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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1955
Page
1
Highlights include a birth announcement for a son weighing 7 pounds at a local hospital, a theft report of hubcaps from a Studebaker, and multiple community updates. Mayo Clinic travel for Drs George and Joasaphyne Davis, military promotions and stationing, cattle sale plans, skating party notes, and upcoming meetings for county superintendents are noted alongside legal notice of preliminary hearings and a clean-up activity by Kay organization juniors.
Hospital notes list admitting Mrs Hazel Harrison and Richard Ledom today at Ce. dar addresses. Births recorded for Mr and Mrs Edgar Brissey at King address a son born yesterday weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces. Discharges include Nancy Kay Springer Mrs Irvin Oyler and Mrs Arta Nichols Princeton today. Son born MR and Mrs Wil-
The Rantoul High School honor roll for six weeks lists seniors Wilma Brown Nina Curtis LeRoy Swearingen juniors Carol Brown Frankie Hargrove Velva Kirkpatrick Jim Swanson and freshman Juanita Poe. Local social notes include funeral attendance in Mapleton Kansas and varied family visits in Paola Mulvane Wellsville Sunflower Village Ottawa and Paola areas. Michael Andrew Rogers born March 1 in Mulvane. Ray Redick shares wedding news in Paola Methodist church. Dayton Rodgers moves to Ottawa and starts at Rantoul Oil Co. Also mentions Wanda Gail Smith visiting Kansas City and local gatherings with the Moon and Coffman families.
A blaze in the Galena community four miles southwest of Holly Springs, Mississippi, destroyed a home killing six people including two infants. Rescue crews found the victims inside the residence as investigators began work at the scene. The tragedy underscores the danger of house fires in rural communities.
Mrs Anna Marie Rodgers aged 84 died yesterday at 4 45 p m at her son John H Rodgers 130 S Maple She was born April 1 1870 in Kansas City Mo and lived in Sand Creek vicinity and Ottawa since 1918 She was a First Methodist member Her husband John R Rodgers died in 1919 Survivors include two sons Walter Ottawa and Ralph T Rodgers Emporia one sister Mrs Carrie Wright Gooding Ida five grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Towner s Funeral Chapel Thursday at 3 30 p m Rev F A Wegener will officiate Interment Highland Cemetery.
Secretary of State Dulles warned in a nationwide broadcast of a likely military clash between the United States and Communist China over Formosa. He said U S sea and air forces are equipped with new precision weapons and urged the American public to back a stronger defense. Dulles pledged continued arms aid to Far Eastern partners and stressed the need to deter subversion as the Southeast Asian alliance seeks stability.
A squadron of U S B47 jet bombers arrives in England after a 5000 mile nonstop flight from Kansas as part of the Strategic Air Command global mobilization exercise. The six jets join Strato jets of the 310th Bomb Wing at Smoky Hill AFB Salina Kansas and replace the 21st Bomb Wing returning to Pinecastle Florida.
Washington Democrats reportedly weigh a compromise combining a $10 per person income tax cut with additional revenue changes. Senate Republicans remain opposed to tax reductions at this time.
Washington report says President Eisenhower is nearly rid of his slight cold and Mrs. Eisenhower remains in bed recovering from the flu. The president stayed away from his office most of yesterday yet attended a breakfast with Republican women at the Sulgrave Club and planned further meetings with Henry G. Riter II and later with Secretary of State Dulles.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Chambers and Patricia joined John Fritts home near Pomona for a birthday celebration and the Fritts 42nd wedding anniversary. About 35 attended the annual American Legion birthday party. cake cut by A C Richeson and J A Van Valkenburg. Also reported: visits from Bethells and Largents, Brownies and Cub Scouts activities, and a Winter Lunch recipe for vegetable soup and stuffed eggs with varied fillings.
Government observers report wheat stands seriously retarded in parts of central and eastern Kansas due to dry soil. Southwest districts show permanent damage and, in some cases, complete loss of stands. Subsoil moisture remains critically low in central and south central counties, needing above normal rainfall for an average crop. Eastern areas have sufficient moisture to replenish stockwater and yield generally very good hay and pastures.
Senator Alfred Harkness says a plan to place the state civil defense setup under the Kansas adjutant general is being prepared for the Legislature. The Ways and Means Committee plans to introduce the proposal to have the adjutant general assist state and local governments in emergencies using National Guard resources. Liechtenstein, an independent European state, is 65 square miles in area.
NEW YORK wholesale food prices measured by Dun & Bradstreet fell to their lowest level since November 1953. The price index for one pound of 31 common foods stood at $6.55, down 9.7 percent from a year earlier and slightly above the week before.
George Reynolds a 36 year old Eureka attorney was named by Charles W Pratt state liquor control director as chief law enforcement officer in a move announced today in Topeka.
TOPEKA Kansas farmers earned 961,185,000 from farm products last year, a 2 percent drop from 1947 but Kansas ranked 11th in the nation. Livestock and products brought in 503,452,000, crops 449,095,000, and government payments 8,638,000, with the state still above many others in total income.
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