Local News Notes and Household Anecdotes
Side Swipes reports Mrs. Henry Ward found large potatoes at dinner, Mrs. Jack Christian discovered a large black snake in her basement and called painters for help. Ite S. Harris, Herald publisher, is recovering well in Atlantic City after major heart surgery. Deadline for memorial tributes for Friday's In Memoriam column is 5 PM Wednesday. Church bulletin in Ottawa draws guarded smiles amid congregation.
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Henry Ward
West. Ltd
Jack Christian
Hickory
S. F. Harris
Herald
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
Ottawa
Ottawa Vacation Bible Schools Schedule
Ottawa churches announce vacation Bible schools with dates ranging May 31 to June 17 across assemblies of God Bethany Chapel Baptist Sacred Heart Catholic Shate of the Brethren Church of Christ North Poplar Faith Bible Faith Lutheran Federated First Baptist Christian Faith Methodist Richter Methodist Trinity Methodist United … host weeks include May 31 to June 4 and June 6 to 17.
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Ottawa
Assembly of God
Bethany Chapel Baptist
Satan Baptist
Sacred Heart Catholic
Shate of the Brethren
Church of Christ
Ottawa Schools Set To Close For Summer Vacation
Ottawa public schools and Sacred Heart parochial school wind up the year this week. Ottawa High seniors finish finals today with a trip to Kansas City for the senior picnic, then final exams resume. Graduation exercises Friday feature Dr. James McCain as speaker and S. Robert McCrea delivering diplomas. Ottawa High students head to a TV Teen Town program Saturday. Sacred Heart tests end tomorrow and grade cards are distributed Friday. graduation and farewell musical follow Sunday morning services.
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Ottawa Public Schools
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Ottawa High School
Kansas City
Swope Park
Memorial Auditorium
James McCain
Kansas State College
Manhattan
S. Robert McCrea
Board of Education
Ottawa Steel Products, Inc
National Guard
Ottawa
Wdaf-Tv
Channel 4
Sacred Heart Parochial
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart
Senate to Sustain Eisenhower Veto on Postal Pay Rise
Senator Knowland of California told President Eisenhower the Senate will likely sustain the veto on the bill proposing an average postal worker pay hike of 8.6 percent. The White House met with Republican leaders as Democrats plan to override, needing 15 Republicans plus all 49 Democrats to pass over the veto.
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Senate
Washington
Knowland
Calif
Hisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Capitol
Republican Policy Committee
House
GOP
Martin
Mass
Sen. Carlson
R-Kas
Storms Bring Rain Across Ottawa And Kansas Far Regions
An afternoon storm dropped 0.32 inch at Ottawa's John P. Kesley station, boosting May total to 3.12 inches, with nine rain events this month. Tornado sightings reported near Chanute and Wichita, barometer fell briefly, temperatures ranged 56 to 84 F, and cooler conditions followed. Southeast Kansas showers and hail caused crop and greenhouse damages in Pittsburg and Labette County. 1.15 inches fell in 15 minutes near Bartlett. Weather official Richard Garrett forecast more showers tonight and tomorrow, with mixed temperatures across western and central Kansas.
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Ottawa
John P. Kelsey
Chanute
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas
Eureka
Pittsburg
Bartlett
Labette County
Brinkman
van Becelaere Sreenhouse
Russell Klotz
Acre
Richard Garrett
Alta Vista
Virgil
Atlanta
Moran
Coffeyville
Marysville
Oswego
Burlington
Troustate
Stafford
Cassaday
Blue Rapids
Thrall
Elgin
Clay Center
Fredonia
Independence
Oxford
Columbus
Matfield Greer
Waverly
Meade
Soldier
Sedgwick
St. John
Wamega
el Dorado
Emporia
Liberal
Garden City
Hugoton
Topela
Great Bend
Dodge City
Salina
Douglas county man held after Logan Main crash
Ross H Ulrich aged 53 was arrested after an auto crash at Logan and Main. He was cited for drunk driving and for operating with no brakes. Ulrich pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for Saturday morning. He was committed to jail after failing to post bonds of 200 and 10 dollars.
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Douglas County
Logan
Main
Ross H. Ulrich
Lawrence
Ulrich
J. W. Crawley
Arlington
Texas
Group Reacts Favorably To School Consolidation Plan
County Superintendent John Fleming reported that a Pomona discussion meeting drew about 125 patrons from Pomona Quenemo Appanoose and Michigan Valley with no disapproval of the consolidation plan. Adel Throckmorton noted a district vote is needed first and a new district would form if approved.
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Pomona
John Fleming
Quenemo
Appanoose
Michigan Valey
Fleming
Adel Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Con
Acc
Injured Paola Woman Hurt In Highway Crash
Mrs. Maggie Bacon, 48, of Paola, was injured when her 1918 Chevrolet went off the road on K-68 north of Ottawa at 2 a.m. The vehicle rolled onto its side, trapping her. A passing truck driver stopped, called for help, and she was taken by ambulance to a hospital with a severe injury to her right arm and other cuts and bruises. The name of the other motorist was not learned.
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Pre Mortal Hospital
Ottawa
Weather forecast predicts warm west and cooler east
Generally fair this afternoon with cooler southeast and warmer northwest. Increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms developing over the west tonight and spreading into the central area on Wednesday. Warmer west tonight and cooler extreme northwest Wednesday. Low tonight 50 to 55. high Wednesday 75 to 80.
Murder Trial Opens In Garnett Kansas
Blackie Lewis, 59, a pipeline worker, faces first degree murder charges in the fatal stabbing of Fred Hermreck in Garnett, as the Anderson County district court session began. Attorney Roy Cole and others noted the case. details show an afternoon trial with officials noting temperatures and local conditions as context.
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Garnett
Kas
Blackie Lewis
Anderson
Lewis
Fred Hermreck
Garnett Auto Salvage
Roy Cole
Anderson County
Brother Orville
Owen Sam
Bam Wellinels
Emporia
Nearing Answers On Polio Serum
Washingtons surge general Leonard Scheele said the nation is nearing answers on the polio vaccination program. He noted tests on Cutter Laboratories vaccine patients and a reappraisal of plants as the mass inoculation slows to a halt while safety checks continue.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
Sie Taneheon
Jonas Salk
Birt
Bus 4 O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
O'Conner
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter
Health Service
New York
O'Connor
Senate Upheld Eisenhower Veto On Postal Pay Bill
The Senate vote affirmed President Eisenhower after lawmakers sustained his veto of the 8.6 percent postal pay increase bill. The decision marks a major congressional challenge to the administration on a key labor issue.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Haworth Was Lone Bidder Plumbing Ottawa Streets Contract
Dwight Haworth, Ottawa contractor, won the city bid for paving two streets. Poplar Street from Thirteenth to Fourteenth and Fourteenth Street from Oak to Mulberry will be paved. Haworth bid 32005.30, the only bid. engineer estimate was 32271.90. Work to be finished in working days from the work order, with possible slight delay awaiting material delivery.
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Dwight Haworth
Ottawa
Fourteenth
Oak
Mulberry
Haworth
Jury Selection in Yawis Case Panels Ottawa and Garnett
Roy Cole stated most of the day would be used to pick a jury. The state has subpoenaed 15 persons while the defense plans to call 12 witnesses. The proceedings involve John B. Ryerson of Ottawa and jGwinn Shell of Garnett representing Yawis.
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John B. Ryerson
Ottawa
jGwinn Shell
Garnett
Roy Cole
Body of Missing Man Found Near Car in Kansas
In Sharon Springs, Kansas, a four day search for 66 year old Al Beem, a grade school janitor, ended with the discovery of his body behind his parked car. Sheriff Frank Walker said death was by carbon monoxide from a device over the exhaust pipe. The car was 18 miles west of Sharon Springs near a quonset hut on a Colorado farm.
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Sharon Springs
Kas
al Beem
Frank Walker
Wallace County
Walker
Shaven Springs
Colorado
Second Polio Shot Postponed
The second polio vaccine shots scheduled for Thursday May 26 have been postponed. Mrs. William Bowers, Franklin county chairman, said no date has been set for administration. Dr. George W. Davis, county health officer, is in Topeka for a meeting with state vaccination officials and instructions are expected soon.
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William Bowers
Franklin County
George W. Davis
Topeka
Two Ottawa Men Face Check Passing Charges in Gardner Court
Two former Ottawans appeared in Gardner P. Walker justice court today charged with passing bad checks. Ray Fletcher was later taken to Ottawa after being picked up in Topeka. his trial is set for May 31 and he is bound over on a $50 bond. Danny Rose, returned from Hutchinson, faces multiple counts for four checks totaling under $20 and was sentenced to 40 days on each. He was bound over to district court on the five $20 checks to Champlin station.
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Gardner P. Walker
Justice Court
Ray Fletcher
Topeka
Jay Brown
Ottawa
Metcher
Albert Flake
Wellsville
Fletcher
Danny Rose
Hutchinson
Rose
Champlin
Waymire
Frank
Seek Bids On County Roads
The state highway commission seeks bids from contractors on June 29 at Independence for Franklin and Miami county road projects. Plans include 1.5 miles of light surface and a bridge 1.5 miles north of Ottawa from US 50S, plus 4.3 miles of light surface and culverts north and east on a county road 3.5 miles north of Pumaona. Also about 12 miles of sheet asphalt surfacing on US 59 from the Allen Anderson county line through Colony to Welda, 242 inches thick over a bituminous base. In Miami County a bridge three miles southeast of Spring Hill will be built on a secondary road.
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State Highway Commission
Oduy
Independence
Franklin County
Ottawa
Wu County
Pumaona
Allen- Anderson County
Colony
Welda
Miami County
Spring Hill
Valedictorian Held For Theft In Lebanon Case
In Lebanon Pennsylvania two 17 year old high school seniors were arrested on charges of stealing more than 13000 dollars from a local nurseryman who kept cash in a tree. The youths Cleland Hostetter and Richard Moke were identified by District Attorney Meyer. Hostetter, a Cornwall High School senior, was slated to give the valedictory address this week. About 5200 dollars was recovered with roughly 8000 dollars missing.
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Lebanon
Dist. Atlv. L
Meyer
Cleland
Hostetter
Richard Moke
Cornwall High School
Wants Fund To Fight Hoppers
Gov. Fred Hall announced an emergency meeting of the State Council to consider funding a campaign against grasshoppers. Farm leaders urged tapping about $68,000 from the state emergency fund for control efforts as experts warn this could be the worst infestation since 1949 and a major threat to agriculture.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Mmapea Council
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Lamb Ambulance
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Neti
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