Ottawa Briefs Highlight Local Events and Accidents
Ottawa notices report the city hosting a Veterans Day program with the Ottawa High School band, a light bulb sale by Ottawa Jaycees, and a collision at 2nd and Main causing minor car damage. Local residents include Eddie Hull joining the Kansas Hampshire Breeders board and Lars Nelson moving to Lawton. Police note a drunk plea and two citations in county court.
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Ottawa Jaycees
Main Street
Ottawa
Garnett
W. P. Shepard
17Th
Kansas Avenue
Kansas City
Kansas
Finley
Colgate Palmolive CO
Eagles Promote Two From First Methodist Troop 77
Two members of First Methodist Boy Scout Troop 77 earned the Eagle rank on Sunday. James Graham and David Allen, both linked to local families, posed with their parents, while Jan Jefferis received the Life badge. James, 15, is an OHS sophomore and leader. David, 16, is an OHS junior and junior assistant scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
James Graham
Robert Graham
David Allen
Arnold Allen
N. Mulberry
Jan Jefferis
Fred Adamson
Jan
A. J. Jefferis
S. Sycamore
James
OHS
David
Herald Phatos
Ottawa panel focuses on Community Public Relations
A man suffered shoulder and back injuries after an incident and was taken to Anderson County Hospital for X rays before transfer to Ottawa. Don Hamilton Ottawa light plant superintendent spoke on a Wichita panel today as Ottawa officials attend a Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities meeting.
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Anderson County Hospital
Ottawa
Wichita
Don Hamilton
Hamilton
Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities
Six Dead In Storm Strikes Rocky Mountain States
DENVER AP Six people died and six remained missing as a severe storm dumps wind rain and heavy snow across Wyoming and Colorado. Up to two feet of snow blankets Wyoming and Colorado causing road closures and stranded motorists. Winds gusting to 55 mph carve eight foot snowdrifts east of Rock Springs. Four deaths from traffic accidents on treacherous roads, with more than 24 inches at South Pass City and 14 inches at West Yellowstone. Denver records five inches of snow as the storm disrupts the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Rocky Mountain States
Wyoming
Colorado
Rock Springs
Wyo
U.S. Highway 30
South Pass
West Yellowstone
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Ottawa University wins six rounds in novice debate tourney
Ottawa University won six rounds and lost ten at the 14th Novice debate tournament in Manhattan on Saturday. Leading Ottawa competitors Tom Hendrickson and James Gwartney plus John Williams and Jeffrey Cunningham each went two and two. Washburn and Southwest Missouri State tied for top among 23 schools.
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Ottawa University
Manhattan
Ottawa
Tom Hendrickson
James Gwartney
John Williams
Jeffrey Cunningham
Washburn
Southwest Missouri State
Huge Fire Loss To Industry Raises 1960 Figures
In Kansas City AP reports fires cost American industry about 200 million dollars in 1960, up 15 million from the prior year. Loren S. Bush of San Francisco, president of the NFPA, announced the figure at the association’s three day fall conference opening. Fire safety experts from the United States and Canada attended.
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Kansas City
Loren S. Bush
San Francisco
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Bush
United States
Canada
Ottawa University wins four-school cross country meet
Coach Bill Boucek led Ottawa University to first place at Emporia in a four-school cross country meet. OU finished with 36 points, ahead of College of Emporia at 43, Friends at 70, and Kansas Wesleyan at 72. Team members included Larry Brown, Rod Copeland, Fred Fort, John Gahan, Paul Lee, John Long and Ken Stratton. The Braves proceed to ECAC meet at Emporia on Friday, November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Lions Club
Tom Chappell
Interlochen
Mich
Susie Harvey
Western State College
Gunnison
Colo
Bill Douglas
Jim Trigg
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Loren Matthews
Ottawa High
Bill Boucek
Ottawa University
Emporia
College of Emporia
Friends
Kansas Wesleyan
Larry Brown
Rod Copeland
Fred Fort
John Gahan
Paul Lee
John Long
Ken Stratton
Braves
Eisenhower campaigns for Goode in Texas race
Former President Eisenhower boosts Republican John W. Goode Jr in a South Texas race with a day of campaigning culminating in a public address at the Alamo. Goode, 38, is the lone Republican among five candidates for the district seat. Democrat field includes State Sen. Henry Gonzalez and Paul Kilday who resigned to become a federal judge.
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San Antonio
Tex
Eisenhower
John W. Goode Jr
Texas
Mamie
The
Alamo
Goode
Henry Gonzalez
Paul Kilday
Alexander named field director for Ag Hall of Fame
William K. Alexander of Omaha has been named field director for the Agricultural Hall of Fame near Kansas City and will assume duties November 1. Alexander has spent the past decade as a regional field representative for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Dr. Oliver S. William, Hall of Fame board president, says cash and pledge subscriptions near one million dollars toward a six million dollar goal.
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Kansas City
William K. Alexander
Omaha
Neb
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Alexander
American Farm Bureau Federation
Oliver S. William
Hall of Fame
Oklahoma State University
Fire destroys canning factory at Jefferson City farm
Jefferson City AP report says a fire at the state prison farm north of the city destroyed the canning factory and its equipment. Corrections director Col James D Carter estimated losses above 100000 dollars. Firemen attributed the blaze to faulty wiring in the pickle works. Farm inmates helped fight the fire as William G Miller, prison farms director, noted the factory had just finished processing the year's crops. $90000 of canned goods stored nearby escaped damage and will be fed to prisoners.
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Jefferson City
State
James D. Carter
William G. Miller
Deaths Mrs H A Barnhart 89 Ottawa resident
Mrs Sue Emma Barnhart 89 of 825 S Poplar died Saturday at 4 20 p m in Cedar House nursing home after a year of ill health. Born February 29 1872 in Plattsburg Missouri she moved to Ottawa in 1892 and married Henry A Barnhart August 12 1897. Survivors include her husband two daughters Florence West Yates Center and Lottie Okeson Santa Fe Springs California four grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and sister Carrie Simmons Topeka. Services Tuesday 2 p m at Towner's Chapel with Dr Raymond P Jennings and Dr A B Martin officiating burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Sue Emma Barnhart
S. Poplar
Henry A. Barnhart
Cedar House Nursing Home
Plattsburg, Mo
Thomas and
Elizabeth M. (Sloan) Simmons
Ottawa
Barnhart
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Florence West
Yates Center
Lottie Okeson
Santa Fe Springs
Calif
Carrie Simmons
Topeka
Towner's Chapel
Raymond P. Jennings
A. B. Martin
Highland Cemetery
Anson Camp 95 Rant on dead in Ransom Memorial Hospital
Anson Camp age 95 of Rantou l died Sunday at 8 20 p m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after a week as a patient He was a retired Missouri Pacific railroad foreman Born Mapleton June 6 1866 son of John and Sarah Tipton Camp He married Susie Majors December 9 1891 at Colony She died July 20 1916 He was a Methodist member of Emporia Lodge AF and AM Shrine Club and Low Twelve Club Surviving are three daughters two sons 12 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren 12 great great grandchildren and one sister in Emporia
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Anson Camp
Ranton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mapleton
John
Sarah (Tippon) Camp
Colony
Susie Majors
Methodist Church
Emporia Lodge No. 2, Af.&am
Shrine Club
Low Twelve
L. M. Watkins
Rantoul
C. G. Bell
Garnett
John Hendrickson
Appleton
John Camp
Phoenix
Ariz
Earl Camp
R. S. Ayers
Emporia
Rusk Leads U S Cabinet to Japan for Trade Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads a high level delegation to Japan including Udall Hodges Goldberg Fowler and Heller to attend an economic meeting aimed at laying groundwork for resolving bilateral trade problems between the United States and Japan.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Japan
U.S
Rusk
Stewart Udall
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Labor
Arthur Goldberg
The
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisors
It Was Wet Hallowesta in Ottawa
About 1,000 people attended Ottawa Hallowesta Saturday night despite rain. Rick Beatty of the Jaycees, co sponsoring with the Jaynes, called the event a possible success as rain kept many home. One booth sold around 300 hotdogs. Beatty hopes Hallowesta becomes an annual affair.
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Ottawa
Hallowesta
Rick Beatty
The
Jaycees
Jaynes
Beatty
Congo Troops Spread Horror Across Katanga Frontier
Elisabethville AP report says national Congo army forces advanced into Katanga Province, razing villages and killing women and children as fighting raged near the border with South Kasai. The invading troops were ordered back to base while Leopoldville and Elisabethville seek a settlement to end Katanga secession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville, Katanga
National
Congolese Army
Kaanga
Elisabethville
Echo du
Leopoldville
Katanga
Two Traffic Tickets In One Day
Jerry Patterson, 20, posted $60 bonds after two traffic tickets on Sunday. He first was cited for driving 30 mph in a 20 mph zone on North Main, then a crash at Cedar and Wilson caused about $200 damage. Debris and paint led to his residence. a nearby damaged car was found. Four others were cited for moving violations, including Warren Curtis, 17, and David Scott, 18, with varying charges. Curtis’s pickup caused major damage after rear ending a 1962 car at 5th and Main. Scott’s car hit a 1962 model driven by Howard Hill. Scott posted $25 bond.
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Jerry Patterson
N. Sycamore
Patterson
North Main
Cedar and Wilson
Wilson
Dave Griffin
Fred Espinosa
Warren L. Curtis
Tremont
David W. Scott
S. Oak
Donald R. James
Marion L. Zook
N. Main
Curtis
John J. Casterman
Pittsburg
5Th
Main
Scott
Howard V. Hill
Topeka
Indictment Filed Against Detroit Teamsters Official
Rolland B. McMaster secretary treasurer to Hoffa faced federal charges for allegedly taking nearly 9000 dollars in illegal payments from a trucking firm operator. The grand jury indictment was issued in Detroit, with William F. Wolff Sr of Youngstown Ohio named as the company operator who made the payments.
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Washington
Rolland B. McMaster
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
William F. Wolff Sr
Youngstown
Ohio
Salina Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Crash Near Clay Center
A Salina woman, 34-year-old Anna Shaver, died after a one car crash south of Clay Center Sunday night. Her husband Ellis Shaver, 40, was hospitalized with multiple injuries. The car reportedly passed another vehicle on Route 15 when it went out of control, left the road, and struck a tree after traveling about 400 feet.
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Clay Center
Kas
Salina
Anna Shaver
Ellis Shaver
Shaver
Chrysler, UAW resume talks to avert strike
Detroit AP reports top Chrysler negotiators and the United Auto Workers union return to bargaining to wrap up a new three year contract by Tuesday. If no agreement by 8 p.m. Tuesday the union says a strike could begin Thursday night. Chrysler remains the lone member of the Big Three yet to reach a contract with the UAW. The union has 88 bargaining units across Chrysler's 46 plants. Newark Delaware's assembly plant became the 77th to settle this past Sunday.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
UAW
Newark, del
Stettler Elected President of CPAs Group
Howard F. Stettler of Lawrence Kansas was elected president of the Association of Certified Public Accountant Examiners at the organization’s annual meeting Sunday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Howard F. Stettler
Lawrence, Kas
The
Association of Certified Public Accountant Examiners
Hospital Notes and Births in Rantoul and Nearby Areas
Admissions listed for James Seymour of Rantoul and others across Wellsville Cedar House and Cedar House nursing home with Sundays and Mondays noted. Births include Marlin Heffner of Baldwin a daughter born Saturday weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Dismissals record Joe Yockey Jr Penny Chapman Willard Burton M E Smith Mrs George Small Jr and baby son Mrs Mattie B Myer with dates Monday and Sunday.
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James Seymour
Rantoul
W. B. DeVilbiss
S. Main
Grover Crawford
Wellsville
Wallace Mce- Neese
RFD
Denny English
N. Main
Chester Smith
Cedar House
Marlin Heffner
Baldwin
Joe Yockey Jr
N. Sycamore
Scott and
Penny Chapman
Willard Burton
M. E. Smith
North American Hotel
George Small Jr
King
Mattie B. Myer
N. Oak
Ottawa University graduate joins NASA to work on Apollo
Wayne Coons, an Ottawa University graduate and helicopter pilot who helped recover the first U S space capsule, leaves the Marine Corps for a civilian role as project engineer at NASA. He will work at the Houston Texas Mars Space Flight Center on Project Apollo, focusing on recovery after capsule returns while remaining in a Marine Reserve jet squadron in Virginia, with two weeks of refresher training planned before resuming NASA duties.
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Wayne Coons
Ottawa University
Atlantic Ocean
U. S
Earth
Coons
Marine Corps
Marine Reserve
Virginia
NASA
KC Markets cattle and hogs report from Kansas City
AP notes livestock prices with hogs 6,200 head and cattle 13,500 marketed. Hogs steady to down 25 cents. barrows and gilts 16.25 to 16.75 for 200-260 lb, sows 14.50 to 15.50. Sheep 1,200 head. lambs steady, ewes steady to strong, feeders steady, lambs 15.50 to 17.00, ewes 4.00 to 5.00, feeders 11.00 to 12.00. Cattle calf figures include steers 23.50 to 26.00, helfers 22.50 to 24.50, cows 14.50 to 16.50, dealers 22.00 to 26.00, stockers 23.00 to 26.40.
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Kansas City
Special Stocker Feeder Sale Dates in Franklin County
Listings of upcoming livestock auctions across Franklin County Kansas with dates October 30 through November 4. Osage City, Berryton, Ottawa, Topeka, Emporia areas listed with venue details and contact numbers for booking and inquiries. Local sales include Franklin County Sale Co, Osage City Livestock Sale, Chester Meganigie sale, and Myers Bros listings.
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Franklin Co. Sale Co
Wilson & Locust
Ottawa
Kansas
Osage City
Kas
Chester Meganigie, Livestock & Machinery Sale
Berryton
29Th & California
Topeka
Eas
Emporia Livestock Sale Co
Emporia
Franklin County Sale Co
Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
November livestock sales and auctions listed across Kansas and Missouri
A compiled list of upcoming sales and auctions across Ottawa Neosho Neosho Mo Overbrook and Pomona with dates from November 1 to November 30. Includes night consignments at Ottawa Livestock Commission Neosho Livestock Commission and Rid designate sales such as Chet Louderback farm sale and Mel's Auto Auction. Also notes local markets including Ottawa Market Sale every Saturday and Overbrook Livestock Base weekly.
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Charles — Lyndon
Kansas
Harold D. & Marie
Persinger
Osage City
Ottawa Livestock Commission
Chet Louderback
Ottawa
Highway 68
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Printy and Sons
Ben Printy
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Joe Towner
Minneapolis
Minn
National Funeral Directors Convention
Eddie Hull
N. Cedar
Sunnyslope Farm
Kansas Hampshire Breeders Association
John Musick
Lawrence
Ella’s
Lars Nelson
Lawton, Okla
C. Carl Fitch
Cheyenne
Lawton Memorial Hospital
Ellis
Nick Constantinescu
2Nd and
LaMaster Lee Mason
Monroe
Fla
West 2Nd
Warren L. Chambers
Pomona
Charles E. Henry
Snyder Pharmacy
Elvin E. Malburg Jr
Colbern’s
Bernhardt
Ady
John Wallace
Michaeleen
Church
Billy
Louis
Ozarks
Roaring River
Eureka Springs
Ark
Mrs. Wallace
Charlie Davis
Lane
Bill Price
Kansas State Teachers College
Jim Price
Gayle Adkinson
Santa Claus
North Pole
Wright
William Lay
Sunshine Biscuit Co
New Eagles
Ag Hall
H. A. Barnhart
ANSON
Congo
of Teamsters
Salinan
Kohler
Alfred W. Kohler
Towner's
Harrisonville
H. A
Sue Emma) Barnhart
Towner’s Chapel
Highland
Towner’s
Ernest Arnold Overbrook
Myers Bros
Claude
Howard
Harold Stewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Base
Overbrook
Gordon James
Lonnie C. Fox
L. C. Fox and
Ash
Gilges Brothers, Rt. 1
Rex Huston
O.E.S
Nancy Lamb
W.M
Vola Phillips
Secy
Franklin County
Ashton
South 71 Highway
Earl Smith
Fraternity House
Watkins Products
City of
Watkins Products, Inc
C-54
Winona
Ottawa Herald
Deena’s Cafe
Morey
Moran
L & L Cafe
General Services
Lee Carter
KNAPP
Sycamore
Norman Scott
Singer
Albrights Ph
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