Parmelee expands Ottawa optical plant space
A. F. Parmelee of Kansas City announced Ottawa expansion to double current floor area by adding a north site at 634 King. The project will add 40 to 50 workers, with total employment near 60, and will involve a 100 by 150 foot parcel north of the present plant. Construction start date to begin as soon as possible pending plans by Ottawa architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee Products
A. F. Parmelee
Kansas City
Parmelee
King
Ottawa Industrial Commission
Ottawa
Ottawa Warner
Ottawa Home Builders Association
Massasoit Street
IRS Agent Assigned to Franklin County for Tax Education
IRS agent Herald B. Waite will serve Franklin County from Junction City, spending one or two days weekly in Ottawa and Franklin County. He will visit new businesses to explain federal tax responsibilities and assist residents with tax laws. Waite, a one year IRS veteran and retired Army warrant officer, can be reached via P O Box 155 Topeka or by local numbers FI 2 6933 Kansas City and CE 3 6444 Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald B. Waite
Internal Revenue Service
Franklin County
Waite
Junction City
Ottawa
Revenue Agency
Revenue Service
Africa
Topeka
Kansas City
Kas
Eisenhower Calls Return to Old Principles at Library Dedication
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged a return to traditional concepts of beauty decency and morality at the dedication of the Eisenhower Presidential Library near Abilene Kansas. A crowd of about 25000 heard him praise American Renaissance and national pride as Kennedy's envoy lauded the project for historians and scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
America
Kennedy
Milton
Edgar
Earl
John Anderson
Kansas
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Woman Slain In Restaurant At Victory Junction
Mrs. Mildred Marie Elliott, 42, owner of a Victory Junction cafe near the Wyandotte Leavenworth county line, was found slain in the restaurant’s anteroom. She was gagged, her throat slashed, hands tied, and stabbed five times. Sheriff officials said motive was not immediately determined. Elliott's husband works as a custodian at Washington High School in Wyandotte County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Victory Junction
Wyandotte-Leavenworth
Mildred Marie Elliott
Gi sele MacKenzie Welcomes Daughter Gisele Melissa
Hollywood AP reports singer Gi sele MacKenzie named her second child Gisele Melissa. The baby girl weighed 6 pounds 414 ounces at birth on Monday, joining her husband manager Robert Shuttleworth and their 13 month old son MacKen zie Duffy.
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Hollywood
Gisele MacKenzie
Gisele Melissa
Miss MacKenzie
Robert Shuttleworth
MacKenzie Duffy
Traffic Toll in Topeka 24 Hours End Tuesday Morning
Kansas traffic death log shows no fatalities in the Topeka area during the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Tuesday. For May no deaths were recorded, while the year 1962 totals stand at 151 fatalities compared with 165 in the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tony's Too Had Ike and Mamie Taste Good Too
A brief note about Tony's Too praising a dish or spread as favorable for Ike and Mamie. It frames the eatery as aligned with the tastes of the era's prominent figures, implying broad appeal and a light, promotional tone.
Thursday Off For Bankers in Ottawa Kansas
Banks in Ottawa Kansas including State First National and Peoples National close Thursday May 3 for bank employees to attend the 75th annual Kansas Bankers Association convention in Topeka.
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Ottawa
Kansas State
First National
Peoples National
Kansas Bankers Association
Topeka
Ottawa Cats Deliver Litter as Firemen Rescue
Kitty of Dr J C South at Cedar road hid on a neighbor’s roof and gave birth to five kittens. Mrs Frank Morris on Olive street watched a yellow and white cat in a tall elm for three days. Firefighters freed the cat after bacon luring failed.
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Dr. J. C. South
Frank Morris
Olive
Ottawa
Redbird nests near Nor bert Backs home in Ohio cardinals
In London AP dispatch John Wheatley, senior B O A pilot, moves 400 miles to Mindens Ayrshire to shorten commute to London Airport. He now travels 75 minutes total, a 45 minute saving, by flying from Prestwick. In Wellsville a family discusses overseas orphan adoptions and a child's witch remark echoes Hansel and Gretel.
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London
John Wheatley
Scotland
Wheatley
British Overseas Airways
London Airport
Mindens
Ayrshire
Prestwick
Wellsville
No Decision Yet On Medical Care
President Kennedy met with the American Medical Association leadership to discuss elderly medical care and failed to reach any agreement. AMA leaders Dr. Leonard W. Larson and Dr. Edward R. Annis outlined continued disagreement, with Ribicoff noting Kennedy’s openness to dialogue and expectation that the King-Anderson bill would pass in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
American Medical Association
Organization of Doctors
Leonard W. Larson
Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Larson
Edward R. Annis
AMA
Ribicoff
Congress
Ministers Elect RE E Caylor Ottawa ministers elect
New Ottawa Ministerial Association officers were chosen this morning and will assume duties September 1. Rev E E Caylor of Westminster United Presbyterian Church becomes president with Rev Raymond Jennings of First Baptist Church as vice president and Rev Roy Armstrong of Trinity Methodist Church as secretary treasurer. Current officers stay on through the summer to complete the yearbook setup for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawas Ministerial Association
E. E. Caylor
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Raymond Jennings
First Baptist Church
Roy Armstrong
Trinity Methodist Church
Feed Grain Acres Up Three Million
The 1962 feed grain program shows higher total acreage commitments though Franklin County signups were fewer. National figures report 1,221,807 farms signed to divert 29,590,700 acres from corn and grain sorghum, based on base acreages from 1959-60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Frederick Wood
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Wood
Woods
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Appoint Aide For Anderson
Robert Londerholm, 30, was named administrative assistant to Gov. John Anderson in Topeka. A former chief attorney for the Department of Revenue, he succeeds Hal Hellebust who resigned to join the Kansas Co-op Council. Londerholm had been an assistant attorney general for three years mainly when Anderson was attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Robert Londerholm
John Anderson
Londerholm
Department of Revenue
Hal Hellebust
Hellebust
Kansas Co-op Council
Sonderholm
Anderson
Plan Pilot Polio Study
Lawrence AP reports Douglas County will start a pilot project for the state Board of Health Monday using the Sabin oral polio vaccine. The county was chosen due to a high percentage of residents who have taken the Salk vaccine.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
State Board of Health
County Forecast Feels Warm Through Wednesday
Fair weather continues through midweek with warmer temperatures on Wednesday. Lows tonight reach into the lower 40s and highs on Wednesday climb to the lower 80s. Weather remains dry with no precipitation expected.
Death on Santa Fe tracks leaves questions unanswered
Mrs. Sarah Hicks 74 of 716 S Ash was struck and killed by a Tulsa to Kansas City train near Ottawa around 11 am. Officials cited unclear cause while noting her poor health and planned hospital visit. Engineer W J Whitlow reported warning measures and the crash occurred 350 feet south of 11th St. Burial at Highland Cemetery. service Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. Lee F. Spitzer. She was born August 27, 1887, and survived by two daughters, two sisters, and two brothers. She belonged to the Church of the Brethren.
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Sarah Hicks
S. Ash
Santa Fe
Tulsan
Ottawa Police Department
W. J. Whitlow
Kansas City
Hicks
Miami County
Ottawa
Arias and
Sophia (Boyd) Beeghly
James R. Hicks
Church of the Brethren
George McQueen
Quinter
Tom McQueen
Monument
Sam Beeghly
Rocky Mount
Joseph Beeghly
Aloha
Ore
New Herald Staff For One Day At Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Herald to double its staff for a day with Ottawa High School journalism class taking over the paper. Nineteen students under instructor Conrad Downing will handle news and ads, layout, ads, editorials, headlines, and local photography to learn newsroom production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa High School
Conrad Downing
Herald
Special House For JFK's Dad at NYU Institute
Joseph P Kennedy, 73, President Kennedy's father, becomes first occupant of Horizon House at NYU Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He arrived from Florida for rehabilitation after a December stroke and underwent a preliminary exam. The ranch‑type model accommodates elderly or wheelchair users and allows relatives to visit without disturbing staff routines.
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NEW York
Joseph P. Kennedy
New York University
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Kennedy
Florida
Ottawa University Grad Wins Science Study Grant
OU graduate Howard C. Lare, a Holtville High School physics instructor, earned a National Science Foundation grant to study at American University in Washington, D C this summer. He joins 29 other high school teachers in a program featuring weekly lectures and lab work, plus research steady hours under a renowned scientist at the National Bureau of Standards or the National Institute of Health. Lare and his wife plan a visit to his sister Velma Morris in Ottawa before returning to California after mid August.
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Howard C. Lare
Ottawa University
Holtville Union High School
Holtville
Calif
National Science Foundation
Rengaican University
Washington, D . C
United States
Lare
National Bureau of Standards
National Institute of Health
Velma L. Morris
Ottawa
California
Editorials and notices from a historic paper page
A faded list points to what the issue covers: a harsh critique of America sales, a note about stifling students on the farm, scientific uncertainty over fall out dangers, and May Day celebrations by Reds, with page indicators for placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Reds
Stay Granted in New Orleans School Desegregation Case
District Judge Frank B. Ellis granted a stay of the order to desegregate the first six grades in New Orleans public schools pending a hearing next Tuesday. The stay accompanies a motion for a new trial filed by the New Orleans School Board, while preserving Wright's May 16 1960 desegregation decision.
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Frank B. Ellis
New Orleans
J. Skelly Wright
Ellis
Ells
Wright
U.S. District Court
Appeals
Washington
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