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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1957
Page
1
Ottawa items note funeral for Lizzie Cutting, hospital treatment for Bobbie Shadle, TV spot with Williamsburg Future Farmers, new social chairman at Van Zile Hall, parking citation and a speeding fine, extended motor trip to Tucson, KU business honor roll names, Nazarene missionary talk, Williamsburg caucus on March 11, Grace Episcopal vestry choices, and serious illness in the Twyman family. indicates Randall, Kansas entities.
Hospital notes list admissions on Wednesday including Elsa Towe of 603 S Oak and Mrs Kathleen Carey of Mound City along with Elmer Perkins route 2 Saralou Crockett route 2 Miss Glenna Spright 8308 Poplar and Mrs Glenna Seright 830 S Poplar. Dismissals include Mrs Euell Baker Williams burg and Mrs Frank D Fogle Jr route 1 also on Wednesday. Mrs Roy Johnson and baby daughter 133 S Cedar and Mrs Terry Jayroe with another baby daughter 521 S Sycamore noted today.
Funeral services for Lyman FE Brindle who died March 3 were held at Central Methodist church south of Pomona with Rev. W Nevelle Razak of Williamsburg officiating. Pallbearers included Bill Linden Bud Duvall Frederick Schwinn Gene Hart Arza Fogle and Harold Cade. Foster and Quentin Roberts sang hymns with Mrs J E Decker accompanying. Burial followed in Central cemetery.
Gov. George Docking appointed Lou M. Bryant of Arkansas City to a four year term on the Kansas Industrial Development Commission succeeding Harry E. Christopher. Mrs. James Lysaught of Kansas City was named to the Kansas Board of Review the state motion picture censoring agency. Fay Brown of Hutchinson was named supervisor of field men for the State Department of Revenue and Taxation starting at $436 a month, replacing Dale Weibert.
Air Force giant B36 bombers flew non stop over Oakland California on a mission labeled Operation White Horse. The nine thousand mile flight started in Okinawa and continued to Roswell New Mexico, passing through the area early today.
Lizzie Ethel White Cutting 79 a Paola resident and mother of Joel Cutting Ottawa died Tuesday at KU Medical Center after a long illness. Born 1877 near Drexel Missouri she married Eugene W. Cutting in 1902 and moved to Paola fifteen years later. Survivors include five children and numerous grandchildren. funeral Friday at Wilson and Son Chapel Paola. Marion Byrd Needham 61 of Route 1 died today at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a stroke. A City Service veteran of WWI and longtime Cities Service employee, he is survived by his wife Laura, a son Marvin a daughter and two grandchildren. funeral Sunday at Towner’s Chapel. Burial at Baker cemetery west of Lane. Pallbearers will be Cities Service employees.
Seven women aged 45 to 72 were found living in the Pennsylvania Station ladies lounge and brought before Magistrate Jack L. Nicoll in New York. They slept from midnight to 6 am ate meals, wandered windows, and sought work, with some using the lounge as a temporary home. Nicoll suspended loitering charges for most. Mrs. Dora Peck, 72, faced no loitering penalty and noted a pension and cash on hand.
Four Kansas State College engineering graduates will receive distinguished service awards at the 33rd annual engineering open house on March 12. honorees are Ralph L. Helmreich of Bell Telephone Laboratories Bronxville NY Herbert M Low J F Pritchard and Co Kansas City Charles W Shaver private architectural practice Salina and Marty A Wilson Wilson and Co Salina. They were chosen from more than 6500 graduates by a faculty committee, the first engineers honored by the college.
Texas doctors at M D Anderson Hospital reported a new procedure using a small amount of pure alcohol injected into the spinal cord to relieve pain in dying cancer patients. In 81 cases, that single treatment suppressed pain for three to six months, though it requires precise targeting and may need repeat injections as nerves regenerate.
Hackensack New Jersey Edgar Smith, 28, charged with first degree murder in the Victoria Zielinski case, said he blacked out after claiming he did not remember details beyond a lot of running. Prosecutor Calissi noted he signed a statement but did not admit specifics. Victoria, 15, a Ramsey High School sophomore, was found killed near a Mahwah gravel pit after an evening ride.
Vice President Nixon departed from Accra on a U S Air Force plane for Liberia to meet President William Tubman and hold talks. The trip caps a four day Ghana visit marking the Gold Coast colony’s independence as a Commonwealth member while Nixon lauded Britain's policy and noted plans to attend church next Sunday.
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey voiced confidence that substantial cuts are possible in Eisenhower's 172 billion dollar budget without harming security or public services. He urged Congress to cooperate and modify programs, while Budget Director Brundage warned of little chance for major cuts for at least two years.
President Eisenhower said he is trying to slow the rate of government spending to curb rising living costs. He noted a lingering cough has become a cold and that he has trouble hearing, with his voice husky at a news conference. He ordered a study to see if spending can be reduced without dropping programs, aiming to ease inflation pressures.
A Berlin communist paper reports a 23 year old German was convicted of spying for the United States and assaulting a Soviet officer. He was sentenced to 4½ years in prison. In London Japan appeals Britain to halt hydrogen bomb tests planned for spring near Christmas Island. In Okinawa a six man U.S. team arrives to study stabilizing Ryukyu Island economy, tied to U.S. military buildup.
Washington reports the Commodity Credit Corp has exhausted its 144 billion dollar price support pool with only 1.712 billion left. Most funds are tied up in farm surpluses and losses from selling below cost and financing moving surpluses abroad. The agency says more than two billion dollars annually is needed to support crop and other commodity prices and Congress will be asked to provide funds to offset losses and export or surplus costs.
The Agriculture Department announced a deadline for farmers to sign soil bank agreements to retire spring wheat, corn and rice land. The department has 750 million dollars available this year but officials say participation may not use the full amount.
An oil truck hit a horse on U S 460. The horse escaped into a field and the truck was towed from the scene.
SAN JOSE California Sunday John Vali a New York waiter who saved Melanie Ansuini 19 from Perugia Italy during the Andrea Doria disaster last July will marry her Vali 28 jumped into icy water and supported her for 20 minutes until a lifeboat arrived She had written asking him to write after he saved her
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