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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
9
Freshman Frank Randel of Williamsburg won top honors for Having Weather in The Campus literary supplement. Jim Nider of Marysville won best poem How About That, while Denver junior David Hale took the essay prize In Question.
Philadelphia school newspaper poll at John Bartram High asks students what they would do with an extra hour each day. The most common answer is to catch up on sleep, reflecting student fatigue and classroom routine.
Helicopters from Goodfellow Air Force Base San Angelo and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring rescued at least four persons marooned on rooftops in Christoval after a cloudburst dumped over seven inches of rain. Flooding along Pecan Creek closed the highway between Christoval and San Angelo and cut communications. Heavy downpours also halted traffic between Snyder and Big Spring. C F Wiggins was rescued from his flooded home roof.
Kansas forecast shows cloudy conditions with intermittent rain and possible thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Friday. Cooler air travels in from the west and north with lows in the 40s to 50s and highs in the 60s. Previous day high was 75 and low 62, with record highs and lows noted for the date. River stage measured at this morning indicates a small foot rise.
Ottawa officials approved annexation of the Gleason Addition with planning commission urging expansion north to 10th Street and west to Ash Street. Bids on two city trucks were opened, Robertson Motor Co. the pickup at 1149.50 and the 2 ton at 2261.43. City considering liability and workman’s comp issues for firemen outside city.
The Kayettes junior high group meets in the senior high auditorium at 7 30 p m to view slides of a Tokyo orphanage supported by the club. Bob Fukada of Baker University will present the slides. his parents run the orphanage. The group will hand Fukada a 130 dollar check, raised by an Easter orchid corsage sale.
Senate investigators probed alleged favors by Teamsters president Dave Beck to Anheuser-Busch and his son’s Seattle beer distributorship Big Dave. Testimony described Beck pressuring for a Los Angeles plant and steering union intervention through a 1954 telegram from Beck to the brewery.
Daily traffic fatality tally reported by the State Accident Records Section covers the past 24 hours. Note date references 1957 and 1956. Also mentions a rummage sale at the K of C Hall above Fred Kaiser's Drug Store on Friday and Saturday.
President Eisenhower scales down the foreign aid plan to 3.88 billion dollars from 4.4 billion. About 2.8 billion would fund military assistance and 1.08 billion economic aid, mostly long term low-interest loans. Leaders after a 90 minute White House meeting noted the reduction was anticipated, with no major cuts until world tensions ease.
RAMSTEIN Germany An American KC97 aerial tanker plane ditched in bad weather in the Atlantic. A raft with seven crew was spotted by a search plane hundreds of miles off the Spanish coast. The craft lost three engines before ditching 250 to 300 miles east of the Azores. Navy ships raced to the point. The Air Ministry said the pilot kept the plane aloft to choose a ditching spot and crew likely boarded liferafts.
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce confirms July 11 baseball trip to Kansas City to see the Athletics play the New York Yankees. A train ride is preferred if Santa Fe can supply adequate equipment, otherwise air conditioned buses are planned. Cost under $4.50 with tickets and transport.
Governor George Docking named Harry L Lytle the 1956 Prohibition Party candidate for governor to a three year term on the new five member probation and parole board created by the 1957 Legislature. He will fill remaining seats later with three Democrats and a Republican.
Freeta Construction Co. of Pittsburg is the apparent low bidder for the twin bridges on the re locate US 50 east of Ottawa. The bid was 470.86 dollars and the project will cross the river and Missouri Pacific tracks, with construction starting soon as the first real work on the new highway. At Mears Park east of Ottawa, 58 leaders from Colorado Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Texas live in tepees and covered wagons to learn how to run youth camps for various denominations.
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce elected Charles Mavity Jr. as president succeeding Gene Mavity. Jim Grogan and Jim Richardson were named first and second vice presidents, Charles Wilsor secretary, and Robert Bath treasurer. Board nominations included Bryce Wantland Ron Reed Hank North Sonny Harford Chuck Langdon Lavern Dietz Bob White Sam Shumate Andy Anrig and Don Dumler with votes at the May 22 meeting.
Ottawa and vicinity saw a fine shower this morning with .24 inch moisture, first since May 2. Rain was general in southeast Kansas with Le Roy at 1.12 inches, Chanute .29, Sedan .72, Burlington .52, Emporia .20, Topeka .05, Lawrence .04, Coffeyville .24. Cool Canadian air moved in as storm conditions affected Texas and the Great Lakes region.
Weathered by a month long dry spell fires blaze from Maine to New Jersey. Massachusetts reports state of emergency as flames gut thousands of acres. a National Guard inspection tours Myles Standish forest while Maine tests forest restrictions. Meanwhile New York sees 30 new fires and Michigan battles swift, dry conditions. A blaze near Manchester Massachusetts is brought under control while a Jackman Maine fire prompts evacuation risk.
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