Ottawa Briefs Highlight May Mail, Court, and Tragedy
May 18 23 box maintenance week announced by Postal Department. Ottawa University and Emporia College faculty perform at Kenyon Hall as part of Fine Arts Festival. Appraisers appointed to value land condemned for flood control. A Kansas City firm seeks 2118 33 judgment from Harold Bouse for unpaid parts and labor. A fisherman rescues a child but finds another dead. Hugh B Okeson dies at 57 from heart illness after draining a five acre pit near Ottawan. Multiple family deaths and police court fines noted.
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Postal Department
Ottawa
C. C. Adamson
Ottawa University Assembly
Carl D. Bobbish
Ottawa University
Ronald R. Williams
College of Emporia
Kenyon Hall
Emporia
Newlin Machinery Corp
Kansas City
Harold Bouse
Wellsville
Bouse
Drake’s
Adv
James G. Alexander
J. A. Milton
E. J. Barnes
Main
Marais Des Cygnes
Lawrence Bradley
Betty
Laura Jean
Deborah
Danny
Florence
Hugh B. Okerson
Hugh B. Okeson
Ottawan
Santa Fe Springs
Calif
Okeson
Lottie Barnhart
H. A. Barnhart
S. Poplar
George 'S
Injured Farmer Hurt When Tractor Tops Ditch Near Ottawa
An 85 year old Ottawa area farmer Ben Blankenbeker was injured Monday evening when his tractor toppled into a steep ditch while pulling a corn planter five miles southwest of Ottawa. He has a fractured left wrist, with doctors reporting progress. Mrs Clementine Gager a lifelong Greeley resident died yesterday in a Wichita hospital after illness. Surviving include three daughters Josephine Gager Lenora Miller and Margaret Sample and one son Frank. Services planned at St Johns Catholic Church in Greeley and burial there.
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Ottawa
Ben Blankenbeker
Max. Gilmore
Blankenbeker
Clementine Gager
Greeley
Wichita
Josephine Gager
Lenora Miller
Margaret Sample
Columbia
Frank
St. John’s Catholic Church
Lantagne
Ottawa Lions Club
Marjorie Roeckers
Richmond
Brazil
Robert L
Reid
Carl Bobbish
Marriage Might Help His Grades
A University of California Santa Barbara survey of 400 married male students finds marriage boosts scholarship, with 80 percent of interviewees improving after marriage. The report, led by Dr. Joseph Lantagne, says married students are more secure, budget wiser, and have a clear purpose, contributing to better grades.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
University of California At Santa Barara
Joseph E. Lantagne
Lantagne
Taxes rise as Kansas state revenues surge
State tax receipts for the first ten months of the fiscal year show a 16.74 percent increase to 180,210,459 dollars, driven by higher income and sales taxes enacted in 1958. Adjusted figures may reflect delays in processing income tax returns, with about 15 percent fewer returns processed than last year.
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Topeka
J. E. Kirchner
Roy
Taylor
Kirchner
Six Drown On A Holiday Outing In Heyworth
In Heyworth Illinois a rural district vote favored continued study of school consolidation after a fishing trip tragedy. Four members of a Heyworth couple's family drowned when boats capsized on a gravel pit lake during the outing. The six drownings prompted a two month planning committee to push consolidation among six rural grade schools including New Union and North Franklin County districts.
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Davy
Heyworth, Il
Heyworth
Franklin County
New Union
Job Placements Rise in April at Ottawa Office
Robert Wasson, manager of the Ottawa Employment Service, reports April placements more than double those a year earlier and 60 percent above March. A total of 169 workers were placed in various jobs, including 61 in agriculture, up from 27 in April 1958. General construction accounts for many placements, with many short term positions. unemployment claims fall as new applications decline. The office serves Franklin, Anderson and Miami Counties.
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Robert Wasson
Ottawa Employment Service Office
Wasson
Ottawa
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Hospital Notes Admit阵: patient list and birth record
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs Josie Reed Mrs Clarence Rose and others with addresses in Quenemo, Rantoul and Wellsville. A newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Miller is reported weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces.
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Josie Reed
S. Oak
Clarence Rose
Quenemo
Ben Blankenbeker
Wanda J. Good
Rantoul
Ray. Howell
Hirths
Dave Miller
Wellsville
Sen Anderson accuses Strauss of falsehoods in two break ins
In Franklin County two break ins occurred last night. One at Lane Hardware Store in Lane 10 miles east of Ottawa on R68 with missing .22 shells and four or five boxes of 20 gauge shotgun shells. The other at Downey's Service Station and Grocery Store. Items missing include two boxes of cigars and other miscellaneous goods. Sheriff investigates as Anderson, chair of Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, and Strauss clash over testimony.
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Franklin County
Washington
Sen
Clin
Lane
Hardton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Actware
Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower
Downey
Strauss
Ottawa
Senate Commerce Command
Mittee
Sheriff's Office
Anderson
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Local Markets Feedstuffs and Livestock Prices
Fragmented OCR lists barley rye corn oats butterfat and milo with entries for hens cocks and light hens. The passage appears as market items and grade notes with illegible spacing and repeated letters. No clear prices or full items are readable.
Truman urges preserving foreign aid and mutual security
Washington AP report states former President Harry S. Truman urged Congress not to cut the foreign aid program or the mutual security act, saying there is no need to reduce congressional salaries or scuttle aid. He argued adequate funding can support both programs and praised their importance.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Appointed To Health Board
TOPEKA AP Sister Kathleen administrator of St. Mary's Hospital here has been appointed to a three year term on the state board of health She succeeds Richard Stone of Wichita whose term expired.
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Topeka
Kathleen
St. Mary's Hospital
State Board of Health
Richard Stone
Wichita
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