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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
6
Police report continued search for Ottawa's missing eagle removed from Forest Park entrance gate on May 30. Weather conditions include wind and rain with no clues yet on the bird's whereabouts.
Barbara Blackwell of Wellsville route 1 seeks Dairy Princess of Franklin County aided by the Wellsville Kiwanis club. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Corwine, graduate of Wellsville High School class of 1956, active in Teens Dramatic Club Baptist Youth Fellowship and Pep Club, and has held school offices.
Kenneth Dobler, a Sears forklift operator in St. Louis, admitted lifting about $6,000 worth of items since 1949. Police say stolen goods included a furnace, water heater, septic tank, electric range, copper tubing, soil pipe, fire brick, wall cabinets, and 42 bundles of asphalt shingles. He recently finished a house and took a power mower home Monday. charged with theft of the mower.
The Rev Richard E B Hale pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Minneapolis Kansas has been named assistant to President Luther E Sharpe of the College of Emporia. The appointment is effective May 7.
Partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered showers and a thunderstorm risk tonight and Thursday. Western and north central areas may see cooler northwest winds Thursday. Highs in the 80s northeast to the 90s in the extreme southwest. Yesterday’s high was 76 with a 65 low today. record highs and lows for the date noted. River stage at 0.89 feet this morning.
Franklin county 4-H clubs plan a Dairy Day on June 16 with a 42 by 60 foot tent on the courthouse lot. Eighteen clubs to show dairy heifers from Jersey Holstein Ayrshire Guernsey and Brown Swiss herds. Free movies milk and ice cream, square dancing and entertainment to accompany the event expected to attract many Ottawa visitors.
The first of eight summer band concerts will be in City Park tomorrow evening at 8. William Barker will direct. The program includes Washington Post March Overture To Youth American Folk Suite Santa Cecilia March Pacific Grandeur Blue Fantasy Little Brown Jug When Day Is Done Lassus Trombone The Thunderer March.
Senator Smathers of Florida said the Senate will likely vote to allow eligible women to draw Social Security retirement benefits at age 62. He described the vote on a disability program as likely to be very close after a Social Security bill passed by the Senate.
In Paris Premier Guy Mollet secured a confidence ballot from the National Assembly by a 271 to 59 margin, with 201 abstentions among 595 deputies. The vote reflected a split over Algeria policy and a rare abstention pattern, while a separate local tragedy in Kansas raised casualty concerns in a separate brief.
A Scorpion fighter jet crashed into a car east of Baldwin at 6:50 am, killing Mrs. Thelma R. Usher 38 and Rita Jehle 25, while several others including a 7 year old boy and a housekeeper survived or were hospitalized. The driver, Mrs. Ivan Jehle, 25, was unhurt. the jet and truck occupants were injured or in shock.
The Kansas Camp Farthest Out begins its tenth annual session at Ottawa University on Monday. Secretary Mrs Cornelia Will presides with delegates from Parsons Baldwin Sabetha Wichita and other cities. The interdenominational camp for Christian leadership aims to deepen college service under Rev Hale and the Presbyterian Church Council plans a Sunday meeting to prepare for the opening day activities.
World production of opium about 2000 tons annually. Council Ring members include Mrs C R Mong Neodesha chairman Harold Wilson Jr Hor ton vice chairman Mrs Lola Orr iville Jules Borquin Bartlesville Okla host Speakers include Dr Clifford Richmond pastor Chevy Chase Md Mrs Genevieve Parkhurst Blackwell Okla and others Active participants in the Camps Farthest Out movement call it a unique experience in creative Christian living with a diverse group. Children will have their own camp under experienced leaders.
TOPEKA The campaign to sell traffic safety was described as a spectacular flop yesterday by Paul Jones director of public information for the National Safety Council He told the closing session of the Kansas Newspaper Seminar on traffic safety that unless we sell the average guys we haven't got a chance He added that the war against traffic accidents is being lost because we don't want to win it He said the most potent weapon in the fight is an aroused public's opinion Burton W Marsh director of traffic engineering and safety department for the American Automobile Association said it is less costly to build safe roads than unsafe roads Claud McCamment Kansas safety director said plans are being made to form a statewide community safety committee as part of the safety drive
Patrons of Rantoul voted 19 to 11 to recommend the school board pursue measures leading to a three district consolidation with Lane and Princeton. The vote was to instruct for an official vote if Lane and Princeton agree to study the consolidation, with W. C. Kampschroeder noting the proposal merits thorough study for a larger Class A high school program.
Washington The Atomic Energy Commission announced a contract with Yankee Atomic Electric Co of Boston to assist in developing and operating a large scale power plant in Rowe Massachusetts. It is the first under AEC power demonstration reactor program aimed at private resources in nuclear engineering information and advancing economic feasibility of nuclear power.
Harold L. Royer longtime supervisor of Emporia public schools adult education has accepted a position in the business education department at Southwest Missouri State College Springfield. He will move to Springfield in August. Lamb Ambulance.
Topeka welcomed a new pastor as Dr Isidore Rust announced Rev Robert M Young will assume the post at the First Presbyterian Church effective Sept 1. The veteran pastor previously led Warvetsburg and hails from Park College. Rust reported 50 handmade sandstone stools, estimated at one million years old, as the oldest traces of man.
A Boston physician disclosed that about 30 cancer patients received vaccines made from their own tumors. Early signs suggest potential benefit, though it is too soon to tell. Vaccines were injected in the patients and may boost natural resistance. X rays follow to kill cancer cells. Dr John B Graham and his wife Ruth reported the work at the National Cancer Conference.
Wheat harvest in the county is about three to four weeks away, says Franklin county agricultural agent Don Brown. He calls the estimate tentative and notes weather could speed or slow maturity, with a normal crop expected this year.
In St Louis an expert predicts prison wages will grow into a common practice enabling inmates to support families at home. Isaac Gurman says wages could cover board and room, allow savings, and aid repayment to the state. He urged Missouri legislation to require state agencies to buy goods made at Missouri penitentiary.
GREAT BEND Kansas the wheat harvest is slow due to rain in the south central counties with crop ripening. the harvest labor control office reports active demand for seasonal farm workers for haying as ground preparation and crop cultivation proceed in the western two thirds of the state. Local offices note mixed conditions Caldwell Kiowa Anthony Wellington and Coldwater with intermittent cutting and test yields ranging around 14 to 22 bushels per acre and moisture around 57 61 percent.
Shawnee County District Court issued a temporary injunction delaying a June 12 hearing on Wichita’s bid to divert water from underground Fort Scott ore beds. Plaintiffs J. H. Baumann and Marguerite Marie Jacobson seek denial of the city’s water rights claim until vested rights are settled. The unrelated traffic crash on U S 69 near Independence left four girls injured and one dead, Delores M. Utermoehlen, with three Arma residents treated at Mercy Hospital.
Tax data shows May revenue across all sources at 11,378,641, a drop of 2,073,888 from the previous year. Income tax receipts for May fell 1,734,105 from May 1955 to 2,883,323, while April collections rose 2,527,049 from last year to 6,834,698. First eleven months total 124,604,147 versus 110,168,897 last year, with May sales tax at 3,533,587, down 307,518 from May 1955.
In Washington a portrait unveiling honored Rep Clifford Hope R Kansas, retiring after 30 years. Attendees included Secretary Benson, Undersecretary Morse, Sen Carlson, Rep Poage, Rep Andersen, House leaders, and Kansas officials. The painting, by Mabel Pugh and funded by Hope's Kansas friends, was unveiled by Rickey Shawn.
The Senate today confirmed Charles J. Lowen Jr. as administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration after a hold up by the Aviation Subcommittee over the firing of Frederick B. Lee. Senator Wofford voted No amid ongoing investigations into the agency’s leadership.
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