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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
1
News briefs list a vacation service offering free packets for subscribers, with copies delivered upon return. Local notices include piano tuning, an ice cream social, bakery specials, and farm market fares, plus community events and personnel updates across Franklin and nearby areas.
Dr Ralph Jordan 39 an Emporia physician died of polio last night after bulbar polio began Sunday. He occupied an iron lung Monday and was Lyon County’s second polio case this year. A KU Medical School graduate he practiced in Emporia a year after earlier work in Holton and Osborne. Private funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in Beloit Kansas his hometown.
The Gates family in Ottawa is linked to Cdr Chester W Gates Jr and the Navy jet pilot missing near Norfolk Virginia. Both he and Lt William M Austin of Charlottesville were flying single seat Cutlass jets from Oceana Naval Air Station during a routine training flight as search efforts cover Atlantic Ocean and nearby Virginia areas.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m in Atchison for Mrs L D Rule of Sugar Lake Kansas sister of Albert W Hamm route 4 She died suddenly Tuesday from a heart attack Survivors include husband two sons two daughters mother sister and brother Funeral burial was in Nortonville Kansas Attending Ottawans included Mr and Mrs J P Haggard lifelong friends
Funeral services for J L Bud Wassmer who died July 7 were conducted July 10 at Sacred Heart Catholic church with Father Matthew E Guilfoyle presiding. The Ottawa Rotary club and Rotary Anns attended. burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery.
Admitted J. F. Hogan at 528 S. Oak Dorothy L. Smith of 709 N. Main John Erickson of Richmond Wednesday William Bancroft at 404 E. 11th to day Births Rev William Ward and wife 111 W. 5th announce daughter born Wednesday 8 lb 7 oz Dismissed Mrs Roy Hastings and baby daughter 748 S Locust Wednesday Mrs Anton Korbe Waverly
Uniontown pa doctor John D Sturgeon age 102 marks milestone with quiet dinner at home. He has practiced medicine for over 75 years and refuses sensational reaction to the birthday. He lives with four children eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren and is believed to be the oldest practicing physician in Pennsylvania.
Stanley Zuras, 60, died of a heart attack while a fire swept through his 12 unit motel in Mackinaw City as firemen waited for a train to pull away from a crossing. The interior was destroyed and an explosion of undetermined origin touched off the blaze.
E. K. Joy of the chief of ordnance staff in Washington told a National Conference that the United States holds a five billion dollar reserve of Army production equipment. The layaway policy aims to gain lead time and readiness for potential future aggression.
Gene Mavity is elected president of the Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce during an installation banquet at Ottawa Country Club attended by 45. New officers include Jim Warnock, Sonny Harford, Jim Richardson, Bill Keefer, George Dunkin. Dunkin retired after a year of leadership.
The Public Health Service announced 275 polio cases in the latest week, up 19 from the previous week but down 130 from the same week last year. Of the new cases, 129 are paralytic. For the disease year starting in April, total cases reach 2,931 vs 3,048 a year ago, with 170 paralytic cases last year in the comparable week.
The Cecil Bradley family of Pomona California embarks on a 4500 mile summer vacation to Farlin Iowa riding a single motorcycle with all gear. Mr Bradley drives while Mrs Bradley rides behind in the rear seat. Cecil Jr 11 Fred and Jackie 15 ride in a sidecar with a large trunk holding sleeping bags groceries and a stove. They plan a leisurely trip through the West visiting sights and resorts.
Hannibal Mo. An old Prairie schooner drawn by two white mules arrived in Hannibal carrying the Elfgren family of eight and their dog. They journey about 10 hours daily at 25 to 30 miles and aim to reach Lincoln Nebraska around August 1 to settle a chinchilla and pony farm.
Gov. Fred Hall pledged continued focus on Kansas secondary roads amid a new federal highway program. At a K-7 dedication in Girard he cited a $140.3 million federal allocation through 1959, plus record construction in 1955 including 1,000 miles of work and 100 bridges on state routes and 1,150 miles of construction on county secondary roads with 100 new bridges and 414 widened culverts.
Washington court ruling holds Japan may try three U S Marines in its courts for crimes committed on its soil. The decision clarifies U S jurisdiction over personnel abroad only when the foreign country has ceded jurisdiction.
Lorne Kennedy formerly of Omaha Nebraska was sworn in today as assistant to Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton. The oath was administered by Floyd E Dotson in Seaton s office with Nebraska Republicans Sen Hruska and Rep Weaver among watching friends.
The search for kidnapped Peter Weinberger expands nationwide with FBI involvement as rumors and hoaxers hinder investigators. In Brooklyn a woman named Shirley Ginsberg is arrested for accessory after allegedly giving false information and obstructing the probe. Two men in Queens face charges of attempted extortion and false information in a related case.
Prime Minister Eden announced in London that Britain will proceed with internal self-government in Cyprus. Lord Radcliffe is to start drafting a constitution, with a preliminary visit to the colony, to take effect only after terrorism is overcome and order is restored.
CHICAGO Emery E. Jacobs an Oklahoma wheat farmer and assistant to James G. Patton head of the National Farmers Union has been named director of Gov. Averell Harriman s campaign for farm delegates at the Democratic National Convention Ottawa churches welcome you.
Denver report details a 3 year old boy who started a car, reversed out, and drove 30 feet into a vacant house damaging both car and home about 500 dollars each. The child, Danny Dillon Jr., was unharmed as his mother left him briefly, and neighbors found him cowering on the floor.
In Washington and Germany the US Air Force rejects Moscow claims that jets from West Germany flew over Soviet territory and satellites on July 4 5 and 9. European Command and Air Force Headquarters both say no US aircraft violated Soviet or satellite airspace.
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