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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1958
Page
5
Clyde Kansas flooded as Little Elk Creek crest reached two to three feet in the business district. No deaths reported. Four residents briefly missing but later accounted for. Clyde Republican editor John Hale said property damage was heavy, with his shop sustaining about three feet of water.
In Ottawa Kansas Fred Kaiser a West Point cadet escorts for Miss America in Atlantic City as 60 from his class of 600 are chosen. Severe thunderstorms drop 7 to 10 inches of rain in north central Kansas flooding streets evacuating residents while a National Guard unit assists. Water damaged homes and blocked roads disrupt daily life as Hale reports the scene in Clyde Concordia and surrounding areas.
Franklin County Democrats will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Oddfellows Lodge to plan the fall campaign. A. C. Richeson, county chairman, urges all candidates and committeemen to attend and participate in forming campaign committees.
Kansas received over two million dollars annually under federal aid to education. Allocations include 771,937 for college loans, 799,006 for strengthening elementary and high school science math and languages, 59,454 for administering programs, 180,150 for counseling and testing in high schools, up to 50,000 to improve statistics, and 222,105 for vocational education training. The last two allocations require state matching. A Pomona Tavern case in District Court involved a temporary injunction and padlock while a permanent injunction was sought. The court actions affect whether the tavern can continue operations and sell malt beverages pending interpretations by the U.S. Office of Education.
Partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in the northwest half tonight and Saturday. Warmer today, cooler northwest Saturday. High today near 90, tonight around 70, Saturday highs 85 to 90. Previous highs 88, record high 107 in 1913, record low 43 in 1898.
Ottawa Memorial Auditorium hosts a Sept 10 panel discussion on the Abernathy Dairy Self-Help Bill at 8 p.m. Four panelists from dairy groups, including David Pence of Topeka and Fos ter Lewis of Kansas City, provide varied views. Moderator Clarence Rupp of Manhattan and E E Stockbrande attend. The meeting aims to explain the bill to the public and its effect on dairy prices.
Charcoal steaks sizzling and football players in uniform greeted about 110 attendees at the steak fry behind the Administration Building. University sponsors and Chamber of Commerce officials organized ticket sellers as Coach Dick Peters demonstrated plays for the crowd. About 130 steaks and sides were served as 30 businessmen plus Braves players listened and learned ticket procedures for the 1958 campaign.
Ottawa district reports clearing work begins on the river banks for flood control. Appraisers are named to survey land for a future school site while the turnpike system facing possible federal reimbursement, with 186.6 miles of Kansas turnpike and 121.3 miles of state highways identified as eligible for Interstate repayment.
A Kansas City driver died in hospital after a collision. Tropical Storm Ella intensified, threatening southern Texas and Louisiana. Weather warnings extended from Corpus Christi to Galveston with coastal closures already in place as Ella headed toward the central Texas coast.
Franklin County levies are dispatched today to Johnson, Anderson, Miami, Coffey and Osage counties where the taxing district headquarters lie in Franklin. Clerks in receiving counties will compute and spread the levies within their jurisdictions. Nine Franklin counties with valuations have not yet sent their levies to Ottawa.
Walter P Reuther joined contract talks at General Motors to avert a strike. UAW President said the union would compromise on layoff pay benefits pension improvements and a productivity based wage hike. New walkouts idled about 15 000 at GM Flint plants and Euclid Ohio with about 7 000 still off at Ford Chrysler and other GM plants.
Thomas G. Lincoln drove a one ton bread truck that collided with an empty Santa Fe truck and trailer at the Franklin Douglas County line on K3a. H. W. Parker, 53, was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital with bruises and sprains after the 8:25 am crash. A second accident five minutes later two miles north of Ottawa sent James N. Cole, 19, to Ransom Memorial. he was improving and to be released today. Welch owned trucks involved. Princeton driver Cole warded off serious injuries.
A Kansas couple, Richard Post, 24, and Mary Post, 21, of Stafford, won $60,000 in damages from Donald G. Smith, owner of a Belvidere tavern. They alleged the driver James Court Jr. was drunk when their car collided August 14, 1957, under Illinois Dram Shop Act.
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show two deaths in the last 24 hours. For 1958 the year total stands at 352, compared with 360 in the same period of 1957.
Chinese Nationalists said the Communist blockade of Quemoy is tightening and they may soon need U S assistance to keep supply lines open. Rear Adm. Liu Hoh tu refused to say if U S warships would escort Quemoy supply convoys, while U S hostility risks an invasion claim from Peiping.
A two car crash west of Ottawa on E68 at 6:40 p.m. caused major damage to both vehicles. Mrs. Cecil Wolgast, driving west, slowed to turn around, and Robert D. Niekel struck her from the rear. No injuries reported beyond minor soreness.
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