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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1961
Page
3
News briefs list a Garfield P.T.A. meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium, plus local notices on dental meeting travel, scholarships, club activities, and residents’ updates including arrests and military service.
Kansas bonded indebtedness reached a record 814 million dollars for units to June 2, with a 4 million rise in the year. Since 1951 the debt has climbed an average 65 million annually from 268 million. School districts hold 229 million in General debt while the Kansas Turnpike Authority carries 175.2 million in revenue bonds.
The AP reports a heated debate on profit levels and their division among labor management and stockholders. Government stance shifts. steel and auto sectors face price and wage pressures while profits rise from 43.1 to 45.1 billion dollars from 1955 to 1960, with employee compensation climbing 31.2 percent, financing new plants machinery and jobs.
John W. Snethen died September 4 and funeral services were held September 8 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with Rev. Ralph Edwards officiating. Honorary pallbearers included L. H. Brown and Orval Stan eart. active pallbearers were Joe Ames and others. Mrs. Ralph Edwards sang hymns with Mrs. R. L. Stevens accompanying. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery.
In Moscow, Premier Khrushchev rejected the U.S.-British appeal for an atmospheric nuclear test ban. He urged a big power study of world problems to prevent nuclear war and accused Western leaders of trying to isolate the testing issue. He called the offer dishonest and proposed universal disarmament and a German peace treaty to curb rocket war risk.
AP dispatch from Kansas City lists mixed animal markets with steers and heifers mostly steady to varying declines from last week. It covers slaughter cattle and heifer changes, calves and stocker movements, primed cattle ranges, and hog and sheep quotes with weight class breakdowns and price ranges.
Hal Boyle recalls a man with dentures muttering a looping line about some sat some stood some slowly strayed as passersby kept a wary distance. The exchange leads to a joke about dentures and a stranger’s struggle with pronouncing Mississippi. The scene ends with a cheeky phone number and Boyle noting the strangeness of denture life.
A collection of humorous customer remarks at a New York supermarket. Shoppers question tire stock, wonder about instant pot roast, critique cash handling, complain about turkey prices, and recount odd lines at the checkout. The item captures daily retail banter and comic exchanges in a busy store.
Hollywood AP reports Lawrence Welk celebrates a decade on television as his new sound with Calcutta and Yellow Bird pushes album sales past a million. He credits a switch to Dot Records and a harpsichord rock beat for the breakthrough. Welk recalls rising staff, growing national reach, and a thrill when Eisenhower's secretary invited him to golf with the President, while his Hollywood Palladium shows draw about 15,000 couples weekly.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced about 40,000 additional regular Army troops would be sent to Europe to strengthen forces facing the Soviet threat to West Berlin. Transportation of dependents to Europe would be suspended starting Oct 9, covering Belgium Denmark France West Germany Greece Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey and the United Kingdom. West Berlin remains excepted as a special case.
Admissions list includes Frank Klein 414 Walnut Sheldon Meats 535 S Mulberry Friday Eddie Foushee 626 S Cherry Sherrilann Toumberlin RFD 3 Saturday. Births to Gary Burns 832 Willow Friday weight 7 lb 11 oz Lawrence Allen Garnett daughter 7 lb 13 oz Don Sloop Lyndon son 10 lb 162. Additional names Marney Dyess 602 Willow Nettie Burgoon 737 Main Cora Nutt Sedalia Mo Saturday.
Polly Small of Concord North Carolina and Kenneth Petit of Ellsworth County Kansas were killed in a collision on a steep hill near Brookville Kansas on U S 40. Three other women in the station wagon were injured Ruth Harris a Charlotte bank teller Hazel Adams of Charlotte and another unidentified woman. The accident occurred two miles west of the Saline Ellsworth County line on U S 40.
Washington AP The Civil Rights Commission recommended Congress enact legislation to secure voting rights for all qualified Americans. It urged federal standards on voter qualifications beyond age and residence and protections against race based denial, citing evidence of discrimination in eight Southern states. The panel split 4 to 2 on part of the recommendation to pass laws against voting discrimination.
A Topeka AP traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Saturday with 8 fatalities in September and 14 in 1961, compared to 325 deaths in the comparable 1960 period.
Franklin County sale notices run Saturdays in Ottawa Kansas with sales at Locust and Wilson Streets and various locations. Listings include Harold Ingraham Sept 11, Mra Frances Hanning Sept 12, Leon Burrichter Sept 13, and a Sept 18 stocker and feeder bale sale by Franklin Co Sales Co at highway 69 west of Ottawa.
Listings for farm and livestock sales across Ottawa Kansas Neosho Missouri and surrounding areas. Includes Belter Motor Co used cars auction Sept 14 19 and 28 at Ottawa and Neosho livestock sales on West Wilson Street Ottawa and Neosho Missouri with night consignments. Local agents Printy CH 29-1974 Jack Nelson Pomona Overbrook weekly sales.
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