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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1961
Page
4
The Franklin County items report admissions for Hayes Johnson and others, a bounty on coyote ears paid to C T Dawson, and a home management training session at the Masonic Hall. Centennial contests on Main Street honor clippings, with prizes for dress, crafts, and Sunbonnet Sue.
State troopers using radar on Interstate 35 east of Ottawa cited 21 motorists for speeding at night and 9 for daytime over limits. Names and cities include John Sterling Stone Em poria 21 Clifford Dempsey 25 Rantoul 68 William Miller 20 Pleasan ton 70 Gary Vaughn 21 Kansas City Kas 72 Kenneth Lyerla 30 Wichita William Scott 37 Kansas City Mo 69 Raymond Fite 27 Wichita 77 Kenneth Sacha 25 Hutchinson 69. Also listed were Miss Erma Vail 47 Rantoul and Floyd The Home Builders Class of New Hope Baptist Church Calif cited for trucks over 5000 pounds. Miss Erma Evelyn Vail died at 1 a.m. Survivors listed include parents Marion and Blanche Vail and several sisters and a brother. Funeral Friday at Green Valley Church. Burial Green Valley Cemetery. Cited for 70 mph daytime were Paul Bryant 42 Burrton 79 William Dressen 25 Wichita 84 Lewis Moon 54 Independence 77 Clifford Rice Jr. Wellsville 79 Charles Gribben 43 Parsons 76 Bernard Wolters 41 Kansas City Kas 77 Harold Sohn 20 Wellsville 86. Also five truckers cited for truck speed limits under 5000 pounds or over 5900 pounds.
A battery disappeared from a truck owned by T. J. Bivins parked in the back lot between the home and shop. The owners heard a noise but found nothing amiss at the time. The loss was noticed a few days later.
Eichmann's own Gestapo files are opened to show him as a ruthless administrator pressuring Nazi allies to accelerate persecution of Jews. Documents link him to deportation plans and the mass extermination agenda, with evidence detailing Berlin and French cooperation and crises over Vichy collaboration.
In Topeka the Kansas Supreme Court studied appeals from Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, convicted of four Clutter family killings in Finney County and sentenced to die. Their lawyers argued for a fair trial while the state pressed for no new trial. The case centers on whether the defendants were legally sane and points to one of the state’s most brutal crimes.
Ronald Lee Detwiler aged 19 of rural Freeport was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving and resisting arrest in Police Court. Judge PiNet said the terms ran 30 days on each count. Other defendants appeared and faced fines or bonds for traffic and related charges, with some failing to appear and others entering guilty pleas.
In Nassau Bahamas AP Two Americans Alvin Table Jr and Billy Wayne Lees were executed for the murder of Florida charter boat captain Angus Boatwright. Table aged 25 mounted the scaffold at 7 am followed by Lees 23 an hour later. They killed Boatwright and tied the crime to stealing a 42 foot cruiser near Islamorada. Barbara Table 18 was involved as Table’s bride. The case ended after trial and conviction for slaying Boatwright and a companion.
Williamsburg news item lists Mother's Day trip for Mrs Mary Milliken to visit her son Wendell in Hanford California and other relatives, plus updates on family visits, reunions, and local social happenings including a Cade reunion and senior class trip to Rockaway Beach Missouri.
Cardinal Francis Spellman undergoes surgery today for a detached right eye lens. The procedure is being performed in New York, with details not disclosed. The church leader and hospital say his condition is being carefully monitored and updates will follow.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A Blue Scout rocket was destroyed by range safety officials about a minute after launch to study the Van Allen radiation belt The second stage veered off course triggering destruction The 72 foot vehicle left a white smoke trail as fragments fell into the Atlantic The 3 pound payload was to reach about 900 miles altitude and eject a 9 pound instrument package to parachute into the Atlantic 1380 miles downrange.
Washington AP reports a public showing of motion pictures shot inside Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Junior's Mercury capsule during his flight will be held Wednesday in the caucus room of the House Office Building.
Rus sell Perrine, 35, an unemployed trucker from Kansas City, rides a bicycle toward Washington in a protest against high railroad freight rates. He began in Kansas City and, crossing Cincinnati, aims to reach the capital before President Kennedy leaves for Europe while collecting signatures for a petition to revise rail charges. The driver argues railroads are reducing trucking jobs.
State of Kansas Franklin County probate court to all persons concerned. Kenneth E Mesenhimer as executor filed for final settlement, executor and attorney fees, and determination of heirs and shares. Defenses due by May 19 1981 at 10 am in Ottawa court. If no response, judgment and decree will be entered. Bowers and Bowers, attorneys.
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