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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1956
Page
1
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges as local residents face legal matters. Notables include promotions in the U S Air Force and local business moves. Events cover circuses, school operetta, a public township meeting and visits by local youths to hotels and schools.
Coffeyville publisher Fred L. Hedges files as a Democratic candidate for state senator from the 12th District. He has Kansas Legislature service in 1949-51 and was Democratic nominee for Congress in 1952. Also Republican hopefuls include Walter McVey Jr. and Charlies S. McGuinness for the seat held by Richard L. Becker, who will not seek reelection.
Eureka Kansas Greenwood County Fair Board approves a three day harness race program for August 28 to 30 as part of the county fair. Purses total 5500. Speed superintendent Hugh Dennis reports 87 early entries from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Colorado Nebraska. Entries represent 34 stables.
A circuit court jury convicted Paul Lb. Varsalona, 36, owner of a drive in market, and Joseph Legrotte, 39, of arson. The judge sentenced them to two years in prison after police observed the Varsalona market burning on December 29 following five nights of surveillance.
TOPEKA The federal and state affairs committee of the Kansas Legislative Council is studying statewide standards and licensing for plumbers. The committee ends a two day meeting here today and also may revise the fair business practices act and require interest on deposits of inactive state funds.
Mrs. Virginia Segasture, now 27, remembered Donald Wesley Edwards from school days when he lived across the street. Segasture’s husband Malcolm, 27, was shot and killed in a holdup April 18. Edwards, 20, was arrested Thursday night and allegedly signed a statement admitting the shooting. The widow, grieving, identified Edwards in court as the man she once knew as a neighbor and friend of his sister Marie. Edwards claimed memory lapse and said the robbery yielded $10.
An application to take water from Harvey and Sedgwick Counties for municipal use was moved to June 12. The hearing, previously set for May 9, was announced by R. V. Smrha, chief engineer in the Kansas State Board of Agriculture Division of Water Resources. Dates are 75 per cent sugar. Personnel experts say the best salesmen are not the best talkers but the best listeners.
Kansas City councilman Thomas J. Gavin said natural gas customers in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska will likely see rate reductions after hearings before the Federal Power Commission. The FPC has withheld details of a compromise. details are due to be released soon. Cities Service has sought rate increases totaling over 16 percent annually and Gavin expects substantial cuts. He noted refunds for thousands of domestic, commercial and industrial users since September 23, 1954.
A 4-year-old boy named Mark Stephen Morrison died in a Cleveland dentist chair after receiving nitrous oxide for fillings. Coroner Dr. Samuel R. Gerber said an autopsy was completed but the cause of death was not immediately ruled.
Victor Riesel labor columnist has lost the sight of both eyes after a radio attack. In Attica funeral services were held for Edgar Keith, a longtime resident. Keith born in 1862 in Wisconsin and moved to Attica in 1910. Hall, president of the syndicate that distributed Riesel’s column, said Riesel will continue with assistants. FBI and police hunt for a slender black-haired man in a blue and white lumber jacket. One pound of uranium can produce heat equal to 2½ million pounds of coal.
Auto column notes the appeal of longevity and finance tips before buying, then reports a 24 hour speed record at Darlington, NC. A 1956 Chevrolet 210 sedan achieved 101.58 mph on a continuous day night test sanctioned by NASCAR on a stock production basis. Darlington hosts the NASCAR Southern 500. Herb Thomas won last year’s race in a Chevrolet.
The 24 hour run began April 25 at 5:59 p.m. and ended April 28 at 5:59 p.m. The Chevrolet looped the 138 mile high banked track 1773 times, totaling 2438 miles. Average speed was 101.58 mph. Six drivers, including Betty Skelton, Tim and Fonty Flock, Jim Reed, Bob Welborn, and Paul Goldsmith, participated. Noted Chevrolet engineers Mauri Rose and Henry Yunick assisted.
Sunday morning services at multiple churches listed including Sacred Heart, St Paul, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, United Presbyterian and Bethany Chapel. Bible lectures and study sessions scheduled with pastors named. All welcome, no collection.
A group of history seeking Oklahomans entered the final lap of a three day tour along the Jesse Chisholm Trail. Two buses and several cars lodged here last night before they travel to Caldwell Kansas to complete the junket. The journey mirrors the pioneer route used by cowboys moving cattle from Texas to Kansas.
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