Ottawa News Briefs Span Local Events And Incidents
Town notices and police roundups appear amid local happenings. Cattle killed by a southbound Santa Fe train near Ottawa cause about 1500 in losses. James E. Hally pleads and pays fines for reckless driving and no brakes, while Earl Snyder faces a drunken driving charge with a Saturday trial. Other items include rummage sale notices, a dance, and church meeting updates. two men are picked up on warrants for disturbing the peace and obscene language.
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Bruce Spears
Santa Fe
Ottawa
Spears
James E. Hally
Hally
Andy Marconnette
N. Elm
Ned B. Mundy
Wichita
Peg Carr
Chamber of Fight
Commerce
Marconnette
Mundy
Chamber of Commerce
Mundyland
Climbers Sleep Seven Hours in Freezer Test
Seattle climbers Dick McGowan and Fred Beckey slept seven hours in a cold storage locker at 26 below zero with 30 mph winds from fans. They tested sleeping bags for use on a Himalayan peak next fall. McGowan said it would be like home except for the smell of fish.
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Seattle
Dick McGowan
Fred Beckey
McGowan
Death notices for Helen Fleming and Jake Fisher
Two obituaries and a separate crime brief describe deaths and a hold up. Helen Fleming 62 of Wellsville died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after two weeks. Jake F Fisher, 78, of Cedar Rapids died in a nursing home after illness. A police report details a home invasion where the victim was tied but freed and a suspect questioned.
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Helen Fleming
Wellsville
Ransom Memorial Hospital
New Hope
Calvin and
Belle (Bodsworth) Moherman
Berhard Fleming
Carol
Moberly Junior College
Moberly
Laura Schur
el Monte
Calif
Mary Graves
Modesto
Fleming
Wellsville Baptist Church
T. Neal Hiatt
Jake F. Fisher
Fir
L Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Franklin County
Daisy E. Gardner
Williamsburg
Hospital Notes Admits Several Patients This Week
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Mae Brockus of Rantoul Dawson Minsch of Williamsburg and others. Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Esquivel weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce. Discharges note Alecta Flory Bobby Swearingen Mrs. Homer Perry and baby daughter and several others.
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Mae Brockus
Rantoul
Dawson Minsch
Williamsburg
Larry Owen
N. Cedar
Dean Kirkland
Rantow
Kenneth Eeord
A. H. Hills
Lane
Leonard Esquivel
Alecta Flory
Pomona
Bobby Swearingen
Willow
Homer Perry
Wellsville
Jessie Willis
Osawatomie
Kathleen Carey
Cottonwood
Fisher Family Notables From Cedar Rapids to Ottawa
Everett and Glen Fisher of Cedar Rapids. Two sisters Mrs J R Morgan of Ottawa and Mrs H Thompson of Shawnee. Two brothers S T and C E Fisher, both of Ottawa, and one grandson. This fragment outlines a family listing in a likely obituary notice.
Robber Ties Up Wellington Postal Worker Pay Battle Looms
A robber tied up a Wellington postal worker and fled after taking 150 dollars and forcing a ride. Congress passed a compromise postal pay bill 66 to 11, sent to President Eisenhower who privately favors a smaller raise but will study it. a veto is anticipated and lawmakers expect a veto message soon.
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Washington
Wellington
Kas
Carlson
Senate
Hisenhower
House
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Congress Moves To Give Broad Powers On Salk Serum
In Washington congress debates granting broad standby powers over Salk polio vaccine distribution and pricing. Republicans and Democrats urge a compromise between voluntary guides and drastic compulsory controls. Public Health Service continues factory checks at Parke, Davis Detroit, Scheele to testify, while 62 polio cases have been confirmed among five million vaccinated children. Parke Davis reports an improved vaccine version with slowed absorption testing in Illinois.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Davidson
D-Ny
Senti
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Spence
Public Health Service
Parke, Davis and Co. Laboratories
Detroit
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
House
Oveta Culp Hobby
Eduation and Welfare
Parke, Davis and Co
de Witt County
Ill
Funeral services for George W. Kapp held at Lamb Home
George W. Kapp died May 8 and funeral services were conducted May 11 at 3 p.m. by Rev. Robert B. Craig at Lamb Funeral Home. Pallbearers included Erwin Elder, Charles Geiger, Kenneth Andrews, Gilbert Robe, Joe Cutting, and Ed Hosler with organ music by Mrs. J. R. Henning. Interment followed in Highland Cemetery.
Prison Term For Baby's Murder
Warren Applegate 32 of Mulvane Kansas sentenced to up to 40 years in state prison after conviction of second degree murder in death of his 16 month old daughter. The state alleged he gave the child poison in soda. The death occurred near Douglass on October 25.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Warren Applegate
Mulvane
Applegate
Douglass
Galveston Open To Racketeers
Galveston mayor elect George Roy Clough, 64, says gambling and prostitution are here to stay and he will meet within 30 days with Galveston’s gambling bosses, including Maceo syndicate chiefs, to form a system of self government. He praises operators as trustworthy and reliable at paying bills.
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Galveston
Tex
George Roy Clough
Clough
KLUEF
Maceo
Local Market Rates and School Abacus Adoption
The snippet lists grain prices including wheat, barley, soybeans, rye, yellow and white corn with inconsistent figures, butter fat, oats, Milo, and egg prices. It notes some American schools are now using the abacus to teach children arithmetic, reflecting an educational shift alongside market terms.
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Merataiphem Herald Office
McVay Ambulance
Joe Towner
al Williams Insurance
Armory
Rebekahs
Memorial Auditorium
Earl H. Snyder
Hutchinson
Snyider
Snyder
Billy E. Burnett
Burroughs
Arthur A. McFarlin
McFarlin
Enanle Vann Mn
Velarow
Amis
Volved
Logan
Sionary
Sudan
Missionary Societies
United Presbyterian Churches
Kansas City
Fred Funk
Augusta
George McIntosh
California
Louis H. Dengel
Vraway Sanane
Robert D. Robinson
Robinson
Moler's Cafe
Moler
Mae Chappell
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Peggy Bunyan
Kent Granger
U. S
America
Maytag
Douglas Bros
C. A. Myers & Son
Centropolis
Ottawa Market
Wilson
T. A. Fleck
Michhigan Valley
Jack Nelson
Anderson County
L. C. Gruver
Lota
Centropolia
Kan
Neill George
Waverly
Yates Center
Albert
Albert Pteawale
Ben Printy
N. Main
Rte
Dracula
Dean Berlin
Peter En al
Richard Jean Todd Peters
Spike Jones
TA Unversal International Picture
Universal International
FBI
Pei Aa Ise
Nes
Man Oye
Andrews Baviof Eh
Tee
Technicolor
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