Ottawa area student council holds activity period meeting
Ottawa Junior High School Student Council met during activity period to finish organizing. Ottawa Senior High Kayettes plan a covered dish dinner at Miss Mary Jane Fowler's home with beverages provided. A church supper and bazaar is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Brown School House. The Eugene Field PTA Parent Education committee will discuss parent teacher conferences in the school auditorium Wednesday at 2 p.m. The goal is to help parents understand their child and school better. Kent Granger, Tau Kappa Epsilon pledge and KU student, broke his left arm and cracked a shoulder bone after slipping near his fraternity house. He is at Watkins Memorial Hospital for about six weeks. doctors say rest will aid his polio-weakened muscles and he should not drop out of school. Ottawa Junior High will host a pay assembly tomorrow featuring a Kansas University science program. Ottawa High cheerleaders attended a clinic in Topeka. Jay Todd left Sunday for a trip to Spencer, Wisconsin.
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Ottawa
Kayettes
Mary Jane Fowler
Eugene Field
Kent Granger
R. O. Granger
K. U
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Watkins Memorial Hospital
K. U. Medical Center
Abandoned Kittens Rescued In Forest Park
Five kittens found in a bur lap sack west of the Forest Park swimming pool were rescued at 5 p.m. Saturday by the Franklin County Humane Society. The shelter also received a baby possum found with the kittens. The possum is taking food and expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Humane Society
Forest Park
Ray Hartshorn
Deaths of H M Wood and Wallace Planitz
Mrs H M Wood 64 died yesterday at home in Franklin County after months of ill health. Born Olive Briggs in Berdan Illinois she married H M Wood in 1921 and was a Methodist. Surviving Widower four step sons 21 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Towner's Chapel with burial in Hope Cemetery. Wallace Planitz 53 farmer of Lyndon died yesterday in Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka after years of ill health. Born in Lyndon he married Muriel Goldsmith in 1923. Survived by wife two daughters two grandchildren mother and sister. Funeral at Shaffer Mortuary Lyndon with burial in Lyndon Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Bird
Peovia
Brandon
Colo
William
Bill’ Dawson
Waverly
S. A. Dawson
S. Main
H. M. Woopers
H. M. Wood
RFD
Olive Briggs
Berdan
Til
Franklin County
Wood
Carrolton
Ill
Methodist Church
George Zielsdorf
Cleo
Westphalia
Ballard
Princeton
Harry Jr
Heston
James R
Racine
Wis
Towner’s Chapel
Charles Gross
Jess Ramsey
Roy Gerhard
J. S. Weethee
Albert J. Baldwin Jr
A. J. Brady
Charles Schamle
Gerald Mease
Lawrence Ott
Buria
Hope Cemetery
Wallace P. Plauntz
Wallace Perry Plauitz
Lyndon
Stormont Vail
Topeka
Muriel Goldsmith
Ottawa
Pleasant Run
Lavina Planitz
Edith Skidmore
Melvern
Shaffer Mortuary
Lyndon Cemetery
Katy To Sell Iron Road Segments After ICC Approval
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad to abandon 123 miles of its Neosho subdivision from Piqua to Junction City Kansas. It must sell portions needed to serve Council Grove Burlington Emporia White City and Junction City to any fair salvage bidder within five days and guarantee job protection for employees. The line’s salvage value is listed at 696,031 dollars, with opposition from state and local authorities and shipping interests due to regional deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Mailroad
Neosho
Piqua
Junction City
Kas
Katy
Council Grove
Burlington
Emporia
White City
ICC
Woodson
Coffey
Lyon
Morris
Geary
Elmdale Girl Wins AAU Pentathlon
A 14 year old Elm dale Kansas freshman, Ann Roniger, won the women's National AAU Pentathlon with 3,803 points, becoming the third US woman to top 3,600. Barbara Mueller of Chicago placed second with 3,721 points, followed by Betty Scott of Tonkawa, Oklahoma with 3,450.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Elmdale
Kas
Ann Roniger
U. S
Barbara Mueller
Chicago
Betty Scott
Tonkawa
Okla
Curiosity Fatal To 2-Year-Old
In Houston Texas a two year old named Douglas Wayne Rudel died after he unscrewed a gasoline can cap in the family washhouse and spilled fuel on himself. A water heater pilot light ignited the fumes and caused a fatal burn. His father Janey Rudel recalled the child was prone to tampering with caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Douglas Wayne Rudel
Janey Rudel
Douglas Wayne
Promoted For Nabbing Gunmen
MILWAUKEE Traffic Patrolman Oscar Plinska, after months of nabbing wanted criminals, was promoted to acting detective. A veteran of 18 years, he chased and captured two ex-convicts wanted for murder in Oklahoma and bank robbery in Kansas City, Kansas on Sept 28. In May he captured a jewelry store gunman, repeatedly leaving his traffic post to bag the villains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Oscar Plinska
Plinska
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Kan
Top Prize Won in Ottawa Junior Chamber Trap Derby
Gerald Gerhold of Greeley won the top prize in the derby event at Forest Park Sunday. The Ottawa Jaycees ran the shoot from 2 pm to 10 pm, awarding over 110 prizes including poultry and other items. Other winners were Ray Brown of Overbrook Marshall Topeka and Les Moore of Ottawa. shooters traveled from Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City. The Jaycees plan another trap shoot next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Gerhold
Greeley
Ottawa
Jaycees
24th Atomic Blast Fired
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated the last explosion of the 1957 Plumbbob series at 5 a.m. PST from a balloon 500 feet above Yucca Flat. The fireball lit Las Vegas briefly, with observers noting a 12 to 15 second flare and a pink-tinged mushroom cloud rising to 20,000 feet. Energy yield ranked below nominal, under 20,000 tons of TNT. Fifteen aircraft carried data. no troops participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva
Atomic Energy Commission
Morgan
Yucca Flat Desert
Las Vegas
Angels Peak
AEC
Freedom For Three Brief
Three prisoners overpowered a jailer at Sedgwick County jail in Wichita and fled to the roof with iron bar weapons. They were Thomas Shepherd 19 Garden Grove Calif James H Burris 28 Santa Ana Calif and Frank White 26 Wichita all held on burglary charges. Guards captured them before they reached the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Thomas Shepherd
Garden Grove
Calif
James H. Burris
Santa Ana
Frank White
Emerson Penn
Penn
Hospital Notes Nondistinct Patient Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admitted Mrs John Hewitt 130 Maple Earl Smith 404 Ash and others including Mrs Kath leen Carey Mound City Mrs Robert W Luce 1123 S Hickory Robert Lee Kohler Wellsville William Williams 1432 S Hickory births for Dr and Mrs Donald L McKelvey 604 Willow a daughter born today weight 6 lb 9 oz discharges include Guy Weburg RFD 2 Overbrook and several new babies at 605 N Mulberry 717 S Poplar 103 E 3rd 515 S Mulberry 833 S Sycamore and 1119 N Cherry plus 839 E Wilson and 521 N Cedar with names Carolyn Meiers 839 E Wilson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hewitt
Maple
Earl Smith
Kathleen Carey
Mound City
Robert W. Luce
S. Hickory
Robert Lee Kohler
Wellsville
William Williams
Donald L. McKelvey
Willow
Guy Weburg
RFD
Brook
James Bow‘en
N. Mulberry
Burton Fisher
S. Poplar
William Lang
Michael Joseph Walsh
S. Main
Margie Jones
S. Mulberry
Charles Fawl
Overbrook
William R. Douglass
S. Sycamore
Pearl Allen
Walter Wantland
N. Cherry
William Osburn
Princeton
Earl Sommer
N. Cedar
Carolyn Meiers
E. Wilson
Plane Crash Kills Six Near Summit Mountain
Six people died when a twin engine plane crashed atop foggy Summit Mountain near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Fire engulfed the wreckage and bodies were scattered. Deputy Coroner Stephen R Haky identified four victims by papers on their bodies as T M McLaughlin of Shaker Heights Ohio his wife Helengrace Warren F Noonan pilot Theodore C Krauss copilot Cleveland and two Cleveland residents Mr and Mrs R S Stewart. Standard Oil of Ohio confirmed Stewart was vicepresident in charge of production.
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Uniontown
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Summit Mountain
Stephen R. Haky
Fayette County
T. M. McLaughlin
Shaker Heights
T. M. McLaughlin Co
Cleveland
Helengrace
Warren F. Noonan
Middletown
Theodore C. Krauss
Haley
R. S. Stewart
Standard Oil of Ohio
Stewart
Headon Collision Kills Two At Iola
A headon collision five miles south of Iola on U S 169 Saturday night killed two Iola men Charles C Cummins 68 and Alford C Settle 57. Cummins was a passenger in a car driven by Iola man Robert Townsend who escaped injury.
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IOLA
Here
U. S
Charles C. Cummins
Alford C. Settle
Cummins
Robert Townsend
Union Ruling Limits Federal Commerce Claim in School Project
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that work on a school construction project cannot be declared to affect interstate commerce as a matter of law. The decision upheld Saline County District Court findings that union picketing at Marymount College Salina deprived Jarvis Construction Co. workers of work without due process and issued a permanent injunction. The companion case at Smoky Hill Air Force Base was not ruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Court
Saline County District Court
Albert Binder
Jarvis Construction Co
Constructive and General Laborers Local Union
Salina
Saline County Tribunal
Marymount College
Jarvis
Supreme Court
Leonard Stieben
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Topeka Officer Returns Missing Man for Reward
Patrolman Jim Craig met a young boat pilot named William Edward Meinhold at Bagwell Dam in Missouri during a fishing trip. Meinhold, 20, was listed as a missing person with a $500 reward. After confirming his identity, Meinhold was brought back to Topeka for a family reunion as the reward was awarded to Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Bagwell Dam
Missouri
Jim Craig
William Edward. Meinhold
Auberry
Calif
Craig
Meinhold
Bagnell
Five Injured At Baker U. Fraternity Pyramid Collapse
Five Baker University fraternity members were hospitalized after a 25 foot pyramid of legs collapsed during the Ramble steak fry. About 45 of 52 members posed on logs arranged around a tree. one corner gave way, sending most of the group to the ground. Injuries included a broken leg, two broken noses, a concussion, and lacerations. one student was treated and released.
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Baldwin Ui
Baker University
Zeta Chi
Perry Miller
Lawrence
Louis Parkin
Grand Island
Neb
Bob Saddler
Strong City
Kas
Gordon Earnhardt
Leavenworth
Glen Holt
Abilene
Albert Bullock
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marriage Licenses Issued to Lynes and Baston in Ottawa
F W Lynes aged 83 of Ottawa and Pearle Baston aged 65 of Ottawa were issued marriage licenses in the city. The couples are recorded in the Ottawa civil records as seeking matrimony.
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F. W. Lynes
Ottawa
Pearle Baston
Two HD Agents To Be Honored
An accident in the 100 block on South Main at 5:34 p.m. Saturday caused major damage to both vehicles. Burrell Alonzo Sands, 47, Kansas City, Kansas, backed from the curb and hit Ralph Hadley Wood, 47, Ottawa Country Club, driving south on Main. Damage was on the Sands left rear and Woods right front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell Alonzo Sands
Kansas City
Kas
Ralph ‘Hadley Wood
Ottawa Country iClub
Sands
Wood
Five Traffic Cases Scheduled In Police Court
Five traffic cases were set for hearing this morning in Police Court. George E. Hook of Topeka and Daryl L. Montague of Pomona for feited $25 bonds on charges of feckless driving in the 200 block on North Main Sunday. Carl Alden Tornedon of Linwood Missouri forfeited a $20 bond on a speeding charge in a 30 mile per hour zone from 15th to 8th on South Main Sunday. The cases of Robert R. Wadkins of 822 Hamblin and Marion E. Snodgrass of rural route 1 on reckless driving were continued with Snodgrass set for tomorrow and Wadking for Saturday. Police report Wadkins and Snodgrass engaged in a drag race in the 100 block on South Main Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Hook
Topeka
Daryl L. Montague
Pomona
North Main
Carl Alden Tornedon
Linwood
South Main
Robert R. Wadkins
Hamblin
Marion E.snodgrass
RFD
Snodgrass
Wadking
Wadkins
Paroled On Check Charge In Ottawa Court
Clyde Ledom of Ottawa was sentenced to 10 days in jail and costs in Justice of the Peace Gardner Walker’s court on a no account check case drawn on the First National Bank. Later the same day the District Court, with Judge Walker, sentenced him again to 10 days for the same offense. Relatives petitioned Judge Floyd Coffman, who freed Ledom on parole after costs in both courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Ledom
Ottawa
Justice of the Peace
Gardner Walker
District Court
Ledom
Walker
First National Bank
A. A. McFarland
Floyd Coffman
Coffman
Justice
District
Contract Awarded for Wichita Post Office Upgrades
The General Services Administration awarded Shelly Electric Co. of Wichita $624,000 to air condition the Wichita Post Office, install fluorescent lighting, and repaint interiors. The contract was announced today and covers renovation work at the facility.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Shelly Electric Co
Wichita
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Ottawa Junior High School
Tally Baptist Church
Brown School House
Kansas University
Jay Ellis
Jay Todd
Spencer, Wis
Faye D. Adell
Augustus N. Hamilton
Meredith Williams
Phillips University
Enid
Albert J. Williams
Margaret Ann
Martin
Kathleen Archer
Ottawa Pta Council
Lincoln School
Ralph Robertson
Richardson
Robertson
L. N. Spear
Ground Observer Corps
Commission
City Hall
GOC
Walter Huff
Lieved
Willa
Henderson
Ottawa Post
George Docking
Kansas
Larry Wightman
L. E. Wightman
Chamber of Commerce
Larry
Chuck Langdon
Greeley Man
Headon
McVe' Dengel
Teer
Louis H. Denge
Baker U
OK Photo Service
the Keen CO
S. Main Ph
Porter Spears
Tom Porter
George Spears
Ione M. Dragoo
Hickory
Allie Douglass
Cherry
Arthur E. Blackburn
E. 8Th Street
Nellie Batdorf
S. Maple
Dean Baer
Norman Murdock
E. 2Nd
J.B. Domnanish
Mabel Price
George Phibbs
N. Sycamore
Minnie Harra
David L. Zimmerman
Sunbeam
Duane Stout
S. Walnut
Frank Stantorf
Ottawa, Kansas
Organization of
Anchorg Savings Ench Loan Association
D. William Overton
Kansas City, Kansas
North American Building
J. Dean Nofsinger Manager
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