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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1957
Page
6
Torrential rains push the Marais des Cygnes to near 26 feet at Ottawa. Weather bureau in Topeka predicts a crest tonight with only minor overflow in low valley areas. River reading at 1 40 p m shows 2414 feet.
Amid rising flood readings in Oklahoma and Kansas, the Cimarron and Marais des Cygnes basins threaten serious inundation. Ottawa's river levels climbed from 5 to 22.6 feet with crest forecasts, while Oklahoma City braces as Cimarron expected to crest near Perkins. Several deaths already reported, with widespread rainfall and overflow affecting towns along US 59 and tributaries.
In Manorville New York seven year old Benjamin Hooper Jr remains trapped 18 hours at the bottom of a dry well as rescue teams tunnel and install a culvert pipe to prevent collapse. Fire crews from Manorville Eastport Center Moriches and Riverhead work by floodlights while the boy’s father who is a Brookhaven town highway worker assists until exhaustion. The mother Betty Hooper learns of the accident from police and becomes hysterical.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered afternoon thunder showers in the southwest. Warmer today and northwest tonight. Saturday mostly party cloudy with varying temperatures from the northwest to 85 in the southeast. Low tonight 40s northwest to 50s-60s southeast. Saturday highs 65-70 northwest to 85 southeast.
An 82-year-old Pomona man, Thomas A. Love, suffered second degree burns and a minor scalp laceration when his one story bungalow exploded early morning, likely from a faulty gas stove. He was rushed to Ransom Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Fire Chief Dickie reported debris flew 75 to 100 feet. the home was a total loss.
Senators Aiken and Young indicated the Senate will likely reject a House move to terminate the soil bank farm plan. Senator Russell, chair of the Senate subcommittee handling the House-passed agriculture money bill, said he would not rush the bill. The House approved the measure by 192 to 187 and added a ban on acreage reserve payments to farmers after the deadline.
The Nevada Test Organization said wind currents should permit the last atomic test to proceed at 5:05 a.m. Saturday after two 24 hour postponements. The report also notes possible implications for farm policy and a temporary four year lease near the test site to acreage reserve, with details tied to Las Vegas Boulder City and Indian Springs areas.
Platte City Mo. Hubert McKinley Fulkerson an 18 year old Park College freshman is scheduled for the September term of circuit court to face charges of placing poison in food eaten by three persons. He waived preliminary hearing yesterday.
In an interview a official said the House moved to end a program to reduce surplus production before a real trial. The vote was unusually close, reflecting tight margins among lawmakers on the measure.
Ottawa witnesses and Kansas and Missouri delegates told the Senate Public Works subcommittee that budgeted flood control items should be funded. Key projects include $500,000 for Ottawa local protection works and $145,009 for Pomona reservoir planning, with bids and construction slated to begin later in 1938. Ottawa delegates planned to return to Kansas City tonight.
Washington officials and Kansas groups warned that building Pomona and Melverne reservoirs would harm the Marais des Cygnes Basin economy by destroying thousands of acres of land and dislocating dozens of families. In Wichita, flood controls averted a main district crisis as the Arkansas River exceeded banks. Red Cross reported 19 residents sheltered in a school gym while 600 volunteers sandbagged river banks overnight.
Heavy rain drenched Kansas with areas in the southeast and south central reporting more than five inches. Weather officials said the storm was ending with clearing skies and rising temperatures expected. Flood warnings remained for Wichita and nearby rivers as dikes held and rescue crews assisted evacuees from low-lying areas.
Oklahoma A. and M. College will join the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, expanding the Big Seven to eight. Effective June 1 the MVIAA retains its name and becomes known as the Big Eight. Existing members are Oklahoma Kansas Kansas State Iowa State Nebraska Colorado and Missouri. The Aggies will compete in cross country track outdoor track tennis wrestling and swimming this fall and plan a full football schedule by 1961.
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