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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
5
Five KU students were chosen to serve as proctors in men’s scholarship halls for 1963-64, with David Rybolt, a junior, among the selections. Rybolt, of 1023 N Cedar, joins Foster Mull and others in this campus program as it shifts through the spring term.
Obituaries list several deaths with services and survivors. Benjamin Ford Brundred dies May 2 in San Marino with daughters Jane Brundred and others. Andy Tatman reported dead with services in Poria near Madison and cancer fund request. Allie Reinhardt aged 84 dies at Cedar House Nursing Home, Franklin County. Charles Magrath, 84, Westphalia, former Emerald resident, dies. Jeffry Henry Emory dies in Lawrence. survivors include spouses, children, and siblings, with funeral details and burial plans.
Three men were cited by police for traffic violations over the weekend. Bernard Byrne of Grandview Missouri posted an 11 dollar bond after speeding 41 in a 40 mile zone. Jerry L Hollan of Willow 1108 was cited for illegal mufflers and posted 15 dollars. Michael Finch of To Peka posted 16 dollars after illegal right turn charges.
KC Markets reports cattle numbers at 40 006 and calves at 360 with steady to weak price action. Steers average 22.00 to 23.00 per hundred, heifers 2.76 to 3.50, cows about 14.80 to 15.69, and hogs about 25 lower with barrows and gilts around 12.16. Sheep totals near 3 000 with lighter lambs and ewe figures listed amid weaker tone.
Ottawa High School students prepare for a busy week with sports and student government. The golf team heads to Quivira Country Club in Kansas City for the first Kansas League match while other athletes attend events in Lawrence Emporia Manhattan and Topeka. A regional tourney schedule follows and a Chamber of Commerce trip awards 23 top scholars. The Junior-Senior prom is slated for Saturday night at the National Guard Armory.
New York AP reports William Faulkner's The Reivers won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The drama category appears to have no award this year as Columbia University trustees made no given prize in that division.
In San Francisco, Rt. Rev. James A. Pike of California imposes a ban on clerical endorsement of speaking in tongues and requires exorcisms to have explicit authorization and psychiatric collaboration. He warns the phenomenon harms church unity and doctrine, noting glossalalia as a psychological issue linked to schizophrenia.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon bought a 12 room apartment for 195000 dollars in a Fifth Avenue cooperative building at 810 Fifth Ave. Gov Nelson Rockefeller and the Rockefeller family own units in the same building. The deal with Douglas Elliman & Co will transfer title on May 15.
The weekend rains eased drought in about half of Kansas with western areas still dry. Totals included Kalvesta 2.54 inches, Jeltmore 1.70, Great Bend 1.80, Kirwin Reservoir 1.99, Maple Hill 2.0 and Topeka 1.42 inches as eastern regions saw showers. Skies will be fair with warm temperatures today and Tuesday.
Rita Fisher of Cypress street believes cats can replace hounds for hunting. Her three felines, led by a bold cat named Sandy, chased and captured a squirrel Saturday morning and brought it home.
Action notations list patients and dismissals with names and addresses scattered across Cedar Waverly Quenemo Overbrook Williamsburg and surrounding areas. Entries include Mrs Carl Richardson John List Teri Lyn Gibson Arthur Cunningham Lola Hudson and others with dates and street details for hospital statuses.
A Richmond city and township Cancer Crusade total of 181.30 was collected. Volunteer workers included Mrs. Loren Snider as chairman and a list of named helpers such as Mrs. Bernard Simms, Mrs. Abe Severns, Mrs. Virgil Smith, Mrs. Edwin Horstick, Mrs. Frank Gretencord, Mrs. Alma Bastin, Mrs. Myrtle Horstick, Mrs. Joe Wittman, Mrs. Ralph McCrea, Mrs. Clarence Gaull, Mrs. Gene Hermrick, Mrs. Fred Kuiken and Mrs. Amelia McDonald.
AP report: Gov John Anderson must respond to speeding charge by Tuesday after a radar stop in Eudora. He allegedly drove 50 mph in a 10 mph zone entering town. City officials say fines are $1 per mile over limit. outside residents may mail fines. Seven people were picked up in a radar trap on K-10.
An American Army lieutenant and two Vietnamese companions were executed by communist guerrillas on Route 13, 30 miles north of Saigon. The bodies were found by a military patrol. The American identity was withheld. The incident follows a pattern of fatal ambushes on the route and adds to the rising American casualties in Vietnam. An American helicopter pilot was wounded Sunday, and three other advisers were wounded by a grenade Saturday in Can Tho.
The Associated Press reports storms and heavy rain in the western half and Southeast while many areas remain dry. Damaging winds hit Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas overnight with seven inches flooding highways near Abilene. Strong winds swept San Angelo as heavy rain spread across the eastern Plains. Oregon Washington saw rain with Pacific Northwest showers. Thundershowers also affected Alabama Tennessee Kentucky and North Carolina. Cooler conditions persisted from New England to the upper Midwest and northern Plains to Pacific Northwest with temperatures in the 40s and 30s in parts of northern New England and the Upper Great Lakes.
Honolulu AP report says comedian Carol Burnett and television producer Joseph Hamilton wed in Juarez Mexico after a surprise ceremony. Hamilton, father of eight, divorced in Juarez before the wedding. Burnett, 28, previously divorced Don Saroyan in Las Vegas. Witness was Burnett’s sister Christine. The couple honeymoon in Honolulu after leaving New York for El Paso.
Legal notices dated April to May 1963 from Franklin County Kansas announce Gordon Camper seeking executive clemency for a 1954 crime, with first and last publication dates shown. The notices detail estate matters for Scottie Bingaman, James T. Magrath, Ida McDonald Brown, Muriel I Harbison, and Donald Harbison, appointing executors and administratrices and requiring creditors to file claims within nine months.
Overbrook Kansas hosts weekly livestock auctions every Wednesday at midday. Sale details reference Overbrook Livestock Sale and local contact options. Auction events appear from Pomona to nearby towns with regional bidding interest.
Hiring ad seeks thirteen experienced tire servicemen. Applicants must be high school graduates. Apply at Firestone Store located at 127 South Main Street.
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