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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
5
Mrs. Leon Smith of Arkansas City and her husband won an all expense trip for two to Montreaux Switzerland after a contest entry with over 100000 submissions. Prizes include wrist watches for both, $200 cash, and first class transport from Idlewold Airport to Switzerland. The couple is to stay ten days in first class hotel accommodations.
The Kansas weekend brought record low temperatures in places like Ottawa which hit a June 23 low maximum of 65 degrees, tied June 24 low, and a 52 degree morning. Ottawa received .09 inch of rain, bringing June total to 4.64 inches and year total to 21.52. Highs reached 65 in Ottawa and Emporia, with 73 in Garden City and Concordia, while rain of up to two inches fell in the southwest and south central regions.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted seven to five to suspend civil rights legislation placed on the Senate calendar and consider an antitrust measure. In Nebraska storms, the Solomon River rose four feet above its banks at Niles, flooding lowlands. Minor rises were seen on other streams as thunderstorms were forecast for western areas tonight.
A Los Angeles science feature by The Associated Press profiles Prof P A Miller, a plant disease specialist at UCLA, offering six tips for healthy turf. Topics include proper mowing height, nitrogen or iron deficiencies, nitrogen fertilization, iron sprays, care after mowing, and a multi fungicide product. The piece ties to a series on science sponsored by a national fair and notes storm damage across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas.
Seven people were hospitalized after a two car crash seven miles west of Fort Scott on Sunday. Five were from one family. among the injured were Charles Howard Felt 15 Devon Kas driver of one car and Alvin B Hall three more in the other car plus a 2 year old daughter Carroll Sue. Floodwaters from recent rain washed the Santa Fe main line and irrigation ditch along the route.
Sherburne, New York farmer Andrew Bruno reported a lightning strike split his barn in two during a violent electrical storm last night. One half toppled onto a road, the other half burned, killing 39 cattle. Fire also destroyed a second barn and a milkshed, while the storm briefly cut power to the upstate village.
Very little wheat cutting occurred today in Franklin County as fields remained muddy. A few farmers attempted portions of some fields and a live wheat was brought to Ottawa, but most plots stayed unworkable due to the wet conditions.
Generally fair to day and tonight with scattered thundershowers in northwest areas. Tuesday partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the west. Temperatures rise through Tuesday with lows 60 to 65 and highs 85 to 92.
An explosion in Arkansas City damaged the public school auditorium gymnasium and a three story Ranney Davis Mercantile Co office building. Police say a dynamite charge was set at the rear of the office, located an alley from the auditorium, with no motive yet uncovered. The blast shattered 160 panes in the auditorium windows but caused minor damage to the nearby building close to police headquarters.
Atomic Energy Scientists told President Eisenhower the United States can produce a hydrogen bomb about 95 percent free of radioactive fallout. Three University of California physicists, with Lewis L. Strauss, reported progress toward a "clean" H-bomb during a briefing at the White House.
A Pacific Western Airlines plane crashed while attempting to land near Vancouver after takeoff from Port Hardy. Preliminary reports indicate a ground control block left on the tail assembly caused the accident, killing 14 aboard, including Capt. Gerald W. Allen and copilot Laurie Roland. 11 passengers were workers returning from Vancouver Island. one of the dead was Mrs. J. Carver of Port Alice.
A contract for an aerial spray of Ottawa to eradicate flies and mosquitos was announced at city hall. Chuck LeMaster of Ottawa Municipal Airport will conduct the spraying, charging the city 2000 dollars plus chemical costs bringing total to about 2700 dollars. DDT in water mix will be used and spraying is planned between now and July 4 with advance notice given to residents.
HALSTEAD England Albert Meys watched as stunt man Stan Lindberg performed three 60 foot dives into a tiny water tank at the village fair. Meys claimed he could do it himself then jumped from the platform, struck the tank side and died.
Ottawa Emergency Radio Club contacted 106 stations in 29 states during a 24 hour National Radio Field Day. Weather and static limited contacts but many were made. The group tested new equipment at Sand Mills near the drive-in theatre and operated from 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. Sunday. Operators included Charles Henning B Weidner Jr Horton Presley and Dr W D Bemmels with helpers from Pomona Williamsburg and Ottawa. Call letters W0K. Results pending.
Vernon Kalivoda of Belleville is named the new commander of the Kansas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The appointment elevates Kalivoda to the top state leadership role within the VFW, reflecting his long service.
Maj. John B. Cartmill of Kansas City died when an F86 Sabre crashed in Formosa due to engine failure while ferrying the newly overhauled jet from Tai nan to a Nationalist Air Force base. He was attached to MAAG at the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group and was an advisor to the Chinese Nationalist Air Force.
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