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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1955
Page
1
Local notices report Herald subscription details and mail options. Citizens announce military service, relocations, and clinic plans. Travel updates include trips to Washington and Oregon with notes on water shortages. Community events feature homecoming in Union Center and attendance at a revival convention in Atlantic City.
Otto John Hercha, 15, of 719 Grant, had his driver's license suspended for 90 days after a juvenile court hearing here today. He was cited last Monday by police for reckless driving in the 100 block of South Main. J T Brownrigg of Welda was fined 50 dollars and costs in county court for reckless driving after being cited by Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob Couaty for drunk driving. the drunk driving count was reduced and the open bottle charge dismissed.
Not Registered I R Elder of Lawrence was charged by highway patrolmen with operating a motor vehicle not properly registered and fined five dollars plus costs by Judge Milo Harris in county court. Found purse A red purse found and turned into the police station.
State winner Doyle Reichard of the Far & Near 4-H club was named dairy production winner in the Guernsey breed by county 4-H agent Dick Jameson. Reichard will receive a trip to the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa on October 15. His sister Elaine ranked in the blue award group of the Guernsey division. Meets Tonight representatives of Kansas Baptist Convention churches begin the Year of Baptist Achievement at North Baptist Church with dinner at 6 30 p m and conference at 7 30 Rev Ross Woods evangelism director will supervise. New Job Hazen L Richardson Jr of Denver becomes Park Davis drugs field manager Oct 1 covering Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Utah Idaho and Nevada mainly by air. Grange Pleasant View Grange to hold annual election tomorrow night at Fred Shoemaker home 847 S Cedar. Reunion Former Valley Chapel residents A I Raymer of Jerome Idaho attended yesterday and visited neighbors J E Turner and Fred Shoemaker. The Raymers are on an extended trip through next June staying with daughter Mrs Va
Leta Reihl spent two months in Washington D C including the Christmas holidays, amid unspecified activities and engagements.
Admitted Mrs. Donald Woodward 619 N Cedar Saturday Sanford Nichols Pomona admitted Saturday transferred Sunday to KU Medical Center. Births Mr and Mrs David Moore 6215 S Mulberry daughter born Saturday weight 7 lb 11 oz. Dismissed Mills Pettit 838 S Main St Mrs John Scott and baby son Quenemo Mrs John Wallace and baby son Lane. Walter Orr 215 Pontiac Patricia Shirley 509 N Main Rev Charles P Knight 425 S Hickory today.
Charles W. Gregg aged 94, pioneer hardware merchant of Princeton, died at 12 30 a m in Kansas City. Born December 2 1860 in Illinois, he lived in Princeton since youth. Survived by two daughters Mrs John A Lloyd and Mrs Merl Howell, two sons Leslie M and Earl W, nine grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p m Lamb Funeral Home. Interment in Princeton Cemetery.
Frank Kratzberg Sr. of Greeley died at 9 a.m. in Anderson County Hospital Garnett after about a week of illness. A retired farmer, he was predeceased by wife Mrs. Kratzberg two years earlier and by son Louis and daughter Leona Gehr. Survived by Gertrude Kleinsorge and Lenore Landwehr of Greeley, two sons Rudolph at home and Gus, Paola, plus many grandchildren. Funeral likely in Greeley Wednesday morning. Body at Farris Funeral Home Garnett.
Group Cap. Peter Townsend arrived in London for the annual conference of British air attaches. Townsend, air attaché in Brussels, was recently reassigned after reports of romance with Princess Margaret. He denied any wedding plans, saying he had not read the stories.
Paris Premier Edgar Faure faced strong domestic opposition to his new Morocco plan as President Rene Coty convened the Cabinet to review the name rule agreement with Mohammed Ben Youssef. Across the Mediterranean, officials warned Arab quarters in major cities and recalled the August 2021 uprising in which over a thousand died.
The New York Post reports actress Rita Hayworth is somewhere in the Middle West with her two children and plans to travel to Paris to visit her youngest child's father, Prince Aly Khan.
A 244 foot plastic bag balloon named Charley D rose from Fleming Airport at 6:45 AM carrying 40 mice three guinea pigs and cat brain tissue cultures. The mission by D C Winzen Research in cooperation with the Air Force aims for a 6 to 8 hour flight with a 122000 foot peak and gondola release before disintegration. A prior Winzen flight at International Falls ended with the craft circling Minnesota and vanishing over Lake Superior due to a faulty release mechanism.
Major Henry M Jackson of Washington states begins a 15 day active duty tour with the U S Army Reserve. He will spend the first week at Fort Leavenworth attending Command and General Staff College briefings and operations. The tour ends at the Guide Missiles School at Fort Bliss Texas.
Senate subcommittee staff asked the Civil Service Commission for a report on all government workers fired on security grounds for guilt by kinship. Chief counsel Len Hocker said the letter seeks cases where unfitness for government employment was determined in whole or part due to relationships by blood or marriage.
New York stock market edges higher on demand for motors and steels. Gains limited to about four points. losses contained near one point or less. Volume around 2.8 million shares, Frigda y's reported 2.48 million.
Soybeans showed steady strength amid a choppy grain market on the Chicago board of trade, staying above prior close while other cereals drifted. Afternoon activity lifted wheat to gains, corn and oats fluctuated but largely held ground with wheat closing higher and corn mixed.
Futures show gains in soybeans at 34 1/2 percent higher and rye up by 1 cent while wheat futures purchases reach 8.52 million from the prior session. Open interest for wheat stood at 87.54 million bushels. weekly and yearly figures are 9.50 million and 7.16 million respectively.
New York markets show higher trends in steels and motors, bonds steady with mixed government performance, cotton down on hedging and liquidation, Chicago wheat strong closing at highs from short covering, corn steady with a late rally, oats soft as import quotas unlikely to extend, hogs steady to 25 cents lower topping 16.85, cattle steady to 25 cents down with a top of 26.00.
A report notes that about half of the matches used in the United States come from paper books. The observation highlights ongoing reliance on printed matchbooks amid changing consumer habits and market shifts.
In Terre Haute Indiana a young gunman entered the Western Union downtown office and demanded the cash box. Night clerk Mrs Grace E Cline said a police car arrived, but no officers were outside and the gunman left, returning no more.
In Santa Ana California Rep James B Utt pressed for details of the discharge of five women Marines from El Toro Marine Air Station claiming they were dismissed as undesirable without hearings or court martial over alleged homosexual tendencies which they deny Utt said he will seek an investigation Gen Kreiger denied illegality of the discharges and a Marine statement said the actions were ordered by higher authorities in Washington Further investigations were said to be ongoing with the women alleging false claims about homosexuality.
The Coast Guard said it denied commission to N. Pierre Gaston after he graduated from officer candidate school in April, despite finishing eighth in his class at New London. Officials cited questions about his mother’s past affiliations with subversive organizations as the reason.
Baltimore celebrates L Mckenks 75th birthday today. The renowned newspaperman and author marked his milestone with public recognition from peers and fans.
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