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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1959
Page
6
Cynthia Rae Blakeman of Ottawa is announced as the sole candidate for the Franklin County Dairy Princess title. Her sponsor is the Rotary Club, and she will reign over Dairy Month and Dairy Day in June with entry deadline May 26.
Charles Starkweather, 20, received a two week stay of execution just before he was to be executed by electric chair. U.S. Judge Richard Robinson halted the sentence until June 4 to allow an appeal of a habeas corpus denial. Starkweather, who confessed to 11 killings, faced the dawn execution after a 16 month murder rampage. Caril Fugate remained unaware of the stay as she serves a life sentence at York reform school.
Nondescript forecast notes mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. Locally heavy rain possible tonight, cooler afternoons, and highs in the 60s with a low around 50 to 55.
U S customs agents stopped a transport plane loaded with arms in Miami and arrested 19 people including Dominican Republic consul Augusto Ferrando. Other detainees included Leonard Trento of Newark and Miami officer Joseph Liquori. In Washington, the House budget fight continues as bills seek 40 to 50 billion for next year, with the Senate adding 35 million to Treasury and related agencies.
Federal agents round up 21 delegates to the 1957 Apalachin underworld meeting in New York and search for six more, as a nationwide sweep targets the alleged top ranks of a vast criminal syndicate. Bonds run to 100000, with possible five year terms if convicted.
Leavenworth AP reports a woman driver struck a wooden utility pole. she told police she was looking in her purse when the crash occurred. The incident involved a road vehicle and a local utility pole, with no further injuries reported.
AP reports persistent light rain across western Kansas with a broad low pressure area overhead. Rain totals last night ranged from half to one and a half inches, with fog and drizzle statewide. Ground moisture remains high but no imminent major flooding anticipated by the Weather Bureau.
Fort Worth Texas AP L P Cookingham retiring Kansas City city manager was hired for Fort Worth at 30000 a year. He will take over June 15 replacing Frank Davis who resigned his 20000 a year post weeks earlier.
Anton William Mages died at 8 30 am at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a heart attack en route to Mass at Sacred Heart Church He was a retired city water and light department employee born October 24 1875 in Bohemia He lived in Ottawa 40 years survived by his widow seven daughters four sons two grandchildren seven great grandchildren and a brother Services at Sacred Heart Church Monday at 9 am Rosary at Lamb Funeral Home Sunday 815 pm Knights of Columbus Rosary Saturday at Lambs Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery
The Loren Gensmans north of Ottawa transformed an old cistern into a storm shelter after the 1957 tornado. With a reinforced cement wall, a wooden ladder, light, and radio outlet, the shelter fits about 12 people and is described as a real comfort during tornado scares.
The Board of Education asks for bids to modernize the junior high school foods room with steel cabinets and sinks. Specifications are in the business office. Bids must be submitted by five o'clock June 1, 1959. Adv.
The Board of Education seeks bids to place acoustical tiles on the third floor corridor ceiling of the Senior High School building. Specifications are available in the business office until six o'clock June 1, 1959. Adv.
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell outlines the stakes as about 10 million high school graduates face the transition to work or further training. He cites unemployment disparities between skilled and unskilled workers and stresses the economic payoff of completing schooling, noting 800,000 peers drop out during the senior year and that graduates earn better jobs and pay.
Police Chief Howard Branning his wife and their young son are missing from Owego Tioga County. Branning 39 has not been seen since Monday. A patrolman said Branning left a garage for a checkup and planned to return, then disappeared. His wife and son left their home with luggage midmorning. Auditors from the state comptroller began examining village records.
Traffic toll in Topeka reports 175 fatalities to date in 1959, up from 168 in the comparable period of 1958, with figures released by the State Accident Records Section for the last 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. today.
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a 35000 ceiling on price support loans to any one farm amid predicted harm to the federal farm program. The 57 to 20 vote followed House actions inserting a 50000 ceiling into agriculture appropriations. Senator Young criticized Benson while noting likely price reductions from the measure.
Washington AP reports living costs rose 0.2 percent from March to 123.9 percent of the 1947-49 base, matching last year’s peak. Higher state and local taxes, transportation and medical costs buoyed the index while food declined 0.1 percent. Factory earnings also rose to record April levels with take home pay up about 10 percent from last year. Nearly a million auto workers see no pay change due to small cost-adjustment rise.
Geneva AP West Germany presses the Big Three to secure Soviet confirmation of the West s existing rights in Berlin as a precondition for a summit. Von Brentano says informal Soviet acceptance could undergird a formal summit agreement. Secretariat plans for secret talks alongside the open sessions as diplomats plot a patient, split level bargaining strategy.
Cities Service Gas Co. asked the Federal Power Commission for a $10,523,000 rate increase on gas supplied to distributors like Gas Service. If approved, the higher charges would affect 250 Kansas City area communities and take effect June 23. Gas Service President R. M. Power said current costs are too high to absorb the hike.
Mayor K E Andrews proclaims Saturday May 25 1959 as Poppy Day in Ottawa inviting all to wear a poppy to honor veterans and support disabled service members with 100 percent of contributions aiding their relief. The declaration was signed at City Hall on May 20 1959.
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