Local Court Actions Spar Over Auto Crash Damages
Edward L Petty Jr sues Robert Lee Bawlby for 11274.77 over a Aug 2 1955 Ottawa area auto wreck. Mary E Spegal seeks divorce from Okla A Spegal on extreme cruelty grounds. A 1:50 PM Main St crash injures John Giger Jr. Carl Arndt blamed. Hawkins Grange hosts program with 30 members 23 guests raising funds. Mary Lou Stewart Jones to receive Kansas State College degree Aug 2. Kiwanis speaker Dr Monte Be Joit with guests and new member Rev Gordon Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Petty Jr
Robert Lee Bawlby
Ottawa
Kiwanis Club
Monte Be Joit
Lawrence
Kaw Valley Heart Association
David Laury
John Kramer
Floyd Minnick
Bill King
Gordon Miller
June Crop Damage Over $2 Million in Kansas
Violent storms across Kansas caused an estimated 2,121,075 in crop and property damage in June. The storm season included 50 tornado events, 14 of which caused damage, with Smith County on June 15 suffering the greatest losses at one million dollars. Hailstorms totaled 29, with 801,000 in crop damage and 15,000 in property losses. The weather bureau did not include flood losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Smith County
Kansas farmers earn over 13 million in five months
Kansas Ist auran Ada income figures show farmers climbed more than 13 million dollars in the first five months of 1957. Agencies report crop and livestock sales totaling 291,944,000 for January through May, up from 278,544,000 in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Obituaries and Funeral Notices Reach Local Cemeteries
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jessie Cornell and Frank M. Dickey at Lamb Funeral Home with pallbearers named and burials at Highland Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery. Janet Lynn Hay infant burial followed at Highland. James Witham buried at Evergreen Mound Cemetery after services at Centropolis Baptist Church. William Ribeau remembered at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with service by Rev. John Ward and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Cornell
Seattle
Wash
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Roger Fredrikson
Oral Gillespie
Herbert Lesler
O. L. Rathjen
Loren Latimer
Tom Rathjen
John Cornell
J. R. Henning
Highland Cemetery
Frank M. Dickey
Pete Ratzlaff
Robert Hamilton
Sam Blair
Carl Brooks
Jess Fetty
John Hile
Andy Butcher
Woodlawn
Pomona
Janet Hay
Janet Lynn Hay
Robert Hay
McVey-Dengel
James Witham
Centropolis Baptist Church
William DeLude
Everett Simmons
Tilden Minnick
Charles Brown
Albert Nitcher
Clarence Rose
Joe Button
Rex Simmons
E.B. Simmons
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
William Ribeau
William
Ribeau
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
John Ward
Theo
Simmons
Whilie Simmons
Dore Clark
Porter
Tate and
Turner
William G. Ward
Mr. Stevens
Buriel
Hospital Births and Admittances Noted in Town Directory
The weekly hospital notes list admissions including B Smith Haworth Pomona and Mrs Walter Reh Williamsburg today. Birth announcements report Clark Shepheard Pomona a daughter six pounds six ounces and Joe Exley 434 Willow a daughter eight pounds four ounces. Dr John F Huder Pomona a son weight eight pounds four ounces. Other births include Donald Howell RFD 3 a son eight pounds eleven ounces Ralph J McGinty RFD 1 a daughter six pounds four ounces Donald H Anderson 620 N Mulberry a son six pounds four ounces. Discharges include Randall ONeal Williamsburg Wednesday and Mrs Robert Cooper and baby son Richmond along with Mrs Frank Jackson and baby son Richmond and Mrs Raymond Farmer Overbrook. Billie Dale Richardson 823 Olive and Mrs Robert Keener 124 N Locust and Mrs Gerald Milcfelt Richmond noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Smith Haworth
Mulberry
Billy Dale Richardson
Olive
Elsa Towe
S. Oak
Alfred Schmitt
Pomona
Walter Reh
Williamsburg
Clark Shepheard
Joe Exley
Willow
John F. Huderson
Donald Howell
Ralph J. McGinty
Donald H. Anderson
N. Mulberry
Randall Howard O'Neal
Robert Cooper
Richmond
Frank Jackson
Raymond Farmer
Overbrook
Billie Dale Richardson
Robert Keener
Gerald] Milcfelt
Deaths Virgil B Cooper dies suddenly in Battle Creek Mich
Virgil B Cooper former Ottawa resident died of a heart attack in Battle Creek Michigan on July 3. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery Battle Creek. Born September 19 1904 in Kansas City he was the son of D M and Rose Cooper. Survived by his widow one stepson and brother Edgar Cooper of New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil B. Cooper
Battle Creek
Mich
C. L. Rathjen
Ottawa
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
D. M
Rose Cooper
Edgar Cooper
New Orleans
Ottawa legal ads split plan eyed by two papers
Sheldon Tallman publisher of The Ottawa Times asks city officials to share legal advertising duties with The Herald for two year alternating terms starting January 1 1958. The Times would publish weekly notices and The Herald daily notices with the plan set for future renewal. City commissioners will consider the proposal and act before January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Tallman
Ottawa Times
Ottawa
Tallman
the Herald
Leity
The
Times
Herald
City Hall
Wife Threatens Divorce Over Kansas Assignment
An Air Force sergeant, returning from Europe, faces a threatened divorce from his wife if assigned to a base in Kansas Oklahoma Texas or Florida. An aide to Rep Beamer said the sergeant sought help from the congressman for a different state assignment. The letter was forwarded to Air Force headquarters for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Europe
Rep
Beamer
R-Ind
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Four States
Air Force
It Was Just One Of Those Things
Former Republican Congressman Clifford R Hope, a stockholder in the High Plains Journal, explains a startling headline about the domestic parity plan was “one of those things that happen to newspapers” and not a Democratic Party plan for wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
High Plains Journal
Clifford R. Hope
Hope
Journal
Sullivan Drives To Work From Stadium Home
Sul livan, caretaker at the University of South Carolina football stadium, keeps a house on the stadium grounds yet spends about twelve miles daily commuting to the campus to punch the maintenance employees time clock each morning and afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
C. Sullivan
University of South Carolina
Sullivan
House To Vote On School Bill Amid Various Projections
Washington reports the House will vote on a 1.2 billion dollar school construction measure. predictions say it may be killed despite some backers like Rep. McConnell of Pennsylvania arguing it has a better than even chance. Arguments center on cost and federal control versus needs to educate rising numbers of students and possible segregation-related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rep. MccConnell
Rep
Wainwright
R-Ny
Supreme Court
Powell
D-Ny
Lanham
D-Ga
South
Scrivner
R-Kan
Youth Held In Shootings
Kansas City police report 17 year old James Young admitted firing at two women during a Saturday hold up attempt. Mina Compton 66 was wounded near the heart and in critical condition at Bethany Hospital. Jessie Gonzales was uninjured. Young, described as a Black youth, was arrested at his home near the scene. Witnesses said the robber wore a mask made from a window shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
John Theoff
James Young
Mina Compton
Bethany Hospital
Jessie Gonzales
Young
No Decision In Johnny Dio Case Deliberations Resume
New York jury in the Johnny Dio case and two codefendants resume deliberations after a 24 hour rest. Dio whose real name is Dioguardi is tried with Samuel Goldstein and May Chester on charges of a $30 000 labor peace shakedown conspiracy including one conspiracy count and three bribery counts. Each count carries up to one year in jail and a $500 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morehan
Johnny Dio
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Dio
Dioguardi
Samuel Goldstein
Local Loag
International Brother
Retail Clerks International Assn
East Coast Drought Deepens With Multi-State Crop Losses
A severe drought grips the eastern United States from the Carolinas to Maine, causing tens of millions in crop losses. New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts report multimillion damages as orchards and field crops suffer. Some rain arrives sporadically but fails to ease the long warning drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Carolinas
Maine
New England
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Harry Beggs
Dorchester
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Judge Bars Touma From Court After Remark
In Federal District Court, James R. Hoffa was acquitted of bribery charges when a spectator shouted God bless the judge and jury. Judge Burnita Matthews then identified Joseph Touma in the gallery and ordered him to the front. She declared Touma fortunate not to be held in contempt and told him to leave the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waonuveron
Midwest Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Burnita
Matthews
Joseph T. Touma
Touma
One Held In Motor Theft
Albert Joseph Toumberlin 27 formerly of Ottawa now Lawrence resident is linked to theft of an outboard motor from Hollingsworth Cafe June 10. Police say he confessed to motor theft and was transported to Ottawa. authorities recovered the motor with its aerial number. He faces grand larceny charges and possible transfer for trial in Ottawa or Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Joseph Toumberlin
Ottawa
Lawrence
Hollingsworth Cafe
Main and
Logan
Eugene Flaherty
Toumberlin
Flaherty
Douglas County
D. L. Hallmark
C. C. Hanna
Flaerty
Clyde Johnson
Ares
Lawince
Youmberlin
Areeny
Safety Man Has License Trouble
State Safety Commissioner Don Sturgill faced a license test on a TV call in program. Troopers asked to see drivers licenses and Sturgill shuffled through a stack to produce his own, finally producing the license from the bottom of his wallet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
State ‘Safety
Don Sturgill
Sturgill
Also Mentioned on This Page
WSCS
Mary E. Spegal
Okla
A. Spegal
South Main
Carl F. Arndt
Baldwin
John Giger Jr
W. Sth
Main
Giger
Arndt
Jay Ellis
Hawkins Grange
Hawkins School
Grange
State Grange
Vel Rene Beauty Shop
E-T.f
Lillian Wetzel
Cleveland, Ohio
W. T. Graffham
Mr. Graffham
S. Sycamore
Silver Leaf
Donald Ralph Geer
Chahute
15Th
Milo Harris
Newfields
Dim Warnock
Moore Chevrolet
Betty Jean Hollon
James E. Hollon
Mary Lou Stewart Jones
RFD 1
Kansas State College
Manhattan
George M. Stewart
Bob F. Jones
Princeton
Eugene Field School
Income of
Naval Aviation
William E. Muecke
J. B. Muecke
Bill
Judith Ann Murbach
Sikeston
Long Beach
Calif
Louis H. Dengel
Philip L. Bainer
Turner High School
Emporia State College
Emporia State
Philip
Raymond Bainer
Poplar
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
East
Zanes
Cownef
Bai Maa
Co Prine
Richter
Wes
Prassiete
Litwin
Key and Wrangler Jeans
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