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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1958
Page
6
House investigators debate whether to compel testimony from senators and Col Gordon Moore as they push through the FCC inquiry. Chairman Harris calls closed session to decide how far to go while Richard Mack faces resignation and forthcoming appearance before the panel.
In Recorders Court a bottle of confiscated moonshine exploded in the pocket of Officer Jack Hughes minutes before the trial of Macy Leggett Jr. The judge ruled the odor from Hughes pocket was admissible. Leggett Jr. received a 30 day jail sentence for selling liquor without a license.
An 11 year old boy confessed to pushing 7 year old Louis Diamant into the Hudson River after an argument over a dime. Police noted the suspect George Jones also linked to a memory of a girl from last summer and described the sequence as an unlikely coincidence.
Plans and specifications for a 4080 square foot masonry clinic are available at Malcolm A Jones Plan Service Ottawa Kansas. Bid date is March 20 1958. Bids requested for General Construction Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning Ventilation Electrical Wiring and Combination. Bond's Royal Cleaners ad appears at end.
Increasing cloudiness and warmer this afternoon. Tonight mostly cloudy with occasional light rain late Wednesday. Highs this afternoon 40 to 45. Lows tonight in the upper 20s. Highs Wednesday near 40.
Gov. Docking said delaying the distribution of 12.5 million dollars in sales tax residue to local governments is the quickest revenue fix and repeated his opposition to extending the 2 percent retail tax to services. He criticized Republican leaders for not compromising, warned against severance tax gains, and noted his own past proposals as core to his budget plan.
Ottawa's Chamber of Commerce retail committee met at the North American Hotel to map spring promotions. They outlined Wednesday drawings starting later this month with a jackpot drawing every third Wednesday, and formed a subcommittee to plan the spring opening. Lewis Irwin chaired the meeting with thirty members present.
Seven Ottawa High School seniors earned national merit recognition. Mike Jefferis placed in the top 7,500 and reached finals. Larry Arnold received a letter of commendation and joined six others as top Baker University scholarship honorees. Arnold and Patti Stevens earned $1,200 Baker scholarships. Judy Stevens Don Knight David Lee and Dale Watts won $600 Baker scholarships.
The White House Hotel, built in 1872 by Arthur Larkin and once a stop for famous gunmen, was gutted by fire believed caused by defective wiring. Eight rooms in the west wing were destroyed. a new 1887 section survived. Lost were hotel registers mentioning Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and Buffalo Bill. Wyatt Earp's early law enforcement career reportedly began near the hotel.
A spaceman may eat his canned rations after a moon flight as weight limits push for vitamin-loaded chemical films instead of metal containers. Albert Olevitch of Wright Air Development Center notes films are already used on foods like wieners and envisions future can materials being eaten, used as plant food, or converted into useful gases.
A three member school board committee filed a long report after three months of study on Ottawa school needs. It emphasizes future high school demand tied to US 50 highway growth and Marais des Cygnes load control, calls for land for a new campus, centralized location, and separate junior and senior high plants. It also urges further site evaluation, soils testing, and cost studies, plus continued experimentation in administration and curriculum.
Ottawa journeys to Atchison to face St. Benedicts in game two of a best of three for a Region 50 NAIA tournament bid in Kansas City next week. St. Benedicts aims to seal victory after a 72 43 win that halted Ottawa 11 game streak.
City clerk notes light interest as about 75 residents have registered since the last election. Registration closes at 7 p.m. Friday March 7 with in-person registration required to vote. Primary on March 18 and city commissioner race set for April 1 featuring Jim Grogan L J Crater and O C Cur bey. Deadline for filing is noon March 8.
The head teller of a Brooklyn bank disappeared yesterday after lunch along with $13,000 in bank funds. Henry Fuoco, 32, of Brentwood New York, was reported missing amid a 13 state alarm. Fuoco had been appointed six weeks earlier at $73 weekly and is married with one child.
Miss Sarah Melissa Semple, 98, died today at Cedar House nursing home where she had lived the past two years. She formerly resided ten years with her niece Mrs. O. R. McCandless.
The Ottawa board grants a percent salary increase raising starting pay for non degree teachers to 3300 dollars and masters top to 5500 dollars. The hike costs about 19500 next year or 1.5 mills, with an 18 step scale unchanged and sick leave at five days annually. Supt Parker will send contracts by March 15 with April 15 return deadline. PTA representative Thornburg requests stage backdrop kitchen facilities desks and curtains to be considered in summer work.
In Prestonburg Kentucky volunteers boat and guard river banks as Navy divers and National Guardsmen scour the Big Sandy River for 11 missing children after a school bus plunged in. One body recovered. John Goble, 11, found. Anna and James Goble still missing. families devastated and vowing round-the-clock efforts.
Education expert Paul Woodring, speaking at the National Conference on Higher Education in Chicago, accused many top colleges of neglecting their duty to train teachers for elementary and secondary schools. He urged all higher education institutions to share this responsibility and criticized emphasis on prestigious alumni or high salaries over preparing effective teachers.
A San Francisco cotton picker found a $20 000 diamond ring in a Phoenix gutter in January. Oscar Gooch received a $50 reward from Max and Willie Cohen who offered installments. Police questioned Gooch but Mrs Cohen confirmed the loss and the couple planned further gifts. Gooch remained skeptical about keeping the ring safe.
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