 and 74 to death after a check forgery scheme failed. She aided by her husband Maj Eugene W. Jacobs 35 who drove her to police after she reported a double murder.
Monarch Cement Co in Humboldt announces a $6.5 million expansion to lift annual capacity from 1.5 million to 2.5 million barrels. The project, set for completion in 1957, adds a rock crushing plant, a laboratory, and a large maintenance shop as construction begins on the south edge of town. Walter Wulf, the president, said production and employment continue during building, part of a decade long rehabilitation financed with several million dollars. Units completed include two kilns and a 12,000 kilowatt power plant with a third kiln near finish, plus a shale crash and dryer and a main office building.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara A. Barnes who died July 1 were held at Towner's Funeral Chapel July 3. Rev R B Craig officiated with pallbearers Earl Powers John Keenan Howard Steel Leslie Mallory Marlin Mooney and Maurice Ferguson. Albert J Williams sang hymns accompanied by Mrs Lawrence Ott. Burial was in Evergreen Mound cemetery.
Thomas L. McMillen aged 42 of Wells ville wed Eula R. Lamb aged 42 of Lene xa. Larry B. McGrath aged 22 married Cynthia J. Henning aged 20 of Ottawa.
A crowd of sale notices shows weekly auctions across Kansas towns. Listings include C A Myers Son Overbrook Livestock Sale Waverly Sale Pavilion and various farm estates with dates in July and locations around Ottawa LeBo Williamsburg De Soto Weilsville and Pomona with contact references for participants.
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