Local News Briefs From Ottawa Area
Julia Ann Hrabe, daughter of Mr and Mrs August Hrabe, Wells ville, was released from St Joseph Hospital in Kansas City Missouri after an appendectomy. She will stay several days at the home of Mrs Ora Good in Edgerton. St Therese Church Richmond announces a supper on Mon Sept 14 from 5 to 8 pm Adults 1.00, children 50c. Entertainment-Come. Adv. Mrs Clifford Johnson of 403 Ash has returned to Research Hospital Kansas City for two weeks of therapy. She is in room 326. Drake's Bakery offers fresh butter rolls donuts pies cakes and wedding cakes Adv. Robert and Gertrude Beaman of Chanute filed a 3826.36 damage suit in District Court against Harry Henery Inc for damages to their property from construction on K33 in Wilson County between November 1957 and April 1958. Ellis Piano Tuning Eileen LaValley 30 846 S Willow was cited for passing a stop sign and no valid driver license. appearance in Police Court Sept 15. Stock Car Races Sat Nite 7 30. Two Ottawa youths Sonny Williams 609 S Sycamore and Jerry Slavens RFD 2 were picked up by highway patrol and held for Douglas County authorities on littering charge. Ottawa Police said. Rummage Sale Fri and Sat Memorial Auditorium Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Hrabe
August Hrabe
Wellsville
St. Joseph Hospital
Kansas City
Ora Good
Edgerton
Robert and
Gertrude Beaman
Chanute
Harry Henery Inc
Wilson County
Eileen LaValley
S. Willow
Ottawa
Sonny Williams
S. Sycamore
Jerry Slavens
RFD 2
Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Theis Boomed As Chairman Of Demo Meeting
Kansas City AP Theis described as boomed for Midwest Democratic Conference chairman while he says he is not actively campaigning. Jake More of Harlan Iowa may try to keep the post as conference rules shift to state chairmen and national committeewomen and men as delegates. Mrs George Neese Gray named as a possible vice presidential candidate for 1960 with Henry Lueck leading the push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank Theis
Kansas
Theis
Jake More
Harlan, Iowa
George Neese Gray
Henry Lueck
Netawaka
Gray
U. S
George Docking
Republican Women To Meeting In KC
About 250 women from Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska will attend a regional meeting of the National Federation of Republican Women in Kansas City September 25 26. Mrs Peter Gibson of Monroe Michigan federation president will deliver the keynote at the opening session. Presidents of state federations participating include Mrs M Stanley Ginn of Columbia Missouri Mrs Harold Medill of Independence Pennsylvania and Mrs E J Hennings of Arcadia Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
National Federation of Republican Women
Peter Gibson
Monroe
Mich
Federation
Stat
M. Stanley Ginn
Columbia
Harold Medill
Independence
I’an
E. J. Hennings
Arcadia
Shields Opens Office Here in Bennett Building
Robert Shields of Paola moves to Ottawa and opens an office in Bennett Building Room 223 as Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co agent for the area. He has been with the firm two years, is a native of Ottawa who grew up in Wellsville, and will reside at 211 S. Maple with his wife and daughter Julie Ann, 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shields
Paola
Ottawa
Bennett Building
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Shields
Wellsville
Julie ‘Ann
S. Maple
Driver Injured Near Wellsville
Mrs. Bill Coughenour aged 30 from Wellsville was hospitalized at KU Medical Center with a broken kneecap and facial and arm lacerations after her car ran off US 50 north of Wellsville. She told investigators she glanced at her eight week old baby in the front basket, causing her to lose control. The vehicle traveled 112 feet on the shoulder, crossed the road, then 63 feet before overturning into a ditch. The infant suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Coughenour
Wellsville
KU Medical Center
US 50
Coughenour
Death of Ernest C. Mewhinney on birthday at Crestview
Ernest Cinclair Mewhinney 83 died at Crestview nursing home on his birthday. Born in Michigan Valley in 1876 he lived in the area his entire life and was the last surviving member of his family. Survived by his widow Sarah Elizabeth Lightle five sons one daughter nineteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced at Towner's Chapel with burial at Delevan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Cinclair Mewhinney
Crestview
Michigan Valley
James
Sarah (Sharpless) Mewhinney
Sarah Elizabeth Lightle
Melvern
Berton
William
Emery
Denver
Colo
Edward
Quenemo
Cecil
Topeka
Thomas Letty
Wichita
Towner’s Chapel
Delevan
Fall From Chair Fatal To Baby In Wichita
Angela Keith Mayson, four months old, died of a head injury after a chair fall. His mother Lynette A. Mayson, 19, told police she left the room briefly and found him unconscious on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Angela Keith Mayson
Lynette A. Mayson
Kansas State Opens Semester With President McCain Speech
Kansas State University begins the fall term next week with the earliest September start in years. President James A. McCain will address new students and parents at the opening convocation. Orientation continues into the registration period, with first classes set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas State University
James A. McCain
Osawatomie Man Held After Cafe Brawl Arrest
Osawatomie police jailed Wilber Lee McQuay after a Sunday cafe brawl. Charged on a warrant for disturbing the peace assaulting an officer and resisting arrest, he was found hiding in a closet at 326 S Walnut. Miami County deputies planned to return him to Osawatomie tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osawatomie
Wilber Lee McQuay
S. Walnut
McQuay
Miami County Sheriff's
Estel Williams
Dean Honeycutt
Await Hearing On Robbery Try
Two men, Fred A. Jones and Clifford William Le Gate, await arraignment after a bungled bank robbery attempt at the Bank of Carthage. Jones, 22, was returned from Oklahoma City. Le Gate, 41, an engraver from Kansas City, surrendered after plans collapsed. They held five family members captive overnight. Federal detainers were filed for attempted bank robbery.
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Carthage
Fred A. Jones
Oklahoma City
Clifford William le Gate
Kansas City
le Gate
Bank of
Pedestrian 81 Killed Crossing Kansas City Street
An 81 year old pedestrian, John Wills Hanrahan of Brownington Missouri, was killed when struck by a car Thursday night while crossing a northeast Kansas City street. He had arrived Monday to visit his sister Mrs Gordon Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Wills Hanrahan
Brownington
Gordon Edwards
Delay Hearing Delays Bomb Case In Little Rock
A Little Rock municipal court postponed until Monday hearings for three men charged in explosive bombings that damaged the school board building and city offices. Two earlier defendants also face Monday hearings. Attacks followed integration tensions. one suspect admitted part in the violence and cited his fear his daughter would attend school with Black students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
State Hospital
Jesse Raymond Perry
Coggins
Beavers
Perry
Eugene Smith
FBI
J. J. Casper
E. A. Lauderdale Sr
J. D. Sims
Lauderdale
Sims
Amis Guthridge
J. Frank Holt
Hoodlum Robs Helpless Man in Seattle
Seattle report details a street mugging targeting Frank Harvey a 92 year old man using a white cane near a Goodwill store. The attacker identified as Hoodlum stole $3 from the wallet and a $60 house payment would be late this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Hoodlum
Goodwill
Frank Harvey
Rhoda
Telephone Hearings On Kansas Rate Increase Set
AP reports in Topeka the Kansas Corporation Commission will resume hearings on Southwestern Bell Telephones request for a 5.8 million dollar yearly rate hike. Chairman Harry Wiles announced cross examination sessions for October 19-20 and November 2-6, with later dates to hear staff opposition evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Kansas
Harry Wiles
Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell
Commission
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Area
Admitted Hale B Blair 805 W 6th Mrs Robert Steward RFD 1 Arthur Hopkins RFD 1 Pomona Thursday J Wesley Trout 1240 S Hickory B Martin Peck 39 Rockwood Drive today Births Mr and Mrs Robert McCurdy Quenemo son born Thursday weight 1402 Dismissed Mrs Lester Moore 481 E 11th Mrs Melvin C Lindstrom and baby daughter Melvern Mrs Jerry Vickers Emporia Mrs Eddie Hull 1108 N Cedar Mrs Robert Steward RFD 1 today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale B. Blair
W. 6Th
Robert Steward
Arthur Hopkins
Pomona
J. Wesley Trout
S. Hickory
B. Martin Peck
Rockwood Drive
Robert McCurdy
Quenemo
Weight
Lester Moore
Melvin C. Lindstrom
Melvern
Jerry Vickers
Emporia
Eddie Hull
Cedar
Nehru Sees More Rigid China Policy
New Delhi AP Prime Minister Nehru said India will not seek war over border disputes with China and would accept mediation for small territorial issues along the northern frontier. He warned China’s policy has grown more rigid, with Chou En-lai criticizing the MacMahon line and expanding claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Red China
Chou En-lai
Communist China
MacMahon
Tibet
China
Chou
Himalayas
Brahmaputra River
Outline Study For Problems Of Aging
Gov. George Docking outlined a Kansas aging issues program funded by a $15,000 HEW grant. Dr. Frank Stockton of Lawrence, former KU business dean, will lead regional meetings on elder employment and medical care. A state conference will prepare recommendations for the 1961 White House conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
George Docking
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Frank Stockton
Lawrence
Stockton
School of Business
University of Kansas
White House
Icelandic Officials Accused of Being Forced to Lie at Keflavik
Icelandic ambassador protested to the U.S. State Department over American guards at Keflavik Airport allegedly forcing two Icelandic officials to lie in water for 10 minutes and threatening to shoot them if they spoke. The claim follows a New York Times dispatch noting tense US Iceland relations amid long NATO ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keflavik
Iceland
Thor Thors
Fay Kohler
U.S
Times
Local Market Prices Then and Now
The clippings list various commodity prices including barley soybeans wheat and corn with figures such as 1.80 for soybeans 0.75 for wheat and 0.95 for corn. Butterfat eggs and poultry prices are noted with entries like 53.50 and 0.03 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
le Atone
Seneeeteanee Sesreesese
Grain Markets report from Kansas City AP
Grain prices mixed with wheat and corn futures fluctuating while nearby months show small gains and losses. Soybeans and sorghum edge higher, while oats and barley hold steady amid a variable market snapshot.
Livestock Market Report From Kansas City
KC Livestock Kansas City AP reports cattle and hogs trading with limited test, calves scarce at 800 head, hogs 2 200 head barrows and gilts 14.00 to 15.50, sows 11.50 to 13.00 for 330 to 400 pounds, heavier sows 10.25 to 11.50, sheep about 100 with market untested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Humphrey For President Organization Launched
In Wichita Kansas a Humphrey for President organization was launched with Marvin A Harder named to lead. Herbert Waters administrative assistant to Senator Hubert Humphrey met with 20 county and district Democratic leaders and urged a solid front to boost a 1960 victory while avoiding party friction regardless of the nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Humphrey
Marvin A. Harder
Herbert Waters
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Waters
Callas Boards Greek's Yacht In Venice
Opera star Maria Callas arrived in Venice from Milan with Aristotle Onassis and boarded his yacht Christina. Onassis had appeared in Milan earlier and denied responsibility for the Callas Meneghini marriage breakup. The couple’s plans to sail were not announced.
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Venice
Italy
Opera
Maria Callas
Milan
Aristotle Onassis
Onassis
Christina
Miss Callas
Paris
Giovan Battista Meneghini
Onasis
Alexander
Notice Of Sale In Franklin County Kansas Real Estate
First published August 28 1959 and last September 25 1959 notice of sale in Franklin County Kansas district court. Sheriff prepares auction of Lots 8 and 9 in Block 9 Richmond Kansas on September 29 1959 at 2 pm with no redemption and bid not less than two thirds of appraised value plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Franklin County
Kansas
Nelle Crozier
Maude Reeding
Ida Hultz
Ralph Lowman
Fannie Lowman
Mable Leith
Linnie Parks
Lennie Parks
Hazel Odle
Russell Kruger
Russell H. Krueger
Bonnie Kruger
Bonnie Krueger Landrum
Bonnie Krueger
Dorothy Krueger Brink
Dorothy Kruger
Norma Jean White
May Carter
Geraline Walker Dunham
Gene Lowman
Nina Granger
Demna Hoggett
Howard Lowman
Bess Woodruff
Ethel Leith
Chester Lowman
Harry Lowman
Lucille Baker
Opal de Wolf
Glen Lowman
Qe Diatrict Court
Kassas
Said County
Sald Real Estate
Richmond
Said
Franklin
State of
City of
Max R, Gilmore
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Ellis
Demo
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John Macdonald
Ernest C. Mewhinney
General Chare
Watson
Joe
Towner’s
N. Main
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The
New York Times
Iceand
Thors
State Department
Mar
KC Livestock
Budge's
S. Main
Harry
Lempco
Hoover
National Oil
Ramco
Westinghouse
Trico
Harry Smith
Niagara
Todd ‘Trailer Sales
North ‘Main
Todd
Humphrey For President
Callas
Legals
Bowers & Bowers Attorneys
A&p
Herald Office
Hayward Rock
Poplar
Douglas Bros
Al-Anon Group
Alcoholics Anonymous
P.O. Box
Jack Killer
General Services
Ira Meade
Henry Alban
Knupp
Lee Carter
Orville Newkirk
Frank Morgan
Conrad
Standard Rendering Co
Callect
McCracken Electric
Kenmore
B.T.U
Wightman
Wta
Forrer G Caat
South Rockcreek School
Guy Crammer
IHC
Ebeck
H. EH. Adell
Lane
Princeton
Smith
Johnson
John Deere
Clarence Good
Trac
Ottawa Farm Supply
N .Main
Hannah
Hector
Malott Hardware
Ivan Lafferty
Waverly
Goodyear
Sanduran
Armstrong
Budge's Hardware
Edwin Moler
Sporting Goods
Call Before & P.m
H. P
U. G
South Mulverry
Colbys
Massasoit
Music and Radio
William H. Bailey
W. Éth Street
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