Local News Briefs From Ottawa Area and Surroundings
Sherman A. Smith begins temporary substitute carrier work as listed on civil service. George Amison and family visit relatives in Ottawa while vacationing from La Mesa California. Church of Christ in Ottawa to hold gospel services nightly through July 28 led by evangelist W Gallagher. Mrs. Bob Conner Cheryl of Walnut Creek California return home after visit. Ice cream social at Greenwood schoolhouse July 21 hosted by Greenwood 4 H and HDU Club. Mrs. L. V. Smith in hospital for broken hip after fall. Ottawa Lodge AF and AM to meet July 18 for first degree work. Mrs. Robert H. Powner to Indiana for visit, then California with Mr. Powner. Myrtus N. Lindley of Kansas City fined for no passing zone violation. Drake’s Bakery advertises baked goods. Carl Barnhart of Leadville Colorado suffered a severe stroke while on vacation. Civil suit against Alvin and Lois Houston dismissed. Bundles of old newspapers for sale. Robert L. Sutton cited for speeding on I 35 near Wellsville. Rip Noble visiting Ottawa on way to Mexico. Princeton University students. Ice Cream Social at First Baptist Church in Web July 18. Santa Fe railcar loadings for week ending July 15 show declines. Budge Reusch family retire from Denver hardware trip. Charles Perry family return from three week trip through Denver Estes Park Yellowstone Glacier and Wisconsin. Snyder Pharmacy advertises prompt service. Jim Kingery, 80, in critical condition after broken hip and stroke.
Fatal plane crash claims Stoody in California
A. G. Stoody of Wellsville details the death of his brother in law Shelley Stoody owner of the Double S Ranch at Chino California. Stoody and three others perished when the plane veered into a mountain while surveying the ranch. Mrs Stoody a former Corrine Carter is involved in ranch business and other local ties are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Holden
Wellsville
A. G. Carter
Ramona
Calif
Shelley Stoody
Chino
Stoody
Ottawa
Corrine Carter
Fireworks Case Moves Courts After Dismissal
Roger Schmanke faces three counts of illegal sale of fireworks on June 26 and 27. The charges were dismissed in County Court by County Attorney Don White and filed in District Court. Schmanke posted a $200 bond for the September term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Schmanke
RED 3
Don White
Schmanke
KU Scientists Watch Twister From Airplane
KU scientists observed and photographed a tornado from a C-45 flying laboratory over Otis Kansas. Dr. Fred C. Bates led the team at about 4000 feet for 20 minutes, noting pedestal clouds, rotation, and a ground touchdown before dissipation. The study, funded by the NSF, aims to map cloud structure and radar echo patterns linked to tornado formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Fred C. Bates
Otis
Kansas
Bates
K. U
Flying Laboratory
National Science Foundation
Underground Lincoln Memorial cave eyed as museum
AP report details a large man made cave beneath the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Rep Fred Schwengel envisions converting it into an underground museum with exhibits about Lincoln, proposing funding via modest admission charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Fred Schwengel
Alown
Schwengel
Three Youths Jailed In Ottawa Court on Vagary Charges
Three Garnett youths Sammy O D Lankard 17 George Flinne 16 and Sheldon Teter 17 were jailed five days and fined 75 for four charges after pleading guilty in Ottawa Police Court Judge Robert L Pinet sentenced them for vagary offenses. Lankard faced 35 for reckless driving 45 in a 30 zone 15 for defective mufflers 10 for defective lights. Additional cases included Ernest J Baldovino 52 Bushong fined 50 for drunkenness and peace disruption. Several others pled guilty or forfeited bonds for drunkenness speeding and related offenses with multiple defendants named and dates cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Pinet
Sammy OD. Lankard
George Flinne
Sheldon Teter
Lankard
Ernest J. Baldovino
Bushong
Baldovino
Ottawa
Runaway Plans End In Death
Two 11 year old boys left Kansas City to wander and jumped from a Missouri Pacific freight train at Martin City. Alan Lowell was killed and Eddie Millikan suffered a dislocated left shoulder. both boys had left their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Martin City
Alan Lowell
Thurman E. Bodenheimer
Eddie Millikan
H. E. Millikan
KC Markets Kansas City Hog and Cattle Prices Report
AP notes hogs steady to 28-50 lower with various weight classes listed and sows steady. Spring lambs mid teens to mid twenties, ewes 1.30 to 3.50. Cattle and calves mixed with steers and heifers averaging 23.00 to 25.00 for prime 980 to 1177 lb, cows 14.25 to 16.00, vealers 20.00 to 28.00, overall market activity and price ranges recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Four-row houses collapse burying seven in Philadelphia
Four row houses built over an antiquated sewer line collapsed in West Philadelphia Monday night, burying seven people. Four were rescued, including a six year old girl who survived three hours under rubble with minor injuries. Three others, Wayne Daniels nine, Jesse Robinson seventy who is blind, and his wife fifty five, remained missing as fire crews used a crane to clear debris. Ernest Daniels thirty five, Kenneth eleven, Cheryl six, and Nannie Russell sixty two were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wayne Daniels
Jesse Robinson
Wayne
Ernest Daniels
Kenneth
Cheryl
Marriage Licenses for Hale Coats and Van Valkenburg Spencer
Lester L. Hale 22 of Chanute marries Ruby K. Coats 18 of Princeton. Dallas W. Van Valkenburg 18 and Jackee K. Spencer 18, both of Williamsburg, obtain licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester L. Hale
Chanute
Ruby K. Coats
Princeton
Dallas W. van Valkenburg
Jackee K. Spencer
Williamsburg
Eichmann Says He Trusted Bosses On Legal Authority
Adolf Eichmann testified he never asked if actions against Jews were legal, saying such questions were for his superiors. He admitted issuing instructions but claimed responsibility lay with higher officers, denying involvement in Wannsee corrections or Reinhard operations. He argued he was not a jurist, simply following orders under Gestapo command.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Hitler
Gestapo
Eichmann
Fuehrer
Globocnik
Gauleiter of
Lublin
Hausner
Europe
Poland
Auschwitz Death Camp
Wannsee
Reinhard Heydrich
Department Ii-A
Lightning kills 10 year old in Overland Park yard
In Overland Park Kansas lightning struck a yard killing 10 year old Craig Rollins son of Mr and Mrs James Rollins. Local police report no other injuries. The incident occurred today in the suburban Kaw area near Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Craig Rollins
Overland Park
Kaw
James Rollins
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs Ben Gibson of 708 N Main on Sunday. Mrs James Patton Jr of 1531 S Main, Mrs Earl Clary of RFD 1 Baldwin, Frank W Berthot of 819 Logan, Mrs Orville Bicking of 511 Maple, Herman A Stoltz of 403 S Hickory, N Verlin Snauffer of RFD 4 Paola, Mrs James Parks of Pomona on Monday. Dismissals include Robert Shade of 228 S Cedar, Mary Elizabeth Pearson of Baldwin, Mrs James Patton Jr of 1541 S Main on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gibson
N. Main
James Patton Jr
S. Main
Earl Clary
Baldwin
Frank W. Berthot
Logan
Orville Bicking
Maple
Herman A. Stoltz
S. Hickory
N. Verlin Snauffer
Paola
James Parks
Pomona
Robert Shade
S. Cedar
Mary Elizabeth Pearson
Two Bail Out Of Jet Plane Near Hutchinson
A jet trainer from Wichita crashed in a field south of Hutchinson. Pilot Captain Ulysses Howard from Phoenix and a passenger parachuted to safety after bailing out at 5,000 feet during an in doctrination flight with Col. Rolando Gilardi R., the Peruvian air attaché in Washington. Howard suffered a broken right leg above the ankle. The Peruvian party was receiving eight trainers at the Cessna plant in Wichita. Howard, an Air Force advisor, is stationed in Lima, Peru.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Wichita
Ulysses Howard
Phoenix
Ariz
Rolando Gilardi R
Washington
Howard
Cessna
Air Force
Lima
Peru
New Farm Bill Gains Approval in House Ag Committee
The House Agriculture Committee tentatively approved a new general farm bill aimed at stability, surplus reduction, and federal savings. It proposes 1962 programs to curb surplus production of wheat corn and other feed grains which currently make up about 88 percent of the surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Admirer G Mason seeks clemency in Kansas forgery case
First published July 18 1961 and last published August 15 1961 notice that Admirer G Mason sentenced December 1 1960 for forgery and uttering in Franklin County Kansas will apply August 31 1961 for executive clemency before the Governor in Topeka Kansas.
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State OF Kansas
Kansas State Penitentiary
G. Mason
Franklin County
Kansas
Topeka
Admiral G. Mason
Overbrook and Ottawa Area Livestock and Goods Sales
Weekly and monthly sale notices for Overbrook Livestock Sale Ottawa Market Sale and Franklin County Sale Company with dates in July listings. Also house goods and farm rate sales near Baldwin Williams burg and Lyndon plus local auctions and a community sale at 1136 N Main and a card of thanks and mower advertisement.
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Sherman A. Smith
Cedar
T. J. Cummings
Civil Service Register
George Amison
Susan
Brian
la Mesa
George McDowell
Church of Christ
N. Poplar
W. Gallagher
Barnesville
Ohio
Adv
Bob Conner
Walnut Creek
E. W. Warner
Sharon Johnson
Clyde Johnson
Greenwood Schoolhouse
Greenwood
L. V. Smith
Elm
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
Myron S. Steere Jr
Sidney O Morris
Robert H. Powner
Indiana
Cecil Powner
Mr. Powner
California
Myrtus N. Lindley
Drake's Bakery
Carl Barnhart
Leadville
Colo
Mrs. Barnhart
Elmer H. Curtis
Alvin F. Houston
Lois J. Houston
Ottawa Herald
Robert L. Sutton
Olathe
Highway Patrol
Interstate 35
Rip Noble
Lakeville
Conn
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B. W. Kelsey
Mexico
Princeton University
Princeton, N. J
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Education Blog
Santa Fe
Budge Reusch
Ron
Kathy
S. Elm
Denver
Ellis
Charles Perry
Estes Park
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Wisconsin
Missouri
Snyder Pharmacy
Jim Kingery
Gardner
Donald Fuller
Clathe
Gardner Medical Center
Fuller
Mike ¥. Otto
Edgerton
Clara Coughenour
J. E. Snoddy
Coughenour
Minnie Munich
Leeper
Carl Schowengerdt
Agricultural Dept
The
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Mary Dunsmoor
Clemson
S. C
Milton. Coughenour
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Lexington
Census Hall
Martha
Ursula Hein
Bernhard Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Kenneth Cordle
Iowa
George Cordle
Valley Falls
Kas
Cordle
David Bettge
Fairfield
William Still
Dainsville
Wellsville Junior Baptist Church
Michi Shirayama
Ottawa University
Japan
Raymond Jennings
M. R. Rogers
Kansas City Power and Light Co
7Th and
Main
MYF
Starlight Theater
Frances Taylor
Taylor
North Kansas City
Frank Taylor
Tom Taylor
Bernard
Daryl Taylor
Ray Taylor
Frank Fuller
Amy Phillips
Pete Gilbert
Twister
Dr. Bates
Great Plains
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James A. Franklin
Wayne Pratt
Lincoln Memorial
Arthur Edson
Schwengel and
Randle Truett
National Capital Parks
Lincoln
Congress
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
Earl Bond
King
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Kaw City
Oklo
Jimmie D. Morton
S. Mulberry
Bond
Robedeaux
Robert D. Foley
Sylvester L. Hess
N. Mulberry
William C. Finch
Carl W. Coffman
Alvin L. Klingler
Earl F. Howe
W. 10Th
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Quenemo
Bill Gast
Laws
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Stewart
Frank Snook
Legals
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Louis A. Wendorff
L. A. Wendorff
C. Myrna Wendorff
Myrna Wendorff
Bowers & Bowers
Minnie Marble Clairborne
Minnie Marble Claiborne
Leo G. Beller
Richard
Stong
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Gordon James
Wilson
Myers Bros
Claude
Harold Logan
George Zeilsdorf
Frank Simon
Ralph Ritche
Locust & Wilson
Albert Stewart and Son
C. Beatty
RFD
Albert
Harold
Lyndon
Printy and Sons
Ben Printy
Hal Crawford
Morris Ferguson
Clinton
North Main
Studio Girl Cosmetic
Studio Girl Cosmetics
Glendale
Ottawa Territory
Wellington Road
General Services Rawleigh Products
Singer
Albrights Ph
Henry Alban
Conrad's Spray
Ottawa Herald General Services
Standard
St Bet
Bill Bilts
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