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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1956
Page
1
Local brief details a new VACATION PACK service offered to Herald subscribers. Readers away on vacation can have newspaper copies delivered to their address from Great Lakes training stops to major states, with a six week ROTC training update and several community notes from Chanute to Topeka.
Hospital notes show admissions including Mrs Ella Greenfield at 609 King and Mrs Clarence Nauman at 9278 Mul berry with others listed. Dismissals include Silas Weix at Monroe Trailer Courts Bobby Janice and Teresa Call Eureka and a series of Mrs names and addresses noting births and nursing home placements.
Edward Robert Holland 80 of 1817 W 29th Terrace Kansas City Missouri died yesterday at St Josephs hospital after four months illness. He was born in Monroe Missouri and lived in Ottawa 50 years where educated. He was chief engineer of the Kansas City Star for many years and a member of Engineers Local Union No 6 and the Presbyterian church. Survived by wife daughter Maud E Holland and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10 am Stine and McClure Chapel Kansas City with graveside Ottawa Highland cemetery at 1 pm.
Funeral services were held July 16 for Kathryn White nack who died July 12 in San Jose California. Gertrude M Phillips died July 13 and was buried at Hope cemetery. Rev Charles P Knight officiated. Elson Thayer died July 18 and was buried in Highland cemetery. Rev Roger Fredrikson and Dr W A Elliott officiated.
Miss United States will be chosen from 16 contestants at the Miss Universe pageant. Judges trimmed 43 American hopefuls to the final 16 yesterday. Tonightwinner will face 29 foreign entrants for Miss Universe. Fans cheered at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium as Texas Tennessee South Carolina Washington and Utah emerged as favorites.
A United Rubber Workers official announced the second contract settlement within a week, setting a 6.2 cent an hour raise for about 24 000 workers at 10 Goodyear plants. The pattern mirrors BF Goodrich Co. terms from the prior weekend, covering 13 500 employees in nine plants.
Elwin D. Henry twenty one of Ottawa wed Martha Mae Riley nineteen of Westphalia. Richard E. Mathews twenty one of Garnett wed Patricia C. Donaldson sixteen of Quenemo. Roy L. King fifty seven and Helen B. Dunaway fifty four, both of Osawatomie, appear on license records.
Washington reports a lull in the House civil rights debate as Southern moderating tactics slow amendments. Forecasts point to a possible Friday passage with a 2-1 margin, while Senate action remains unlikely after hurdles on four civil rights bills. Rep Ashmore accuses the bill of courting the Negro vote, linking it to party maneuvering and the NAACP critique.
Two Salina men Charles Bussart and Frankie Gleason Jr were arrested shortly after a Culver grocery store robbery in Salina about $200 taken. Deputy Sheriff Milo Sutton and Salina Advertiser Sun employee Marx Ceder identified the suspects from a broadcast as they were detained nearby.
Twenty candidates seek the justice of the peace post in Reno and Las Vegas amid strong marriage fee earnings. Reno’s William Beemer earned about 530,000 last year, facing three opponents. Las Vegas’ Mendoza may not run again after a two-year term. The region notes a local tradition of stepping down after two years.
James Poe of the Kansas State Employment Service in El Dorado says there is work for all who want to work in Butler and Greenwood counties. He notes no great demand for labor now but reports 377 job placements in June, one more than May.
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