This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1960
Page
4
A string of village briefs lists meetings at schools and centers, cancellations and postponements, a youth film event, plus obituaries, arrests, and local notices. Highlights include PTA changes, a Lawrence church funeral, Knights of Columbus bowling results, a vandalized shop window, and local student honor rolls.
A Quenemo man, Albert Raymond Mooney, 72, posted $25 bond after failing to yield in a collision on South Main. Other weekend crashes involved drivers Robert Engles, Jack Stephenson, Robert Vanderpool, Larry Wheeles, and Ralph Hopkins with major damages and injuries reported. A Wellsville youth, Roy Hunsaker, 19, lost control near K-68, while Eva Thompson, 33, Pomona, sustained bruises in a Franklin County crash west of Sand Creek Shop.
Clyde Goodrich Giffin a retired farmer and carpenter of 1124 N Cherry Ottawa died Saturday night in Osteopathic Hospital Kansas City after arriving there in failing health He was born August 2 1893 in Blue Mound son of Samuel and Leonora Goodrick Giffin He married Marjorie M McClure February 28 1920 in Blue Mound He served in the 89th Division in World War I and in the Army of Occupation He was a former member of Overbrook American Legion Post and a member of Berryton EUB Church Surviving are his widow five sons Charles and Lyman Pittsburg Donald Honolulu Hawaii Pfc Ralph Giffin in Germany and Eugene Joliet Jr two daughters Dorothy Williford Ft Knox Ky and Mrs Barbara Vance Vancouver BC Canada eight grandchildren and two brothers Earl Fowler Colorado and Luther Petersburg Ind Services will be at Owner's Chapel Wednesday at 2 30 p m Rev Charles P Knight will officiate Burial will be in Highland Cemetery
Funeral services for Melbourne M R Jones were held at Towner's Chapel on March 12, officiated by Elder Paul Kemper. Pallbearers included Ben Printy Lee Hughes Otto Moeller Ellis Carman Ernest Kimmel and Grant Kirkland. Mrs Paul Kemper sang hymns with accompaniment by Mrs Lawrence Ott. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
Helen Cochran Gates, aged 105 in Hudson New York, is blind yet cheerful about life. She enjoyed a chicken dinner in her nursing home room where she has lived for 13 years and is confined to bed except for brief daily periods.
In Kansas City a 21 year old, Earl Wilson, was sentenced to death after conviction for kidnapping and forcible rape of an 18 year old. He was acquitted on the assault with intent to kill charge. The jury returned the verdict after a weekend recess, amid a large police hunt and lingering mystery around a missing fourth suspect. Wilson and another suspect, Eugene Artry, signed statements admitting participation but denying harm.
An off duty state trooper tackled John Burris after Burris and an accomplice allegedly plotted to murder Mrs. Alfred Schweska for two hundred dollars. Mrs. Schweska, a mother of three, was shocked and hospitalized after the incident in a snow covered park. Schweska, an engineer, was charged as an accessory before the fact. Burris faced breaking and entering charges. Both men held on fifty thousand dollar bonds in Sangamon County jail.
Fidel Castro declared Cuba’s revolutionary army stronger than Algerian forces facing France, insisting arms spending matters little next to tractors and machinery. He spoke at a University of Havana memorial for students killed trying to assassinate Batista, denouncing U.S. economic pressure and sugar act moves while promising a long, hard struggle for the revolution.
Ronald Eugene Burgoon, 24, and Vivian Arlene Borland, 20, both of Ottawa, were issued a marriage license in the city.
Logan West Virginia AP rescuers, led by Crawford L. Wilson, announce a new fresh air line converging with existing main shafts as efforts reach within 150 feet of the entombed miners. Teams fight through tunnels 7 and 8 toward tunnel 4 to reach the trapped men amid fire and rock. Wilson, on his 66th birthday, says the critical stage is underway and barriers may shield the men.
KC Livestock data show cattle 9,800 head with calves and slaughter stock steady to higher, feeder steers and stockers up, good to choice steers 24.00-28.00. heifers and yearlings 23.50-27.50. cows 15.75-18.25. vealers 26.00-31.00. Hogs 4,500 head with barrows and gilts 15.75-16.50. sows 13.75-14.25. Sheep 2,000 head steady with good to choice slaughter lambs 21.50-22.25 and spring lambs 23.00.
Bridgewater College elevates George Keim from assistant football and basketball coach to head football coach succeeding Paul H. Gunsten who resigns after seven seasons. Gunsten remains on faculty as assistant professor of education. Keim has coached five years at McPherson College. Gunsten’s teams posted 16 wins 32 losses and 3 ties.
Admissions list includes Mrs. Frank Jones 429 S Locust Saturday Mrs. Raymond Moffett Cedar House nursing home Mrs John Fannin RFD 2 Pomona Sunday Births Mr and Mrs Dale Van Horn Wellsville daughter born Sunday weight 8 lbs 7 oz Mr and Mrs Kenneth Watts RFD 3 daughter born Monday weight 8 lbs 74 oz Mr and Mrs David Caldwell 1514 S Main son born today weight 7 lbs 8 0 2 Dismissals include Mrs Dale Loney and infant son RFD 4 Friday Mrs Stanley Bettin and infant son University Village Mrs Barbara Seaborn Osawatomie Mrs Nellie Jones Walnut Mrs Gerald V Elsasser and infant daughter Ramoul Saturday Mrs Oscar King and infant daughter Pomona Rodney Simmons 611 N Oak Sunday Mrs Roy Latimer and bat daughter 904 N a Mrs William Callaghan RFD 2 today
Wellsville students enter the National Mathematics Contest with ten participants in trigonometry and geometry. Local winner announced at spring Awards Assembly. prize a mathematics pin. Basketball teams travel to NAIA tournament in Kansas City. Community women’s society votes on officers for 1961 and hosts Africa study program. West Windy meeting rescheduled to March 18 with potluck and slides of southern trips. Local families visit Manhattan KU Texas game. promotions and overseas travels noted for Nitcher and Benton Nitcher. plans to return May discharge and drive Volkswagen from France.
A mother’s plea brought firemen back to a Kasota Minnesota apartment where four children and a teenage sitter were found in the bathroom. Mark Olson four died of burns. brothers Michael eight and Terry two and sitter Steven Kranz sixteen were hospitalized in critical condition. Kasota lies about seventy miles south west of Minneapolis.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev postpones his France trip due to influenza. Tass says the visit runs April 3, shortening the stay to 12 days from 14. De Gaulle's spring schedule and U S trips are noted. officials say Khrushchev is recovering in 7 to 10 days.
In Seoul the campaign closed with Syngman Rhee running unopposed for a fourth four year term and his vice presidential pick Lee Ki poong favored to unseat incumbent John M. Chang. Voting opens at 7 am across 8 108 polling places with results due by noon Wednesday.
Washington AP reports Pioneer V, a beach ball sized satellite, speeds past 409,060 miles with excellent radio signals from NASA ground stations in California and Hawaii. It is on a solar powered orbit toward 500,000 miles, surpassing Pioneer IV’s 407,000 mile record and is being recorded for later analysis by space scientists.
Mr and Mrs Carl A Bastin welcomed a daughter Brinda Joyce born March 8 at St Margaret s Hospital Kansas City Kansas weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces Carl a Navy Lieutenant and Copilot serving in Japan Mrs Bastin and their son Ronnie have returned to the states and stayed with her parents Leisure Hour and IW S C S meetings held with various hostesses at the annex New officers chosen for the local group include president Joan Lawson and secretary Mary Horstick plus other updates Frank Gerhold visited Overland Park to see his daughter and family.
Berchie E. Campbell 23 and Betty Williams 18 were in a running car in a Wichita garage when gas depletion led to asphyxiation. Campbell died early Sunday. Williams survived with shock after stumbling to the house.
Reagan told about 4,000 Screen Actors Guild members that an early settlement of the strike is possible after talks with producers. He noted the SAG board received a standing vote of confidence, and that negotiations with the seven major studios over post-1948 film sales to TV will resume Tuesday.
Notice to bidders for a Garfield Elementary School addition in Ottawa Kansas invites proposals sealed with 5 percent bid bond. Bids may cover general construction electrical or plumbing heating and ventilation. Bids close March 29 1960 at 2:00 PM CST read aloud at 114 W. Third St Ottawa.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.