Wichita area news briefs span travel and local events
Mrs H H Fowler traveled to Sacramento by air to be with her daughter facing emergency surgery joining in Denver by her daughter Mrs Charles Merritt of Augusta who will stay in Sacramento. Cecil Schneider was initiated Feb 14 into the Delta Gamma chapter at University of Wichita. he is AeroEng junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Fowler
Sacramento
Calif
Mary Fowler
Fowler
Denver
Charles Merritt
Augusta
Cecil Schneider
C. W. Schneider
RFD
Delta Gamma
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
University of Wichita
Aeronautical Engineering
Fire destroys two Osage City businesses in blast
Fire late yesterday in Osage City destroyed the Olson Long Garage and Fager Plumbing Co and damaged Jack Curley Appliance Store. A gasoline fumes explosion about 3:45 p m caused the blaze. Two cars and a tractor burned. one year was driven out. Burlingame fire department aided Osage City, with 144 hours of fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage City
Olson-Long
Fager Plumbing Co
Jack Curley
Burlingame Fire Department
Osage City Department
Demo Chairman Apologizes Over Eisenhower Remark
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler apologized for saying President Eisenhower had something to answer for regarding the Rio de Janeiro Navy band tragedy. Butler said he did not mean to imply presidential responsibility and offered the apology at a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul M. Butler
Eisenhower
Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Butler
Hugh Scott
South America
Rio
Scott
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Civil Defense Plans Created For Kansas City Area
Franklin County commissioners Joe Button Earl Richardson and Cecil Vining signed a mutual cooperation agreement with six county governments in the Kansas City metropolitan target area. Spadone said the plan would make Franklin County a support area with welfare departments handling refugee relief and decontamination. The act would empower officials to take necessary steps to preserve order. County officials and others attended the meeting including Max Gilmore Sheriff John Weidmann welfare director Donald White and Bruce Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Button
Franklin County
Kansas
Leighton Spadone
Johnson County Civil Defense
Bruce Spears
Earl Richardson
Cecil Vining
Kansas City, Kas
Johnson County
Spadone
Govpeace
Douglas
Franklin
Miami
Johnson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Max Gilmore
John Weidmann
Wanda Baird
Donald White
Fifteen Men Trapped In Island Creek Mine Fire
Charleston reports fifteen miners trapped underground after a fire at Island Creek No 22 coal mine in Holden Logan County. State Mines Director Crawford L. Wilson said the situation looks encouraging but the men remain underground. Fire started after day shift began around 7 a m and is located between the entrance and the workers’ location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Island Creek
Holden
Logan County
Crawford L. Wilson
Wilson
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Barbara Seaborn Osawa tomie H T Gibson RFD 2 Wellsville, Mrs K W Weather bee 415 W 7th, William A Fowler 907 King and Mrs Lola Hudson 426 S Hickory today. Births report Mr and Mrs Stanley Bettin 710 S Mulberry a son born Monday weight 7 lb 11 oz. Dismissals include Floyd Kaub Ottawa Mrs Charles Harkins and baby daughter Ottawa today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Seaborn
Osawatomie
H. T. Gibson
RFD
Wellsville
K. W. Weatherbee
William A. Fowler
King
Lola Hudson
S. Hickory
Charles C. Burgoon
Stanley Bettin
S. Mulberry
Floyd Kaub
Ottawa
Charles Harkins
KC Livestock Market Report Kansas City AP
KC livestock prices show cattle steady across categories with strong demand for good and choice steers and heifers. Hogs steady to 25 lower, with barrows 15.28-16.00 and sows 13.75-14.25. Sheep slaughter lambs up about 50, with slaughter ewes and feeder lambs steady, prime wooled lambs 21.50-22.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ottawa High Students Join Journalism Honor Society
Thirteen Ottawa High School students were initiated into Quill and Scroll at a candlelight ceremony in Lawrence. Attendees included students from Lawrence Topeka and Leavenworth with guest speaker Robert B. Wellington editor of the Herald. Ottawa initiates named include Carolyn Fisher Saundra Johnson Jeanette Arnold Donna Cheney Jim Corlis Barbara Dykstra Geri Sue Figgins Fran Jameson Linda Machin Carolyn Meiers Jan Newpee Jack Smith and Dixie Welam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
National Honorary Society
Lawrence
Topeka
Leavenworth
Robert B. Wellington
The
Herald
Carolyn Fisher
Saundra Johnson
Jeanette Arnold
Donna Cheney
Jim Corlis
Barbara Dykstra
Geri Sue Figgins
Fran Jameson
Linda Machin
Carolyn Meiers
Jan Newpee Jack Smith
Dixie Welam
Funeral services for Mrs Edney Evans
Funeral services for Mrs Edney E Evans who died yesterday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from McVey Dengel Mortuary. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edney E. Evans
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Highland Cemetery
Radio Ham Relays Connect Shields Family Across Line
Wellsville area news reports Eddie Shields newly licensed amateur operator in Anaheim contacts John Benham who forwards through Radie Carolyn to the Shields family. Carolyn Allen suffers a minor facial cut from a chair fall and recovers after four stitches. Visitors, relocations, and local events include F M Clark Sr.’s grandson Terry DeWayne born February 20, and the Murphys moving to a new filling station near Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Shields
Anaheim
Calif
John Benham
Benham
Carolyn
Earl Allen
Wellsville
Park
Ernest Moore
RFD
Deaths Mrs Carrie Musick 91 of Wellsville
Mrs Carrie Musick 91 of Wellsville died yesterday at Cedar House where she had lived four years She was born February 25 1869 in New York City and moved to Kansas at age six She married Charles Musick in 1899 He died in 1937 Survived by two daughters Mrs Elza Hey of Wellsville and Mrs Mildred Bow en of Oakland California two grandchildren one great grandchild and one great great grandchild She was a Church of Christ member Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville with burial in Wellsville Cemetery
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Carrie Musick
Wellsville
Cedar House
New York City
Kansas
Charles Musick
Musick
Elza Hey
Mildred Bowen
Oakland
Calif
Church of Christ
Coughlin Funeral Home
Wellsville Cemetery
Services for H Everett Markham of Alpine Calif
Obituary noting H Everett Markham born September 29 1896 in Centropolis died March 5 in Rosemont Hospital San Diego after gall bladder surgery. Services at Towner's Chapel Friday 10 am with Rev Charles P Knight. burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Topeka. Survived by Esther P Beard wife. two sons William and H Everett Markham Jr. two daughters Eleanor Rowan and Clarice Lloyd. 10 grandchildren and one stepson Fredrick Stoltz. Former owner of auto parts store in Grants New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Everett Markham
Alpine
Calif
Ottawa
Towner’s Chapel
Charles P. Knight
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Topeka
Rosemont Hospital
San Diego
Grants, N.M
Centropolis
H. E
Kathrine M. (Darling) Markham
Esther P. Beard
William Markham
Harlan
Iowa
H. Everett Markham Jr
Denver
Colo
Eleanor Rowan
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarice Lloyd
Live Oak
Car Train Collision Kills Eight Near Berlin Conn
A New Haven Railroad passenger train struck a stalled wagon on an unprotected Norton Lane crossing near Wilbur Cross Parkway, killing seven foster children and an adult woman, Mrs. Emily Whitaker, all believed Negro, with bodies in the iced pond. Train passengers uninjured. Skindivers called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
One Man Killed Near St. John
A highway accident on slick U.S. 281 north of St. John’s left Ellen Glenn Harder of Newton dead and injured Delphus Loud and Roy Sidney. Loud suffered a broken right leg while Sidney had arm and wrist cuts.
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ST. John's Bas
Here
U.S. 281
Ellen Glenn Harder
Newton
Delphus Loud
Loud
Sheriff Frank
Roy Sidney
St. John
Sidney
Youth Admits Seventh Murder
Seventeen year old Dennis Whitney has confessed to a cross country murder spree. He claims to have killed two Phoenix men on February 21 and shot a Hialeah woman last Friday. Police say the toll includes two Dade County gas station attendants and a third victim in a California stand, with multiple confessions guiding investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Dennis Whitmney
Phoenix
Ariz
Warren D. Holmes
John Kirk
Whitney
Ira Lee Hardison
Spencer Frazier
Hialeah
Dade
Miami) County
Victoriaville
Calif
Frazier
Tucson
Police Court Cases Heard Involving Driving Violations
Three men faced Police Court on moving traffic charges with one bond forfeiture. Emerson L. Mox, 50, pleaded guilty to driving the wrong way in a one way alley and fined 7 dollars. Ben H. Wright, 68, and Charles F. Moll, 28, both entered pleas of innocent to various charges with Wright awaiting trial March 15 and Moll scheduled for March 22. Turley forfeit bond for 50 in a 30 mile zone. Martinez also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Yakle
Ottawa
Kansas State Bank
Kenneth Heinitz
Heinitz
Paul Gaynor
Emerson L. Mox
S. Hickory
Ben H. Wright
S. Cedar
Charles F. Moll
Olathe
Mox
Wright
Moll
Edward S. Turley
Garnett
Juan Martinez
N. Lo
Defendant Pleads Guilty to DWI. Fined and Suspended Sentence
Arraigned yesterday on charges of driving while intoxicated and having an open bottle accessible to the driver, the defendant pleaded guilty. He was fined $125 and given a 30 day suspended jail sentence.
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Cost
Notice of Appointment in the Estate of Robert Sturgeon
In Kansas Franklin County Ottawa the Probate Court notices Henry Clinton Sturgeon appointed and qualified as Executor under the Will for Robert Sturgeon deceased creditors must file claims within nine months from first publication to avoid barring. Dated March 9 1960.
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Renee Ener Nema
Said
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Robert Sturgeon
Henry Clinton Sturgeon
Ottawa
Kansas
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Adv
Arthur T. Harkins
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Farm Bureau Educational Committee
Henry Staadt
Raymond C. Ledom
N. Sycamore
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Snyder Pharmacy
Carnegie Free Library
Plutarch
Lycurgus
Numa
Albera Sink
N. Exposition, Wichita
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Sink
Ellis
First Methodist
Les Sallee
Roger Heck
Miami County
Jack Honn
Ottawa Co-Op
N. Main
Kas
Sen
Thurston Morton
George Lister
William Bowers
Robert A. Anderson
Tom Gleason
Vernon Chesbro
Ir. B. Wellington
John Morton
Florida
Reno’s
Aouinas Ambulance Service
Osage City High
Atecen
Epotsera Sem-Stee
KC Livestock
OHS
Journalism
Wellsville News
E. H. Barnett
University of Kansas Medical Center
F. M. Clark
RFD 2
Cpl
Ferdinand Clark Jr
Terry DeWayne
Lawton
Okla
Robert Murphy
Princeton
Murphy
US 59
John Brown Highway
Murphy’s
Goldie Ramey
Ralph Chalender
Olathe Community Hospital
Gladys Haney
Beulah Harbison
California
van Nuys
West Covina
Anna Miller
Mrs. Haney
Gardner
John Baumann
Dorothy Brecheisen
Emery Baumann
Herb Brecheisen
Mrs
Fogle
Crushed Stone AG. Limestone
Stewart
Gordon B. Noland
Mgr
Legals
John B. Pierson
Executor
Lloyd Brown
Dean Berlin
Peoples National
Bank of Ottawa
U.S
Studebaker
Alwave Bay
Ceatiriay
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