Stolen tool box reported from pickup rear of residence
W J Mazen of 417 South Locust reported a theft of a tool box from his pickup parked behind his home during the night. The box allegedly contained about 50 dollars worth of items. Rummage sales listed for May 4 at 315 S Cedar and 131 S Main. Franklin Township clerk appointment and county commissioner changes noted. Williamsburg graduate Richard Don Miskimon hired as coach for Galesburg Schools 1963-64. Decision Magazine to publish Spanish edition later this year. Dr Martin Brockway to attend Kansas Chiropractors convention in Wichita with sister Dr Marian Brockway.
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W. J. Mazen
South Locust
Richard Don Miskimon
Williamsburg High School
Roy Miskimon
Williamsburg
Galesburg
Pittsburg State
Tola JuCo
Martin Brockway
al- Kansas Chiropractors
Tion
Wichita
Brockway
Marian Brockway
Female Flyer Works Alone
Betty Miller 87 lands in Honolulu after a 17 hour 3 minute solo flight from Oakland to Hawaii. She plans a 7100 mile flight to Brisbane, Australia with stops at Canton Island and Fiji, mirroring Amelia Earhart's Pacific route. Miller says she will rest a day before resuming toward Canton Island.
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Honolulu
Betty Miller
California
Hawaii
Santa Monica
Calif
Brisbane
Australia
Canton Island
Fiji
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Jayne Mansfield Reaches Home With New Spouse
Jayne Mansfield arrives in Hollywood with Nelson Sardelli after a Mexican divorce. The Juarez judge granted the divorce on grounds of incompatibility. Mansfield says ex-husband Mickey Hargitay is a great man but they could not get along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mexico
Jayne Mansfield
Nelson Sardelli
Sardelli
Juarez
Miguel Guerra
Mickey Hargitay
Miss Mansfield
Mickey
Ottawa High School metalwork program offers hands on courses
In the metal work department teacher Lee Olmstead outlines freshman general shop with metalwork drafting and woodworking, Metal I and II tracks for juniors and seniors, and popular projects like bench grinders drill presses mini bikes and go carts. Advanced students take field trips to Sheffield Steel Co and Delco Battery Co in Olathe to gain industry insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Lee Olmstead
Sheffield Steel Co
Delco Battery Co
Olathe
Surprise Visit by Nurse Helen Lederer Stuns Pomona Family
Mrs Lederer feared a strange car at the Lederer driveway as neighbors called. The mystery car parked. Helen Lederer and her boyfriend Ray Ramshaw emerged from the vehicle surprising Mr and Mrs Lederer of Pomona. Helen trains as a nurse at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Lederer
John Lederer
Pomona
Jim Beasleys
Lederer
Beesleys
Drinking Driver Causes Fatality in Kansas City Crash
Gilbert L. Harrison aged 38 of Bonner Springs died when his pickup collided with a station wagon traveling in the wrong direction on the Muncie Expressway in Kansas City Kansas. Albert R. Weddle 38 of Kansas City Kansas suffered a chin laceration and faces charges of driving on the wrong side of a divided expressway and driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Gilbert L. Harrison
Bonner Springs
Muncie
Harrison
Albert R. Weddle
Weddle
Nudist Camp Rumor Roils Local Area Near Rock Creek
Reporters search for a rumored nudist camp three miles east and one mile south of Rock Creek school house. Evidence includes bare trail, creek crossings, a swing pulley, and signs said to read Gods Haven and No clothes past this point missing after last gathering.
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Rock Creek
Student Dies Two Injured In Kansas Car Crash
Lawrence Kan AP Gray don L Ford 21 year old KU engineering junior was killed when two cars collided on a rural road about 344 miles northeast of Lawrence. The other car was driven by Q T Lindquist and his sister in law Alma Larson returning to Topeka from Des Moines Lindquist suffered arm injuries and facial cuts Larson had facial cuts and a shoulder injury both injured in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Lawrence
Kan
Graydon L. Ford
University of
Topeka
Des Moines
Lindquist
Larson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ottawans In Auto Accidents
Two Ottawa incidents report vehicle damage and fault. James W. Fox of Route 3 and Hiram D. Elder of 926 South Maple collided, Fox car $5 damage and Elder $10. A second crash on 2nd Street involved Nick S. Krist of 817 West 6th and Elmer R. Shields of Wellsville, Krist with $43 damage and Shields $6.28, Shields charged with failing to yield right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Fox
Ottawa
Hiram D. Elder
South Maple
Fox
Elder
Nick S. Krist
W. 6Th
Elmer
May Day in Rhode Island Feasts Outshine Moscow Parade
Stanley John son notes Rhode Island May Day customs with clamcakes and Johnnycakes, as church kitchens bustle and long tables fill with pies doughnuts fruit juices and eggs. Locals recall childhood May baskets while Kremlin parades in Moscow draw six million attendees.
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Stanley Johnson
Soviet Union
Moscow
Red Square
Rhode Island
Providence
R.I
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Rhode Islanders
Kremlin
Hospital Notes Admissions List of Patients and Homes
Admission notes list Hatlie McCune at Cedar House nursing home Oscar W Parks in Pomona Roy W Bones at 814 S Poplar Mrs Marshall Allen 230 W 7th Mrs Lyle D Sparks 125 Elm John Kindle Quenemo Tuesday Dave Mudrick 306 Elm Tuesday Mrs Erlin Kalb and infant son Baldwin John Baxter Lane Frank Craven 727 W 5th Mrs Minnie Cain Wellsville John Kindle Quenemo Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatlie McCune
Cedar House Nursing Home
Oscar W. Parks
Pomona
Roy W. Bones
S. Poplar
Marshall Allen
Lyle D. Sparks
John Kindle
Quenemo
Dave Mudrick
Elm
Erlin Kalb
Baldwin
John Baxter Lane
Frank Craven
W. 5Th
Minnie Cain
Wellsville
Head on Crash Fatal To Driver
EMPORIA Kansas AP Leroy Messerschmitt 24 of Olpe Kan was killed in a two car collision on highway K-99 seven miles south of Emporia Tuesday night Sheriff P T Harder said Messerschmitts car and another driven by R E Adams 61 of Maple Hill Kan collided head on Adams car then struck a bridge leaving Messerschmitt pinned in the wreckage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia, Kan
Leroy Messerschmitt
Olpe
Kan
P. T. Harder
Messerchmitt
R. E. Adams
Maple Hill
Messerschmitt
Death of Warren G. Odum in MissouriAuto crashA
Warren G. Odum formerly of Ottawa was killed yesterday in an auto accident near Warrensburg Missouri. He had left Ottawa four years ago after working as a salesman at Moore Chevrolet Olds Inc Odum came to Ottawa from Texas.
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Warren G. Odum
Warren G. “Dub” Odum
Ottawa
Warrensburg
Odum
Moore Chevrolet Olds, Inc
Texas
Auto Collision Demolishes Cars in Paola
A three car crash on a county road near Paola at 6 15 AM injures three. Robert Barnes of Paola and John McClaskey of Paola are involved, with a third driver identified as Robert Keyse from Wellsville. Barnes and his wife Alta are hospitalized in Kansas City. McClaskey is treated and released. Keyse car sustains 141 in damages. the other two cars are demolished.
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Paola
Miami
Robert Barnes
RFD
Hillcrest
John McClaskey
McClaskey
Robert Keyse
Wellsville
Barnes
Alta
St. Mary's Hospital
Kansas City
Miami County Hospital
Keyse
Ottawa High School Bands Plan May 13 Concert
Ottawa High School band director Loren Matthews prepares for the annual concert on Monday May 13 at Memorial Auditorium. The Junior and Senior High bands perform separately in a free public program with programs issued later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Matthews
Ottawa High School
Memorial Auditorium
County Board Purchases Two Highway Mowers
The Franklin County Commissioners bought two highway mowers from Topeka Highway Mower Inc., Ottawa. The units include rotary blades and attachable sickle mowers, totaling $10,695.00. Topeka Highway Mower Inc. moved from Topeka to Ottawa this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Franklin County Commissioners
Topeka Hiway Mower Inc
Ottawa
Topeka Hiway Mower, Inc
Topeka
Snowy May Brings Snow and Cold Across Midwest to New York
Snow and freezing air disrupted May’s start from the Midwest to New York. One to three inches of snow fell east of Cleveland toward the Pennsylvania line with up to three inches in Grand Rapids, the day marked by 50 mph winds. Two people died in Ohio traffic accidents on slick highways as temperatures ranged into the 20s in Michigan and Indiana.
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Midwest
New York State
Great Lakes
West Virginia
New York
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Grand Rapids
Mich
Canada
North Central
Marquette
Kentucky
Louisville
Escape Leap Proves Fatal
Thomas G. Roberts a 50 year old Burlington Railroad fireman from St. Joseph Missouri died in Baptist Memorial Hospital Tuesday of head injuries from his leap from a speeding locomotive just before it crashed into another train eight days earlier. The wreck occurred at Bigelow Missouri on April 22 when a three car passenger train bound from Omaha to Kansas City split a switch and collided with an engine and three freight cars on a siding. Roberts was the most seriously injured among 25 people on the passenger train with six others hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas G. Roberts
Burlington Railroad
St. Joseph
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Bigelow
Missouri
Omaha
Roberts
Farm and Household Goods Sales Roundup in Kansas
Franklin County sale events list weekly auctions across Ottawa Baldwin Atchison Princeton Pomona Overbrook Melvern and surrounding areas. Dates include May 3 May 7 and ongoing Wednesdays and Fridays with farm machinery livestock and household goods offered by multiple sellers. Calls and locations vary per listing with phone numbers included for some entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Sale Company
Ottawa
Rollie New
Night consignments and sales listed in Ottawa and Neosho notices
Classified sale notices from Neosho Missouri and Ottawa Kansas list consignments and auctions. Harold Stewart consignments on May 7 and May 13 plus city sales in Lawrence and Ottawa. Auction actions include household goods storage, farm equipment and storage at 308 Walnut Street Ottawa with times and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stewart
Neohso Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
East Ulth Street
Lawrence
Kansas
State Highway Commission
Ottawa
Kas
Junction
H. P. Peffly
Wilson Street
Printy
Ben Printy
N. Main
Il Bennett
Richmond
Ottawa Transfer and Storage Co
Walnut St
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Decision Magazine
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa Herald
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Rhody
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Jack Nelson
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