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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1956

Page

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Ottawa graduation list correction and local notices

Unclear local notices report Rogers omitted from Ottawa high school graduation list. Various briefs cover surgery, arrests for bouncing checks, a divorce filing, drunkenness, traffic citations, hospital updates, church officers elected, De Molay meeting notes, plans for Heart of America ceremony, Navy recruit graduations, and reassignment of Kansas Judicial Association officers.

Rogers Ottawa Herald

Hospital Notes Admitted Patients and Dismissals

Admitted Mrs. Don Welton at 329 S Poplar and Mrs. Elmer Mallory of Pomona plus Mrs. Belle Evans of 228 N Cedar today. Dismissals include Charles Robert Williams at 707 N Sycamore and Joe Wakefield at 719 Lincoln today. Linda Forrer of Princeton, George Beatty at 911 Cypress, Mrs Nellie Brown of 719 N Mulberry, Kenneth Richardson of Pomona, and Mrs Donald F Stevenson and baby daughter of 433 S Cedar also noted today.

Don Welton S. Poplar Elmer Mallory Pomona Belle Evans N. Cedar Charles Robert Williams N. Sycamore Linda Forrer Princeton George Beatty Cypress Nellie Brown N. Mulberry Kenneth Richardson Donald F. Stevenson S. Cedar Joe Wakefield Lincoln

Funeral services for Kathrine M. Markham held

Funeral services for Airs. Kathrine M. Markham who died May 7 were held May 10 at Towners Funeral Chapel with Dr. W. A. Elliott officiating. Pallbearers included Mann Smith L. C. Geiger W Kramer Freeland West Howard Selby and Jim Alexander. Mrs. A. H. North sang with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Lawrence Ott. Interment followed at Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka.

Stevenson blames GOP money over Minnesota primary defeat

Adlai Stevenson charges Republican money helped defeat him in Minnesota and hints at a Florida and California surge. Senator Estes Kefauver disputes any knowledge of GOP contributions. Both men campaign in Los Angeles ahead of the California primary on June 5, with Oregon on May 18 and Florida on May 29 looming. Stevenson claims heavy contributors financed the Minnesota upset, while Kefauver says he knows nothing of such funding.

Adiai Stevenson Minnesota California Estes Kefauver Stevenson Oregon Florida Vesterday GOP Kefauver

GM Sets One Day Shutdown For Auto Plants

General Motors ordered a one day shutdown of its automotive assembly plants as managers decide which sites will close today or Monday to balance production with current demand. Chrysler Corp. plants were also allowed a two day shutdown to adjust output.

Detroit General Motors Chrysler Corp. Auto

Hammarskjold urges restraint in Middle East crisis

United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said he is ready to help the Middle East but will not make recommendations unless asked. He urged all parties to show restraint to create a calm period. He spoke after returning from a month of peace efforts and cited a long report advising against external imposition of a settlement.

United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Middle East U. N. Security Council Hammarskjold Security Council

Leaders tour site of proposed dam near Parsons

City leaders from Parsons Cofferville and Cherryvale meet with Corps of Engineers at Tulsa to tour the Big Hill Creek dam site. A public hearing on the proposal is tentatively set for June 14. The lake would be six miles west of Parsons or two and a half miles east of Cherryvale and serve Cherryvale Cofferville Parsons Mound Valley Liberty and Altamont. It would provide water supply fish and recreational benefits.

Cherryvale Parsons Cofferville Corps of Engineers Tulsa Big Hil Creek Cherrivale Mound Valley Liberty Altamont

Stormy weather sweeps across Midwest with tornadoes

Stormy weather battered the midcontinent with tornadic winds across Nebraska Minnesota Iowa and Kansas. Tornadoes struck southern Nebraska near three communities while a twister damaged many homes in Rushmore Minnesota. Sioux City Iowa reported a violent thunderstorm with 92 mph gusts as dust swept from the Texas Panhandle to southern Nebraska and a wet belt stretched from northern California to Canada.

Mid-Continent Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Kansas Rushmore Lyons Cassady Kas Juniata Doniphan Arlington Sioux City Plains Oklahoma Texas Panhandle California Canada

Two Die Before Firing Squads At Utah Prison

Two inmates Verne Braasch and Melvin Sullivan were executed by firing squad at dawn at the Utah State Prison for a 1949 Beaver service station murder. Nine riflemen fired at targets on their chests, with one blank per squad. The men, each from Reinbeck and Kansas City, declined to speak. about 100 witnesses attended.

Utah Verne Alfred Braasch Melvin Leroy Sullivan Braasch Reinbeck Jons Sullivan Kansas City Beaver Utah State Prison Sal Lake City Charles Wells Iron County Wells Joseph Manzione

Victims’ families react after convictions in notable case

Braasen and Sullivan were convicted. The father told reporters he held no bitterness and was glad the matter was ending. Sullivan’s mother Grace Agnew of Kansas City claimed her son’s body. Braasch’s body remained unclaimed and was given to Catholic Charities for burial at Reinzbeck.

Docking calls Right To Work a step backward

Lawrence George Docking, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said the so called right to work law would be a step backward and out of harmony with modern labor relations. He called the slogan misnamed and misleading, arguing it hides its true aim to outlaw union shops even when a plant's majority supports them.

Lawrence George Docking Docking

Clothes Ignite From Trash Burner in El Dorado

A year old Leon girl and her mother are hospitalized in El Dorado with first and second degree burns after sparks from a trash burner ignited the child's clothing. Jean Epperson, daughter of James and spouse, suffered extensive burns while her mother rolled her in grass and beat out the flames. The piece ends urging church attendance next Sunday.

EL Dorado W Leon el Dorado Hospital Jean Epperson James Epperson

Glaucoma Blinds Over Forty Thousand Americans

Reports indicate more than 40,000 Americans have lost vision due to glaucoma with ongoing public health concerns. Medical experts urge early screening and regular eye exams to prevent progression and preserve sight.

Ten More Years Of Dry Weather In Plains Forecast

DENVER The drought cycle in the Great Plains will not end until at least 1966 predicts Albert W Cook chief meteorologist He said the drought cycle reached its low ebb in 1054

Denver Great Plains Albert W. Cook

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