Skunk Incident and Local Notices Reported
Vera Mac Latimer reports a skunk encounter on South Cedar as Mrs. David Howard mistakenly tried to retrieve a presumed lost pet. A lost fox terrier puppy ad and corn yield notes, plus driving license renewal guidance from the state Motor Vehicle Department are also noted. Highway Patrolman Conaty explains renewal leeway for travelers returning to Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Mac Latimer
South Cedar
The
Herald
David Howard
S. Poplar
Howard
State Motor Vehicle Department
Bob Conaty
Won Awards At Wellsville Fair
Four 4-H club members earned top honors at the Wellsville fair with County Agent Don Brown announcing results yesterday. Leonard Heffner of Douglas County claimed the grand champion Hereford steer, Beth Batdorf of Full O’Pep 4-H Club won the champion Guernsey Keifer, Gail Ratliff of Westphalia showed the champion fat lamb, and Eugene Wingert of SHAFF trained the champion Angus calf with Larry Averill also winning the herdsman award for orderly stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Don Brown
Leonard Heffner
Douglas County
Beth Batdorf
Gail Ratliff
Westphalia
Miss Batdorf
Ratliff
Eugene Wingert
Shaff
Larry Averill
Averill
Driver Dies in Truck Crash West of Alma
ALMA W Thomas D. Cooper Denton was killed yesterday when his truck overturned four miles west of here. Local authorities reported the fatal crash, noting Cooper was the sole occupant and died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma W Thomas D. Cooper
Denton
Here
Drive For Funds To Obtain New Industries For Ottawa
Ottawa residents will help raise 20,000 in cash and 60,000 in pledges to buy second mortgage bonds for the Ottawa Industrial Development Association. Funds will finance land purchase and development to attract new industries, with bonds repaid at 5 percent interest within five years. A two-fold drive starts next week with meetings at the North American hotel and a kickoff breakfast, then daily progress reports as canvassing proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Industrial Development Association, Inc
Ottawa
J. L. Hysom
Kansas City
Hysom
Kansas City Athletics
Midwest
Industrial Development Association
Lightning Damage In Noisy Storm Hits Ottawa Homes
A fast moving storm brought .28 inch of moisture to Ottawa and a loud thunder crack that disturbed residents. Lightning damaged several homes including John W. Patterson at 630 N Main and Thomas D. Lee at 326 S Mulberry, blowing out wiring and fuses and injuring no one. Patterson reported a fire, burned drapes, and a need to rewire. a window peeper was seen last night. The Lee bolt damaged a mulberry tree and triggered outages in nearby houses. Telephone service frayed at Don Welton 329 S Poplar and E E Crouch 322 S Mulberry. City linemen found minor transformer fuse issues. Bell telephone reported a spike in outages. Weather observer John P. Kelsey noted heavier rain south of Ottawa. other towns reported 1 inch in Richmond and similar in Garnett and Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
John W. Patterson
N. Main
Thomas D. Lee
S. Mulberry
John Patterson
South Mulberry
See
Don Welton
S. Poplar
E. E. Crouch
S. Muliberry
Clare Shadle
Kansas City Power and Light Co
John P. Kelsey
Richmond
Garnett
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Cort
Gambling Charges For VFW Head In Kansas
OLATHE Kansas Ralph E Roe commander of the Olathe Veterans of Foreign Wars post was arrested on a charge of setting up and allowing gambling devices at Gardner Lake resort on August 27. State and county officers seized dice tables cards and poker chips during a raid at the resort where about 150 people attended a VFW party Roe 36 was released on $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kas
Ralph E. Roe
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Gardner Lake Resort
Roe
For Sale Old newspapers 10¢ per bundis
Classified notice offering old newspapers for sale at 10 cents per bundis from Herald office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Weather forecast summary with cool, scattered storms
Partly cloudy and windy this afternoon with scattered thundershowers in extreme south and southeast. Cooler west and north, turning southeast, with fair elsewhere. Tonight remains quite cool, Sunday fair east and partly cloudy west with drizzle or light rain likely in extreme southwest. Low 40s north to 50s south, high Sunday in the 70s. Record highs and lows noted. yesterday's sky clear and no precipitation.
Extreme heat records marked September in Ottawa
Ottawa set a new September 9 high of 100 degrees, surpassing a 99 degree record last seen in 1912, 1931, 1939 and 17. A cooling front from Canada approached as light snow fell at Cut Bank Montana and scattered showers stretched from southeastern Colorado to the Upper Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantoul
Ottawa
Canada
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Cut Bank
Mont
Colorado
Great Lakes
Six Vie For Miss America
Atlantic City N J six finalists vie for Miss America in a $50 000 prizes package as 11 judges prepare to crown the heiress tonight. Contestants from 45 states plus Chicago DC Hawaii and Canada competed after three nights of preliminaries with point honors in swimsuit and talent events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J. U
States
Chicago
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Canada
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
Barbara Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma City
Clara Faye Arnold
Raleigh
N.C
Patricia Byrd Huddleston
Clanton
Ala
Sandra Wirth
Miami
Fla
Virginia E. Maffucci
Watertown
Mass
Ottawa High School names 2024 cheerleaders after mixer
Students from grades ten through twelve attended the first mixer, where seniors Shirley Honn Maureen Taylor Kay Crites Elizabeth Keller Audrey Scott and sophomore Judy Cary were announced as cheerleaders. Seventeen tried out for six spots and junior high and B team tryouts will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Shirley Honn
Maureen Taylor
Kay Crites
Elizabeth Keller
Audrey Scott
Judy Cary
OHS
Smallest Corn Crop In Years In Kansas
TOPEKA The smallest corn crop in 18 years is in prospect for Kansas after hot dry August weather. The estimated yield drops 13,582,000 bushels to 29,882,000. only twice since 1937 has output fallen below 40 million. Sorghum also cut to about 37 million bushels from 59 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Ottawa Cancer Fund Receives $5000 Bequest
The Ottawa Cancer Fund Society received a $5000 bequest from Mrs. Pearl Vincent, former Ottawan who died in Long Beach California in October 1954. The same will also left $5000 to Ottawa Heart Fund and $1000 to the Ottawa dog shelter, with $5000 for the Seeing Eye Dog Society disallowed for lack of such an Ottawa group. Mrs. Vincent left an estate valued at $185,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Cancer Fund Society
Pearl ‘Vincent
Long Beach
Calif
C. M. Vincent
Ottawa
Vincents
R. R. Redmond
Cancer Society
Ottawa Group
California
Ottawa Heart Fund Group
Ottawa Dog Shelter
Seeing Eye Dog Association
Seeing Eye
Redmond
Heart Fund
Cancer Fund
Vincent
Bulldozer Douses Grass Fire Near Shopping Center
A grass fire threatened parked cars near a Kansas City shopping center yesterday. With no firefighting gear on hand, bystander William C. Taylor driving a nearby bulldozer plowed the flames down, preventing spread to the vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William C. Taylor
Extra Practice For Cheer Leaders At Hasbrouck Heights
Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey high school cheerleaders were locked in the stadium by mistake on Tuesday night. Police said they yelled for an hour before groundskeeper heard them and opened the gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
No Regrets On MacArthur
Former President Truman says he wishes he had fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur two years sooner, calling it the only repentance he has had for removing MacArthur as supreme commander in Korea. He spoke after an address to the Executives Club of Chicago, noting that MacArthur was unable to give wholehearted support to U N and Truman policy in Korea. He also defended halting at the 38th Parallel and cited the vast Chinese presence near the Yalu River as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Korea
California
Executives Club of
U. N
Yalu River
38Th Parallel
88Th Parallel
Kincaid Free Fair Schedule Promises Parade and Races
The 45th annual Kincaid Free Fair in Kincaid Kansas runs September 15 16 and 17 featuring a parade entertainment stock exhibits and other events. A busy racing program includes a tricycle race for children under 4 and a carnival with rides and additional features on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincaid
Kincaid, Kas
Church Fire At Lawrence Church Fire At Lawrence
Fire burned the interior of the parish house at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. The 101st anniversary month celebration looms as fire crews from all 25 Lawrence units battled the blaze. Loss unofficially estimated near 100000 with four pianos destroyed and services area smoke damaged. This marks the third church fire in Lawrence within nine months, following Trinity Episcopal and Church of Christ incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Plymouth Congregational Church
Kansas
Trinity Episcopal
Church of Christ
Bid for Early Ike 1956 Ticket Intensifies Push
GOP state chairmen in Denver pressed President Eisenhower for an early second term announcement to aid 1956 candidate selection. National Chairman Leonard Hall forecast a 1952 style ticket with Nixon and urged support regardless of Democratic nominee. Some chairmen still hoped for an action signaling readiness to head the ticket, despite Eisenhower’s health and world conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Nixon
Hall
Averell Harriman
New York
Missouri Arkansas Flood Control Assn reelected leaders
The Missouri Arkansas Flood Control Association voted to press its campaign to harness the Missouri Kansas and Arkansas rivers. W G Calvert of Lexington Missouri was reelected president at the fourth annual meeting. Other officers reelected include William M Huston Emmett E Wilson Z R Hook Ralph B Rickless Jr Glenn H Beal and Lew Paramore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Missouri-Arkansas Flood Control Assn
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
W. G. Calvert
Lexington
William M. Huston
Marshall
Emmett E. Wilson
Independence
Z. R. Hook
Manhattan
Ralph B. Rickless Jr
Salina
Glenn H. Beal
Fredonia
Lew Paramore
Topeka
Refusal By Germans blocks talks on POWs and relations
In Moscow, West Germany repeated it would not establish diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union until German prisoners of war are settled. Heinrich von Brentano said Bonn’s stance after a three hour Spiridonovka Palace session. Bulganin warned against negotiating from strength as Adenauer insisted POWs be resolved first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
West Germany
Russia
Heinrich von Brentano
Spiridonovka Palace
Konrad Adenauer
von Brentano
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Leonid Ilyichev
Foreign Office
Bulganin
Germany
Adenauer
Complaint in Baby Market in Wichita Next Week
Dr. Thomas R. Hood of the State Board of Health says a formal complaint will be filed in Wichita next week over alleged black marketing of babies in Sedgwick County. The agency began probing after a reporter posed as an unwed mother and published a series for the Wichita Beacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Thomas R. Hood
State Board of Health
Wichita Beacon
Chapman Man Dies in Crash Near Chapman
In a two car collision late yesterday in Abilene Henry F. Schmidt 70 Chapman died. His wife Amelia received chest injuries and a hip fracture. Carl Hall of Wichita the other driver sustained a leg fracture and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Henry F. Schmidt
Chapman
Amelia
Carl Hall
Wichita
Wichita Fisherman Drowns in Sand Pit
Wichita police reported Arnie A. Wood Jr. aged 39 from Wichita drowned yesterday in a sandpit while fishing with his brother Parker Wood. The brother said Arnie fell into the pit while taking in lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Arnie A. Wood Jr
Parker Wood
Arnie
Highway death toll tops 380 in Kansas 1955 report
In Topeka Kansas the traffic death toll reached 380 for the year up to the current date with 1955 figures close to 383 for the same period in 1954. The note references export values and livestock trade, including raw skins from goats and sheep, amid a broader record section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
India
Americans in China to be freed for home return 10 named
Geneva reports say 14 talks between U S ambassador and Chinese envoy yielded a plan to release Americans in China who wish to return to the United States. Ten to be freed immediately include ten specific individuals with more releases planned within days. The accord also covers repatriation of Chinese in the United States with British and Indian mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Red
China
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
United States
State Department
Lawrence R. Buel
Dilmas T. Kannady
Levi Lovegren
Dorothy Middleton
Sara Perkins
Walter A. Rickett
Harold W. Rigney
Frederick D. Gordon
Joseph E. Hyde
James Joyce
U. S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Formosa
United Nations
Johnson
Wang
Nine Is Her Magic Number
Roanoke woman Mrs. C. S. Wilkerson gave birth to a 9-pound boy on the 9th day of the 9th month at 9 p.m. The event unfolds with a playful note on the number nine associated with the mother’s name and birth details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
C. S. Wilkerson
Minnie End Fined $25 For Fishing Without License
In Hailey Idaho Minnie End paid a $25 fine for fishing without a license. Leaving court she told Probate Judge John Wright this is the end of Minnie End fishing without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hailey
Idaho
Minnie End
John Wright
Auction sale notice for Mrs Edith Hodg es event
Auction sale announced for Mrs Edith Hodg es on Monday September 12 100 at one block from New Methodist Church Richmond. Auction item details are limited in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Hodges
Mon
New Methodist Church
Richmond
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Sharon Whitacre
Gene Whitacre
Midgie
Franklin County
John Berger
Pomona
Appanoose School
Berger
Fuorgasbord
VFW
South River
Lamb Ambulance
Floyd
Animal Shelter
Bob Leonard
Cancer
Blaze
Red China
Minnie
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