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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1955
Page
2
A son born March 3 at K U Medical Center Kansas City Kas to former Ottawans Mr and Mrs Shelton Bowers of Mission Kas has been named Gregory Kent. The Bowers have a small son David. Mr and Mrs B F Bowers are paternal grandparents.
London reports stir over Princess Margaret plans to wed RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend amid mixed public reaction. Readers praise disclosure while a Durham housewife advises a happy marriage after divorce. Princess rests four days, next attends St Philip church consecration.
The W S C S met in the Methodist church dining room last Thursday. New members Mrs. L F Waring and Mrs. Jim Driver. officer slate elected: Miss Wilda Rodgers president, Mrs. Wilma Huderson vice president, Mrs. L F Wallace secretary, Mrs. Jack Wilson assistant secretary, and Mrs. Jack Nelson treasurer.
Doris Ray and relatives with Mr and Mrs Charles Cain visited the R H Cain home for the afternoon. Mrs George Lindsey Jr and Renny of Ottawa visited the George Lindsey home on Monday along with Mrs Gerald Lindsey.
The body of 75 year old Ellsworth County farmer Frank W Bowen was found in his car in a ditch southwest of Bushton. Coroner Ansil Crawford ruled death from natural causes.
Unusually warm weather prompts Finney County growers to begin sugar beet seeding ahead of schedule. About 3,860 acres of the 7,255 Kansas allotment will be planted in the area, with planting typically starting around March 15 or later.
The worst Ohio River flood since 1948 crested at 61 feet in Cincinnati and moved into Indiana and Kentucky. Crest occurred between 2 and 3 am, nine feet above flood stage, then began dropping slowly. The disaster left multimillion dollar damages and thousands homeless, with one death reported as a warehouse elevator accident. Red Cross counted 3182 affected families across four states as crests moved downstream toward Ohio. Indiana officials prepared flood walls and levees to shield property. Weather forecasts showed only scattered showers.
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