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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1957

Page

8

Bus Crash Injures Twelve In Kansas County

Twelve school children were injured near Stilwell northeast of Paola when a school bus left gravel and hit a culvert. Two children, Rickie Gier son, 9, and Mary, 12, were admitted to Miami County Hospital. Driver Clayton Sellers, 26, an industrial arts teacher, said the crash happened suddenly at about 30 mph as he picked up students from Stilwell schools.

Paola Stilwell Rickie Gierson Mary Miami County Clayton Sellers Stilwell High School Sellers Rickie Giersch New Bedford Mass North- East Airlines James S. Jeffers New Beda Clayton C. Kemp Childre Kemp del Toland Colorado State University Toland Helen Modig Miss Modig

Soil Bank May Make Difference

Washington report shows farm income this year may rise by about a half billion dollars over 1956, driven largely by soil bank payments. Retiring land from surplus crops under the program could total 738 million dollars this year, versus 250 million last year, as farm prices edge up while marketings shrink.

Washington i Soil Bank Agriculture Department

U. of Ottawa to Install Electric Organ at Convocation

Ottawa University hosts fall convocation tomorrow at 11 in the university auditorium. President Andrew B. Martin will address students alongside the new Conn electric organ, donated by an anonymous alumnus. Mrs. Edgar D. Kerr will play the console. The organ, among the largest of its kind, was installed yesterday with the console on the north stage and high hung speakers to be draped later. No dedicatory service plans have been announced.

Andrew B. Martin New Conn Electric Organ Ottawa University

Seek Cause Of Airline Crash

Investigators from five agencies unite to determine the cause of a Northeast Airlines crash that killed 11 and injured 19. Details of victims and sequence remain unclear as debris and swampy terrain are probed near New Bedford.

Hit And Run Driver's License Is Revoked

TOPEKA The driver's license of Clarence Everett Kansas City accused of a hit run death had been indefinitely revoked. The action was taken upon complaint last week by Atty. Gen. John Anderson. Everett was arrested in connection with the Aug. 25 hit run death of Martha Jane Masters 18 Kansas City. Henry Daniels chief of the safety responsibility section of the State Motor Vehicle Department said records at Kansas City showed 11 traffic convictions for Everett since 1952.

Topeka Clarence Everett Kansas City John Anderson Everett Martha Jane Masters Henry Daniels State Motor Vehicle Department

Plane Crash Victims Named as Pitts and Sweetland Jr

Rescuers reached a swamp crash site where a plane went down on a tiny knoll and rescuers laid planks to avoid mud as they worked. The pilot Vincent L. Pitts, 35, of Wellesley Massachusetts, and co pilot Roger W. Sweetland Jr., of Arlington Massachusetts, were killed. the third crew member was unnamed in the readable text.

Vincent, L. Pitts Wellesley Mass Roger W. Sweetland Jr Arlington

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