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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
1
Ottawa and Wellsville residents join 151 Kansans for a five week spring session at Emporia State Teachers College. Franklin county attendees include Mabel Gilliland and Edna Beuthien among others from Ottawa and Leavening Ottawa area.
Radar checks led to 34 speeding arrests around Burlingame and Ottawa with many drivers fined or scheduled for court. A theft report cites theft from Anderson Construction Co on a turnpike project. Local government and election updates list precinct candidate names and a new chamber secretary.
The House Post Office Committee voted 13-8 to boost postal rates. First class mail would rise from 3 cents per ounce to 4 cents, airmail from 6 to 7 cents, with magazines bearing heavier advertising costs. The move, set for implementation by the Post Office Department, would add about 10 to 15 cents monthly for the average letter writing family.
Ruth Wyeth Speare offers an iron on pattern No 198 featuring five designs on one large sheet suitable for trivets and wall decorations. Lay pattern on wood iron to transfer without tracing. Valid for new wood or painted surfaces, mail 50 cents with name and address to Pattern Dept Ottawa Herald Bedford Hills New York.
James Carter, 32, an armed escaped convict from Rochester, abducted two detectives, stole their car, and killed companion John Dedrick, 23, of Corning. Police pursue through Jamestown to Boomertown as residents shelter indoors. Dedrick died at the wheel. Carter fled into fields after bailment car crash.
Mrs Winifred Neathery aged 47 died at the University of Kansas Medical Center after losing an arm and sustaining other injuries in an automobile mishap near La Cygne Kansas Sunday night She was wife of R F Neathery formerly resided in Iola Kansas and later Blackwell Oklahoma The weather report notes worsening soil moisture across western Kansas and a need for soaking rains while U S industry spent 3 7 million dollars on research and development in 1953 with 4 percent for basic research
President Truman toured the Naples region including Salerno and the Isle of Capri. He limited his morning walk due to a bad ankle while plans included a stop at Paestum to view ancient ruins near Vesuvius.
White House physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder said President Eisenhower should vacation at a lower altitude than Colorado this summer. He noted no plans have been discussed and favored a conservative approach after the heart attack. The president hosted a large garden party for veterans with 811 guests, remarking that it was the easiest such event yet.
The committee backed a broad civil rights package as management and labor spar over federal remedies. It calls for a presidentially appointed civil rights commission with subpoena power, a new Justice Department civil rights division, and expanded federal access to court for voting and civil rights disputes, including direct suits without state remedy exhaustion.
In Miami, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver appeared together at a single microphone to critique the administration and outline why they seek the presidency. They promote separate campaigns in Florida for 28 Democratic National Convention votes, with a later clash over absenteeism remarks, while publicly showing solidarity on foreign and domestic policy and the drive for peace amid Cold War tensions.
Funeral services for William H Bill Mundy who died yesterday will be held Thursday at 2 00 PM at the McVey Dengel mortuary Rev Ernest C Worden of the Christian church will officiate Burial will be in Highland cemetery Masonic services will be conducted by Ottawa Masonic Lodges No 18 with Charles Watts P M in charge
New York report states smoking may not affect breathing mechanics in healthy individuals and could help, though it worsens heart or lung disease. Preliminary study results were shared with the National Tuberculosis Association by Ernst O. Attinger and Maurice S. Segal of Tufts. Also noted, 10 percent of 1955 National League walks were intentional with 424 walks on purpose among 4,249.
Secretary of State Dulles announced a new bid for long range foreign aid as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to take up the aid bill. He said the United States has inferred Russia will reduce military manpower and criticized Khrushchev for withholding details from recent London talks.
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