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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1956
Page
1
Miss Aileen Povenmire fourth grade teacher at Lincoln school resigns due to ill health. Mrs Carl Tiger will take the position. Povenmire from Kincaid was elected last summer.
Admitted include Mrs B G Otto 630 N Mulberry Cecil Schneider route 3 Mrs Ralph Miskimon Williams burg Tuesday Robert Eugene Knox route 4 today. Births Mr and Mrs Thomas Steven son Wellsville daughter born Tuesday weight 7 lb 12 oz Mr and Mrs Kenneth Glenn Waverly daughter born Tuesday weight 5 lb 9 oz Mr and Mrs Ralph Riemer 519 King son born today weight 7 lb 2 oz. Dismissed include Mrs W H Douglas 409 S Sycamore Eldon Brock us Richmond Tuesday Mrs Quincy Seymour 204 E 8th Mrs George Geiss Jr and baby daughter 407 S Mulberry Mrs Cecil Frieden and baby son Pomona today.
A survey by the Agriculture Department pest control branch shows 1,625,000 acres of Colorado crop and range land infested with grasshoppers. If fall weather and spring egg hatching conditions are favorable, the insects may pose a serious problem next year. Extension entomologist Gordon Mickle notes 438,000 acres of crop land and 1,187,000 acres of range land are affected, with most crop damage in eastern Colorado and range damage in Baca and Las Animas counties where control was limited this year.
The Neo sho Presbytery at Pittsburg Kansas yesterday elected the Rev. David H. Todd of Parsons as moderator. The body voted unanimously for an overture toward uniting the Presbyterian Church U S A and the United Presbyterian Church.
A 30 hour course in home nursing taught by Miss Lorraine Meyer, a Red Cross nurse from St. Louis, began today in the Red Cross rooms at city hall. Classes meet five days with sessions 9 to 12 and 1 to 4. Mrs. Glenn Wicke organized the course as county home nursing chairman.
The mother of five year old Johnny Pair reports his father, from whom she is divorced, opposes removing Johnny’s right eye to treat cancer. Doctors say the operation could save the remaining eye life but would render Johnny totally blind, and might not ensure survival. Johnny, who lost his left eye three years ago, is in a day nursery while the mother works and seeks guidance.
Wichita Kansas. Harry Snyder Jr chairman of the Kansas Corporation Commission announced today that assessments on gas and oil production will be reduced by 25 percent starting November 1. The gas levy is one half mill per thousand cubic feet and oil is 1-10 cent per barrel. The funds cover the cost of operation and administration of the conservation division.
Three military prisoners escaped early today from the U S Disciplinary Barracks farm colony at Fort Leavenworth. The three trusties were identified as James C Riddle 25 of Whittier California Harold David Goodwin 19 of near Bakersfield California and John W Dodson 23 son of Mrs Susie Smith Mexico Missouri all scheduled for release next year.
Metal foil pans saved from frozen pies prove handy and attractive under flower pots, offering a bright reflective base and sturdy, reusable support for containers in the garden.
Kansas Republicans opened their 1953 general election campaign with Warren W. Snow delivering the keynote in which he urged a search light on state government. More than 460 attended at KU with a cheering squad of 80. Carlson and other GOP candidates joined a Topeka to Lawrence motorcade. Snow proposed a standing legislative committee to probe departments for economy. Carlson urged Eisenhower re election. Scrivner praised end of the Korean War. The party left Topeka for stops in Potawatomie Riley Clay Washington and Marshall counties with an overnight in Marysville.
Drought in Kansas worsens crop prospects with dryland sorghum unlikely to head in the western two thirds. Some headed sorghum fails to fill while irrigated fields progress. frost threatens. East reports show sorghum and corn harvests moving ahead as drought speeds maturity. Seedbed prep for 1957 wheat is nearly complete though seeding slowed outside NW counties. Cattle movement to market rises as pasture and winter feed supplies fade.
Kansas state agency heads were told in a memorandum to take no action, affirmative or otherwise, regarding any state employee labor union until the Legislature acts. The directive, issued at Gov. Fred Hall's request after a conference, follows union organizing among highway workers and plans to expand to all agencies.
A brief, era style assertion describes natives in New Orleans and off Australia wearing minimal clothing and using pork fat for warmth while noting hurricanes affect wide areas and tornadoes stand as the most destructive storms.
AP reports a retired Japanese leader returned from Asia after suggesting Mao Zedong call for Red China and Japan to unite against the United States. Lt. Gen. Akio Doi said the idea was laughed off and the meeting paused. In Cyprus, Gov Sir John Harding confirmed three Cypriot extremists sentenced for violence against British forces face execution. In Tokyo, the U S parole release reduces war criminals awaiting prison to 171, with 102 sentenced by the U S
Washington reports a prime time national radio TV address by President Eisenhower as he seeks re election. The speech emphasizes a blueprint for secure peace and broader prosperity without gimmicks and direct attacks on Stevenson. He travels Friday to Iowa for talks at Newton and Des Moines airport.
Vincent Astor unveils a 75 million dollar city within a city on Park Avenue. The 46 story metal and glass skyscraper will house a sunken garden shops restaurants a bank a garage and a rooftop helicopter landing pad as the centerpiece of a new business development.
Conservation City near Colfax Iow a buzzed with final setup for the world series of farming. Officials prepare sprawling fields for national field days and plowing matches slated for Friday and Saturday and expect about 100000 guests including President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.
The average monthly retired worker benefit in 1955 was 61.37 dollars, up 20 percent from 1954, reflecting continued growth in Social Security payments for retirees.
At a Democratic fund raising dinner in Albuquerque Senator Stuart Symington argues the nation is not hearing the truth about relative military strength versus Russia. He says voters deserve full facts to choose a Democratic government, noting the US leads in quality but Russia closed most of the quality gap.
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