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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1958
Page
6
Ransom Memorial Hospital board invites separate bids for general construction, heating, and electrical wiring for a corridor and one room on the third floor of the new wing. The work supports a new elevator, administrator Bruce Bredeson says. Architect EH V Skidmore.
Flooding along the Marais des Cygnes river worsened downstream of Ottawa with Quenemo at 30.5 feet and 2.5 feet above flood stage while Ottawa clocked 24.5 feet. Forest Park closures persist as water rises, roads flood, and heavy rain patterns ease in other river valleys. Sheriff warns against shooting from roads amid high water and ongoing flooding reports across eastern Kansas.
Clear to early cloudy skies give way to warm humid conditions through Saturday. Highs in the lower 90s, overnight lows around 72, and yesterday’s high near 98. Record high 175 in 1964 and low 14 in 1900. Hourly temps incomplete but indicate steady warm trend.
John H. Weidman has resigned from the Franklin County Civil Defense Director post. Homer Reeves, chairman of the board of county commissioners, announced the resignation this morning. Reeves said no successor has been named yet.
Phillip Fitzgerald 49 of Ottawa faces criminal negligence charges after Clifford H. Shinn 7 of Woodlyn Pa drowned in a water filled ditch for a pipeline. The ditch 74 by 23 feet held spring water from a 24 inch line. Fitzgerald held on $2500 bail. another 7 year old witnessed the accident. The Shinn boy’s death marks the fourth in unfenced excavations since the township outlawed them five years ago. Fitzgerald’s mother said he moved to Ottawa from Tulsa and had been wintering with his parents.
Jacksonville AP report: David McKenney aged 17 was water skiing on Cedar Creek when he tried to splash water on a dock. He sneezed during the pass, struck the dock and fell, sustaining a broken arm and leg and was hospitalized.
Topeka Kansas safety director Claud McCamment labeled the first 17 days of July the bloodiest period on state roads. The tally reached 41 deaths, lifting 1958 highway fatalities to 262, just five short of last year’s pace. He cited intensive patrols but urged drivers and courts to grasp the deadly seriousness.
About 125 residents have registered at the City Clerk Don Capper’s office since books opened after the April city election. The office will stay open evenings until 10 next week to help those who cannot reach it during regular hours. The rolls close Friday August 9 and remain closed for 10 days before the August 5 primary.
Rev Pete W Ratzlaff will deliver his final sermon at Pomona Assembly of God Church and move to Montezuma Kansas with his family. He has served Ottawa’s church for over four years and will be succeeded by Rev Bob Johnson of Licking Missouri who begins his pastorate August 3 after the August primary.
Kansas City Power & Light linemen restored electricity quickly after a lightning strike burned a line about 2 miles west of Rantoul. Service halted at 9:28 p.m. and resumed at 6:20 p.m. The outage affected KCP&L customers in Anderson and Osage Counties and about half in Franklin County.
Washington reports show Selwyn Lloyd meeting with Dulles and Eisenhower as Western powers weigh living with the Iraqi regime and its regional aims. U.S. Marines move toward Lebanon and British into Jordan to deter further upheaval while Saudi Arabia may close air routes for Persian Gulf oil to Amman.
Moscow reports say a crowd over 100000 protested U S Marines in Lebanon, smashing at least 275 embassy windows and staining the U S Embassy with ink as Soviet troops attempted to disperse the demonstrators. In Washington, Bernard Goldfine questioned by a House subcommittee. subpanel signals no recall for Sherman Adams unless major conflicts emerge. SEC officials expected to testify.
Florida's jobless pay climbed to a record high about 22 million dollars over the past year, the State Industrial Commission reported. The surge reflects rising unemployment benefits as the state tracks economic conditions during the period.
Moscow warned the United States and Britain of potential consequences for actions in Lebanon and Jordan. About 200 Soviet militia formed a two deep line near the U S embassy while demonstrators pressed against security. At Potsdam, communist mobs tore down U S and British flags in protest, with thousands demanding Western troops leave the region.
A special train to carry Ottawa and vicinity fans to the Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees game on July 29 is assured. All 500 tickets are sold with only two single seats left. The train departs near 5th and Walnut at 5 30 p m and returns to Ottawa after the game.
In Beirut AP reports that global effects of American and British Middle East actions grow sharper. Khrushchev met with Nasser in Moscow amid London talks on possible Soviet troop moves into Syria as a response to nearby landings.
Brig. Gen. Abdel Karim el Kassem led 20th Brigade to take Baghdad with little resistance. By 6 a.m. the monarchy was declared deceased and a new cabinet formed. Public buildings, the royal palace, and the Baghdad Hotel saw mobs and shootings as civilians suffered two American casualties.
U S Marines ashore four miles north of Beirut as 6th Fleet jets fly over the Jordan Valley. Britain readies more troops into Jordan. total allied forces in the region could exceed 10,000 by weekend. Parliament protests U S intervention while the UN seeks a solution amid tense maneuvers near Iran.
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