Local News Briefs From Ottawa Area
Arrests made by Highway Patrolmen Jean sen and Couaty set for county court on Saturday. Alice Dodds of Melvern faces a driving on the wrong side charge from a March 15 collision on the overpass south of town. W. W. Roberts cited for speeding 45 in a 30 zone. Potluck planned by Future Homemakers at Eugene Field school tonight. John Lohman of Lawrence fined $5 and costs for improper vehicle registration. Two Franklin county women to be honored by 4-H at Kansas State College for 110 years of service. scholarships awarded for state conference in Hutchinson April 18-20. Two Anderson county 4-H leaders also among honorees. D L Franks fined $25 for reckless driving. Over time parking tickets issued on West Second Street. Extension Service reports delivery of a new Ford for official use. Foreclosure suit filed in district court by Harold Hargrove. Willing Workers 4-H carnival supper Saturday at Brown school with bingo and square dancing. Raymond Wagner and H C Beuthien attend a farm-labor management conference in Kansas City Mo.
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Art Jensen
Bob Couaty
Alice Dodds
Melvern
W. W. Roberts
Willow
Kenneth Cunningham
Richmond
Byron Robison
Princeton
Hutchinson
Anderson County
Guy Rogers
Donald McAfee
Franklin County Grange Representative Notes Surgery Update
Beuthien represented the Franklin County Grange. Surgery-Max Cartmill of 9847 Ash entered Ransom Memorial Hospital Sunday and had major surgery Monday with the patient in satisfactory condition. Ottawa Rotary meeting featured the University choir directed by Edgar Kerr with accompanist Mrs Kerr. Visitors included C D Lyman Paula H I Talbott and J E Riordan. Mr and Mrs W B DeVilbiss returned from a two week Lindale Texas visit with Dr and Mrs E C Kinzie noting stormy weather near their absence.
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Max Cartmill
Ash
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa University
Ottawa Rotary Club
North American Hotel
Edgar Kerr
Kerr
C. D. Lyman
Paola
H. I. Talbott
Topeka
J. E. Riordan
Ottawa
W. B. DeVilbiss
Lindale
Tex
E. C. Kinzie
Deaths of Harold M Atchison and William J Collins
Harold Manford Atchison, 57, farmer and cattleman, died suddenly at his home 110 miles northwest of Princeton last evening. He was born October 23, 1897 in Richmond and had lived in Franklin county his life. Funeral services Friday at 12 pm at Lamb Funeral Home with Dr. W. A. Elliott officiating. interment Richmond cemetery. William Jennings Collins, 58, of route 2 Pomona, died today at 12:30 pm in Ransom Memorial after several days illness. Born May 8, 1896 in Emporia, he lived in Emporia before moving to Pomona. Surviving are his wife Mary, two brothers, a sister, and other relatives. Body to Lamb Funeral Home. services in Emporia with burial in Maplewood cemetery.
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Princeton
Richmond
Franklin County
Methodist Church
Princeton 1.0.C.F. Lodge
James W. Atchison
Merle
Ottawa
Arthur
George
Clayton
Ft. Myers
Fla
Glenn
Quenemo
Homer Atchison
Melvern
Goldie
Walden
Nita Sechrest
Harrisonville
The
Lamb Funeral Home
W. A. Elliott
Richmond Cemetery
William J. Collins
William Jennings Collins
Pomona
Ransom Memorial
Emporia
Kansas City
Mary (Patch) Collins
Edwin Collins
Clifford Collins
Cordova
Alaska
Maebelle Bizal
Oklahoma
City
Okla
Maplewood Cemetery
Atchison
Harold Manford
Lamb
W. A. Elliottt
Thin Clue in Murder Case
Henderson Kentucky reports a 49 year old woman Mamie Duncan shot in the head possibly key to a murder spree that killed Gobe l B Duncan 51 son Raymond 21 and Elizabeth 20 wife of the farmer. The suspect is a sex maniac per sheriff Lee Williams. A 2 year old Shirley Duncan sobbed while questions continued. The crime was found when a motorist spotted the bodies in a slough off the highway. The surviving woman was in critical condition with a faint chance to live.
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Henderson
Mamie Duncan
Lee Williams
Shirley Duncan
Goebel B. Duncan
Raymond
Elizabeth Duncan
Dorrig Ray
Duncan
Reuther Reelected UAW President in Unopposed Vote
Walter Reuther today was reelected to his sixth straight term as president of the CIO United Auto Workers Union after a 25 minute demonstration. He was unopposed.
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Cleveland
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Hospital Notes Admissions And Births Reported
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs Fannie Hoopes 912 N Oak Monday and Mrs Cecil Huyett 512 S Sycamore Tuesday. Births to Mr and Mrs Lyle North 421 Maple a daughter born Tuesday weight 8 lb 7 oz. Dismissals include Mrs John Henley 1404 S Oak and Mrs Wayne DeWald route 4 T Bibleman 714 W 7th Tuesday.
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Fannie Hoopes
N. Oak
Robert Horne
Pomona
Cecil Huyett
S. Sycamore
Ora Detwiler
J. D Linn
Wellsville
Lyle North
Maple
John Henley
S. Oak
Wayne DeWald
T Bibleman
W. 7Th
Ruth Kinkaid
S. Hickory
Eugene Harford
S. Mulberry
New Outbreaks In Gaza Area
An Israeli Army spokesman reported new shooting today in the Gaza sector. An Israeli patrol opened fire on a group of Egyptian saboteurs planting a mine on a road in Israeli territory opposite the Gaza strip. Egyptians returned fire supported by responses from across the armistice line, but no Israeli casualties were reported.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Gaza Strip
Food Prices Dip To New Low Mark
New York wholesale food prices drop to the lowest level since November 1953 as measured by the Dun and Bradstreet index. The index slides to $6.52 from $6.55, down 12.1 percent from $7.42 a year earlier.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Food Prices Rise Across Staples Barley To Hogs
A market list notes higher prices for flour beef lard sugar cottonseed oil peanuts currants rice hogs and staples like wheat corn rye oats barley milk coffee cocoa eggs potatoes steers and lambs, while some items show increases across the board. These shifts reflect broader commodity trends impacting shoppers and producers.
Hawaii Sugar Crop 1954 Totals Decline From Record
Hawaii produced 1,077,347 tons of sugar in 1954, down 21,969 tons from the record crop.
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Hawaii
Italy to Buy Heavy Water for First Research Reactor
The Atomic Energy Commission has agreed in principle to sell 10 tons of heavy water to Italy for its first atomic research reactor. The deal marks Rome’s push to develop civilian nuclear research capabilities with U.S. support.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Italy
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