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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1957
Page
4
Side Swipes profiles Mary Wismer of Pomona as a multi role graduate. She is a housewife grandmother and school teacher who helped on the family farm while earning degrees through summer sessions at Ottawa University.
Duluth Minnesota Mrs Dorothy LeMasurier returned home last night after a 19 day survival on Ferris Mountain Wyoming following a May 1 crash that killed her husband Dal ton LeMasurier president of KDAL and KDAL TV Their rescue party found her alive and she was taken to a hospital by air ambulance Doctors said she survived a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage while subsisting on candy and vitamin pills for nearly three weeks
Considerable cloudiness today with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the south and fair conditions in the north. Partly cloudy south tonight, Sunday fair and cooler east and central this afternoon and tonight, warmer Sunday. Lows 40s to 50s, highs 80 to 85.
Washington reports the Army will continue Jupiter IRBM development at least through November despite a third test. If the Jupiter was used yesterday, it marks a partial success amid uncertain range and altitude, with the Defense Department confirming a Thor IRBM test failed earlier this year.
The Kansas Corporation Commission will hear Monday an investigation into rates charged by Gas Service Co. Democratic state Sen. Joseph McDowell will report on what has been taken up. Gas Service seeks a general rate increase of 4 050 000 dollars per year and the panel will decide whether to combine the inquiry with the rate request.
Billy Graham addressed 18 300 worshippers in New York denouncing cynicism toward salvation through Christ. He warned that modern minds deny God's plan, urging acceptance of Jesus's death as the only path to reconciliation, while noting no one fully grasps salvation.
At the end of Graham's sermon, 749 people came forward to accept Christ. This brought the total number of decisions to 10,739 across 17 nights, the largest response Graham has ever achieved.
Nancy Joyce Stoner, 20, appeared in Superior Court in Los Angeles on arson charges after allegedly setting her home on fire in a protest against diaper washing. She lacks funds for a lawyer. a public defender was appointed. She is free on $500 bond and will return June 10 to enter a plea.
Ottawa churches named Vacation Bible School dates for June and August. United Presbyterian runs June 3-7 and 10-14 from 9 30 to 11 30 a.m Mrs Thomas Michel leads youths preschool through junior high with Jesus Calls theme and a 7 30 p.m closing program June 16. First Christian holds June 8 7 and 10-14 from 9 a.m to 11 30 a.m with about 100 preregistered students and church annex site. Nazarene dates TBA in August with Mrs Elmer Shaw as superintendent. North Baptist runs June 3-7 and 10-14 from 9 a.m to 11 30 a.m with 7 30 p.m June 16 commencement for ages 3 through junior high.
Rain and rising waters along the Marais des Cygnes flooded low valley areas east of Ottawa with the river at Quenemo reaching 28.65 feet and Ottawa 20.3 feet before receding to about 18.3 feet at noon. Light drizzle continued as forecasts suggested only scattered showers, while cleanup efforts continued to move debris from the river channel. Barbara Johnson of Pomona, sponsored by the Ottawa Kiwanis Club, is a candidate for Franklin County Dairy Princess, a Washburn University freshman and former high school homecoming queen.
Heavy rains drenched Texas with up to 1 inch to over 3 inches in regions from Uvalde to Kingsville and Big Spring. Two Arlington boys, 14, were killed by lightning near Fort Worth. Bridges washed out and extensive property damage reported as floods hamper harvesting and crop planting across the state. The Red Cross counted thousands affected and dozens of buildings destroyed or damaged.
A long list of church and school summer religious instruction programs runs June 3-7 and 10-14 at Sacred Heart, Grace Episcopal, Lutheran, First Methodist, First Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, Assembly of God, and Church of the Brethren. Ages span from 3 years through senior high. themes include Jesus Calls Us and wider relations. Final programs and picnics noted for several sites.
Two new workers join the county welfare department. Wanda Baird r announces the appointments. Mrs. Alva Thompson becomes fiscal officer, former Nemaha County official, relocating from Centralia with husband and two sons to come. Mrs. Betty Ruth Kimball named social worker, resident of 716 South Mulberry.
Traffic deaths over Memorial Day weekend rose toward 200, with totals reaching 184 on the highway and 49 extra deaths from other causes, drowning included, for a total of 300. California and Pennsylvania led with 14 fatalities, Illinois next with 13. the four day period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to Thursday midnight saw 94 deaths versus a 120 forecast by the National Safety Council.
Ottawa University seniors will receive bachelor degrees at Wilson Field House Sunday after a baccalaureate service at First Baptist Church with President Andrew B. Martin speaking. The day includes alumni events and the traditional O duty barbecue as storms pass with varying rainfall across the region.
The British detonated a second hydrogen device aboard H.M.S. Alert in the central Pacific near Malden Atoll, claiming a yield of about five million tons, larger than the first test. Observers aboard a naval yacht faced the blast with protective gear as officials expected minimal fallout.
A large crane used to pour cement at a bridge site at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs slid down a 35 foot embankment yesterday injuring five workers. Hart was listed as critically injured, and 23 year old Arthur Ellsworth of Colorado Springs was among the victims.
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