News Briefs From Ottawa Herald Clippings
A collage of small notices includes dance attendance in Linn County, Ottawa high school trio winning a TV talent round up, a major surgery for Mrs Wallace Wren of Kas formerly Ottawa, visitors from Phoenix, a reception for Rev Charles Knight at First Methodist, a postponed retailers meeting, a June 21 legislative talk by Rep Robert Anderson, Pvt Roy E Schulz returning to California, and a quiet police weekend with a motorcycle car collision near Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Dave Cox
F.D. Hull
Timmy Wood
Iakt
Wdaf-Tv
Channel 4
Wallace Wren
Kerineia
Kas
Otta“wa
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Wren
North American
Robert A. Anderson
State Parks and Resources Authority
Ivan Dean Unruh
Butler
John W. England
S. Main
Traffic collision and local notices from South Main area
Police reported a minor collision in the 1600 block of South Main when Unruh attempted to pass a line of cars as the England vehicle turned left. Other items include fines for parking on Main Street, coyote bounty claims, camp trip plans for boys to Camp Washinga near Junction City, dinner guests including C J C Cookus, upcoming Notre Dame librarian, and a Los Angeles trip for Mr and Mrs James N Durbin with three weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main
Unruh
England
Fred Birch
Main
Main Street
W. H.lennard
Washinliga
Junction City
Roddy
Jimmy Corlis
Hal Crawford
Bill Medlock
Harrold Crawford
Frank Klein
Betty Lou Klein
C. J C. Cookus
Bristow
Calif
E. C. Cummings
Miss Klein
Notre Dame
Ind
University Library
James N. Durbin
S. Poplar
Los Angeles
Emma Kirkland
Hospital Admissions And Discharges Noted
Hospital notes show admissions for Mrs Henry Stern at 1031 N Poplar Mrs Otto Milam route 4 Virginia Schiller 610 W 2nd Fred Hay 913 N Mulberry today Dismissals include Mrs James Kelley and baby son Pomona Mrs Robert L Davis Williamsburg Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stern
N. Poplar
Otto Milam
Virginia Schiller
W. 2Nd
Fred Hay
N. Mulberry
James Kelley
Baby Son
Pomona
Robert L. Davis
Williamsburg
Rains Retard Wheat Harvest in Kansas Fields
General rains delayed harvest operations across mature wheat regions in Kansas over the weekend. The labor office reported adequate labor and equipment, but dry weather is needed in southeastern, east central and south central areas to condition fields for cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Kansas Harvest Labor Office
Daily Report
East Central
South Central
United States Exports 374 Million Pounds Flue Cured Tobacco
The 1954 export data show the United States shipping 374 million pounds of flue cured tobacco to foreign markets, reflecting substantial trade in high quality leaf while market dynamics influenced pricing and demand across buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Funeral services for Rev Walter B Lillard Held at St Pauls
Rev Walter B Lillard died June 9 and funeral services were held June 11 at 2 p m at St Pauls AME church with officiants led by Rev E H Kelley of Kansas City. A large clergy group from Kansas City Paola Ottawa Lawrence Great Bend Pratt and others assisted. Choir members Elsie Arthur Mildred Green Marcella Harvey Richard Fisher Mary Alice Carter Sharon Green and others sang. Pallbearers Harvey Williams Richard Fisher Frank Holbert Earl Bartlett Earl White and Roy Lewis served. Interment followed at Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Gray
Pratt
Lee Rodgers
James Arthur
W. Bailey
James Wilson
Ottawa
Kittie Armstrong
Munes
Elsie Arthur
Mildred Green
Maricella Harvey
Richard Fisher
Mary Alice Carter
Sharon Green
Harvey Williams
Frank Holbert
Earl Bartlett
Earl White
Roy Lewis
F. D.wilkerson
P. L. Swindell
Hope Cemetery
Suspect Busboy Arrested In Alice Lon Home Invasion
NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIF. A hotel busboy was arrested on suspicion of being one of three men who invaded singer Alice Lon s home. The 27 year old vocalist of the Lawrence Welk orchestra was targeted, assaulted, bound and photographed in the nude during a terror night. Detective say Joseph M Cannon 25 works as a Beverly Hills Hotel busboy and knew Miss Lon. He was jailed on robbery suspicion after detectives traced him to his North Hollywood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hollywood
Calif
Alice Low
Lawrence Welk
Joseph M. Cannon
van Nuys
Frank Lynch
Don Sheldon
Beverly Hills
Miss Lon
Aragon
Ocean Park
Ridgway To Head Mellon Institute
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway will become chairman of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research upon his retirement June 30. The institute announced Ridgway as the next head, signaling a major leadership change for the Pittsburgh organization. Also noted: only 4 percent of Brazil's people are over 60 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research Today
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.S. Army
Institute
Brazil
Steel Unions Press Demand for Big Wage Hike
In Pittsburgh the United Steelworkers plan to demand a substantial wage increase to 90 cents hourly for 600,000 members in basic steel and ore mining firms. Six top producers US Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones & Laughlin Inland and Youngstown Sheet & Tube paused talks to study proposals. McDonald leads, with district reps handling talks. no dates set for resumption.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
iSix
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones &Laughlin
Inland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Objective For Electrical Union
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers says the guaranteed wage plan and other benefits won from General Motors provide a splendid objective for bargaining with General Electric and Westinghouse later this year. The YUE General Electric contract ends Sept. 15 and the TUE Westinghouse deal ends Oct. 15, with bargaining to begin 60 days before expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
General Motors Corp
General Electric
Westinghouse
Grain Market Pushes Higher on Board of Trade
Chicago buyers pushed most commodities higher on the Board of Trade with May wheat lagging but sometimes rising above prior close. Rye rose on Friday's forecast of a deep cut in the new crop while soybeans and lard also advanced on higher meat and live hog prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ihigher
Board of Trade
New Gains On Stock Market
New York stocks rose to new highs as gains of 1 to 2 points were common and some stocks advanced nearly 5. Trading was brisk in early hours, then cooled. Daily volume reached about 2.7 million shares versus 2.47 million on Friday.
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New York
Kansas leader proposes cross party Hall renomination
A western Kansas Democratic leader urged both parties to nominate Gov. Fred Hall for reelection. James Parnell, former Sherman County Democratic chairman and 1944 Democratic delegate, said the move would clear political atmosphere and ensure teamwork on public problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Fred Hall
Topeka State Journal
James Par‘nell
Goodland
Sherman ‘County
Former Union Leader Dies at 70 in Topeka
Walter Keiser, 70, longtime chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers for Santa Fe Railway from 1912 to 1947, died here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Walter Keiser
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Santa Fe Railway
Markets At A Glance New York and Chicago Summary
Markets across sectors show a mixed to firm tone. Stocks rise modestly while bonds stay steady with some convertibles strong. Cotton falls on hedging, wheat mixed, corn firm on exports. Soybeans rise on stronger meal. hogs active up 50 to 75 cents, top 21.25. cattle uneven, near 25 cents higher to 25 lower, top 26.00.
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New York
Chicago
UAW's Reuther pins wage demand on Chrysler plan
President Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers said the union will make a guaranteed annual wage its top demand in talks with Chrysler Corp. He declined to say if the demand would be pressed against the other three major automakers American Motors Studebaker-Packard and Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
UAW
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Kaiser
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Herald Office
McVey Ambulance
the Herald
Cadmus
Linn County
J. A. Johnson
F. M. Jones
Sharon Kay
Carol Lynn
Phoenix
Ariz
C. EB. Buckner
Buckner
Winter General Hospital
Charlies P. Knight
First Methodist Church
Roy E. Schulz
Carl Schulz
Rantoul
California
For
MCTC
Palms
O. M. Milliken
Wiliamsburg
Chester Dean l Fredricks
Route 3
Ewe
Louis H. Dengel
Glidden
Malott
Orson
Nylon
Dacron
Duds
Bud” Wassmer
John N. P Wananthe
Ridgway
Mellon Institute
Steel Unions
A. Myers & Son
Anna Kristeson
N. Oak
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Roy Stead
le Up
Jack Nelson
Wilson
Anderson County
Neill George
Waverly
Tuureday
Tere Center
Albert
Tewart & Son Rt
Harold
Joe Towner
N. Main
Mra
J. B. Shinn
Franklin Stock Yards
Franklin Co
Santa Fe
Wilson and Locust
Geo
Ben Printy
Electrical Union
U. S. Bonds
Skelgas Store
Skelgas Division
Skelly Oil Co
Ottawa, Kansas
Hall
Reo As
Pctail
Buster Brown
Richardson's
Chrysler Next
Harry
Harry Smith Auto Supply
Tom Porter
George Spears
Anchorg Savings and Loan Association
D. William Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
J. Dean Nossinger
North American Building Phone 900
Clarence T.rice
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