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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1964
Page
3
Notices list two youths, Donald E Hull 19 of Prince ton and Robert L Davis Jr 16 of Williamsburg RFD 1, arrested Friday for careless and inattentive driving in the 1600 block of S Main. Also includes a public sale ad and church notices with times.
County Court Edwin L. Cole, 23, Gas City, with a speed of 78 mph in a 60 mph zone, was fined 18 dollars plus costs today. Willard Goering, 52, Hutchinson, was fined 5 dollars plus costs for not keeping a current driver's daily log book while employed by Stevens Express, Inc., Hutchinson.
AP trade report shows cattle ranges for steers steady to 25 higher heifers steady cows 50 lower calves 50 lower feeders 50 higher good to prime steers 18.00-21.00 heifers 16.75-20.60 cows 12.75-15.00 calves 19.00 feeders 15.10-24.50. Sheep lambs up to 50 higher old crop lambs strong to 50 higher ewes 25.50 higher lambs 18.50-24.75 feeders steady hogs steady barrows gilts 190-300 lb 14.00-15.60 sows 143-300-625 lb 1200.13.75.
Markets in Chicago report week results for hog cattle and sheep. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to higher, cows and bulls weaker. Hog prices up to 50 higher. sows and barrows/gilts mostly up 25 to 50. Lambs firm to higher. mixed lots of weights listed with price ranges.
Fifteen area students took state ratings in their classifications in the Kansas State Scholarship Contest conducted April 11 by the Bureau of Measurements at Emporia State Teachers College. Pomona High School and Princeton High School led with multiple top honors across subjects including sociology, biology, physics, English, and mathematics, while Lane Williamsburg and Williamsburg districts also posted several high rankings.
A Washington Post garden writer described Capitol grounds as neglected and unsightly with dying trees sparse lawns and invasive weeds. Capitol officials disputed the critique citing limited staff and traffic, noting 38 workers manage grounds for multiple federal buildings with a $480 500 budget.
The Senior Club met at the Youth Center Friday afternoon with Mrs. Myrtle Graham presiding. The gathering opened with song, devotions by Mrs. Lillian Spears, another hymn, Lord's Prayer, and a talk on wedding symbols. Readings were shared and a final song concluded the meeting. Refreshments followed as 30 members and four guests attended.
A 1957 Chevrolet and a 1959 Ford sustained minor damage in a Friday evening crash in the 1600 block of South Main. The Ford driven by Ernest J. Perry attempted a right turn from the wrong lane and was struck by Alice M. Mason in the Chevrolet. Perry faced a charge of illegal right turn in the incident.
William H. Gentry aged 21 from Ottawa and Barbara Ann Long 17 from Ottawa are involved with Jerry Dwane Bugg 21 of Stockton Missouri and Sherry Earlene Brooks 20 of Garnett in a reported incident. The four names appear together in the notice with ages and towns.
Kent Grier, 23, has been named assistant manager of Woolworth's. He is married with a nine month old son Jeffrey. The Griers live in Royal Manor Trailer Court. Grier's brother Lyle is manager of the Co-Op.
Multiple area common school meetings set budgets and start dates. Rantoul and Peoria districts discussed tuition to Rantoul. Hawkins Pomona Centropolis and other districts approved budgets from about 6,885 to 214,485 dollars and scheduled Aug 31 starts. several districts elected or re-elected directors and added funds for buses and a hot lunch program with details on board changes and district dissolutions.
The 20th anniversary ceremonies honor 9,386 American dead at St Laurent and Omaha Beach with Allied officials, including Generals Taylor Ridgway and Collins, and Charles Bohlen delivering Johnson's message. Montgomery criticized Eisenhower amid mixed weather and solemn memorials across Utah, Omaha, Sainte Mere Eglise, and Douvres la Delivrande.
The Ottawa Women's Golf Association will hold a biennial tournament on Tuesday June 9 with 8:30 tee times for 9 or 18 holes. Coffee at 8, luncheon at 1, prizes afterward. Entry $3.50 includes coffee luncheon and golf. lunch-only $2. Reservations via Mary Lou Sheldon or June Foulks. Expected field at least 75 players from multiple area clubs including Lawrence Lawe rence Topeka Shawnee Tomahawk Hills Kansas City Santa Fe Hills Emporia Chanute Milburn.
Mrs Katherine Lyon of Baker University English department was awarded a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to study Sir Max Beerbohm in England this summer. She also secured backing from the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education, matched by Baker University, to support her research.
Bishop Eugene Slater announced new assignments Friday at the Kansas Conference closing session. In the Ottawa district Baldwin James J Nabors Overbrook Henry G Dutcher Paola Paul F Leslie Princeton Union Chapel Robert L Hopkins Quenemo Federated Michigan Valley Robert L Harvey. Pastors will return to most of the conference's 368 churches.
Captain Joyce L. Collins daughter of Mr and Mrs E R Collins 738 Walnut Osawatomie graduated Wednesday from the WAC Officer course at Fort McClellan Alabama The five month training prepares officers for staff duty at Army and Defense levels Collins class included five majors 19 captains and four Indonesian WAC lieutenants She attended Texas Christian University Fort Worth three years
Tax returns for the quarter ending May 31 totaled 8072.40 with half to cities and half to the county treasury, while January 31 receipts were 7763.17. The post survey totals lag behind November 1963 level of 8945.05 despite a $309.23 gain. City shares include Lane 88.39 Ottawa 3204.34 Pomona 159.03 Princeton 46.01 Rantoul 46.82 Richmond 108.58 Wellsville 307.96 Williamsburg 75.07. Distribution based on population and other factors.
Twenty four displays from nine states are planned for the Ottawa Antique Show at the Armory building June 19 to 21. About two to three hundred visitors, largely from out of town, will view and purchase antique furniture, dishes, lamps, coins and jewelry. Admission is 50 cents, lunch available all three days. Show hours run 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 19 and 20 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 21.
AP Special Correspondent notes that Soviet military chatter about spies signals home front pressures and a potential Kremlin move. The piece recalls past spy scares, leadership shifts, and Khrushchev’s precarious political moment amid Western espionage claims.
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