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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1958
Page
9
Pamela Purcell, four, appears in a bright spring outfit to announce Ottawa’s annual Spring Opening. Merchants plan weekly events starting March 19 with merchandise drawings, new spring decor, and promotions ranging from dresses to lawn furniture ahead of Easter on April 6.
Ottawa area reports thieves stole a 1927 Model T Ford from a garage east of Ottawa on R68 belonging to Leo Ferguson. Ground was soft and no tracks found, suggesting theft before the recent snow and rain, about a week ago. Ottawa police later report Raymond Cox's ongoing escape and recapture events in Topeka and Garnett.
Partial clearing this afternoon with considerable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday. Highs 34 to 38, tonight’s low around 25. Yesterday’s high 33, low 30. Record high 78 in 1900, record low minus 5 in 1948. River stage this morning 1992.
Washington AP President Eisenhower will wait at least a month before deciding whether to propose an antirecession tax cut. GOP leaders said the delay follows discussions on boosting the economy as unemployment rose to about 5.2 million mid February. Senate and House Republicans split on the idea while Vice President Nixon pushed for a broad tax cut.
Father Matthew Edward Guilfoyle 62 died at 3 a.m. from a heart attack at Sacred Heart rectory Ottawa Ohio. Born August 31 1895 in Mason County Kentucky he served in World War I and was ordained May 1935. He led Sacred Heart Church and St Francis Mission at Lapeer and was chaplain of Knights of Columbus Ottawa council 3018. Surviving are two sisters Miss Anne Guilfoyle and Mrs Genevieve Malone. Funeral services planned for Friday with burial at St Patrick Cemetery Washington Kentucky.
Washington The Interstate Commerce Commission approves Union Pacific to abandon a 43 mile line in Marshall and Riley counties linking Manhattan and Plaster Spur. The track will be removed for the Big Blue River Dam project near Manhattan which will flood most of the right of way.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell reported unemployment at 5.2 million in mid February, up 70 thousand from January, and said a tax cut could be the next big step to halt the recession. He urged targeted government action while warning against ill advised spending.
Water that threatened lowlands in the Marais des Cygnes valley flowed toward Missouri today after the Neosho River neared flood stage at Chanute yesterday. The river levels dropped below 19 feet here by noon, while more wet snow was forecast for the western part of the state tonight or tomorrow as moisture wanes.
President Eisenhower urged organized citizen support to curb the deadly march on public roads. In a filmed keynote, he said action is the answer and cooperation is the means at the first citizen leadership conference of the President's Committee for Traffic Safety. He noted states have averaged only half of their basic traffic safety program.
Northern Kansas Telephone Co will establish its general offices in Ottawa around March 15. President H. H. Welsh notes the firm will operate 18 exchanges now with 13 more contracted for purchase, serving about 7,000 subscribers after expansions. Headquarters in the Gleason building will centralize operations and staff managers include George Miller and Charles Hughes, with many employees relocating after June 1. The firm currently runs exchanges in Circleville Corning Watson Effingham Emmett Lancaster Nortonville Ozawkie Perry St. Marys Winchester Rosville Silver Lake de la Salle Lane Parker Greeley Centerville and the 13 new buys include Mound City Mapleton Altoona Benedict Buffalo Coffville Coyville Fall River LeFortaine Neosho Falls Picqua Toronto Thayer Quincy.
An inquest into the death of Highway Patrol trooper Roland Johnson will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday with Probate Judge Winton A. Winter presiding in place of County Coroner Dr. R. S. Roberts. A six man jury will determine if any overt act occurred. Johnson died Sunday night after an argument with his wife Judy Blair who was his bride of five weeks. He reportedly wounded her then shot himself.
TOPEKA. Democratic nominee for Congress in the 1st District announces Lloyd Nightingale of Corning as district campaign manager. Nightingale is a Nemaha County commissioner and former president of the Farmers Union at Corning, a Corning farmer.
James William West Jr. pulled a knife in a Westport High School scuffle after a bump and a threat from James Gant. Gant, 17, is in fair condition after six hours of surgery for a deep stab wound. Jimmie West, 15, is held at the county parental home with no charges filed. Police questioned two other students as details emerged of a volatile outbreak at Kansas City schools and the Northeast High transfer.
GARNETT Kas Two Baptist ministers Avery Wooderson 37 and David Campbell 25 were found unconscious from gas fumes before Sunday services. They were reported in satisfactory condition but pneumonia. not out of danger by hospital spokesman. Ministerial student Bill Wechmeyer found them in a rented house used for evangelistic services where they had spent the night. the gas源ignited in an unlit store. Wooderson is a district missionary for southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Campbell assisted him.
W G Potter, a Mount Hope bank cashier missing since Aug 27 1957, was linked to a vault theft in Fayetteville WV. Indicted by a federal grand jury, he was found in Charleston with bandaged mouth and glasses. He denied stay, had a Chicago ticket, and carried $500 local funds. Hearing set before Magistrate Lyons.
In Louisville a night depository chute sign urged deposits with a porter. After three after hours deposits, porter Oliver Thomas Guest Sr. fled with $1,100. FBI agent Charles Weeks says the porter, who posted the sign while waxing floors, is charged under the Federal Reserve Bank Act and sought as a fugitive.
Humboldt Kansas man Orla Calvin Johnson, 68, died when his pickup struck a concrete bridge barrier on a county road west of town. He was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash yesterday.
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