Ottawa area brief items and notices from October 1957
Santa Fe carloadings for week ending October 4 1957 fell to 24917 from 26886 last year with 12785 cars from connections and 37712 total moved, Ottawa planning commission to discuss rezoning at 7th and Olive for a fruit and vegetable market. Community notices include Box and Pie Supper at Chestnut Grove School, bake sale by Appanoose High School sophomores, Gov Docking Traffic Safety Conference, local arrests and court actions, a rummage sale, crafts classes at Ottawa High School, a dog theft reward of 1000 dollars, and various church and civic events. The Ottawa Stock Car Association meeting, and a weather-related postponement of the Ottawa Topeka B team game at Cook Field are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Ottawa Planning Commission
7Th and
Olive
Sunshine Gaddis
Death of Mrs Joe Wilbern of Ottawa aged 69
Mrs Joe Wilbern 69 of 313 East 2nd Ottawa died at home at 2 30 am after years of declining health. Born Maude E Rogers in Osage City July 24 1868 she lived in Ottawa most of her life. Survived by husband Joe Wilbern two half brothers Lyman Rogers Harold Wagoner and half sister Elsie Necessary. Services at McVey Dengel Mortuary tomorrow at 2 pm Rev Arthur Anderson officiating burial in Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilbern
East 2Nd
Ottawa
Osage City
Maude E. Rogers
Mac McClellan
Arvilla Stewart Rogers
First Christian Church
Fisher Edward S dies in Hickory at 83
Edward Samuel Fisher 83 retired farmer and stockman died at his home at 918 S Hickory at 6 am after 55 years in Franklin County. Born Sept 29 1874 in Illinois he married Agnes Jane Upshaw Apr 4 1903 at Butler Mo. Surviving are widow three daughters Miss Ethel Jane Fisher Mrs Perry M Porter RFD 1 and Mrs Grover Backus Merriam one son Howard Fisher Ottawa and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Samuel Fisher
Hickory
Franklin County
Illinois
Agnes Jane Upshaw
Butler
Ethel Jane Fisher
Perry M. Porter
RFD
Grover Backus
Merriam
Howard Fisher
Ottawa
Hospital Notes Admits and Births in Local Area
Admitted: Robert C. McGhee, 21214 S Main. Miss Maurine McCurdy, Cedar House No. 2. Julie Melvin, North Little Rock Ark. Tommy J. Fritts, RFD 2. Monday births: Vincent Skidmore and wife, 743 S Poplar, daughter born with weight 7 lb 12 oz. Paul Davis, RFD 1 Wellsville, daughter born, weight 8 lb 3 oz. Robert Turner, 934 N Locust, daughter born, weight 6 lb. Dismissed: Mrs Earl McFadden RFD 4. Mrs Anna Mack, 920 N Poplar. Mildred Peed, 234 Willow. Mrs Robert W Luce, 1123 S Hickory today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. McGhee
S. Main
Maurine McCurdy
Cedar House No
Julie Melvin
North Little Rock
Ark
Tommy J. Fritts
Vincent Skidmore
Paul Davis
Wellsville
Robert Turner
Earl McFadden
Anna Mack
N. Poplar
Mildred Peed
Willow
Robert W. Luce
S. Hickory
Funeral Services for Mrs Annie H Washburn
Mrs Annie H Washburn died Oct 2. Funeral services were held Oct 5 at Towner's Funeral Chapel with Rev Roger Fredrikson officiating. Pallbearers and organist named. Burial in West Hill Cemetery Erie with graveside rites led by Rev A F Anderson. Erie pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie H. Washburn
Towner
Roger Fredrikson
Rade
Paul Mohr
Lowell Fouts
Jim Babcock
Franklin ‘Baker
Herbert Bishop
Walter ‘Pierson
Arnold Hinderliter
Lawrence Ott
West Hill Cemetery
Erie
A. F. Anderson
iBert Shackelton
Ira White
John Bass
Emery Wilson
Ralph Cropson
Jim Pearce
Williamsburg Band to Play at Emporia State Band Day
Williamsburg's 43 piece band will join in band day activities on Oct 19 at Emporia State Teachers College. Fifty four Kansas high school bands compete as Emporia State's football faces Southwestern of Winfield. Williamsburg drum majorette Jean Heilman and twirlers Betty Atchison Donna Neilson and Mary Bischoff compete for Miss E State Band Day 1937. A queen and four attendants will be named and the bands perform at half time.
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Williamsburg
Emporia State Teachers College
Kansas
Empora State
Southwestern of
Winfield
Jean Heilman
Betty Atchison
Donna Neilson
Mary Bischoff
Eisenhower Briefed On Soviet Satellite And Baby Moon
President Eisenhower was briefed by government scientists on Russia's satellite launch and on plans for a "baby moon" in outer space. After the hour-long session, Hagerty said the President had received no information to speed up the U.S. satellite program, with plans for a U.S. satellite launch early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
James C. Hagerty
U.S
NATO recovers from Suez crisis says Wiley
Senator Alexander Wiley reports NATO has largely recovered from last fall's Suez strains and is in good shape. He cites optimism that a third world war can be avoided, based on his Europe trip and interparliamentary conference in London. He notes Anglo American relations are better and urges continued strong alliance vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
France
Spain
London
West
Kremlin
North Atlantic Alliance
Zhukov Visit Is Rejected
Washington reports Khrushchev quoted as saying the United States rejected a Soviet proposal for Marshal Georgi Zhukov to visit the United States. Zhukov, defense minister and Eisenhower confidant, was discussed in a White House briefing with Times correspondents and the presidential press secretary. The Times noted a Moscow interview and promised a second part on disarmament talks.
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Washington
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Communist Party
White House
New York Times
W. H. Lawrence
James C. Hagerty
Lawrence
Hagerty
Moscow
James Reston
the Times
The
Times
Kidnap Slay Suspect Sought In Roswell Case
In Roswell New Mexico police and FBI moved to charge Joe Franco 24 a farm worker as kidnap suspect after the 5 year old Sandra Jo Lucero was found murdered in a dump near town police say the girl was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death a 30 30 rifle and a loaded shell lay in Franco s abandoned car near the Rio Grande border authorities conducted a cross border search into Juarez Mexico and El Paso Texas as the FBI border patrol and Mexican police joined the chase a post mortem was ordered to confirm death cause and sex assault details
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Roswell
N.M
Mexico
Here
Sandra Jo Lucero
Tommy Thompson
J. C. Jones
Joe Franco
Franco
FBI
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Juarez
New Mexico
Hope To Salvage Teamster Union Election Records
Senate investigators seek to determine how many Teamsters election documents survived a Miami Beach hotel incinerator. Hoffa says papers were found. Kennedy cites a missing amount. McClellan notes a maid died of a heart attack, prompting questions on motive and access to records.
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Washington
Senate
Jackass
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Miami
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Miami Beach
Eden Roc
Jane Lockhart
Navy Admits Russia First In Intermediate Missile
A Navy briefing states the Soviet Union now possesses operational IRBMs capable of striking Western Europe bases within 1500 miles of Soviet sites. The disclosure follows Russia’s space satellite launch and impacts U.S. strategy for forward bases and aircraft carrier relevance.
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Russia
Washington
Europe
H. L. Miller
Chief of Naval Operations
National Security
U.S. Army
Navy
Air Force
U.S
Gasoline tax shares mailed to counties and cities
State Treasurer Richard T. Fadely said yesterday that county and city shares of Kansas gasoline tax receipts for the quarter ending Oct. 1 have been mailed. County allocations range from 3,905.52 for Grant County to 25,300.51 for Sedgwick, while city shares vary from 8.32 for Freeport to 107,204.79 for Wichita.
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Topeka
Richard T. Fadely
Kansas
Grant County
Sedgwick
Freeport
Wichita
Mobility of Navy Seen Lowering Missile Threat
The mobility of the Navy is cited as reducing danger of a devastating missile attack. Capt. Miller, acting director of the progress analysis group, spoke to industry representatives tied to defense research and production programs. Garrison Norton noted the Soviet satellite as a major achievement in a mighty Soviet effort.
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Miller
Capt. Miller
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Defense
Navy
Garrison Norton
Air
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Vel Reno Beauty Shop
Chestnut Grove School
Appanoose High School
Skelgas Co
4Th and Main
Eugene Shepherd
George Docking
Municipal Auditorium
Shepherd
Jay Ellis
James Sullivan
Mass
Jay Brown
Milo Harris
Sullivan
Island Main
P. R. Jamison
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Bob Pence
Pence F Con Market
Oxford Service Forum
First Methodist Church
Nick Kratzberg
S. Cedar
Humane Society
Marion E. Snodgrass
RFD 1
South Main
Lolane Ella McNair
Scott
Drake's Bakery
Don Easdale
Easdale
Frank Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Wilky’s Pottery
John H. Lamb
National Selected Morticians
Boston
P.T.A. Penny
Garfield School
Lucy J. Bellis
Walnut
Missouri
George Larkey
Richmond
Lydia Williams
Orrick
Carnegie Free Library
Kansas Library Association
Kansas City
Kas
Ottawa Stock Car Association
Cook Field
Edward S. Fisher
Emporia
Lie
Baby Moon
Joe Bellamy
First Church of God In
Liberal, Kas
NATO
Fisher—Funeral Services
S. Fisher
Highland
Joe Pier Ais Mac Pel
Jim Banman
Newton
University of Kansas
Ottawa Herald
Whyn
McVe Dengel
Louis H. Dengel
Hoffa
Joe Konowe
Convention
Cers
Hollywood
Blue
Lakeville
Jerry Lewis
Little Boy Blue
Jerry
Muscular Dystrophy Assn
David Sarnoff
Nbc-Rca
NBC
Burbank
Calif
Lewis
Eddie Fisher
Eddie Cantor
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Hugh
Wyatt Earp
O'Brian
Jim
Gunssmoke
P.M.A
State Bank Bldg
S.W. Cor. 3Rd & Main
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ayer
Berain
Stewart
Gordon B. Noland
Mgr
W. Lrth
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