Ottawa News Briefs Roundup of local notices and events
Local items report travel of Fred Shoemaker s son Karl to Denver via Kansas City after weekend visits with the Willard Shoemakers and Mrs Maude Heckman. Other notes mention Hawkins Grange postponement, Santa Fe carload data, Gary's Place hours, a naval basketball result, hubcap theft, and a dress of community notices, plus a court divorce filing by Joe Ramirez and a lunch meeting for Dairy Month sponsors.
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Fred Shoemakers
Karl
Washington D. C
Kansas City
Denver
Willard
Max
Maude Heckman
Topeka
Nannie McClellan
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Little Rock
Ark
Ft. Collins
Chicago
Strange Visitor Startles Housewife in Joplin
Mrs Ruth Anderson heard a voice asking who while making a bed. She hid, called police, and reported something under the bed. Poundmaster George Prior freed a screech owl snagged in bed springs. Owl entry remains a mystery.
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Joplin
Ruth Anderson
Poundmaster George Prior
Anderson
Deaths in Ottawa area list of notable passings
Obituaries report the deaths of Howard Walter Kirk 87 of 1205 North Main at Ransom Memorial Hospital and Algernon S Eagleson 84 of 522 Walnut in San Francisco while visiting. Lloyd C Brown 53 of 633 Willow dies in Ransom Memorial. John Rooney 81 long-time farmer and stockman died February 22 at his daughter’s home in Wichita. Services set for local churches. survivors include spouses children and grandchildren.
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Howard W. Kirk
Howard Walter Kirk
N. Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Viaduct Cafe
Franklin County
Ottawa
Hopkinton
Iowa
Ward
Elizabeth (Creed) Kirk
Carrie May Miller
Manchester
Jean Kirk
San Diego
Calif
Frank D. Cook
N. Cherry
J. H. Lee
The
Lamb Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Pomona
Algernon
Eagleson Algernon S. Eagleson
Walnut
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Edwin A. Glass
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Ora Hawkins
1.C.0.f. Lodge
Lawrence Tussing
Lloyd C. Brown
Hutchinson
Chanute
Lewis and
Daphne (Rice) Brown
Glenice Campbell
Galesburg
First Christian Church
Dale
Duane
S. Main
Louis
Norma Schoonover
RFD
Nancy
Floyd
Wichita
Charles
Hazel Reed
Audry Ebeling
W. Lee Brown
Robert Powner
J. B. Brown
John Rooney
Franklin
Anderson
St. Patrick's Church
Emerald
Madaline Appelhans
Jack Harrington
Jones Funeral Home
Waverly
St. Patrick's Choir
Anton Korbe
Will Magrath
Ray Mulcahey
Emmett McEvoy
Hubert Hogan
James Mulcahey
Edward Collins
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Kells
Kilkenny County
Ireland
John and
Mary (Walsh) Rooney
Joseph Walsh
Scipio
Anderson County
Nora Mulcahey
John
Williamsburg
Thomas Rovaney
Eagleson
Algernon S
S. Walnut
Highland Cemetery
Jailed Until Fine Is Paid For Building Violations
A 61 year old woman, Mrs. John E. Hal ly, was fined $70 and jailed until the fine is paid after being found guilty in Police Court of violating city building codes by failing to remove or render safe buildings at 701 and 705 King. City Attorney Douglas Glea son signed the complaint. Police said she would be released upon payment. Also in court Gene Marion Paul, 44, pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated, open bottle, and no driver's license. trial set for March 15 on $325 bond. Larry D. Koehler, 19, was fined $20 for following too closely after pleading guilty. Cynthia Ann Carson, 18, was fined $7 for driving on the wrong side after a Police Court trial.
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John E. Hally
RFD 1
King
Douglas Gleason
Gene Marion Paul
Princeton
Paul
Larry D. Koehler
St. Oak
Cynthia Ann Carson
E. Wilson
Wife finds husband crushed under car in Kansas City
Mrs Clara Haddock found her husband Clifton Haddock dead under a car in her yard. Police said a car jack slipped while he worked beneath the vehicle causing the death. Haddock, 53, a floor sander, had been repairing the car when it toppled. He had gone out after dinner Monday. His wheels were removed and the car rested on concrete blocks.
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Kansas City
Clara B. Haddock
Clifton Commodore Haddock
Temple Fire Destroys Historic Masonic Temple in Westmoreland
A two story wooden Masonic temple in Westmoreland, New York, dating back 143 years, was destroyed by fire Monday night. No injuries were reported. Sidney Mills of Rome, lodge master, said the former church was once used to smuggle slaves from the South to Canada during the Civil War, with damage estimated at 38,000 dollars.
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Westmoreland
N. Y
Sidney Mills
Rome
Canada
Bound Over On A Check Charge For Eddie J Smith
Eddie J. Smith aged 74 of 132 S Mulberry bound over to the District Court for trial in April on a $55 no funds check written at Albright's Case on Dec 30. The check, drawn on Peoples National Bank, followed arraignment and preliminary hearings in Justice Court before Gardner P Walker.
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Eddie J. Smith
S. Mulberry
District Court
Smith
Albright
Peoples National Bank
Justice Court
Gardner P. Walker
Blushing Burglar Chooses Polite Robbery in New York
Margaret Wortsman, 41, encountered a courteous burglar in her New York apartment Monday. He asked her to put on something decent, then tied her with venetian blind cord, ransacked the place and fled with 3009 in cash and 1000 in jewels after leaving the door unlocked for her daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Wortsman
Sled Mishap Fatal Near Independence Kansas
Mrs Edwin J Mavers 32 mother of three was killed Monday night when a bob sled she and her husband rode collided with a car on a rural road. Her husband was hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Independence
Kas
Edwin J. Mavers
Mavers
Census clock places nation at 179 million
The Census Bureau estimates the U S population at 179,690,586 as of 8 am EST today for its census clock device installed in the Commerce Department lobby.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Commerce Department
FCC holds back licenses for four Boston area stations
The FCC told WMEX WILD WORL and WHIL that renewal of their Massachusetts licenses may be delayed pending public hearings. It cites payola testimony before a House subcommittee and notes 30 days to submit statements and reasons for denying a hearing.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Massachusetts
House
Payola
WMEX
WILD
WORL
Boston
WHIL
Medford
New England
Commission
FCC
Officer Saves A Baby Life In Fairway
A Fairway, Kansas, patrolman revived 11 month old Donald Triplett after he stopped breathing from car carbon monoxide fumes. The baby was transported to the University of Kansas Medical Center and later released to his parents, Theron and wife. The father is stationed at Olathe Naval Air Station.
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Kansas City
Kan
Fairway
Jerry Boyer
University of Kansas Medical Center
Theron Triplett
Gardner, Kan
Olathe Naval Air Station
Donald
Boyer
Rees Poised To Announce Plans At District Convention
Rep. Ed Rees veteran Republican from Kansas 4th District may unveil his plans at the district Republican convention. Rees 73 in his 12th term won reelection 89 611 to 87 244 amid Democratic gains in key counties. The convention will elect two delegates at large to the national convention and recommend another. Alternates for three positions chosen. subsequent district conventions follow in March and April in Hays Parsons Holton Ottawa and Dodge City.
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Emporia
Kas
Ed Rees
Rees
Hutchinson
Hays
Parsons
Holton
Ottawa
Sth
Dodge City
Committee Votes More For Schools In Omnibus Bill
Washington AP report says the House approved 8.33 million dollars in additional funding for school districts swollen by federal installations, despite the Appropriations Committee opposing extra help. The action occurred Monday as part of an omnibus supplemental appropriations bill for several agencies for the last four months of the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Appropriations
House
Poised To Aid Stranded Cattle In Blizzard Hit Colorado
Denved Army units ready to help about 100 isolated ranchers and 4000 stranded cattle in southern Colorado. Two convoys of Weasels bulldozers and trucks standby at Ft. Carson to move 200 miles southeast to Las Animas County. Scouting delay to assess road clearance needs as drifts reach 12 feet. County officials report heavy snows and subzero cold for two weeks. cattle dying or weakened due to blocked feed access.
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Denver
Colo
Husky
Colorado
Ft. Carson
Kim
Las Animas County
Las Animas
Chessman offers to die to end death penalty fight
Sacramento AP Chessman proposes offering his life to lawmakers to abolish the death penalty for everyone else. The 1948 convict, who has fought the gas chamber for 38 years, says he will die if it helps divorce the issue from emotion and clears the path to repeal. His 7,000 word letter was delivered to the Capitol as the Legislature reconvenes amid signals it will not repeal capital punishment.
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Sacramento
Calif
Caryl. Chessman
California
Edmund G. Brown
Chessman
Daryl Chessman
Capitol
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported Today
Admission entries list Mrs Ferne Simmons at 410 W 2nd Billy Keelin 431 S Locust Ralph W Church RFC 3 Mon day Mrs Sarah Jane Walker 815 E 8th Melburn Jones 717 S Oak Births note Mr and Mrs William Fred Eld ridge 1105 N Main a son born today weight 9 lbs 7 oz Dismissals include Ronald Hazen 832 Ash Roy D Churchill 27 Rockwood Drive Ralph W Church RFD 3 Mrs Donald Murray and infant son 712 Cypress Elmo Allen Waverly Jessie Monfort transferred to Crestview today
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Ferne Simmons
Billy Keelin
Ralph W. Church
RFC
Sarah Jane Walker
Melburn Jones
S. Oak
William Fred Eldridge
N. Main
Ronald Hazen
Ash
Roy D. Churchill
Rockwood Drive
RFD
Donald Murray
Cypress
Elmo Allen
Waverly
Jessie Monfort
Crestview
Local Markets Report With Erratic Crop Prices
Market notes show soybeans at 1.86 per unit and corn around 0.95, with oats and barley listed in small quantities. Egg prices vary by grade, butterfat around 0.50, while poultry figures for heavy hens and light hens are near 0.04 and 0.00 respectively.
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Aedes
Ccsscesenee
Cccece
Cucasceseaeee
KC Livestock Kansas City Market Report
KC Livestock market report shows cattle at steady to lower trends across categories with high good and choice steer values 25 to 27 per hundredweight and vealers up to 31. Bulls and cows move within 18 to 19.5 and 15.75 to 17.5, hogs steady with barrows 1425 to 1475, sows 400 down to 1250, and sheep firm with wool lambs 20.50 to 21.50 and feeder lambs around 17.00.
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Kansas City
Ground Tests Near Far Saturn
Washington AP Milton Rosen, NASA rocket chief, said Saturn engine ground tests are near completion. He noted a full-scale Saturn firing by 1959 end has not yet been achieved but is very close. Saturn comprises eight rocketdyne engines and could land large payloads on the moon or nearby planets, place a heavy satellite in orbit, or lift a 10 to 20 ton manned vehicle 200 to 300 miles up.
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Washington
Milton Rosen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Wellsville News Scouts Celebrate 50th Jubilee Banquet
Wellsville Scouts marked the 50th anniversary with a banquet attended by Cub Scouts and families. Invocations and welcomes were given by local leaders, den mothers organized cupcakes, and a candlelight ceremony honored Den Chiefs and badge earners. Garden Club and town moves were noted, plus births, farewells, and a wildlife association’s emergency bird feed program distributed to two local elevators.
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Lowell Dickinson
Victor Harrison
William Farney
P. A. Poole
William Shields
Franklin Robbs
Charles Tomlin
Harold Good
Frank O'Neil
Melvin Pierce
Gene Barnett
Gene O'Connor
Donald Harrison
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