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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1956
Page
5
Ottawa residents plan to attend the 31st annual National True Vow Keepers meeting at Municipal auditorium Kansas City on June 9 from 12 noon to about 4 pm. The program includes a square dance gifts and TV pictures at the close. Couples 50 years or more attend free. more details via Ph. 490.
Nevada police hunted a New York City man turned bar tender for the strangling of Philadelphia heiress Mrs Anne Harris Van Ryne, 22. Her body was found in the apartment of William Boswell, 33, garrotted with a belt. Deputies expect dental charts to confirm identity. the victim was reported pregnant.
Dr. Ray Q Brewster of Kansas University addressed 123 Ottawa High School graduates stressing the era’s opportunities and duty to apply knowledge wisely. He urged passion in work, cited atomic power used in submarines and disease fight, and praised character and moral standards alongside ability.
Partly cloudy west with cloudier east and scattered showers and thunder showers this afternoon and tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms. Cooler in the east, warmer in the west. Low tonight 60 to 65, high Sunday 70s northeast to 80s southwest. Yesterday’s high 73, low 63. River stage 0.58 foot.
Ottawa recorded additional rainfall bringing May totals to 2.04 inches, leaving the month short of the 4.96 inch normal. The weather bureau expects cloudy skies this weekend with a chance of scattered thunderstorms or showers.
Dr. F. A. Trump, 65, of 1004 S. Cedar, and James E. Murphy of Woodriver I, collided at 4th and Main at 5 52 p m Friday marking Ottawa surpassing 100 accidents. Trump car damage estimated at 100 dollars and Murphy auto at 125 dollars.
Ottawa gas users will share in refunds from Cities Service Co. to wholesale customers in Kansas Texas Oklahoma Nebraska and Missouri. Total refunds amount to about 6.5 million dollars with 5,029,121 earmarked for Gas Service Co. Ottawa’s exact share is not yet announced and will be disclosed when received. Other refunds include Garnett 10137 Osage City 6228 and Ross Gault Lebo 1241.
Eight year old Dale Dyer, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Dyer near Ottawa, suffered a leg fracture when his clothing was caught in the chain of a corn planter as he followed his father operating the machine. He was taken to Independence Sanitarium for treatment.
Ottawa University senior Walter Thompson won a $1000 graduate study scholarship at Michigan State College in Lansing. The award is one of 28 Food Distribution scholarships in the College of Business and Public Service, sponsored by Nebraska Consolidated Mills. Thompson, son of Mrs. Walter J. Thompson, works at Pence Food Store and was recommended by Robert Pence after attending Ottawa High School and excelling in football.
Mrs. Lizzie Rayburn of 120 East First entered K U Medical Center yesterday for treatment.
Improved report on Mrs Olive Jones Walker of 212 S Cedar after ten days with flu. Neighbors and family note better appetite and energy. no complications reported and she is resting at home.
Detroit UAW GM Council backs a substantial work week reduction with full 40 hours pay as layoffs rise. Studebaker shuts South Bend assembly for a week idling several thousand. Chrysler plans 13 500 workers on Monday and Tuesday. Michigan reports 220 000 unemployed statewide with 128 000 in auto-making Detroit. Current contracts run to 1958.
In Flint area, no GM Fisher body plant work today as deputies and state police guard against a riot aftermath. Eleven men were hospitalized yesterday with two remaining in critical condition. Sheriff Carmichael reported no arrests and deputies were unsure about future detentions.
W C Fowler 42 Paola asked for parole after a one to five year term at the Kansas State Penitentiary for writing a worthless check. He waived arraignment and pled guilty to passing a $59.88 check drawn on First National Bank of Ottawa, dated March 4 1955, in Princeton. Judge Floyd Coffman will rule.
Ottawa churches announce Vacation Bible School sessions starting May 28 for two weeks, with multiple churches naming directors and themes. Programs run 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. or 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., ending June 8 or June 2, with closing programs and picnics.
Kansas Democrats urged a genuine two party government as they opened the state convention in Wichita. A. Lewis Oswald warned that Kansas has never had a Democratic governor or attorney general and urged electing a Democratic ticket including Docking as governor and three Democrats on the state supreme court. He noted four former Democratic governors failed to win second terms and contrasted two Republican factions. Delegates voted on party posts and national convention delegates as the session opened.
Walter C. Valentine, 48, Kansas City Kas, was fined 100 dollars in County Court for leaving the scene of an accident and lying without a valid license. His car struck Erma Jean Finch, 31, in the 400 block on South Main at 11 51 a m Friday. Valentine fled and was later caught seven miles east of Ottawa on K 68 by city police and turned over to the Highway Patrol. Finch reported 35 dollars in damage to her car, Valentine’s had none.
Senator Mansfield said it should be up to President Eisenhower’s own good judgment whether to invite Russian leaders to visit the United States. Senate leaders Knowland and Mansfield voiced opposition to inviting Khrushchev Bulganin or Zhukov, while Moscow extended a possible invitation to U.S. officers for Soviet Aviation Day. No further word from Moscow on either possibility.
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