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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
1
News items recap ongoing local notices and small ads. Vacation service offered to Herald subscribers. rapies and special notices distributed on return. Listings include piano tuning, sales, revival services, broadcasts, and patient condition updates. one DUI case and related incident reported.
Admission notes list Mrs. John F Schwinn Route 2 Pomona and others admitted. multiple births and rescindments noted for Danforth Mahoney and others. Divorce filing by Verna L Payne in district court. Garden Club meeting with fungicide program announced. Resignations noted at local offices. court orders restraining transfer of property and alimony request. Minor accidents include a two-vehicle collision on Ash Street. Coyote ear bounty reported with collectors in Quenemo and surrounding areas.
George Pledger of Wichita was fined 25 dollars and costs in county court yesterday for having an open bottle of liquor in his vehicle. He was arrested by the highway patrol on May 25.
In Berkeley California two airmen Edward Curran and Kenneth Riley attempted to kidnap a broker and rob his pink convertible. Curran surrendered after being persuaded by victim Charles Rose while Riley fled but was captured after 14 hours. Neighbors, a niece, and a Chinese student aided in thwarting the plan.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Kunard formerly of Ottawa plan to move this week to Elkhart Indiana where they will reside. Mr Kunard has gained employment there.
Market report lists prices for barley soybeans rye white corn yellow corn oats and milo per hundredweight. Also shown are straight run eggs graded eggs heavy hens light hens cocks and butterfat with prices 52 49 and 46.
Funeral services for Miss Jane Lister will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. William G. Ward officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery.
Warren W. Shaw, seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, said he has campaigned in 104 of Kansas 105 counties and will visit Coffey County next. He has worn out three shoe soles and shaken hands in about 500 cities and towns, creating a political callous on one knuckle. He asserted he feels fitter than since college football and spoke at a Shaw for governor luncheon.
Hutchinson, Albert Vesecky, 47, a contractor, died from burns after a gas explosion that rocked his duplex yesterday. He had recently moved from Dallas, Texas, and the blast injured him severely before his hospitalization.
A native of Timken Kansas Ves ecky, a Kansas State College graduate, was mentioned in connection with a duplex incident where no one was at home in the other half.
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