Absentee ballot application received by county clerk
Bruce Spears reports an absentee out of state ballot application was received first by Josephine Evans, Sid Locust, and Wilky's Pottery display notes follow. City clerk Vivian Eichinger signs a city notice. local court activity includes two cited drivers. Patients, appointments, and local business ads appear amid a string of community notes and notices.
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Bruce Spears
Josephine Evans
Finnis A. Bowlby
N. Poplar
Bert Bell Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Ellis
Kansas City Market Report From KC Livestock Sale
Kansas City markets show cattle pricing with steers 23.00 to 26.75, heifers 22.00 to 25.50, and cows 14.50 to 17.10 while veal and feeder categories range 31.00 to 36.00. Hog totals near 4,000 with barrows and gilts steady to lower and sows up to 25 higher. sheep around 4,400 with lambs 18.00 to 21.50 and good to prime lambs noted.
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Kansas City
API
Be Ready To Fly Flag Memorial Day Promotion
The Herald urges Americans to display the national flag for Memorial Day and announces a new shipment of a large 5 by 8 flag with a 6 foot staff and mounting bracket offered at $3 at the newspaper office.
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Herald
Big Weekend For Ottawa Elks Hosts for Students
The Ottawa Elks Lodge and wives hosted over 200 Ottawa High seniors and juniors after prom with pool billiards and Hi-Fi music. Breakfast was served Sunday at the base. Christina Larios and Larry Reynolds won transistor radios. The ritual team placed third in the state Elks competition at Wichita, with a history of strong finishes. Merle Birchhead led mixed doubles trophies in bowling, Eunice Strickland won women’s singles.
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Ottawa Elks Lodge
Elks
Ottawa High
The
Christina Larios
Larry Reynolds
Ottawa Elks
Wichita
Ottawa
Salina
Topeka
Chanute
Merle Birch‘head
Eunice Strickland
Funeral services for Ella Mae Perkins and Jesse J Young
Services for Ella Mae Perkins who died April 30 were at Dengel & Son Mortuary May 7 with Rev S E Hopkins and Rev L J Wake officiating. Pallbearers included Roy Lewis Willie Schrader W C Campbell William Roberts Harvey Williams and Forest Wilkerson. Burial in Hope Cemetery. Services for Jesse J Young who died May 2 were at Lamb Funeral Home May 5 with Rev Roy Armstrong officiating. Pallbearers from Ottawa Lodge No 18 AF A M were Leo Logan Loren Ames Alan Troutman Louis Dale Fred Gardner Estel Northway. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Ella Mae Perkins
Dengel & Son Mortuary
S. E. Hopkins
L. J. Wake
Roy Lewis
Willie Schrader
W. C. Campbell
William Roberts
Harvey Williams
Forest Wilkerson
Roberta Wash
R. L. Stevens
Hope Cemetery
Jesse J, Young
Jesse J. Young
Lamb Funeral
Roy Armstrong
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
A.M
Leo Logan
Loren Ames
Alan Troutman
Louis Dale
Fred Gardner
Estel Northway
J. R. Henning
Union Chapter No. 15
OES
Highland Cemetery
Vote on Annexation for School District 48 Briles
Maurice Ponton county schools superintendent says residents will vote May 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. on annexing District 48 to Wellsville Joint District 1. The district has been closed this year and pupils attend Wellsville schools.
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Briles
Wellsville
Maurice Ponton
To Enroll Beginners In Wellsville Meeting
A meeting for parents of upcoming beginner students is scheduled for Thursday May 10 at 3 p.m. at the Wellsville elementary school. Parents will receive forms for their children's physical examinations by the county health nurse.
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Wellsville
Pearson Backs Guard Funding to Preserve Strength
Senator James P. Pearson of Kansas said he will support congressional funds to keep the Army Reserve and National Guard at present strength. He disputed an Army plan to realign the 35th Division, warning reductions could occur and noting unclear Pentagon explanations. Pearson cited historical service of the 35th and warned a full division might be needed in a national emergency. He pegged 1962 Kansas Guard federal aid at 4.30 million dollars, with an estimated 500 thousand dollar cut if the plan proceeds.
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Washington
James P. Pearson
R-Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
Army Reserve
National Guard
Anderson
Army
Pearson
Defense Department
House
35Th Division
35Th
Pentagon
Kansas National Guard
Railroad Merger Approved by NY Central and Pennsy Shareholders
Stockholders of the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads voted 99.4 percent in favor of a merger that would form the nation’s richest line. Central President Alfred E. Perlman expected ICC approval within about a year after hearings begin this summer. Pennsylvania board chair Jael M. Symes said he was hopeful for ICC approval within a year after hearings. The Central has 6,523,178 shares outstanding and total votes were 5,054,914 for and 31,708 against.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroads
Central
Alfred E. Perlman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Jael M. Symes
The
Pennsylvania
ICC
Mutual Fund Investors Pay Big Cost
Washington AP reports nearly one third of investors using installment plans for mutual fund shares incur sales commissions over 40 percent. The SEC opens two weeks of hearings on fund sales practices, fitness of sales staff, and brokerage employees as part of a broad industry study with much of the inquiry conducted in secret.
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Washington
Fedical
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Workers pledge cash to save Dunkirk plant
About 800 workers in Dunkirk pledge nearly 500000 dollars to back a campaign to keep Alco Products Inc nuclear components plant running. The city of 18000 faces 800 lost jobs and a 5 million dollar payroll if the plant shuts. A group, Northern Chautauqua Area Development Corp, aims to raise 3 million by selling 100 dollar shares to buy the plant and seek 3.5 million more to operate under new management.
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Dunkirk
N.Y
Alco Products Inc
Northern
Chautauqua Area Development Corp
Record Births Hit 4 282 000 in 1961 US
Washington AP reports Public Health Service provisional figures show 1961 US births at 4 282 000, a new record, with 108 200 infant deaths and infant mortality 25.3 per 1 000 live births. Net population rise 2 580 000 excluding immigration. Previous year births were 4 257 650. infant deaths 108 800, rate 25.7.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Deaths Henry Carroll Baker 83 Ottawa resident
Henry Carroll Baker 83 of 835 Princeton St died Monday at 11 20 p m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a two month illness He was born May 28 1879 in Johnson County Mo and lived in Butler Midian and Chase before retiring from Gulf Oil in 1944 He married Amanda Black July 12 1904 in Warrensburg Mo who died Oct 1 1948 Surviving are three sons Henry A Royal Oaks Mich Reuben B Waco Tex Marvin A Maria Tex four daughters Linnie Edwards Overland Park Carroll Wells RFD 4 Ella R Baker Wichita Mary Hughes Piedmont Calif 17 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren Services will be at Towner Chapel Thursday at 2 pm Charles P Knight officiating Burial in Highland Cemetery
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Henry Carroll Baker
Princeton St
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Johnson County
Butler County
Midian and Chase
Gulf Oil Corporation
Ottawa
Warrensburg
Amanda Black
Charles P. Knight
Highland Cemetery
Followed Orders, Was Still Shot in Robbery
In Hutchinson Kansas a drug store employee obeyed every command of a nervous bandit and was shot after handing over about 150 dollars in a paper sack. The gunman tied a clerk as requested, but Baumhardt 46 sustained a bullet wound through his right hand into his left hip before the assailant fled.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Don Baumhardt
Alice White
Baumhardt
Al Harvey Named Lions President
Al Harvey elected president of the Ottawa Lions Club yesterday. He had been serving as first vice president and filling the presidency after Al Yost left. Other officers elected include Frank Shull as first vice president and Preston Thompson as second vice president.
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al Harvey
Ottawa Lions Club
al Yost
Ottawa
Frank Shull
Preston Thompson
Don Lauver
J. R. Raffelock
Truyn Bischoff
Lion Tamer
Jim Gladstone
Charles Maiily
Max Pierson
Don,McKelvey
Jack Day
Wayne Angell
J. C. South
GOP Demands Probe Into Estes Ties to USDA
Washington AP Republicans press for a congressional inquiry into Billie Lot Estes and his dealings with the Agriculture Department. Rep. Bob Wilson accuses Secretary Orville Freeman of whitewashing, noting Estes received favored treatment amid an indictment for fraud over chattel mortgages tied to nonexistent fertilizer tanks and related programs for cotton allotments and surplus grain storage.
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Washington
Billie Lot Estes
Agriculture Department
GOP
Bob Wilson
California
Orville L. Freeman
Wilson
Freeman
Estes
West Texas
Injured Pedestrian Still Critical After Truck Collision
Mrs. Minnie Albright, 82, of 532 N Sycamore, is in critical condition at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a truck struck her at 3rd and Walnut yesterday. She sustained a skull fracture and remains unconscious. The accident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. Police report she was crossing Walnut from the west as Oscar W. Baker, 36, of 824 Poplar, driving a Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co. truck, traveled north on Walnut.
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Minnie Albright
Sycamore
Ransom Memorial Hospital
3Rd
Walnut
Albright
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co
Oscar W. Baker
Poplar
Jackie Launches Polaris Sub Lafayette at Groton
Mrs John F Kennedy christened the Lafayette the United States heaviest Polaris firing submarine as pacifists protested outside the plant. The nuclear powered craft slid into the Thames River amid a ceremonial launch with a champagne bottle breaking on the bow.
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Groton
Jackie Si
Polaris No
Kennnedy
Dig Up Old Fort Remains
Detroit historians took charge at a bank construction site after workmen unearthed relics authenticated as parts of Fort Lernoult, built in 1779 at the Fort and Washington intersection. Detroit Bank and Trust Co. and contractor Sam Minskoff invited further excavations for more relics.
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Detroit
Fort Lernoult
Fort and Washington
Detroit Bank and Trust Co
Sam Minskoff
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log Reports May 10 1962
Kansas traffic death tally for 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday shows 2 fatalities. Delayed reports note additional fatalities. Comparable figures for May 10 1961 and 1962 are listed as 180 and 164 respectively.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marriage Licenses Franklin D Roosevelt Franks and Martha Ann Dis Que
Franklin D Roosevelt Franks aged 21 and Martha Ann Dis Que aged 18, both of Ottawa, obtained marriage licenses.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franks
Marth Ann Disque
Ottawa
Airman Scores High On Test At Chennault AFB La
Dennis Ainsworth son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Ainsworth 925 Cedar made the highest score ever on an IPT test at Chennault AFB La He is an Air Force administrative clerk and missed only one of 65 questions
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Dennis Ainsworth
Glenn Ainsworth
Cedar
Channault Afb
Dennis
Air Force
Local Livestock Sales Schedule Across Kansas and Missouri
A compiled notice lists weekly livestock auctions across Franklin and Ottawa counties in Kansas and nearby Osage City, Gas City, Overbrook, and Neosho. Dates run May 11 to May 18 with consignments including cattle horses and household goods, location details, and contact numbers.
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Ernest Arnold
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles
Lyndon
Kansas
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
West Wilson Street
C. D. McCarthy
Hickory RM
Neosho Livestock Commission
Neosho
Missouri
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs. James Mulkey of Iola Miss Mary Stiles 801 S Cedar Mrs Joe Ross 604 N Cherry William Cartmill 842 S Main Harold Gean Casady Williamsburg Mrs Glenn Shepherd 740 S Elm Marlene Colwell Ottawa University Mrs Carl Stone Princeton Jackie Morrison Ola Tuesday Dismissals include Mrs Katie Dwyer Edgerton Jesse Redick Rantoul Mrs Leonard Matteson Pomoria Sherman H Smith RED 3 Mrs Keith Scott and baby son 31 Rockwood Drive J W Schoonover RFD 3 Tuesday.
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James Mulkey
Iola
Mary Stiles
S. Cedar
Joe Ross
N. Cherry
William Cartrmill
Main
Harold Gean Casady
Williamsburg
Glenn
Shephard
S. Elm
Marlene Colwell
Ottawa University
Carl Stone
Princeton
Jackie Morrison
Olathe
Katie Dwyer
Edgerton
Jesse Redick
Rantoul
Leonard Matteson
Pomoria
Sherman H. Smith
RED 3
Keith Scott
Baby Son
Rockwood Drive
J. W. Schoonover
RFD
Notice of Hearing in Estate of Jennie Dougherty Kansas
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court John H Dougherty petitions to determine the heir and des cent of an undivided one half interest in the South 120 acres of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22 Township 16 Range 20 If you wish to defend you must file written defenses by May 31 1962 at 10 00 am in Ottawa Kansas The hearing will be held in the court and failure to appear may lead to judgment Witness John H Dougherty Petitioner and Winton A Winter Attorney First published April 24 1962 Last published May 8 1962 In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas George A Dunlap Deceased Winter4
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Jennie Dougherty
Ottawa
John H. Dougherty
Winton A. Winter
Kansas
George A. Dunlap
LC. Geiger
Anderson & Byrd Attorneys
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Floyd A. Coffman
District Court
Pomona
Vivian Eichinger
Emporia State College
Mary Lee Peterson
OHS
Susan Sandow
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
Heathman Oil Co
Drakes’ Bakery
Adv
RCA
Criies
Peoria Hdu
Peoria
RCA Whirlpool
Crites
Daisy Gunn
Denver
Colo
F. R. Seevers
Kathe
Janne
Patrick
Harry Seevers
A & P Store
Cheney Super Markets
Waymire’s Market
Safeway
Peace Food Center
Ogg's West Side
Sunrise Dairy
Bennetts Creamery
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Rainbow Bread Co
Butler Music Store
Ady
Gail Nitcher
N. Cedar
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Rockhill Road
South Water Tower
Charles Haslet
Associated Press
Towner’s Chapel Dependable Ambulance Service
Oppawa
Stork
Henry. Baker
Lamb's
Lamb
Blanche Lam
Bob Roberts
Lions
Usda-Estes
Jackie
Polaris
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Bate Company
Locust & Wilson
Gordon James Phony Feed Store
Home
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestort Sale
Overbrook
Alles County
Gas City
Printy
Ben Printy
N. Main
Lena H. Kelley
Towner’s
Optawa
Legals
Pere Ereren Ier
Edith Laws
Joe Canfield
Coates Corner
Roscoe Ward
Sidney GO. Morris
Tillr
7Th Street
Jack Wilson
Sioux
Rutgers
Church Fruit Farm
P.O
Lawrence Kansas
Firestone
International Motel School
W. Colfax
Colorado
Red Rooster
General Services
Conrad
KNAPP
Lee Carter
Standard Rendering Co
Ottawa Herald General Services
McCracken Electric
Service Department
monTeaoMenywane
W. Hink
Jersey
Flave Watts
Alvin Crist
Por
Melvin Stockard
Holstein Springer
Phil King
Ottawa Livestock Commission Company
John Deere
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