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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1955
Page
4
Reverend Jack Sweigart expects to arrange bell ringing and schedule after the bell is hung. The bell was donated by the Santa Fe railroad and came from an old steam locomotive.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thunder showers in extreme northwest this afternoon and tonight. Otherwise hot and fair with high near 100 Sunday. Tonight low around 70 northwest to upper 70s southeast. Hourly figures show yesterday's peaks 103 and 100, record highs and lows for the date noted. River at 49 feet with light W winds yesterday.
The city toll rose to 130 after two crashes. In South Main a 1953 Studebaker pickup driven by D L Franks and a 1953 Chevrolet backed from a curb by Luella Parrott caused $700 total damage. A later wreck at Fourth and Main involved a 1951 Nash driven by Jack Pringle and a 1950 Ford driven by Danny Drum. Drum cited for reckless driving with trial set for August 3.
Wiedmann Tire and Battery Service runs a 30 day promotion pricing Kelvinator appliances at ten percent above cost. Event highlights include limited stock and in store clearance.
Washington brief on the 1955 session closing struggles with five key bills outstanding. Housing and minimum wage measures progress, while defense powers and a large appropriations bill await House and Senate action. Final adjournment remains uncertain as conferees meet again.
Sixteen Ottawa teens met with Rev. Roger Fredrikson and Judge Milo Harris to discuss a proposed Youth Council. Judge Harris said the group favored a council for Ottawa and would discuss the idea further over the next weeks with another meeting planned after school starts.
Ottawa hit a season high of 103 degrees as a heat wave lingered. Wamega reached 107 while Topeka 105 Salina 104 Garden City 103 and Hill City Russell Wichita and Chanute posted 102, with temperatures expected to remain scorching through the weekend.
Everett Bryan of Ottawa was fined 15 dollars plus costs by Sheriff Jay Brown for drunkenness. Harold Grigsby of Osawatomie paid 5 dollars and costs after being cited for a single headlight by Highway Patrolmen Art Jenis en and Bob Conaty. Carl Glasscock of Ottawa paid 25 dollars and costs for driving without a valid license and having an open bottle accessible, ruled by Judge Milo Harris.
In Ottawa, Philip Olivia, 15, and his 13-year-old brother Richard Olivia of 934 N Locust face juvenile court charges for delinquency and assault connected to a fight at Forest Park Monday night involving a Princeton youth. James Bailey, 16, of 131 S Poplar, also faces assault and disturbing the peace charges with a Monday trial set. Police report rising complaints of dangerous bicycle riding in the 700 and 800 blocks of South Locust as motorists report riders weaving around moving cars.
A Kansas prairie style survey urges readers to share opinions on advertisements. Cash awards awarded for helpful responses. Local firms named include Curtin auto supply, Douglass Bros., Mortuary, Ottawa Building & Loan, Richardson’s Shoe Store, Saffron Glass Co., and Hillcrest Drive-In Theatre. Herald notes entry blanks in the Aug 1 issue. repeat next week if hot weather.
Three traffic crashes in Franklin County injure occupants. Clifford D. Gibson 22 of Ottawa suffers a broken neck after a 1952 Olds rolled five times on K-68 west of Ottawa and is hospitalized in serious condition. Bertha May Coffland 19 of Fairview injured with a cut wrist and bruised leg when her car collided on US 59 south of here. Mar Gary Lynne Davis 18 of Chanute cited for speeding. A third crash on US 50 at Ransomville involved Wayne McCormick 38 of Kansas City and Sunny Shamburg 21 of Wichita. Shamburg treated for a knee injury and released. Damages ranges from 45 to 300 dollars. next court dates noted for Davis and McCormick.
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission has filed in Butler County District Court a condemnation action to seize 351 acres near Latham in southern Butler County for a state lake and game refuge.
Richard Samuel Reynolds Jr., founder of Reynolds Metals Co., died at 73 in Richmond after years of illness, including pneumonia last winter. Born August 15, 1881 in Bristol Tennessee he started work at age 22 for his uncle R. J. Reynolds and later built a global metals empire.
Washington 1958 scientists predict a basketball size satellite could orbit 200 to 300 miles above Earth within five years traveling about 18 000 miles an hour and circling every 90 minutes. President Eisenhower endorsed the plan saying it would be for entirely scientific purposes with data shared internationally.
Classified notice advertising old newspapers for sale at ten cents per bundle from the Herald office.
Stockholders of Ottawa Steel Products Inc founded in 1943 sold the assets to L. A. Young Spring and Wire Corporation of Detroit for over one million dollars. Ottawa will operate as a subsidiary, with Edwin L. Johnson named general manager of Ottawa Steel Division. The Detroit firm, stating it is the world’s largest maker of related wire products, plans to expand into hydraulically operated equipment for road building and industrial use. Ottawa employs about 120 people on a 7 1/2 acre plant at the north edge of Ottawa, with sales this year near 3 million dollars and a forecast 5 million for 1956.
Detroit Spring and Wire Corporation bought Ottawa Steel Products Inc in Ottawa after careful study. The deal signals bright future for the Ottawa firm and the community as N D Ely predicts expanded business in 1956 and Edwin L Johnson is credited for past firm leadership.
An account is opened at the First National Bank of Ottawa to receive donations for the Cowboy Capital of the World drive in Dodge City. Headed by local attorney Don White the fund funds a museum and a ranch for needy boys. Recent contributors include United Garment Workers union Bruce Manufacturing $25 and Wellsville Chamber of Commerce $10. Lamb Ambulance Phone 380.
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