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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1957
Page
1
The Associated Press reports 610 Americans killed during Labor Day weekend. Traffic crashes account for 431 fatalities, drownings total 87, and other accidents include 92 deaths, with private plane crashes contributing several.
Franklin County contributed to the Kansas Fish and Game Commission wildlife exhibit at the fair where Ray Koontz found a four-foot bull snake and placed it in the exhibit. The piece noted other fair attractions and a near accident during hunting season as a .22 rifle bullet shattered a kitchen window in the Clogston home, with police estimating the shot came from about a mile away.
Canada records 75 traffic and other deaths during Labour Day weekend in provinces across the country. Highway fatalities totaled 41 with 24 drownings and 10 other accident deaths reported between Friday evening and Monday midnight. The previous holiday high was 98 on Dominion Day.
H E Stonequist 44 of Osage City pleaded guilty in County Court to reckless driving after a Friday crash on the Wellsville LeLoup road. Judge Milo Harris fined him 25 dollars. Stonequist was injured when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck the bridge cement abutment.
Fair this afternoon and tonight with rising temperatures into Wednesday. High around upper 60s today, near 60 tonight. Hourly temps show cooling after midnight and gradual warmup toward Wednesday. River conditions unchanged in morning report.
During a three day Labor Day holiday in Kansas eight people died in traffic accidents and five drowned in water incidents. Drowning victims included Dorothy Scott 16 and Cary Stoddard 14 both Arkansas City girls who died in Walnut River. Edwin Gaede 11 drowned at Lake Afton while swimming with his brother Arthur 12. Traffic deaths listed include James A. Jarvis 28 of Dodge City in a car overturning and Robbie Jenkins 60 of Topeka injured as a pedestrian.
White House announced Arnold R. Jones former deputy budget director will take a recess appointment to the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Jones met with President Eisenhower at the White House and agreed to serve until Congress reconvenes next January. The nomination faced Senate opposition as the Public Works Committee terminated its hearing before adjournment. Hagerty said the decision rests with Jones.
Police say Thomas Counts, 48, admitted burglarizing 22 firms in two years but denies breaking into churches. Chief Harold Hall said Counts was spotted trying to enter a doctor's office and charged with burglary and breaking and entering. He commented that only a low down man would break into a church.
President Eisenhower at a news conference said testing intercontinental missiles is a long way from production. He called the Soviet claim evasive and cautioned against placing confidence in it while noting substantial funds and high priority for the U S missile program, which will take time to reach a long range capability. He also announced an upcoming extended vacation at Newport, Rhode Island.
National Guardsmen were deployed to maintain order as nine Negro students entered Little Rock Central High amid ongoing integration efforts. In Clinton Tennessee and nearby towns, guards patrolled streets while white and Negro pupils began classes under police protection. The scene reflected a nation grappling with enforced desegregation and local resistance.
London dispatch notes talks on disarmament at the United Nations conference. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin offered no new comments on the Western package plan for a limited East West pact despite Western pressure to obtain a formal reply. Western nations planned to press for precise answers and consider new steps if Moscow rejects the proposal as they pursue arms race endgame options.
Ottawa schools opened with 2,269 pupils, including 2,134 in public schools and 135 in Sacred Heart parochial. Public enrollment was eight fewer than last year’s opening total of 2,142, while Sacred Heart rose by six. Superintendent Henry A. Parker predicted a larger enrollment figure would be announced Thursday.
The 92nd Franklin County Fair drew the largest crowd of recent years with over 1,000 home economics exhibits and a sewing machine contest drawing more than 200 entries. Enrollment data show gains and declines across schools and 4-H groups, and a team pulling event set a high total weight. The fair’s broad scope included junior and senior high enrollments, with figures impacting state aid classifications.
At a farm near Mound City a worker named Mason faced a rattlesnake two feet away under a house while installing a tun lool kit. He shot the snake with a borrowed .22 caliber rifle after help from Lawrence Bailey, and finished the project the next day without further incident.
Dr Josephine E Davis county health officer said this morning the Asian flu vaccine has not yet arrived in Ottawa but is expected soon. Local physicians and drug stores have ordered vaccine and have been informed shipment date was about Sept 1.
Ottawa Fire Department was called to 104 N Elm at 5 06 am to extinguish a hay fire in a barn owned by Ollie Basile. A local physician said vaccine shortages may ease as manufacturers catch up with demand while authorities plan a mass vaccination approach. Damage estimated at about 400 dollars.
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