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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1957
Page
1
Lt Col and Mrs Chester T Me daris depart for Louisville Ky where Medaris attends the 79th annual General Conference of the National Guard Association of the United States. PTA notices, local meetings, and community updates fill this brief Ottawa page.
Katy plans a passenger and freight station in Parsons plus terminal rebuilds. The $300000 to $400000 project will also house yard office facilities. Major yard work is planned at Denison and Waco with construction to begin this fall. Six new diesel engines will enter service in December at Parsons and Denison.
City records show R. A. Nicely has drawn 5287.65 dollars as an hourly worker since 1950, but officials admit they do not know who he is or what he has done.
Admitted Mrs George Gallagher 117 E Mh Duane Lyon Overbrook Friday Michael Walsh 1043 S Main Mildred Peed 234 Willow today Births Mr and Mrs Thomas William son 121 N Hickory son born today weight 7 lb 414 02 Dismissed Mrs Forrest Burgoon Rantoul Mrs John Hogan 528 S Oak transferred to St Josephs Hospital in Kansas City William Chamberlain Osawatomie Friday Duane Lyon Overbrook Mrs A T Harkins and baby daughter 422 W 9th Mrs Byron Mohr and baby son RFD 3 Mrs Kenneth Chapman and baby daughter 427 Ash Mrs Robert Detwiler and baby son 723 W 10th Mrs Norman Moore and baby daughter 719 Cypress today
Mrs J N Slice of Columbus Nebraska was chosen president of the United Lutheran Church Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The group covers Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Arkansas Nebraska and Iowa. Other officers include Fred Kloepper Lawrence Kansas vice president Mrs Ted R Younger man Nebraska City Nebraska secretary Mrs C C Emerich Wichita treasurer and Mrs Fred Ollendorf Northboro Iowa statistician.
Kansas City Kansas two youths Gerald Reynolds 20 and Wallace Green 20 pleaded guilty before Judge Delmas C. Hill to abducting Rev. Charles J. Fabing 43 of Warm Springs Montana last May 9. A third youth will plead next Monday at Topeka and a fourth will stand trial. Fabing said the four demanded money and took him across the Missouri-Kansas border with immoral suggestions. he escaped at a motel. Tra G Maddux Jr former assistant cashier at Victory State Bank pleaded guilty to embezzling 24200 from the bank.
Donald Brewster, 20, stole a typewriter from the University of Toledo bookstore to buy an engagement ring for his girl. Judge John N. McCabe placed him on three years probation after Brewster said she had put him on probation. the judge replied that was good enough.
A four story brick building in downtown Kansas City was blown apart by a night explosion. No one was inside and no injuries were reported on the street. The damage is estimated at eighty dollars. Sam Flacks, owner of an office supply firm in the building, said his wife smelled natural gas Monday and notified the Gas Service Co. Rubble toppled two cars and five more in a nearby lot. Windows shattered over a wide area. Firemen contained the blaze quickly.
Mike Oliva of Ottawa waived a preliminary hearing in County Court this morning and was bound over for trial in the January term of District Court. Judge Milo Harris set bond at 1000 dollars and ordered commitment to jail if the bond is not posted. Oliva is charged with stealing wire and other materials from the Santa Fe Railroad.
The Ottawa Riding and Roping Club elected Max Reneau as president at the Thursday evening meeting in W F W hall. John Keenan became vice-president and Mrs Lee Figgins was named secretary treasurer. Leonard Burgoon and Paul McFarland joined as board members with Glen Howard as board chairman. Jack Bennett became a permanent director, Gene Hamilton was appointed arena director, and 70 attendees were present including 42 adults and 28 children.
State Revenue Director J E Kirchner estimated that a 3 percent sales tax with a $250 per person exemption would yield about 10 million dollars more annually. The plan would raise about 25 million, offset by exemptions, with 2 million residents and costs of administration around 150 thousand dollars yearly. Governor Docking opposes as a sales tax subterfuge and would veto.
Nicholasville Ky golfer John Von Grunigen keeps breaking things. After removing a cast on his broken left arm he fell on a golf course and his right arm broke.
Market listing shows figures for wheat, barley, soybeans, rye, white and yellow corn, shelled corn, oats, and Milo per hundredweight. Butterfat and graded eggs vary, with straight run eggs and hen prices also included.
Arvin Lee Chase of Quenemo aged 18 and Karen Bue Frack of Lyndon aged 17 are identified in the report. The brief notes their ages and hometowns as the readable details from the segment.
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