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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1956

Page

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Vacation News Briefs and Local Notices

Local notices rush in about subscribers vacation plans with a new Vacation Pack service from Herald, calls to 47 to arrange. Also reported are a Topeka prison sentence for Byron Floyd on a bad check, parking fine forfeitures, a special Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and several Ottawa residents preparing trips, visits, and conventions while family and friends stay updated through the paper.

Tom Chappell Dwight Chappell Interlochen Mich Hertend

Deaths: Judge Floyd Coffman decision on quiet title

District Judge Floyd Coffman ruled on a quiet title case affecting real property interests. The hearing resolved competing claims and determined clear ownership, with the court issuing final orders and potential further action as needed.

Floyd Coffman

Hospital Notes on deaths and births in Wellsville Ottawa and beyond

Clara Sherer 83 of Wellsville widow of Theodore Sherer died at daughter Kathy McAvoy’s home. Survived by daughter Olin Minckley Ottawa five grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements show burial at Colony cemetery with services Sunday at 3 p.m. Births listed: Dempsey Rantoul a son 7 lb 13 oz Finch Rantoul a son Marion McConnell Wellsville a son 7 lb 1.5 oz. Burial, births, and deaths noted with local funeral home contacts.

Clara Sherer Kathy McAvoy Wellsville Theodore Sherer Ottawa Intoodaway County Olin Minckley Coughlin Funeral Bennie Gilmore, Jr Farmis Fudar John W. Hillebert Jneral Colony Elsie Edgerton Robert Michael Fiehler Clifford Dempsey Rantoul Alfred Finch Marion McConnell

Ottawa Father Dies and Windett Succumbs in Kansas City

Jacob Mudrick aged about 78, father of Dave Mudrick of 306 S Elm Ottawa, died in Philadelphia yesterday at 5 30 p m after hospitalization and surgery. Surviving are widow and children including Harry Jack Gerson Nettie Emmett Rose Morris Marvin in California and Philadelphia plus 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Litwin store closed today 1 to 2 p m. Sherman Wallace Windett 55 a Quenemo farmer died yesterday at K U Medical Center Kansas City. Born May 29 1901 in Quenemo son of Linc and Alice Truitt Windhett he married Edith Owens December 19 1925. Survivors: wife of the home and one son Wallace Topeka.

Ottawan Jacob Mudrick Dave Mudrick S. Elm Philadelphia Dave Madrick Harry Mudrick Jack Mudrick Gerson Mudrick Nettie Emmett Rose Morris Marvin Mudrick Santa Barbara Calif Litwin Sherman W. Windett Sherman Wallace Windett Quenemo Farmer K. U. Medical Center Kansas City Kas Linc Alice (Truitt) Windhett Edith Owens Ottawa Wallace Topeka

Marilyns Wedding Date Still Secret

New York report confirms Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller kept their wedding date secret, with plans announced during Miller’s testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Monroe said the wedding would be before July 13 in New York or Connecticut, with a ceremony likely in New York City or Roxbury, Connecticut. Monroe and Miller discussed travel, marriage, and personal plans in guarded terms during the brief press interactions.

New York Marilyn Mon‘roe Arthur Miller Connecticut Miller House Committee On Un-American Activities Washington Marilyn London Sir Laurence Olivier New York City Roxbury Monroe

Windett Family Notices Spell Out Kinship Ties

One daughter Mrs Bill Threlkeld of Long Beach California his mother Mrs Alice Windett Quenema a brother Herbert Windett Tucson Arizona and a sister Mrs Edna Schreiner Lecompton Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Federated church of Quenema of which he was a member Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

Bill Threlkeld Long Beach Calif Alice Windett Quenema Herbert Windett Tucson Ariz Edna Schreiner Lecompton Federated Church of Quenema Hel Oak Hill Cemetery

Grain storage in Kansas reaches record levels

Commercial grain storage plants in Kansas hold 403 million bushels capacity and were 63 percent filled on June 1. Stocks on hand reached 255 million bushels, with 148 million bushels of available space, up from 93 million in 1954. Capacity has risen 134 million since 1954 and more than tripled since World War II, driven largely by terminal centers.

Topeka Kansas

Government Eyes Steel Wage Talks

Washington officials expressed concern over a potential steel strike while planning to stay out of bargaining for now. If stalemate persists through midweek, the government may revisit intervention options in the steel wage talks with the Steelworkers Union.

Washington

June Heat Persists Across Large U S Regions

Mild relief only in northern Midwest as June heat remains pushing eastward. Cooler air moves from Northern Plains toward the Dakotas and into Oklahoma and the northern Mississippi Valley. Southern regions endure 100 plus temperatures with 105 reported in Salina and Russell Kansas amid scattered showers east of the Rockies and heavy thunderstorms in Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.

Midwest Dakotas Oklahoma Mississippi Valley Minnesota Missouri Plains Nebraska Salina Russell Kas Rockies Ohio Mississippi

Right To Work Law Repealed in Louisiana

Governor Earl Long signed a bill repealing the 1954 right to work law making Louisiana the first Southern state to end a ban on compulsory union membership. The repeal takes effect Aug 1 or 20 days after adjournment. Herald Want Ads get results.

Baton Rouge L Earl Long Louisiana

Denver Sees Growth Link to Industrial Rise

Denver public growth is tied to industrialization boosting the region’s ties to the East and Midwest. Bankers and businessmen survey a rebounding economy, noting payrolls, mining output, and cheaper production locally as transport costs rise. Denver acts as a wholesale and distribution hub between West Coast markets and the Great Plains.

Denver Rocky Mountain Eisenhower Midwest San Francisco Kansas City Omaha Dallas Fort Worth Canada Davis Moore First National Bank of Denver Mak- Dean Berlin

Wants Definition of Amateurism at Junior Chamber Meet

Kansas City report that a resolution to define amateur and professional status will be presented to the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention with more than 9,000 delegates. Tulsa leader Hugh McKenna says the resolution aims to set clearer principles and solve issues like Wes Santee. The convention also considers Hoover Commission report endorsement and veterans benefits policy. The Bible translation note appears as a separate fact in the piece.

Kansas City Amateur Athletic Union Junior Chamber of Commerce Hugh McKenna Tulsa Okla A.A.U Wes Santee

Head-on Crash Kills Three Near Noble Oklahoma

Three people died in a head-on collision three miles south of Noble on U S Highway 77. Victims were Carl Eugene Laxton 32 of Andrews Texas Ernest Huckleberry 34 of Del City Oklahoma and his wife Wanda Lee Huckleberry 32. Seven others were injured in the crash early today.

Noble Okla Here U. S. Highway 77 Carl Eugene Laxton Andrews Tex Inlaw Ernest Huckleberry del City Wanda Lee Huckleberry

Kansas Cancer Cases Increase

TOPEKA The number of new cancer cases reported in Kansas is on the increase. During the first five months of this year the State Board of Health received reports of 2,110 new cases, 140 more than for the same period the previous year.

Topeka Kansas State Board of Health

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