News Briefs from 1957 Local Events and Incidents
News briefs cover Jim Fivian earning an award at Central Missouri State College while a Kemper School junior. Wellsville sets Sept 3 4 for Picnic Fair with 4 H exhibits baby show parade. Middleton district votes to join Quenemo Pomona districts. Job's Daughters rummage sale planned for May 11. Pomona PTA officers elected May 10. Robert Miller sues Harry Pahlman over a fatal Sept 23 accident near Michigan Valley for 25000. Rex's Market hires C D Gaston. Ottawa High School Swing Kings 4th annual Jazz Concert tonight. Main Street accident at A W Drive In prompting Ed Gervais to eject three Army men with a rubber hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fivian
John C. Fivian
Cherry
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Fivian
Kemper Military School
Boonville
Robert Miller
Lyndon
Franklin County
Harry Pahlman
Miller
Michigan Valley
Pahlman
Main Street
Ed Gervais
Gervais
Forbes Air Base
Hospital Notes Admits and Births at Local Clinic
Admitted Frank Shaffer Richmond Bet ty Salmon 424 Willow Robert Dyer RFD 2 Baldwin today. Births Mr and Mrs Bill Johannes 802 N Main daughter born Friday weight 8 lb 2 oz. Dismissed Mrs Cecil McArdle RFD 2 Overbrook Thursday Mrs Robert Stansbury 608 S Poplar B L Taul Baldwin Mrs Ruth Moody RFD 1 Gilbert Barthol Westphalia Mrs Floyd Minnick 204 E 14th Mrs Doyle Taylor and baby son 1017 Willow Mrs Lonnie Cox Pomona today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank. Shaffer
Richmond
Betty Salmon
Willow
Robert Dyer
RFD
Baldwin
Bill Johannes
N. Main
Cecil McArdle
Overbrook
Robert Stansbury
S. Poplar
B. L. Taul
Ruth Moody
Gilbert Barthol
Westphalia
Floyd Minnick
E. 14Th
Doyle Taylor
Baby Son
Lonnie Cox
Pomona
Probe Alleged Beck Kickback Details Uncovered in Senate Inquiry
Senate rackets investigators heard testimony linking Teamsters Union President Dave Beck to kickbacks from investment fees on union funds. Donal Hedlund testified Beck handled funds for the Ray Leheney Memorial Fund, sharing brokerage profits with Beck and others. Loomis said Beck used his position for personal gain, including a canceled $2.5 million loan deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ets
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Seattle
Donal Hedlund
Ray Leheney
Hedlund
Leheney
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Simond Wampold
The
Investment Co
National Mortgage Co
Robert Kennedy
Teamsters
Union Treasury
Memorial Fund
Kennedy
Teamsters Treasury
Fred P. Loomis
Honolulu
Loomis
Death of Ralph W. Boudeman Former Ottawa Barber
Mrs. W H Boyd of 724 Ash returned from Salina after the death of her brother in law Ralph W Boudeman formerly an Ottawa barber. He died April 29 with funeral May 2. Burial was in Abilene Cemetery. He had been in failing health three years and gravely ill five weeks after a heart attack. Mrs Boudeman once worked in Ottawa telephone office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Boudeman
W. H. Boyd
Salina
Ottawa
Abilene
Boudeman
Tanker Crew Rescued After Atlantic Plane Belly-Landing
Seven U S airmen en route to Gibraltar survived a rough Atlantic belly landing 200 miles off the Azores. The KC97 tanker lost three engines, pilots landed at sea, crew rode a raft until rescued by the Norwegian ship Sande fjord and others. Injured crewman unnamed, seven survivors include Lt Col Bruce H Abraham Jr and Maj Robert Rawlinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
U. S
Gibraltar
U. S. Air Force
Azores
Europe
Lockbourne
Ohio
North Africa
Sandefjord
Bruce H. Abraham Jr
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Rawlinson
Mill Brook
Ala
Kenneth O. Handley
Monroeville
Alton C. Givens
Aberdeen
Miss
William R. Early
Americus
Harry—& Lawrence Jr
Altoona
Frederick C. Morrison
Hampton
Mid-East People Back For Seconds
Washington reports many Middle Eastern nations will seek more United States military and economic aid after Special Ambassador James P. Richards tour of 15 nations. Richards said promised help could not meet all needs and noted disappointment at the limits of authorized aid per country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
James P. Richards
Middle East
Richards
Ottawa couples obtain marriage licenses
Fred H. Vogier aged 23 of Ottawa wed Kay Kyle aged 20 of Ottawa. Kernneth Duane Stout aged 20 of Ottawa married Ruth Ann Siron aged 20 of Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Vogier
Ottawa
Kay Kyle
Kernneth Duane Stout
Ruth Ann Siron
Kansas City
Fate of Parsons Kansas Ordnance Plant in doubt
Senator Schoeppel warns the Kansas Ordnance Plant at Parsons may close linking to distress in Southeastern Kansas and Katy Railroad shop shutdowns. He urges White House coordination with President Eisenhower after hearings on conventional ammunition stockpiles and defense plant closures. He cites discussions with Carlson and Rep George and asks reconsideration of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pel
R-Kas
Kansas
Parsons, Kas
Wilber M. Brucker
Schoeppel
Eisenhower
Katy
Parsons
Senate Preparedness Investigating
Defense Department
Army
Sen. Carlson
Rep. George
White House
Plane crash near Barajas Airport claims 37 lives
A passenger plane crashed in flames last night near Barajas Airport in Madrid, killing all 37 aboard. Only one foreign passenger, Erik Bengtsson, 41, a Swede, survived none. The craft burst into flames on impact, spraying burning fuel toward nearby farm houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Barajas
Spain
Erik Bengtsson
Wheat Price Support Could Increase, Not Cut
Secretary Benson told Rep. Miller the new wheat price support will not be reduced and may be increased. He explained the minimum average support could rise if July 1, 1958 parity price, wheat supply, and other factors justify a higher level, despite a prior cut from 2.00 to 1.78 dollars per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Miller
Ncb
House Passes Housing Bill
The House approved a compromise housing bill aimed at easing home purchases and aiding the slumping market. It lowers FHA insured down payments, expands mortgage credit, and allocates 250 million dollars for slum clearance urban renewal and for housing military personnel elderly and other groups. A future public housing start limit was added for displacement needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
House
Plan To Attend Two 4-H Camps
Franklin County 4-H members plan two state camps from May 28 to June 2. Eleven attend the state roundup at Kansas State College Manhattan. others attend a music camp at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City. Sponsors Jameson Milliken and Don Brown accompany the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
4-H
Dick Jameson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Rock Springs
Junction City
Belva Averill
SHAAF
Larry Anderson
Far and Near
Jameson
Orlin Milliken
Don Brown
Rock Springs Ranch
Driver Is Cited After Mishap on Walnut and Third
Lavernon Lohman, 26, of Rural Free Delivery, was cited at 10:09 p.m. yesterday for failure to reduce speed after skidding his 1949 Studebaker about 72 feet and hitting a westbound 1949 Chevrolet driven by Baird Albert Elbin, 59, of 204 Elm, on Third Street. Estimated damages are $125 to the Elbin car and $40 to Lohman. Lohman faces police court Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavernon Lohman
RFD
Walnut
Lohman
Studebaker
Baird Albert Elbin
Elbin
Emporian Doctor Elected Leader of Kansas Medical Society
Dr. Thomas P. Butcher of Emporia was elected president of the Kansas Medical Society at its annual meeting. Named to the new slate are first vice president Glenn R. Peters of Kansas City, second vice president Dr. Fred Fe. Wightman of Sabetha, and secretary Dr. George E. Burker Jr. of Kingman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Thomas P. Butcher
Emporia
The
Kansas Medical Society
Glenn R. Peters
Kansas City
Fred FE. Wightman
Sabetha
George E. Burker Jr
Kingman
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Wellsville
Chamber of Commerce
Wilky’s Pottery
Jardinieres
US 59
Middleton
Job’s Daughters Rummage Sale Memorial Auditorium
Pomona Pta
C. D. Gaston
Rex's Super Market
Paola
Jay Ellis
Ottawa High School
Municipal Auditorium
Harry
Harry Smith Auto Supply
S. Main
Mid-East
Sen. Schoep
Sen. Schoeppel
Stewart's Fruit
Flower Farm
Richter
Albright Sewing Circle
GAS Service CO
Eula May Cartmill
Jim Lancaster
Jayhawk Club
Elaine Reichard
Leon Warbritton
Elizabeth Harris
Eugene Wingert
Terry Cox
Berea ‘Boosters
Arlene Cannady
Princeton Jolly Workers
Leroy Boecker
Shining Star
Sharon Whirley
Clover Leaf
James Dunn
Silver Leaf
McVe - Dengel
Louis H, Dengel
Emporian Heads Medical Society
Birch
Fred Birch
Towner’s Chapel
Joe Penne
Tae Hase
Peds
Lamb
Sheets
Owen W. Sheets
Lamb Funeral Home
Princeton Cemetery
Esai
National
Radio Week
Organization of
Anchor Savings and Loan Association
D. William ‘Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
North American Building
J. Dean Nofsinger Manager
Lamb Rineral
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