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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1960
Page
5
A gospel team of six Sterling College students will lead a morning service at 1st United Presbyterian Church at 10 30 Sunday October 9. The event follows a week of religious outreach in the community.
Two new Osawatomie State Hospital employees, Bob Ellsworth and Lyle Gill, attended orientation sessions with twenty two new staff. The training covered fire extinguishers and civil service duties as part of an overview of hospital operations, says personnel officer C Frederick Longshore.
Ottawa High School junior Hocnie Meiers will preside over the District One Kayettes conference in Horton Tuesday and deliver the opening address. Elections of new officers will be featured. Ottawa participants include Genevieve Gillette and Anna Channon speaking on leadership traits and meals for millions, with Steve Smith as junior Kayettes representative. Additional Kayette delegates include Opal Nearmyer, Peggy Nordyke, Donna Reinecker, Judy Lister, and junior high members Salli Corlis, Anne Casida, Ferne Caylor, Mary Ann Powner.
Pol. Adv. Pomona Grade P. T. A. will meet Monday evening at 8 in the activity room with a screening on glaucoma and diabetes. Hawthorne P.T.A. schedules a panel at 7:30 p.m. featuring Robert A. Anderson Dr. John Thornburg and Lowell Gish to discuss the Kansas Comprehensive Education Survey school consolidation and teacher needs. Rummage Sale at church basement. Also notices on stamps and local events.
NEW ORLEANS APUSS Dist. Judge Edwin Hunter found Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion in contempt of a federal court for remarks during an August hearing on school integration. The judge suspended a 60 day sentence and imposed 18 months of unsupervised probation, urging Gremillion to conduct himself according to the American Bar Association ethics.
In Arkana an elderly retired businessman identified as Hovan Clark drove away with his wife’s Chihuahua tied to the bumper. The dog yelped for blocks before the driver stopped. Clark arrived at a veterinarian where the animal endured no serious injuries while he collapsed from a fatal heart attack.
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Admissions include Mrs Donald Brecheisen 416 S Cherry Harvey O Owen Crest Gen nursing home Thursday Michael Meizig RFD 1 today Births to Mr and Mrs William Meiers Quenemo daughter born Thursday weight unknown Dismissals Fred Piper 619 N Hickory Thursday Mrs Clarence Fowler 314 E 8th Mrs Rosalie Duchesne RFD 3 Mrs Geary Blakesley 1233 S Main Vernon Chesbro 940 S Hickory transferred to St Luke's Hospital Kansas City today
Funeral services for Mrs. Marion New, who died October 3, were held October 5 at Princeton Christian Church. Rev. Robert Powner of Ottawa officiated. Pallbearers were Dale Bones, Dale Gene Bones, Homer Bishop, Jack Lain, Merle Hickman and Tom Kraft. Albert J. Williams sang hymns with Mrs. Neil Anderson accompanying. Burial was in Princeton Cemetery.
Mrs John Lester who died Oct 4 had funeral services at Towner's Chapel Oct 6 with Rev Raymond P Jennings officiating. Pallbearers were Neal Bullock Wesley Trout James Osburn J B Stewart Robert McCrea and Wayne Gilliland. Mrs Ervin Happy sang hymns with Mrs Lawrence Ott. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP an intercontinental Titan missile flew 5000 miles to a target in the South Atlantic in about 25 minutes at over 17000 mph. The test sent a data capsule to pop out for nose cone re entry performance as planes and a ship searched the impact area north of Ascension Island.
Atty. Gen. John Anderson's office rules Augusta must pay Kansas sales tax on water and electricity for its municipal swimming pool when there is an admission charge and must collect tax on admissions. The ruling notes an exception to general government tax exemption for sold admissions. Other opinions deny counties’ ability to place surplus funds in taxable savings and limit using tax funds for Centennial committee expenses.
Republican activity in Franklin County intensifies with the opening of GOP headquarters at 425 S. Main on Monday at 7 30 p m. Robert Ellsworth, GOP candidate for representative from the Second District, will visit Ottawa Monday. He starts with a 9 16 coffee hour at the North American, then a 10 30 neighborhood meeting at Mrs. Grabham 312 East 5th, lunch with GOP leaders, and afternoon coffees at 1 45 and 3 15. The headquarters opening runs 4 45 to 5 30 followed by dinner at Colbern's, then Ellsworth speaks at Ottawa University Collegiate Young Republicans at 8 in the lounge of the Women’s residence hall.
In Cumberland Johnson said the Democratic ticket will win the South, calling Texas Virginia and Florida problems. He noted no public officials backed Goldwater, urged party unity, and outlined plans including a Salisbury TV appearance with Governor Tawes and a dinner rally in the city.
Hawkins Grange installed new officers Wednesday at Emery Green School. State Grange secretary Clarence Gillespie of Edgerton oversaw the ceremony with marshals Mrs Gillespie and Carolyn Gillespie. Wayne Stewart and Mrs Stewart bore regalia. A vocal trio including Mrs Dale Van Horn Mrs Fred Kissinger and Mrs Charles Burlingham performed. Master Dale Horn presided. Reports by Nelson Briles and others noted plans for a fish fry on Oct 17.
A Belgian tanker Diamant loaded with kerosene and naphthalene collided with the ferry Tina Scarlett on the Rhine near Emmerich and caught fire. Six other vessels burned. one person died and eight were seriously hurt. The Diamant is 565 tons from Antwerp. Tina Scarlett was en route to Rotterdam with 500 passengers and 60 cars. The incident occurred on German soil near the Rhine border with the Netherlands, as burning barges drifted ashore.
Readable fragments indicate prices for wheat corn sorghum barley butterfat eggs and hens with several figures garbled. Notable values show wheat around 1.75 to 1.84 and corn around .85 to .90 with other grains and egg prices varying by grade and weight.
Cattle and calves market unavailable for test while hogs show higher barrow and gilt prices 25 to 60 up. sows steady. Sheep demand insufficient to test market. udder notes indicate mixed figures and limited transactions.
Wellsville bankers attended a Kansas Bankers group meeting in Prairie Village with a banquet at Shawnee Mission East High School. Attendees from Wellsville included Mr and Mrs Dick Moherman and others, plus Mrs Carl Warnock and Mrs H E Detar. Community events included an afternoon tea at Homestead Country Club and a course on Christian Dynamics at New Hope Baptist Church. Members noted Visiting Mrs Walter Finkenbinder from Scott City and Kiwanis activity of Albert Stanley with South Pole base films. The Ammeter home was sold to Bill Roberts and three children from Paola. The Leiloup home sale to James S. Russell of North of Rantoul with possession in 39 days.
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma in Vientiane announced that U.S. military aid to Laos has been suspended. An embassy spokesman said little aid has been delivered recently, with conflicting earlier statements. Souvanna noted no payments to Laotian armies since August. prior to the Aug 9 coup the U.S. poured about 40 million annually.
In Kansas City AP two women and a Husky dog foiled a bandit who tried a holdup at a beauty shop. Mrs Velda Rogers wrestled the robber while partner Marjory Meierotto fetched help. The suspect, Richard Robinson 25, was later shot in the abdomen by an off duty policeman Larry Agnew after refusing to drop his weapon.
Henry Cabot Lodge campaigns along the Pacific coast atop his swing through Washington and Oregon. In Oregon State College and Portland events he spoke to about 8,500, 600, and 3,000 people respectively, urging strength in arms and diplomacy and urging equal merit for all men regardless of race creed or color.
A man identified as Charles Porter of Rossville was crushed when a concrete block silo toppled while a bull dozer attempted to knock it over. The accident occurred at the western edge of Topeka beside the site where a Catholic high school is to be built.
Prince Albert and Princess Paola of Belgium dined with President Eisenhower at the White House. About 900 guests attended the strictly second occasion, mostly official figures plus several businessmen and personal friends of the Eisenhowers. Members of the prince’s official household and the Belgian ambassador and his wife were also present.
The State Department said it has received a new Soviet note related to disarmament handed to U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson in Moscow. Officials say the timing coincides with Premier Khrushchev's Saturday speech before the United Nations General Assembly and no public reply will be made until a reply is sent.
First publication notice lists Alpheus Wun and other named parties regarding a foreclosure or land suit in Franklin County Kansas. Defendants and heirs are alerted to warrants, trustees, and creditors’ claims, with descriptions of the property and legal actions filed by the State of Kansas. The notice cites the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section Five, and contains typical court formalities and party designations.
Soviet premier Khrushchev spent an hour with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at her New York City apartment on Thursday. He had no comment on the meeting. Mrs. Roosevelt also declined to speak, calling the event a social call.
Chester Tadlock Medaris files a petition in Ottawa Kansas seeking to quiet title on parcels described as parts of the Northwest and Southeast quarters in Town Twenty-Seventeen, Range Twenty, totaling about 41 acres. The court is notified to determine adverse interests and bar all claims. plead by November 28, 1960. Attorney Winton A. Winter signs for the plaintiff. Christina Woke, Clerk of District Court, attests.
Public legal notice lists township meetings to elect Franklin County Agricultural Extension Council representatives including agriculture and homemaker economies seats. Meetings begin at 8 pm with program and refreshments to follow in Williams burg Princeton and other towns on October 17 18 20 at Odd Fellows halls.
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