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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1964
Page
4
Sheila Cromwell was granted a divorce from Jerry Cromwell on September 9 in district court. The notice appears among local briefs with other community listings such as directory press, club meetings, PTA programs, and local events.
The Kansas Highway Commission issued a work order for concrete pavement on the last unfinished 11 mile stretch of I-70 from Ft. Riley to K13 interchange south of Manhattan. Standard Construction Co., Wichita, holds a $1.5 million contract. Sub-base work likely to start within 10 days with pavement to follow, adding two lanes to meet interstate standards. Grading and bridge work have been underway since last November.
Mayor Marian Erdmann presented Mrs. Barry Goldwater with a copper key to the city of Great Falls. She joked we do not ask for its return. Billings officials gave Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson a key last month and Mayor Frazer’s bid to reclaim it drew nationwide notice. She later kept it, sending it anyway.
Admissions list Randle Bronson Daryl Roney Bobby Dean Dodd. Births to Dale Eugene Bones and Kenton C Grane ger with weights listed. Dismissals include Mrs James W Hollon Mrs Charles Rhoades and baby son Lelia Stiles and Donald Miller with baby daughter.
Kenneth Campbell local game warden reported a doe was struck and killed last night near Bob's Truck Stop Ottawa RFD 3. A Williamsburg man identified as Mr Osdearly drove the car causing about 50 dollars damage. The carcass was sent to Reno's Locker with some meat expected to be donated to a non-profit group. no fine unless unreported.
Washington AP report cites CAB findings blaming inadequate in flight advisory service and a pilot attempts to fly visually in instrument conditions for the January 11 Kansas City light plane crash. Mooney Mark 20 struck the 28th floor of Southwestern Bell building killing four occupants. Wreckage impacted nearby structures. The pilot Jack David Gorham radioed for route weather after takeoff from Buffalo. He flew visual flight to Kansas City without a filed flight plan. FAA advised weather near minimums. advisory notices for low visual conditions were not given to the pilot. No other communications were found.
Mary L. Snell, 20, of 711 Main, charged with improper left turn after a collision on US 59 one mile south of Ottawa. No injuries reported. Snell attempted a left turn at Greenwood Road and was hit by Larry L. Hughes, 29, of Kansas City MO. Total damage to both cars was 225 dollars.
Mrs Daisy Sterling Wolf died September 8 and funeral services were held September 10 at Lamb Funeral Home. Rev Charles P Knight officiated with pallbearers Floyd L Ogg Hale B Blair Harold Staadt W H Twyman Dean DeGarmo Olin W Waymire Donald A Brown and Robert M Clogston. Entombment followed in the Wolf mausoleum Highland Cemetery attended by Master Farm Homemakers Guild Kensington Club Retta Conclave No 8 True Kindred and What-So-Ever Class of First Methodist Church.
Granite City police report a theft Thursday night involving a bicycle wheel and tire taken from a residence. No suspects named. Authorities urge residents to report suspicious activity and preserve any evidence for investigation.
Forty-nine persons attended the 11th annual Minneola School reunion on Sept. 6. Officers reelected were Chairman Olive Red, Vice Chairman Donald Steward, and Secretary-Treasurer Lottie Gastrock. The 1965 reunion will be held the second Sunday in September at the American Legion hall in Ottawa.
county court records show multiple defendants cited for traffic violations including failing to stop at a red signal in Bald, speeding in various zones, driving without a license, and backing onto a highway. Penalties range from 5 to 13 dollars plus costs, with several pleas of guilty recorded.
Chicago and North Western Railway and Chicago Great Western Railway directors approved a formal merger. both set November 19 for shareholder votes. The lines operate in Minnesota Iowa Illinois Nebraska with Great Western also in Missouri and Kansas.
Frontierland a 160 acre replica of an 1880 town west of Wichita sold to Westinghouse Credit Corp. for 153 630 to cover mortgage interest back taxes and costs. Carl Murrell survivor of frontier businessmen disputes lease priority. Frontierland born from Kansas Centennial Global Exposition to lure tourists, later operated under Wichita Centennial Enterprises Inc with about 1.2 million debt.
Washington AP reports Heinz Barwich, a 53 year old East German nuclear physicist who fled to West Germany and has been granted political asylum in the United States. Barwich, formerly deputy director at Dubna and later head of Rossendorf, is now in the United States with undisclosed plans.
Senator Barry Goldwater will appear at a public breakfast in Wichita Kansas on September 24 at the Broadview Hotel. Kansas Republican chairman Oliver H Hughes said about 2000 people are expected to attend the event.
Market notes list soybean price at 2.30 and wheat at 0.02 with 141 listed for Milo figures. Shelled corn and ear corn show small values, butterfat around 0.47 to 0.42, barley and oats appear as placeholder data, rye shows 0.095.
KC Markets Kansas City AP cattle 500 none, calves not test price. Hogs 3,000 fairly active, barrows gilts 16.50 to 17.25 for 190-260 lb, 16.25 to 16.75 for 260-290 lb, sows 14.25 to 15.50, 350.5 lb range 13.50 to 14.50. Sheep 50 steady, spring lambs 22.50 to 22.75, feeders 16.50 to 17.00.
AP reports wholesale egg quotations in Kansas City with large eggs at 80 percent grade A fob 36 to 38 cents per dozen, mediums at 80 percent grade A 34 to 36 1/4 cents, rest of produce unchanged.
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey criticizes Barry Goldwater for opposing urban renewal mass transit housing aid and pollution grants during a New Jersey rally of about 3000 Democrats. He labels Goldwater out of step with urban needs and warns of the scale of city rebuilding. The stop followed a trip through the Midwest and Upper Midwest, ending at a Jamesburg event.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor and ex-husband Eddie Fisher win another court fight forcing 20th Century Fox to account for Cleopatra revenues. Federal Judge Thurmond Clarke rejects dismissal for the second time. Taylor and Fisher own 85 percent of MCL, which holds 35 percent of the $40 million film. Fox holds 55 percent, Walwa Films 10 percent.
The family of J I Good thanks supporters after a loss and notes appreciation for care from Hazel Rebekah Lodge Trinity Methodist W S C S Dr Roberts Rev Roy Armstrong and Mrs Avis Blake man The message emphasizes gratitude for friends during difficult times and asks for continued vote and support for Joe Ferns in his sheriff bid.
A fragmented local notice list includes a lost white Persian kitten answering to Yum Yum in Ottawa with contact at William Kloster, plus multiple livestock sales and auctions across North Ottawa Highway 59 and surrounding towns. Entries mention Powell Bros Holstein Dairy Sale near Baldwin Jct, Printy auctions in Ottawa, Overbrook Livestock, and Crawford household goods sale in Ottawa.
Call Humboldt 3.7679 or apply to personnel department weekdays to 5 00 p.m.
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