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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1959
Page
4
Williamsburg High School earned state accreditation for the coming year elevating its classification from C to A due to the new building. W R Binns announced the change noting improved facilities and future prospects for students.
The noon and evening Lions clubs of Ottawa held officer installations at The Barn with 116 members and wives attending. Past district governor Jim Copening Jola installed new officers for both clubs, with Dr. David Laury and Bill Russell among the presidents and officers listed for the noon and evening groups. Miss Jane Elder of Wichita spoke, toastmaster Russell Crites was introduced, and Jo Archer provided music.
Three persons pleaded guilty to traffic violations in Police Court. Clinton Everson, Ray Soper, and Mrs. Glenna Ames were fined 20 or 30 dollars for mufflers license and yield right of way offenses. Leo McFaddin pleaded innocent and posted bond due July 28. Gary Graham failed to appear and forfeited bond.
Collins Mendel of Emporia was fined 60 dollars for two counts of too close driving and failing to report an accident after a June 2 arrest. Jerry Slavens, cited June 27, was found guilty on speeding and reckless driving, with 200 dollars in fines and 120 days total, plus 400 dollars bond pending appeal. judge cited prior traffic violations and seven prior citations in four years.
Washington AP Nixon fears Soviet bureaucratic delay could push back his two week goodwill trip to the Soviet Union planned to start July 22. Officials anticipate Moscow discussions on sites, duration, and press access, with possible visits to Moscow and up to seven other cities and questions about defense area tours, censorship, and use of American jets.
Four Cuban servicemen fled to Miami by hijacking a Fidel Castro air force plane with 17 aboard. They sought asylum, saying anti Castro elements rise in central Cuba and that rockets and shells were bound for insurgents. The pilot and other occupants returned to Havana after landing.
Wilbern L. McQuay 31 and Sonja Jacobson 28 both of Osawatomie filed for a marriage license.
In Meriden Connecticut a man Victor Jones 27 barricaded with his four sons and fired at officers until a Roman Catholic priest Rev Albert Healey persuaded him to surrender. Jones released the children and was booked on breach of the peace. the mother cited family problems as the cause.
A speeding car fleeing police collided with a second auto at an intersection in Kansas City killing five. The fleeing driver Charles Schwaneke, 23, Kansas City, plus four occupants in the other car, Luther Thompson 22 Suffolk VA James Fuller 23 Kansas City Donald Ewing 26 Kansas City and Robert Reed 26 Kansas City. Police said the pursuit began around 2 am when Patrolman Bobby Austin attempted a stop for a routine check. Schwaneke’s license was suspended. The crash occurred in a mixed business residential area on 27th Street, injuring none noted.
Western ministers condemned Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko for obstructionist tactics in insisting on including German representatives in secret talks. Herter Lloyd and Bidning said no progress on East German recognition. A plenary session was set and a stopgap Berlin deal remained possible despite the delay.
New York AP reports the FAA will investigate reports of widespread ground confusion during a crippled jet's landing at Idlewild. The Port Authority echoed the risk, noting 50,000 spectators gathered as news of the emergency spread. The Pan Am flight with 113 aboard landed safely after four hours.
Peters burg Virginia AP Twenty five screaming mental patients broke up furniture smashed windows and surged into the yard at Central State Hospital Monday night but the disturbance was quickly ended. Supt J K Ogden said he believed the patients staged the 45 minute riot to draw attention to grievances rather than to escape. It began when three patients from Ward No 4 overpowered two attendants and took their keys. The patients unlocked Ward No 2. The patients rushed through the corridors and into a yard surrounded by a 16 foot wall. Dr Wilbur Hammon in charge of the maximum security building persuaded them to return after assuring them they would not be punished and that they would get a hearing.
Chester Earl Bartlett died July 9. Services were held July 13 at Bethany Baptist Chapel officiated by Rev. William Bailey. Pallbearers named Charles Allen Pearl Edwards Richard Fisher W C Campbell Harvey Williams Frank Armstrong. Hymns by Mrs. Robert Wash with Chapel choir, accompanied by Mrs. Thaida Vann. Burial at Hope Cemetery. Graveside rites by Corinthian Lodge No 12 F and AM with Frank Armstrong W M and C A Spottsville P M officiating.
Calvin Ewing, interviewer in the Ottawa Kansas Employment Service office, will attend a five week Employment Counseling Institute at the University of Kansas from July 19 to August 21. The program, a U.S. Labor Department regional counseling initiative, draws workers from several states with youth and older worker tracks. The Ottawa office is among 10 Kansas offices represented, with one attendee per office. The institute aims to boost counseling through more testing and guidance, benefiting the tri county area served by Ottawa.
In London AP report, Arch bishop Sergius of Astrakhan and Stalingrad is charged by former priest Nikolay Spasskiy with keeping a retinue of adopted daughters and nieces, purchasing a 250000 ruble house, and using parish funds for large dinners and drinking bouts. The allegations include two illegitimate children and lavish excess.
AP report from Kansas City shows cattle 3,500 head steady to firm with calves 200 pounds. steers $26.50 to $27.50, good $25.00-$26.00, yearlings $26. cows $17.50-$19. hogs 3,200 head strong to $25 higher with bars and gilts $14.25-$15.50, sows $10-$11.50. sheep 1,500 head steady to $40 higher with spring lambs $21.00-$22.25 and slaughter ewes $4.50-$6.00.
Wheat numbers show slight declines with No 2 hard and dark hard near 1 66 to 1 67 while No 2 red feeds around 1 90 and corn moves up about a half cent to near 1 23 for No 2 white and 1 22 for No 3. Oats stay static and soybeans hover around 2 08 to 2 14. Futures close mixed with small losses in July and December contracts.
Kansas City reports more than 10,000 polio inoculations given Monday as cases rise to 39. Six clinics run by the Jackson County chapter vaccinated 22,535 people in three days. Three deaths attributed to the disease in the city this year.
Admitted Harry V Seevers Elsa Towe Edith Goodwin Mark Anthony Medina Nel son Hotel Nelson Hotel Mrs Edith Goodwin Births Jonathan Todd daughter born Monday weight 7 lb 6 oz Frank Campbell Jr Pomona daughter born today Dismissed Lonnie Joe Jenkins Ov erbrook LaVern Early and baby daughter 326 Walnut today Monthly report City Clerk Ottawa Kansas close of business June 30 1959 Fund balances and inventories for Airport Cemetery Water and Light and other city funds listed with figures.
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