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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1955
Page
1
Ambulance and hospital updates, traffic collisions, and legal notices. Mentions Harold Featherston training at Saufley Field Florida. Includes divorce granted for Emma Jean Hughes, travel to Colorado for surgery, and local car truck crash reports with injuries. Also notes marriages, De Molay meeting details, and funeral for William Sutton.
Topeka's population has risen by 1,839 in the last year to 83,970, according to Shawnee County Assessor John Towle. Towle also reports countywide totals at 115,006, up 2,413 from a year ago.
Vincent Edmondson a Quenemo resident died in Herington hospital this morning after living with his son Verne Edmondson in Herington. Funeral services are set for Federated church Quenemo at 2 p m Sunday. J Al Rokes sister May Rokes died in Ft Worth Texas age 76 after six months illness. Burial in Onaga with services there Saturday at 3 p m.
Admitted Philip Smith of Caney Kansas today. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Orval Baysinger at 615 S Sycamore weighing 8 pounds 202 ounces. Dismissals list Mrs Clyde Hadsall of Paola Sally Reeder of Willow and Mrs Robert Hein of 326 Walnut with Nellie Love of Pomona also leaving today.
The Senate Investigations subcommittee will examine the financial interest of Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott in a New York efficiency engineering firm led by Paul B. Mulligan. Critics fear a potential conflict with Talbott duties, though Talbott says the firm has no government contracts and he profits from no such deals.
Gov. Fred Hall departed by plane to inspect non divisional units of the Kansas National Guard in training at Fort Carson Colo.
Suzan Ball was hospitalized as doctors sought a full cancer diagnosis with lungs involved. Her husband actor Richard Long has stayed by her side throughout this period.
New York stocks advanced with gains in most major divisions. Some issues rose about 6 points while the majority gained around 2 points. Losses were fractional and scattered as about 2.1 million shares changed hands amid a slightly higher market.
An official medical bulletin from the Norwegian State Hospital reports that 82 year old King Haakon’s broken thigh is improving. X rays show the fracture is beginning to heal and doctors express cautious optimism about his recovery.
A compiled schedule lists farm and dairy auctions across Kansas towns including Overbrook, Ottawa, Baldwin, Yates Center, Melvern, and Waverly. Entries cover weekly sales at Waverly Sale Pavilion and Lee Center, plus dates for dairy cows, household items, and special beef registrations with sellers and locations.
New York stocks rise in steels and motors, bonds steady with convertible issues in demand, cotton steady with short covering. Chicago wheat ends easy after early gains fade, corn mixed with small changes, oats mixed with July firm and other months down. Hogs steady to 50 cents lower, top price $18.75, cattle steady with steers and heifers near $22.75.
Wheat rose around a cent on the Chicago Board of Trade with other cereals keeping a firm tone. Commission houses and local traders led the buying while mills and exporters showed little demand. Pit brokers viewed the rise as covering by shorts ahead of the Geneva summit meeting next week.
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