News Briefs items and social notices
Retired Ottawa Herald publisher Guy Snedaker is reported in satisfactory condition at St Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City after emergency surgery on Wednesday night. Chester Stovall of Leawood, named head of the Kansas Anti Poverty program, is Theron Stovall’s first cousin. Baker University lists 120 degree candidates including Judith Schmitt of Princeton and Edwin Nutt of Waverly. A dance at Pomona Saturday night features Western Music.
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Guy Snedaker
The
Ottawa Herald
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Snedaker
Chester Stovall
Leawood
Kansas
Theron Stovall
Olive
Baker University
Judith S. Schmitt
Earl Schmitt
Princeton
Edwin L. Nutt
G. H. Nutt
Waverly
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
U.S
Viet Nam
Red China
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Washington
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Defense Secrestary
Robert 5S. McNamara
Parks
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Mstislav Keldysh
Tass
Harding couple to attend Kansas Dental session in Topeka
Dr and Mrs W C Harding will travel to Topeka Sunday for the Kansas State Dental Association meeting. They will be away three days. The Home Economics Advisory Council will meet at 1 30 p m Monday at the Employment Office.
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W. C. Harding
Topeka
Kansas State Dental Association
Home Economics Advisory Council
Sertoma Forms in Ottawa Plans Club Meeting
Arthur Heck district governor announces a Sertoma Club re formation in Ottawa with a 6:30 PM Monday meeting at Colberns. The effort is sponsored by Lawrence and Shawnee Mission clubs with help from former Sertoma members Jay Todd Joe Towner and Ted Clark.
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Sertoma Club
Ottawa
Colberns
Arthur Heck
Lawrence
Heck
Lawrence and
Shawnee Mission Clubs
Jay Todd
Joe Towner
Ted Clark
Kansas
Phone Groups To Convention In Kansas City
Vern Chesbro of the Kansas Telephone Association will lead 16 Ote tawans to a May 16 18 meeting in Kansas City with Missouri Telephone Association members. Speakers include Douglas Gleason Drew Pearson and FBI Kansas City head Henry Fitzgibbon. Attendees from Ottawa include Mr and Mrs Chesbro and others.
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Vern Chesbro
Kansas Telephone Association
Kansas City
Missouri Telephone Association
Douglas Gleason
Drew Pearson
Henry Fitzgibbon
FBI
Kansas Telephone Company of
Ottawa
Chesbro
Robert Tyson
Tom Beaton
Vernon Beer
Dick Stewart
Jim Price
Larry Lemon
Mise Betty Pope
Mary Tesar
Governor Grants Clemency in Fort Scott Bank Robbery Cases
Kansas governor commuting life sentences in the 1932 Citizens National Bank heist at Fort Scott. Jim Clark, 62, sees his term reduced to 55 years, making him parole eligible next September after 32 years served mostly in federal prison. Other clemencies include James Arnold, James Harris, James Lewis, and Netti McMahan with varied reductions. Harvey Bailey had been paroled earlier.
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Topeka
Kan
Citizens National Bank
Fort Scott
William H. Avery
Jim Clark
Clark
Harvey Bailey
Bailey
Kansas
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Mil
Monaire
P. S. Townsend
Avery
Townsend
James C. Harris
Harris
James Edeward Lewis
Lewis
State Reeformatory
Netti L. McMahan
Kansas Women's Industrial Farm
Frances Perkins Dead at 83 First U.S. Woman Cabinet Member
Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. cabinet member and longtime Secretary of Labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt, died at 83 in Manhattan. Born April 10, 1882, in Boston she championed labor reforms including factory safety standards after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the 54 hour work week for women and children. Her death followed a stroke suffered during hospitalization after a routine checkup. Time and labor leaders lauded her enduring commitment to workers and social welfare.
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New York
Frances Perkins
U.S
Labor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Midtown Hospital
Manhattan
East Side
New York State School of Industrial Relations
Cornell University
Madame Perkins
Miss Perkins
Boston
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Labor Department
America
Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
New York Consumers’ League
League
New York State
Triangle
West German Youth Photography Award 1964 results
The Family Ministry of West Germany sponsored the Youth Photography Award with 7000 entries. About 85 percent of participants were boys, yet girls captured more than 25 percent of the 43 top prizes.
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Family Ministry
West Germany
Open Letter From Vietnam War Reporter Describes Strangeness
HAL BOYLE writes from Da Nang detailing a war scene seen through the eyes of a journalist. He notes gum scarcity for locals, preferred cigarettes by children, pretty Vietnamese girls, and humorous battles with faulty plumbing and rampant insects. He depicts entomology dreams, mosquito nets, and a lighthearted yet weary stance as a field of battle unfolds. He signs as Harold, asking for a bug bomb to counterattack.
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Hal Boyle
DA Nang
South
Orient
Harold
P.S
Memorial Books Grow in Carnegie Free Library Collection
Memorial books gain popularity with dedications honoring friends and relatives. Recent gifts include The Growth of American Foreign Policy by Richard Leopold, The United States to 1865 by Michael Kraus, and The United States Since 1865 by Foster Rhea Dulles, all in memory of Mrs. Laura Penny, plus Emotional Health in the World of Work by Harry Levinson honoring Lina Tulloss. Full memorial book details available from the Library.
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Carnegie Free Library
Richard W. Leopold
United States
Michael Kraus
America
Laura Penny
Harry Levinson
Lina Tulloss
Laotian air force cripples Pathet Lao tanks north Plaine des Jarres
Laotian T28 bombers destroyed six Pathet Lao tanks and five trucks north of Plaine des Jarres on May 11 after spotting a convoy of ten tanks and trucks during a routine sortie. Muong Sout near the stronghold of Gen. Kong Lets neutralist forces was cited as the target area.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Muong Sout
Plaine Des Charres
Kong
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Mrs Minnie Shawver 747 S Locust Margaret Henning 420 S 11th Raymond Wolken 824 S Main Gary Kuetermann 1641 S Main Otis Creveiston Cedar House and Saturday Dismissals list Lyn Bennett 1405 Willow Friday Kenton Lynn Cramer 828 N Main Mrs Harley Anson 23 E 13th Mrs Virgil Salman Ottawa RFD 2 Elizabeth Reyes 104 S Oak James Fredricks Williamsburg RFD 2 Jean Shown Pomona Saturday
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Minnie Shawver
Margaret Henning
Raymond Wolken
S. Main
Gary Kueterman
Otis Creve Iston
Cedar House
Lyn Bennett
Willow
Kenton Lynn Cramer
N. Main
Harley Anson
Virgil Salman
Ottawa
Elizabeth Reyes
James Fredricks
Williamsburg
Jean Henshaw
Pomona
Drought Disaster Declared for Western Kansas Counties
Wendell Becratt of the ASC said Secretary Freeman designated 24 western Kansas counties as drought disaster areas. The list includes Decatur Sheridan Gove Lane Finney Gray Meade and all counties west of those. Gov Avery had asked for the designation based on the disaster committee report. Grazing on soil bank land is allowed through July 31 for area farmers.
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Manhattan
Kan
Wendell Becratt
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Kansas
Decatur
Sheridan, Gove, Lane, Finney, Gray and Meade Counties
Kansas Counties
William H. Avery
KC Markets Cattle and Sheep Report From Kansas City
Kansas City market notes show steers and heifers up 79.1 to 26 higher, cows 25 to 50 higher, feeders firm to 50 higher. Good to prime steers 22.00 to 24.25, heifers 19.60 to 24.80, cows 13.25 to 15.50, calves 16.50 to 19.80, feeders 18.50 to 26.00. Lambs steady to 25 higher, sows 1.00 to 2.50 higher, barrows and gilts 13.19 to 23.00 per hundredweight, 200 to 260 lb 19.00 to 21.25, 300 to 310 lb 19.00 to 21.25, sows 800 to 600 lb 17.00 to 18.00.
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Kansas City
Death of Mrs. Bessie M Johnson at 75 in Truth or Consequences
Mrs. Bessie M Johnson, 75, of Truth or Consequences New Mexico, former Princeton resident, died at 7:35 am at her daughter's home in Ottawa. Born Sept 8 1889 in Villisca Iowa, she moved to New Mexico in 1949, married Earl W Johnson in 1909. Surviving: husband, two daughters, six grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. Services at Towner Chapel Tuesday at 2 pm. burial in Princeton Cemetery.
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Bessie M
Johnson
N. M
Princeton
Daugher
Mary Tankersley
7Th St. Terrace
Ottawa
Towner Chapel
Ned M. Roberts
Princeton Cemetery
Mrs. Johnson
Villisca
Iowa
New Mexico
Earl W. Johnson
Christian Church
George Earl Johnson
Tankersley
Pauline Vollmar
Agnes Allen
Wyconda
Nellie Hooks
Paxton
Ill
Fred Hardin
Frank Hardin
West Palm Beach
Fla
Osawatomie Hospital Hosts Physicians Day Event
Osawatomie State Hospital will host a physicians day for 22 counties on May 20. Dr. A G Arnold chairs the event to showcase hospital resources and staff. Registration runs 1 to 1 30 p.m. with talks on admissions and medical hypnosis and guided tours of the facility.
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Osawatomie State Hospital
A. G. Arnold
Ree
Eugene Myers
Iola
State Hopital
Liam O’brien
Phoenix Club
George Zubowicz
Police Notes Cite Two Teens for Vehicle Defects
Police cited Donald L. Berger aged 17 for defective mufflers in the 100 block of East Third Street and Gale Arthur Mitchell aged 19 for lacking a valid driver’s license in the 800 block of South Main. A Plaza FM AM transistor radio was reported stolen from the Woolworth Store, Wednesday or Thursday, valued at $23,988.
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Donald L. Berger
East Third Street
Gale Arthur Mitchell
N. Mulberry
South Main
Woolworth
Probate Court Setstle Jennie Jansen Estate in Franklin County
In the matter of the estate of Jennie Asenath Jansen deceased, Ben F. Shambaugh as administrator c t a petitions final settlement, seeks court approval, fees, and heir distribution. Defenses due by May 26, 1965, 10 a.m. in Ottawa. Guardian attorney listed.
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Winton A. Winter
Harvey W. Reed
Dec
City of
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Julia A. Rundle
Irene V. Lloyd
First National Bank
State of
Franklin
Said
D. N. Jefferson
Richard N. Jefferson
State of Kansas
Edna Sutherland
D. N Jefferson
Wiliamsburg
Anderson & Byrd
Guardian
Jennie Asenath Jansen
Ben F. Shambaugh
C.t.a
Acc
C.t.a. Bowers & Bowers
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