26 Oct 1955
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1955
Page
1
County court continues trial for William Gilliland of Ottawa charged with drunk driving and resisting arrest. Defense is represented by Henry Asher of Lawrence. Procedural notes reference attorney John B. Pierson and Herald office context.
Paris reports the United States Britain and France ending talks on Middle East arms after sessions with Israeli premier Moshe Sharett and Turkish interim foreign minister Fatim Zorlu. Dulles and MacMillan plan Geneva talks with Molotov as tensions rise over arms to Egypt and Czech shipments.
Obituaries record Mrs. Mamie Price of Baldwin aged 73 dying in Ran som Memorial Hospital after four weeks at Bert Winters home in Ottawa. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Steen sisters Mrs. Wineinger and Mrs. Williams, brother George Shirk, and two grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 1p m Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville with Rev. Macdonald officiating, burial West Baldwin cemetery. Separate notices mention Mrs. Mary Rebecca Hart dying Oct 21 at 90 in Daugherty Mo, with sons Hol lie Ernest Calvin Guy and grandchildren. Ottawa attendees included Marvin Hart. Victoria Snell of 211 S Cedar Baldwin died aged 77. funeral details and church affiliation listed. families include two sons Lawrence and Ben and daughter Marion. funeral arrangements involve Lamb Funeral Home with Highland cemetery burial and pending details for son from Sioux Falls. The piece also notes a Halloween carnival at the Geneva talks era and Dulles’ upcoming visit context.
Admitted Adolph Michadell 534 Ss Poplar Mrs Clifford Fritts route 3 Robert C Adams 320 E 4th Tuesday Lyle Sheaffer 825 Cleveland Wednesday Births Mr and Mrs Melvin Stockard Princeton son born today weight 8 lb 6 oz Dismissed John Abel Pomona Mrs Eugene O Mara and baby daughter Richmond Mrs Virgil Eeord and baby daughter 810 S Cedar Mrs Robert Killough 1414 S Cedar today
The divorce suit of Louise Brissey against Edgar Franklin Brissey was affirmed in district court today. The divorce was granted on grounds of gross neglect of duty.
A woman notified police shortly before 1 p m that school kids were scuffling at Fifth and Main. Officers arrived to find the altercation over. Amid city items plans for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Christmas party in Ottawa take shape with committee chairs listed and a December 18 target. In Liberal Kansas lower corn yields are forecast despite a dry growing season, offset by wheat-to-milo shifts and irrigation.
The U S National Broadcasting Co President Sylvester L Weaver Jr predicted live television programs would be beamed from America to Europe within five years and to Asia via a chain of microwave stations spanning the ocean. In Stillwater Oklahoma a Senate hearing on agricultural problems set for November 8 is expected to draw about 5000 state farmers with more than 100 requests for speaking time. Betty Hutton returned to television on NBC’s hourlong show with Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante in the format familiar to fans.
London chancellor R A Butler announced a 20 percent rise in purchase tax as part of an autumn budget to curb domestic spending and push more goods to overseas markets. He warned of a spending spree with 5-6 percent prod growth, rising wages, and job vacancies in offices, while Labor benches heckled and jeered amid the debate.
Carlson, a Republican senator from Kansas, told a Pittsburg State College audience during United Nations Week that diplomats having ulcers is better than a single young man being shot. He argued a real peace chance exists as atomic stockpiles grow, and he linked Geneva talks to U.S. plans for peaceful coexistence despite risks from communism and expansion.
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