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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1961
Page
5
The final summer story hour for elementary children at Carnegie Free Library is set for tomorrow at 9 30 a m with Nancy Brown as storyteller. Jointly sponsored by the library and the Recreation Commission, the programs include Saturday morning sessions by OU students starting in September.
Robert Anderson of Ottawa spoke on proposed constitutional revisions at Kiwanis, aiding the governor during the current legislative session. Sen. William Bowers of Ottawa, chair of the Senate water resources committee, will address Kiwanis this week. Ruhamah Baptist Church invited New Hope Baptist Church youths for a hayride, with six from New Hope attending. Attendees from Ruhamah included ten youths, adults and four children. Graves and Kazmaier families visited relatives in Detroit, with plans to visit Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The Wellsville Garden Club picnic was held at Bernhard Fleming’s grounds with guests from Ottawa and Biloxi. The Ruddell and Bailey families are noted with visits and travel plans, including Greenland and Japan assignments. Street square dancing attracted crowds, with ten squares at peak. Dee Look of Garnett returned home after visiting her daughter. M. S. Rhoades, a patient at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, underwent surgery Saturday morning.
Kansas City AP report says an attempted night-deposit theft at Linwood State Bank failed when a thief used a coat hanger to prop the deposit box chute. Police found 21 envelopes with over $2 in deposits jammed inside. Bank President Edward C. Price noted a prior similar attempt the night before.
Mrs Clyde C Selby who died July 24 was honored at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev Roy Armstrong leading services. Pallbearers named Guy McIntosh A E Sullins Ernest Johnson Walter Rodgers Frank Cannady Les Kirkwand C J Milton Jr sang hymns with accompaniment from Mrs Jr RB Henning. Burial at Highland Cemetery. Seekers Clans of Trinity Methodist Church attended as a group.
Fourteen Franklin County men returned yesterday from Camp McCoy Wisconsin where they spent two weeks in active training with the 214th Radio Relay Signal Army Reserve Company. Names include James T Harrell Donald O Atchison Donald L Fischer Richard Maxwell Billie Bo De Wald Corlet Gilmore Dr Richard O Skoog Bert Bell Jr Ottawa Robert L Davis Richard J Davis Williamsburg Ronald D Atchison Grant I Carey Jr Princeton Larry Stith Wellsville Kenneth J Johnson Pomona. Company headquarters in Lawrence.
Two separate traffic incidents were reported by sheriff officers. A 1959 2959 car driven by James I Fouts 17 collided with a parked car owned by Noel F Snell on South Main around 9 20 p m resulting in major damage to both vehicles. A second incident involved a 1951 car driven by Mrs Edna M Holmes 40 turning over in a ditch after hitting a hole on Greenwood Road four miles west of Ottawa leaving the driver and her three children uninjured.
A 15 year old farm girl fled 21 miles in mud to seek help after a mass shooting near Midland Texas. Police found 58 year old Kinsey and four children dead at the Kinsey home and a wounded girl Louise 15. The mother lives in Fort Worth. The killings occurred around 2 am.
Local market notes show soybeans and corn prices with rye and barley mentioned. Heavy hens and light hens appear with butterfat and graded eggs implied, though many words are garbled.
Readable cattle and calf prices show higher slaughter values for some lots with 23 id 0 grod and 95 Weber averages. hogs drag lower with 50 Jamne and 120b spring lambs. Mixed quality cattle, steers, heifers, and native feeders appear with varied quotes across terminals and markets.
Ted Bidleman 61 of 714 West 7th Ottawa died in Ransom Memorial Hospital at 4 am after a several day illness. He moved to Ottawa in 1945 from Waverly born April 17 1900 in Greenfield Iowa son of Orlo and Dorothy Bidleman. His wife C Roberta Painter he married Sept 3 1950 at Burlington survives with a daughter Mrs Andrew Muetchen Ottawa four grandchildren one great grandchild one sister Mrs Oscar Swanson Des Moines Iowa and two brothers Maurice Bidleman La Puente California and Claude Bidleman Gardena California. Funeral will be MeVery Dengel Mortuary Wednesday at 10:30 am Rev EB Caylor officiating burial in Waverly Cemetery Masonic services by Melvin Sellers PAL.
TOPERS AP reports Kansas cities gain authority under the home rule amendment to invest general fund surpluses in securities. Attorney General Ferguson ruled no current law restricts such investments and cautioned against using public funds to aid private interests. He noted most cities lack established revenue estimates but the League cites about 30 million dollars monthly in city bank balances statewide.
Topena reports that charges under an ambiguous state law banning Sunday sales of nonessential items would be filed today against 20 to 25 Shawnee County retail firms. County Attorney Robert M Brown says the law lacks a clear definition of what qualifies as items of immediate necessity.
Adolf Eichmann closed 25 days of testimony with a plea to Israeli judges to accept that he was not anti Semitic but a low ranking official who kept the card index files. On trial for life for Nazi crimes, he acknowledged duties in the SS and admitted contradictions in his past statements. He denied issuing threats to deported Jews and admitted reading Goebbels anti Semitic propaganda.
Mrs Edna Richardson of the Probate Court reports the earliest county marriage on June 13 1848 between William Moore and Esther Rodgers in Min a ula with Henry T Hall performing the ceremony. Witnesses listed include P H Randolph T Bybee George B Kass I H Parker TR Varian and B S Bassett. A revenue stamp design appeared on later entries.
Gov. Orval Faubus defended his record in a 65 minute speech to 5 000 club women in Chicago as pickets protested outside the hotel. He said Arkansas is happy to employ talented persons regardless of race creed or sex and cited appointments to education boards.
Washington AP reports President Kennedy nominated military aide Chester W. Clifton to major general from brigadier general and Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, former Cabinet secretary under Eisenhower, for promotion to major general.
Topeka AP reports Gov John Anderson named Anderson Chandler a Topeka banker to the State School Retirement Board and Ralph Rickless of Salina to the Entomological Commission.
Admissions list includes Edward Anderson 935 EF 15th Sam Armstrong RFD 3 Lawrence Saturday John S mer 303 Ash Roger W 534 Birch Sunday Births news notes Mrs Wally Leecy 918 N Cedar a daughter weight 7 lbs 34 ozs Mrs David Stoneking Pomona a daughter weight 6 lbs 7? ozs Dismissals include Howard Whitlatch Michigan Valley Sam Armstrong RFD 3 Lawrence Joyce Lin Harsh 17 N Cedar Mrs Ben Gibson 700 N Main others with addresses and names listed Sunday and Monday for various patients and births.
In Berlin, about 11,000 East German pilgrims joined West Germans for a five day Kirchen tag rally despite a Communist ban. An estimated 2,000 remained in West Berlin as refugees, risking reprisals from East Germany including lost permits or school changes. Rev Kurt Scharf urged return home to serve their communities. ADN accused US Secret Service of luring refugees. no U.S. comment.
Washington AP reports NASA officials indicate Marine Lt Col John H. Glenn may undertake the next brief sub orbital space flight. James E. Webb, head of NASA, disclosed the potential mission on Sunday in Washington.
First published July 24 1981 notice in Franklin County Kansas states B F Bowers appointed executor of Susan M Reid deceased estate on July 1 1861 creditors must file claims within nine months of first publication or be barred, Ottawa Kansas date July 21 1961 signing B F Bowers Bowers Attorneys
In a radio-TV interview Webb said no decision yet on a third suborbital test before the first manned orbital flight, scheduled for late 1961 or early 1962. He noted all seven U.S. astronauts are in the running for the historic flight.
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