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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1956
Page
9
Crime reports include forgery charges against a man from Ford, Wes, arrested in June and held on bond after preliminary hearings. A Topeka arrest leads to multiple cases, while a Missouri case involves a court appearance for a different defendant. Local concerts, divorces, and health board notes round out the brief items with mentions of university students and city band activities.
A garbled hospital notes list names and partial addresses including Fred Doman Meier Bob Bore Virginia Baxter Mrs Blanche White David Crum Lewey Kirth and infant daughter plus several streets such as 315 Cedar 722 East Pitt 1215 Cedar and Poplar in Richmond Willamsburg Cedar Toure and Waverly with scattered dates and days.
Algerian nationalist Ferhat Abbas, head of the National Liberation Council, told a Stockholm newspaper that self government is the sole condition for talks with France to end the bloodshed in Algeria. Abbas described a four point program including independence recognition, a temporary government, equal rights under international supervision, and elections under international control.
NEW YORK WH LEHIGH Portland Cement Co announces price increases for the third quarter of 1956. Effective July 1 bulk Portland cement rises five cents a barrel in Mitchell Indiana and ten cents a barrel in Iola Kansas Oglesby Illinois and Manaton City Illinois. Company spokesman says these are the only increases Lehigh is making for the quarter. He cited a general rise in costs as the reason.
Tony Romero aged 2 and Lawrence and Huth Martinez aged 19 from Ottawa obtained licenses along with Saren Combe 19 of Grand Island Nebraska and Joyce Marie Har rie 3 of Odawa.
KE Gibison reports harvest progress across multiple counties including Wellington Winkie Sedgwick Newton and Kiowa with harvest advancing in the southern half of the state. Surpluses of equipment and ample combines support ongoing cutting while labor and tractor operator shortages persist in several areas.
Unseasonably hot conditions linger nationwide as readings reach into the 90s. Temperatures climbed to 97 in Chicago breaking June records while other cities logged 90s across the Midwest and Northeast. A weak cold front offered little relief along the Mississippi River region with more thunderstorms forecast eastward.
In Buenos Aires authorities hunt a second top leader of last weekend's revolt. Gen Raul Tanco, an army officer in Peronist regime, is pursued after Gen Juan Jose Valle was executed by firing squad. Also killed was Lt Juan Alberto Abadie, second in command of the 7th Infantry Regiment at La Mata.
Bryan Waeller of Long Beach California was rescued after walking nearly 106 miles through arid terrain along the Colorado River canyon. He credited experiences and a stubborn trek, recounting long days and hours in harsh dry conditions before rescue near Banks side Utah.
A three year larceny charge against W. Hess, 11 year old from Watbeunsee Counts, was dismissed yesterday by District Judge A. Stavely after Hess denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. Hess had requested a trial earlier, which would have been his third, but the judge ruled the first trial ended without a conviction and the second trial could be viewed as tied to the same count. Hess’s attorney filed for dismissal on the opening day of the term. Sievely sought a new trial and the county is in a position to file an appeal four: Sievely’s largest ruling.
Washington report from the National Academy of Sciences warns that accumulated radioactive waste from nuclear weapon tests and atomic power could exceed wartime releases. It calls for safeguards and a radiological history for individuals to track exposure from medical, laboratory, and fallout sources.
The Kansas Corporation Commission ordered rate reductions for TOPERA gas service by Power and Light Co and Commercial Gas Power Co. The EPEL reduction totals 227 678 annually and will affect customers in Enipors Leavenworth and Lansing. Prescott area customers were included with reduced gas charges.
State Department work indicates no further fighting or testing moments between the United States and China. Officials say Beijing must prove restraint and avoid threats or force in Formosa, the home of Chiang Kai-shek's government. The note shadows a prior Sept last year regarding release of 13 American prisoners in China and calls for a meaningful renunciation of force.
Public sale notices list multiple livestock bases in Kansas and nearby areas with recurring auction days. Notices name sale venues such as Overbrosk Livestock Base Pomona Waverly and Franklin Co teams, with dates in June and June 22. Contacts include Neill George Waverly Sale Pavilion Albert Stewart Bon Farm and Brown with phone and route references.
The public information office reports Dietz facing charges of unauthorised absence after a jail stay. Gov Lew Hoogh and Rep Fred Behwengel intervened to push Dietz toward the commanding officer for a verdict while Hutchinson base personnel await the proceedings.
Report covers Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees Warren Shaw of Missouri and Job Baader Sisk with local editors Henry Jameson Ben Wer and Charles Stansell named among those present. note mentions national highway program potential benefits and rural funding. Ottawa churches welcome you.
Market report notes a disturbance with yellow corn and a hundred pounds of butterfat priced at 2.0 per unit. A detached egg batch caused teary hens, while a fowl lightened, and a cocked rooster stood nearby.
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