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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1956
Page
4
Petitions opposing the proposed garbage and trash disposal system were filed with City Clerk Don Capper, bearing about 1,900 signatures. The measure requires 932 signatures to nullify and would become law September 17 unless petitioned out, with potential for a city vote if killed. Also notes on a Vocation Ag building dispute and tax levy details.
Joseph O Keefe testified before a Superior Court jury that he and eight accomplices planned and executed the Brink s vault robbery on Jan 17 1950 stealing 1 219 million He described 15 prior inside look entries and methods to access the vault with guns naming defendants Anthony Pino Joseph Mc Ginnis Thomas Richardson James Faherty Henry Baker Adolph Maffie Vincent Costa and Michael Geagan and stating the group studied the layout for over two years.
Shawnee Kansas reports Chester Baecker a 44 year old Eudora resident was killed when his pickup lost control and overturned on State Highway 10 three miles west of Shawnee. A witness Mrs D F Fowler saw him thrown through the windshield as the truck rolled. His body lay about 50 feet from the wreck.
Auto service advertisement for Mike Mulcahey Buick Co located at 80 Edge of Ottawa offers free pickup and delivery. Contact via phone 146 251 261 for vehicle service and maintenance.
Clyde Hopkins received total fines of 150 dollars and 90 days in county jail on three charges after a tavern disturbance. He faced drunkenness, disturbing the peace, and resisting arrest with sentences totaling 30 days on the drunk charge, 30 days plus 50 dollar fine for disturbing the peace, and 100 dollar fine plus 30 days for resisting arrest. Three 30 day jail terms run consecutively. Ottawa figures show Harold Gumm pled guilty to a drunk charge with a 25 dollar fine. Albert Lee Britain, 19, charged with reckless driving, was fined 30 dollars and given 30 days in jail. Persistent violators failing to appear on yellow parking ticket charges included Jim Alexander and William Whitacre, with bonds of 1 dollar forfeited. Ernest Worden, Claude Corbin of Ottawa, and Bill West of Pomona also forfeited 1 dollar bonds on parking charges.
A collision yesterday afternoon at the Welda edge in Anderson County injures Herman Larson who was a passenger in a southbound car driven by Harold Larson of Tulsa. The truck driver John Alfred Barnes of Liberty was jailed for failing to yield. Barnes faces a Garnett hearing on September 21.
Six newspapers were named sweepstakes winners in the first Kansas Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Kansas Press Association and the Kansas State Fair. Winners include Topeka Daily Capital Great Bend Daily Tribune Norton Daily Telegram Sublette Monitor Sterling Bulletin and Marysville Advocate. Each will receive a plaque and a $100 scholarship to award to a Kansas college or university student.
Kirby Hayes son of Rev. Clare Hayes was found asleep by his hands from a third floor Delta house roof at Baker University. Five fraternity members heard clattering and grabbed his ankles to steady him before hoisting him to safety. He later woke unaware of the danger and described a vivid dream and escape from a fall. The fall began when he leapt from a window about 35 feet above ground and slid onto a sloped roof before catching a gutter and stopping.
A triple threat storm with wind lightning and rain lashed scattered New England towns causing flash floods power outages and property damage. Rhode Island reported 73 mph winds and Maine hail described as acorns while Boston saw 80 mph gusts and 53 mph sustained winds. No injuries were reported as trees toppled power and phone lines in Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine. Cool air moved across the Midwest to the Ohio Valley and a warm front spread from Idaho eastward.
Charles Commando Kelly, World War II Medal of Honor recipient, seeks employment and a means to lift his mounting financial difficulties. After an appendicitis operation led to peritonitis, he was advised rest until October, leaving him with his wife and six children in a government housing project while hoping for a job rather than charity.
In Kansas City a 43 year old woman, Lena Carrico, was shot last night by an ambulance driver who mistook her for a drunken vehicle being pursued. She was struck in the left arm and left side and right leg by shotgun pellets and is listed in fair condition at a local hospital.
Generally fair this afternoon tonight and Sunday with warmer northwest today. Low to night 50s northwest to around 75 southeast. high Sunday in the 90s. Yesterday’s high 87 at 2:35 PM, low today 60. River stage this morning 0.49 foot.
A high of 87 in Ottawa marked a welcome relief from several hot days. The low reached 60, about 11 degrees cooler than yesterday. Rain is needed as the last moisture measured was .91 inches on September 5.
Webster County School Board would not permit enrollment of three Negro children at Clay School after National Guard supervised classes. Supt. Wilbur Collins announced a seven member unanimous decision to inform the families Monday morning. Officials expect Gov. Chandler may withdraw troops. Atty. Gen. Ferguson ruled the students enrolled illegally. Parents of two children claimed they were enrolled. Collins says they were admitted under protest. White families have boycotted the school.
Officers say Kenneth Laverne Huff, 44, was found dead in his car yesterday after it ran off the road into a ditch five miles north of Great Bend. They believe he may have died of a heart attack.
Burbank California Oliver Hardy aged 64 of the famed Laurel and Hardy team is in serious condition after suffering a stroke. He and partner Stan Laurel achieved international fame in silent and sound comedies and are widely known for their vaudeville and film work.
The state will open bids on October 4 in Topeka for the Kansas National Guard Armory and vehicle storage building at Hutchinson. The project involves construction of a new armory facility and associated vehicle storage, with bids from contractors to be examined by state officials.
Ruth Evelyn Latham, 51, told police she was buried alive and naked by two women and a man after being kidnapped Wednesday near San Diego. She described being forced to write checks, beaten, and tied, then dug out five miles from a desert highway as temperatures hit 110 degrees. Whisenand and Winn, both jailed on suspicion of kidnapping and attempted murder, claimed innocence.
Cairo Egypt President Nasser blasted the Western plan for running the Suez Canal as a declaration of war asserting Britain and France seek to obstruct canal navigation. He claimed the West aims to provoke Egypt and vowed resistance including guerrilla defense if attacked. He noted 70 Egyptian and Greek pilots kept traffic moving as 400 veterans quit the canal after nationalization. The report links Nasser’s stance to a broader push for a 18 nation conference in London and a Dulles mission to press for peaceful international control of the canal.
Mao Tze-tung opened the eighth Congress of the Chinese Communist party with firm support for Egypt on Suez and condemned capitalist circles seeking aggression for profits. The Red Chinese leader, commanding the world’s largest Communist party of 10,700,000 members, delivered the keynote at the first conclave in 11 years.
AFL-CIO State County and Municipal Employes Union reports more than 500 highway workers signed up in two weeks to form a local. Adrian L. Mitten, regional representative, says the drive will expand to other state county and municipal workers with a goal of 75,000 members among about 1,100 highway workers in six divisions.
The Associated Press reports Stevenson faced sharp GOP backlash after a campaign speech. Republicans criticized his remarks as partisan and charged he aimed to modify policy without consensus. Critics urged voters to scrutinize the candidate's positions and strategy.
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania President Eisenhower outlined a peace promise for his re election bid. Press Secretary Hagerty said Dulles will attend a new London conference on the Suez Canal to seek peaceful international traffic. Stevenson attacked the administration’s stance while Kefauver pressed for secret foreign briefings. Other items include reaction to Knowland and a Memphis anti federal power conference.
Oklahoma official Franklin Easley administrator of the emergency relief board and three others were indicted on conspiracy to defraud the state. The grand jury probes alleged payment of 42 relief checks of 20 dollars each to Wagoner County campaign workers for State Sen. John Russell Jr. whose renomination in the Democratic primary was clouded by the probe. Gov. Gary suspended Easley after the indictment.
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