Side Swipes From Highland Cemetery Out Houses Repainted
An Ottawa controversy over painted com privy wording at Highland Cemetery was repaired by city crews yesterday. Freddie Hullett, 22, Garnett, jailed in Iola, attempted self harm by lighting a fire in his cell after a reckless driving arrest. he was held on $25 bail. Two Ottawa university students, Roger Keltner and Bill Kahler, who married last summer, became fathers with twin eight pound plus babies named Mark William and Michael Greig.
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Highland Cemetery
Ottawa
Freddie F. Hullett
Garnett
Iola City
Allen County
Hullett
Ottawa University
Roger Keltner
Bill Kahler
Mark
Mike
Mark William
Michael Greig
Hall Brands Clash Over Cadillac Bid and Firings
Kansas politics erupts as Gov. Fred Hall and former state purchasing director Eugene Hiatt trade charges over a Cadillac purchase and bid procedures. Hiatt seeks Civil Service Board hearing and reinstatement, while Hall defends the firing and accuses Hiatt of bypassing purchasing rules. Local crime report notes seven Ottawa teens in a tomato incident and a Melvern man obituary.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Eugene W. Hiatt
Hall
Hiatt
State Civil Service Board
Kansas Senate
Leonard Axe
Department of Administration
Axe
Charles Hobart
Wen
Guuustols
Civil Service Board
Kansas
United States
Ottawa Co-Op eyes bulk oil business with Consumers Co-Op
Ottawa Co-Op Association officials met with two Consumers Co-Op representatives in a bid to enter the bulk oil and gasoline trade for farmers. Manager Lyte Grier said no service stations will be run. the co op will sell oil greases and gasoline in bulk. A July 28 bus tour to Kansas City will visit Consumers Co-Op warehouse and other sites, with Ottawa covering expenses.
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Ottawa Co-Op Association
National Guard
Consumers Co.Op
Kansas City
Lyte Grier
Grier
Tom Naudet
Leonard Cowden
Obitawa Co-Op
Consumers, Co-Op
Kansas’ City Board of Trade
Co-Op
Lawrence
Ottawa
Murder Charge Filed in Golden for Denver Driver
In Golden District Court last night District Attorney George Priest filed a murder charge against Alvin Wesley Brooks, 25, a Denver taxi driver, in the July 13 slaying of Zelma Broadfoot. Douglas Bros. ad line appears in source.
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Golden
Colo
George Priest
Golden District Court
Alvin Wesley Brooks
Denver
Zelma Broadfoot
Community Survey prompts readers for cash awards
Readers urged to participate in a weekly survey run by The Herald with cash prizes for opinions near the majority choice. Survey runs Monday through Saturday starting July 18, with ads listing vendors and a note to clip the form from page 6.
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Herald
Baldwin Residents Suffer Several Injuries In Accidents
Baldwin Kansas residents were hospitalized after a series of accidents. J Arthur Madi broke a collar bone from a hay load fall. Larry Hughes fractured ribs after a hay mow fall. Eugene Kalb cut his hand on a plow edge needing stitches. Karl Lederer cut his hand on a chain while butchering, requiring stitches.
Three Wrecks Boost Total in Ottawa City
Police investigated three traffic accidents in Ottawa over the past four hours boosting the year's wreck total to 126. At 3:13 p.m. a northbound 1952 Dodge collided with a parked car in the 1000 block of North Cherry, causing $35 damage to the Dodge. At about 10 p.m. in the 200 block of South Malin a northbound 1954 Buick hit the rear of a 1940 Chrysler, with $35 damage to the Buick and $25 to the Chrysler. At 7:45 a.m. today in the Ninth and Main area a southbound 1954 Mercury and an eastbound 1951 Nash each sustained $400 damage.
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Ottawa
North Cherry
Adelbert Hurt
Osage City
Elmer Dougherty
N. Locust
South Malin
Wilma Bristow
N. Poplar
Ninth and Main
Mercury
O. D. Armstrong
Kansas City
Nash
Harvey Rich
S. Locust
Ottawa Sees 100 Degree Heat Wave
The Ottawa area hit 100 degrees yesterday marking an ongoing heat spell. A cooler air mass is expected tonight but relief remains limited across the nation with 114 degrees in South Wales New Jersey and 118 degree all-time record in July 1854 cited by the weather bureau.
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Ottawa
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Swenson
South Wales
N. J
New York City
Poughkepsie
N. Y
Plainfield
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Tucson
Ariz
Runaway Youth Aiders Arrested After Traffic Stop
Four youths were detained overnight near Ottawa after highway patrol detained a 26 year old De Soto man Obbie D Hall and a 19 year old youth for aiding two 16 year old girls in running away from home. The girls, one married, planned a trip toward Wichita. Hall faced traffic charges and liquor violation fines totaling 40 dollars plus court costs. no charges against the 19 year old were filed. The girls were released after authorities contacted their spouses.
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Art Jensen
Bob County
Ottawa
US 59
Obbie D. Hall
de Soto
Hall
Otttawa
Wichita
Milo Harris
Weather forecast hints at cooler spell and scattered storms
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Sunday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and at night. Cooler conditions in northeast and north central areas tonight and Sunday with highs near 90 in the north and upper 80s to 90s southeast. Overnight lows 65 to 75, yesterday’s high 84 and low 78, record highs and lows noted for the date. Yesterday was mostly clear with southerly winds at 42 feet on the river.
Probe Into Storage Bins Continues Inquiry
Senator McClellan said his investigations subcommittee will keep examining charges that the government wasted funds on grain storage bins bought in 1954 from Black Stralls and Bryson Inc. Kansas City. Testimony indicated hundreds or nearly all of the 8,960 bins were defective.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Black, Stralls and Bryson Inc
Kansas City
Miss Universe winner short-haired blonde takes crown
Long Beach California reports Miss Universe 1957 with Hillayi Robin crowned Miss Sweden amid a close race as Mari bel Arrieta of El Salvador followed by contenders from Ceylon Germany and Japan. Big Four summit leaders plan to close six day conference tonight after a day of tough bargaining.
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Long Beach
Calif
Sweden
Hillayi Robin
el Salvador
Maribel Arrieta
Ceylon
Germany
Japan
James C. Hagerty
U.S
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Logan
Georgi V. Zhukov
Russia
U.N
Diss Armanent
Enst
West Germany
Seciety
James J. Hagerty
Buganin
Eden
Zhukov
Date Set For Polio Shots In Franklin County
Franklin County will give the second Salk polio vaccine shots on Thursday, July 26 at Memorial Auditorium in Ottawa starting at 7 p.m. All county children will be vaccinated at the auditorium except Wellsville, where doctors will arrange local administration. Franklin County Medics Society, with women volunteers and nurses, will supervise the drive.
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Franklin County
William Bowers
Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa
Wellsville
Franklin County Medics Society
Death Takes Cordell Hull Father of United Nations dies at 83
Cordell Hull former secretary of state known as the father of the United Nations died at 9 a.m. at the U S Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland. He had been hospitalized since March 26 after a stroke and suffered another stroke yesterday. Hull had long endured high blood pressure and old age ailments.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United Nations
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Sheraton Park
Hull
Ness
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Douglas Bros
Community Survey
the Herald
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