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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1959
Page
4
Rawl club's third annual fair features judging, games, prize money in amateur contest, and a safety show on Aug 1 with baby show and free movie. A flower show and drawings accompany the fair. Other notes include Dr Elliott visiting family, Dr McCandless moving locations, and rail car loadings for late July.
Obituary notices and community items list names such as Mozelle Gagne Riley Bula Goseenig, Alta Mary Richardson of Richmond, and Richard W. Duncan with Navy transfers. The record covers deaths, enlistments, a hospital note, funeral details, and a church camp group departure with multiple family and locality references across Kansas City area and Verona New Jersey.
Mrs Estella L Warren services for the deceased were set as officials reported. Swindell, 54, faced charges of reckless driving and was fined 175 dollars in police court. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery. Swindell had been paroled from a 30 day sentence after a Sunday incident in Ottawa. Several others pleaded guilty to traffic offenses with fines ranging from five to fifteen dollars.
Two men were found guilty of traffic offenses in Ottawa Police Court today after trials. Leo E. McFaddin, 28, of 1112 N Main, was convicted of following too closely and wine flagrant? The OCR text is corrupted. the article notes McFaddin’s conviction on traffic charges and another defendant also found guilty.
Washington AP reports the Community Facilities Administration approved a 27660 loan to Atchison Kansas to complete planning for sewer system extensions. Work begins early next year and the advance will be repaid then. A fall rate schedule will take effect July 1.
In Juneau Alaska teen sharpshooter Lee Hagmeier 17 of Auke Bay fired at a charging bear Monday. The bear knocked the rifle aside and clawed him causing severe injuries that doctors say may leave him blind. Hagmeier was listed in fair condition at a Juneau hospital after two hours of surgery. Separately Mrs Bessie B Spring died July 25 at the same hospital after services held two hours earlier.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Newton and Mrs Leonard with new arrivals Mrs Tilfred Simmons born today, 6lb 1oz, in Cedar. Births include Mr and Mrs Glenn English at 119 Cedar. Dismissals cover John McAninch De Soto Irvir R Myers Chester Bolton and others. multiple names and addresses appear in the record.
Geneva AP report says Western Allies will stay in West Berlin while Germany stays divided. They draft a Big Four proposal demanding a Soviet pledge not to act unilaterally against West Berlin, with Lloyd and Herter agreeing Western policy should stand. Both sides rewrite proposals hoping for concessions.
Three high school girls testified they were shocked by a sex survey during a Van Nuys physiology class taught by Cecil M. Cook 37. They described questions on kissing petting and sexual experience as embarrassing though not vile. If board finds misconduct he could lose teaching credentials.
Market data shows cattle and hog prices steady to lower with cows at 16.00 to 17.00 and vealers around 25.00 to 28.00. Wheat futures fell 41 percent as traders await court proceedings in Kansas City involving Amanda Slaughter and estate matters. wheat and soybeans quoted with various grades and futures figures.
Two men died in a collision between a pickup and a car at a county road intersection nine miles west and five miles south of McPherson Kansas. Jake H. Williams 62 of McPherson driver of the pickup and Harold E. Weaver 56 of Lyons Kansas driver of the car were the only occupants. The crash occurred just before dusk at the wide open intersection.
Virgil Dean George, 41, died after a fall from a tractor northwest of Oswego. The machine, operated by his 13 year old brother George, backed over the man's head causing his death. The incident occurred Monday and involved the tractor in a rural Oswego area.
ENGWALL Augusta widow of Peter A Engwall died yesterday Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Lamb Funeral Home Interment in Highland Cemetery Also Muecke Joseph C funeral at 9 AM Wednesday St Josephs Church Humboldt KS Rosary tonight at 8 PM at Johnson Mortuary Humboldt Kansas
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