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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1967
Page
4
USDA offices in Ottawa and London will close for the day and Wednesday for a Bio District Program meeting in Emporta. Staff listed include Paul Archer and Wayne Doll with others, plus notes on treatment releases at Ransom Memorial Hospital for injuries and a patient at KU Medical Center. Also mentions a Bernhardt Dance Revue photo feature at Studio Wed.
The Walnut Street parking lot opening ceremony is postponed amid transportation problems. Chamber secretary Peg Carr said today. B F Heidner of Ottawa RFD 8 is in St Luke's Hospital Kansas City in Room S523.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told an International Longshoremen's Association convention that peace could come if Hanoi agrees to talks. He ruled out surrender of ground, called for halting fighting in Laos and South Vietnam, demilitarizing the DMZ, exchanging prisoners, and neutralizing Cambodia. He warned against crossing into Cambodia and noted North Vietnamese forces in the country.
County Court records show ROBERT E. THOMPSON of Pomona, 37, cited June 28 for driving under the influence, pleaded not guilty but convicted, fined 100 dollars and costs, and given license suspension. HARVEY L. HAHN, 23, Cedar, charged June 23 with driving 92 mph in a 75 mph zone near Wellsville, pleaded guilty and fined 17 dollars and costs. KIRK F WYCKOFF, 18, Altamont, charged July 11 with failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident on US 50 south of Ottawa, pleaded guilty and fined 15 dollars and costs.
New York report notes rail profit revival amid freight growth and higher morale at executives while passenger service lags. 1961 to 1966 saw 16 percent drop in passenger travel and 32 percent rise in freight volume. Railroads pursue High Speed Ground Transportation to restore passenger appeal within a decade.
Arab presidents Boumedienne of Algeria and Aref of Iraq left Moscow by air after a short round of discussions with top Soviet leaders. An Iraqi Embassy spokesman said they would fly to Cairo on the same plane, with no Soviet announcement of the talks. They were seen off by Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Andropov, as Cairo awaited other Arab leaders. The visit followed a Cairo summit vow to erase Israel's recent battlefield gains. Boumedienne has urged a strong Arab response. Algerian troops are in the Suez Canal area.
Robert E Speer, pilot, took an evening pleasure flight from Burrton, Kansas. His small plane’s engine failed, causing a fatal dive into a field just north of Burrton.
Saturday and Sunday patients treated and released include Susan Shumway with a hatchet wound to the left foot, George Wingert with a left wrist injury, Larry Michael Jones with a right ankle and heel injury, Gene Casady with a left ear laceration, Paul Byrd with facial powder burns, Jon G Mietchem with a nail puncture, Myron Weber with a cut to the right heel, Gary Wilson with a left little finger laceration, and Joyce Fritts with an arm injury from a horse fall.
Salvador Vega aged 22 of Ottawa and Barbara Norton aged 17 of Lawrence obtained a marriage license. The record notes their intention to wed and lists both applicants with their ages and residences.
Admissions Fred Gilby 1487 S Main Todd Zimm 1324 S Maple Monday Mrs Verla Ribeau 920 S Main Elton Knight Wells ville RFD 2 Clarence Davids son Princeton Tuesday Dismissals Roger Keith Ottawa RFD 2 Tuesday Births Mr and Mrs Bruce Sparks 934 King a son weight 5 Ibs 5 ozs Monday Mr and Mrs Wayne Sutter 940 Walnut a son weight 7 Ibs 8 ozs Monday My and Mrs David Towner Peers Mitchert ya Ualn eae weight 8 Ibs 8 ozs Monday
John F. Branson, 20, of 903 N. Mulberry, was charged with careless driving after a Monday crash in the 1000 block of South Main. Max E. Reneau, 17, of 704 S. Cedar, was turning into a driveway when Branson’s car struck the rear. Reneau had signalled before turning. Branson said he could not stop in time. Neither driver was injured and both cars sustained no damage.
Winners list shows nort h and south winners Mrs Jess Gilmore with E W Crandall first place. Second place goes to Lyle Hanes and Mrs James Seaver. In east west division at Lawrence first place to Mrs Lyle Hanes and Mrs Betty Underwood, second to Mr and Mrs S M Jones of Garnett.
FBI agents seized 12 men in Rowan and Cabarrus counties, including Rowan registrar of deeds James Wayne Davis, on charges of conspiring to block racial integration through violence threats and intimidation. They face $2,500 bonds each after indictments covering 1965 to present.
David Kim Workman a 13 year old Scout from Grantville Kansas drowned at Camp Jays Hawk after ignoring a water warning. He and fellow Grantville boy David Charles Bigham swam beyond roped-off areas and Workman began drowning in eight to nine feet of water. Assistant scoutmaster Vernon Brumbaugh dived to help and Dr. William H. Crouch of Topeka in a nearby canoe aided in revival efforts.
CLAFLIN Kan AP Robert Hickel lifetime resident of Claflin and father of Alaska governor Collapsed while visiting in a neighbor yard Monday and died He was 73 He once directed the Claflin Oil Co and had farm interests He leaves Gov Walter J Hickel and nine other children
Funeral services for Mrs Effie Maxey who died Monday were set for 2 pm Wednesday at Farris Funeral Home Garnett Rev Jerrald Harnden to officiate Burial in Richmond Cemetery Also services for Lloyd R Hoff man who died July 14 were July 17 at Towner Chapel Rev Orville Chase assisted by Rev I R Davis Pallbearers listed and burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Centropolis Employees of Madl Implement Co and Hallmark Inc attended in groups Mrs Zola A Anderson who died July 18 had services July 17 at Lamb Chapel Rev Paul W Pentz officiating Pallbearers named Burial at Highland Cemetery
A two year old Ottawa man Rex Bell Jr of 946 E 7th is jailed on two counts of assault and battery for beating his mother Hazel and sister Dorothy Tuesday morning. He faces arraignment in police court Thursday with a maximum penalty of 100 dollar fine and 30 days in jail.
Legal notice dated July 18 1967 presents the City Clerk of Ottawa Kansas monthly financial report for the close of business June 30 1967. It lists fund balances for Airport Bond Interest Cemetery Highways Construction Fire Flood Control General Operation Park Retirement Social Security and others with totals for fund balance reserve and trust funds and a section on rail funds.
An Ottawa notice records Mrs. E. S. Sheldon at 505 South Mulberry on August 6 at 1 p.m. Details indicate a scheduled appearance or appointment in the local public notice column.
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