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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1960
Page
4
Ricky McFadden aged six, son of Mr and Mrs Harlan McFadden of 822 N Sycamore, jumped from a carport roof after being dared. He fractured a bone in the arch of one foot and will rest the injured foot for a week. He was biking in the yard when he climbed up to the roof yesterday.
Coya Knutson says she will run again for Minnesota’s congressional seat lost two years ago after the “Coya, come home” campaign. She rejects the “big lie” tactic cited by her husband as the cause of defeat.
The Wellsville Garden Club held its annual meeting at Mrs. William Moherman’s home with 26 members and guests. Exhibits featured Little Show arrangements while district director Mrs. J. D. McGrath spoke on the Federation of Garden Clubs. Other items included plans for a July picnic, a Lawrence flower show tour, and a home horticulture event. Guests included several Moherman family members and local residents, with notes on a baby shower for Rev. William C. Payne Jr.’s son and visitors from Los Angeles.
The KU summer student body totals nearly 3000 with 21 from Ottawa and Wellsville. Ottawa attendees include Muriel Wesley Bland Tennyson I Bland Melvin William Cee Joyce Lorene Cutting Mable R Gililand Kendall C Hay Rachel M Hoopes William J Hysem Sharon W Jackson Donald Christy Kornhaus Jacqueline May Kramer Nancy Lea Lollar William E Mickey Sidney A Morris Patricia Pierson Donald Douglas Shade Howard George White Paul K Worley. Wellsville attendees are John R Alden Rupert Duane Dunn and Ruley Conserse Nichols.
Admissions list includes Mrs C L Hough and John O Love on Saturday and George Walters on Sunday and Mrs Max W Seymour and William R Cartmill on Monday. Births note three newborn sons for Kraft Shaffer and Perry with weights listed. Dismissals record multiple patients including Mrs John Burrell and Mrs Maggie Culbertson on Saturday and several others on Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Loyd 92 of Rantoul died July 4 at home after a stroke. She was born Sept 23 1867 in Osceola Missouri, married Thomas E. Loyd in 1884, and was the last charter member of the Rantoul Methodist Church. Survived by five daughters, three sons, six grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Funeral Thursday 1:30 pm at Ruhamah Baptist Church with Rev. Shoemaker. burial Ruhamah Cemetery. Edward R. Rissen 81 of Lyndon died Saturday night after years of ill health. Retired farmer born March 5 1879 in Olivet, son of Robert and Augusta Rissen. He married Sarah Shindle in 1905. she died 1949. Survived by three sons Orvin Lyndon, Ralph and Earl Topeka. two daughters Lillian Bowen Topeka, Clara Trendle Lyndon. a sister Amelia Ingle Lawrence. three half brothers Fred Charley Arthur Kirchner. one half sister Clara Mohler Ottawa. Services Tuesday 2 pm at Vassar E U B Church. burial Vassar Cemetery. Shaffer Mortuary notes may be viewed until noon.
Race day drew a large audience at Lake Garnett with a crowd nearly double last year. Winners included Jack Hinkle Wichita Maserati in the Grand Prix and multiple drivers such as George Gunther Jaguar and Johnny Goans TR-3. Overall winner was Jack Hinkle with Grace Harris as the ladies winner.
State troopers cited six individuals for speeding on Interstate 35 Friday. Three drivers were charged with 30 in a 40 mile zone: Donald Dean McDaniel 29 Shawnee Vester S Bosley 52 Olathe and Larry Donald Miller 24 Kansas City Kas. Three others were cited for speeding in trucks over 5000 pounds: Renzo N Gilwater 43 St. Louis Olen Charles Jennings 46 Kansas City Mo and Kenneth G Morgan 35 Tulsa. All must appear in County Court July 8.
A car driven by Dorothy Sobba twenty from Richmond and a two ton truck driven by Raymond Feuerborn Garnett collided north of Richmond on US 59 after 1 PM. Both drivers reported uninjured. The car slowed for a farm tractor prior to impact, the officers said.
London bulletin reports the Soviet Union began tests of a powerful multi stage carrier rocket for space exploration. Moscow Radio said the launch followed the pre set program, with the flight described in a mass announcement as strictly according to plan.
Mrs. Lora Guinn a 38 year old Wichita resident was slain in a farm house northeast of Wichita last Friday morning. W. B. Duncan of Ottawa identified his daughter and said he was present during questioning of David M. Smith who roomed at the Guinn home. Smith claimed a date with a married woman and they went to a drive in as officers said the time of death was between midnight and 2 30 a m. Funeral services were held today at Cochran Funeral Home Wichita with burial in Wichita Park Cemetery. Survivors include four children Leonard 20 in the Air Force at Jacksonville Ark Danny 14 and Billy and Carol.
The estate of the late Mrs. Jessie R. Willis, who died June 23 at Miami County Hospital Paola, valued at 240000 with half real estate and half personal property, is placed in trust for her sister Ada M. Remington of Osawatomie. Ada will receive income for life with specific bequests upon her death to organizations and relatives, and the remaining estate goes to Flora R. Ward of Richmond California or her heirs.
An explosion shattered the seven story E C O building in downtown Kansas City, destroying the E C O store and Star Furniture, with debris damaging nearby shops and forcing evacuation as 5 000 people crowded the area. One man suffered a wrist injury from flying glass, and water damage affected several firms. Firefighters contained the blaze about two hours after it started, cause undetermined and loss not yet estimated.
The Soviet dog Daring completed her fifth space mission and returned safely. Rocket expert A A Blagonravov cited the recovery system as proof of reliability amid reports of two dogs and a rabbit reaching 130 miles. the animals and instruments were recovered intact and fit for future experiments. United States space monkeys Abie and Baker reportedly reached 300 miles last year and were recovered.
Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine, 69, must start a three month jail term for contempt of court. His secretary Mildred Paperman, 42, begins a 10 day sentence. Both denied full sentence reduction or suspension by U.S. District Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. Goldfine to serve in Danbury federal penitentiary and Paperman in Middlesex County Jail Cambridge Massachusetts.
Two fatal traffic accidents occurred in Kansas during the Fourth of July weekend. Victims were Walter Herman Adams, 33, of Pittsburg, and J. N. Kaufman of Moundridge. Adams died when his truck hit a culvert on U.S. 261 north of St. John and overturned. Kaufman died in a two car crash on U.S. 81 west of Moundridge.
Two youths William E. Nelson Jr and Clifford J. Rice were fined 100 and 50 dollars after police court trials for reckless driving failing to heed a siren and illegal mufflers. Nelson denied siren relevance amid a driveway chase. Rice claimed he did not hear the siren during a South Main drag race.
Oceanside California AP report says Aristo G Torres 18 admitted fatally stabbing Marine Pvt Don Virgil Parker 21 of Portland Oregon after Parker and a friend allegedly tried to date Torress girlfriend Parker was stabbed seven times as his convertible halted near a stop sign and died at Oceanside Hospital with Marine Raymond S Meyer present noting a dozen youths swarmed the car
Police Chief Eugene Flaherty described the Fourth of July weekend as the quietest in memory with only three citations. A Raleigh man, Robert Gordon Dryden, 37, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after a collision on Wilson Street involving Albert H. Eshelbrenner, 40, of Fort Scott. Dryden’s car had minor damages while Eshelbrenner’s vehicle sustained major damage. Dryden’s arraignment was continued to July 12. he posted $28 bond. Dallas W. Van Valkenburg, 17, Williamsburg, was cited for defective mufflers and Dave L. Seyler, 20, Wellsville, for reckless driving. both pled guilty and paid fines of $30 and $10 respectively.
Kansas City cattle prices show calves at 22 to 26 for mixed yearlings, steers at 24 to 25 and cows around 14 to 18, hogs steady to down about 25, lambs and feeder lambs mostly higher by about 1 to 2 dollars, with ranges listed for weights and grades. The report notes steady to lower trends across categories with detailed price bands for hogs, cattle, and sheep.
First published notice in Franklin County Kansas Probate Court announces Homer J Henning appointed executor of Florence K Judd deceased with letters testamentary issued June 27 1989. Creditors heirs devisees and legatees warned to exhibit claims within nine months from first publication or be barred.
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