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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1960
Page
4
Sharon Whitley gains a blue ribbon in the demonstration contest at the Mid-American Fair in Topeka with her display Personality via Color in the home improvement division. Future items note PTA meeting at 7:30 p m in the high school auditorium and welfare board advisory session at 6 p m in city hall.
Right Rev Edward C Turner the Topeka Episcopal Bishop of Kansas will visit Ottawa on Wednesday to institute Rev Leopold Hoppe as rector of Grace Episcopal Church The service begins at 730 pm assisted by parish wardens and vestrymen led by Floyd Indall After the service Episcopal Churchwomen host a reception for Bishop and Mrs Turner in the undercroft with Mrs HW Martin and Mrs CE Hay in charge
Local market list shows Beans at 1.86 and Wheat at 1.75. Old corn prices noted 70, 95 with recent 68, Barley 75, Eggs mixed at 20 to 37 cents, Butterfat 45 cents, Heavy hens 0.08, Light hens 0.05, and roosters at 0.03.
Wellsville features Bernice Holden on topics from 1960 4th Army Air Defense Command Region softball tournament at Camp Wolters Texas where Talbott led and earned All Star team selection. Also notes community items: a century old bedspread at Mrs George Flinsbaughs, Kansas State University campus visitors and local youth showing livestock at Mid-America Fair Topeka.
Cattle, hogs and sheep numbers and price ranges from Kansas City with slaughter steady to weak for cattle and calves, hogs firm to higher, and lambs steady to weak. Cattle figures include good to choice steer 21.50-25.00, heifers 23.00-23.50, cows 14.25-16.00. hogs 1-3 200-260 lb barrows 16.00-16.75. sows 14.50-15.50. sheep and lambs with spring slaughter lambs 16.00-17.00 and feeder lambs 12.50-14.00.
A collision at 8th and Elm about 6 30 p m Saturday caused major damage to two cars and both drivers were cited Howard A Dickey 19 Quenemo charged with no valid driver s license and illegal registration on his car Jerold Dryden 19 512 Willow charged with defective brakes on his car Both are to appear in Police Court Tuesday Dickey posted 30 bond.
Revolucion reports Fidel Castro was improperly pushed by police on arrival in New York as he attempted to wave to a crowd of greeters. The semiofficial paper cites the incident as cruel treatment by Yankee police.
UN session opens with focus on Soviet anti US attacks and disarmament amid Cold War backdrop. Khrushchev plans propaganda push to isolate the US, while Geneva talks fail. Expected gains include admitting 14 or more new African nations strengthening nonaligned bloc.
Jean Schaub died Sept. 12. Funeral services were held Sept. 16 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with Rev. J. M. Torrence officiating. Pallbearers included Lewis Fischer Carl J Wemmer Lawrence Tice Dale Bones Ernest Warner and Bert Binkley Sr. Mrs. A. H. North sang with Mrs. R. L. Stevens at Highlands Cemetery burial.
Funeral services for Deanna Lea Turley and Diana Lynn Turley, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Turley, who died September 14, were held at McVey Dengel Mortuary on September 17. Rev Arthur Hughes officiated. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery.
Hospital notes show birth of Ronald Lee Edgecomb to Mrs. Robert Soph at 327 Maple Sun Air Scout Squadron 7178 trailed by leader John Jones and pilots W. D. Bemmels Marvin Bond and Dr Louis Speer. The Kansas City breakfast flight itinerary included central tower tour and a tour with several scouts from OU science hall meetings weekly.
A Baldwin youth, 18, pleaded guilty to petty larceny in the theft of hub caps from a car owned by Joel Disque of 711 N. Cedar. He was fined 25 dollars at a police court arraignment and posted 50 dollars bond for a Tuesday appearance on a loitering charge. The incident occurred near North Main around 11 30 p m Friday. Disque reported two hub caps, two tires, and two valve cores removed. The loitering charge allegedly dates from Sept 16.
Hawkins Grange held an election naming Dale Van Horn master with Clifford Hunter Sharon Rice Ivan Brown and others as officers. A Booster Night program was set for Wednesday four oclock and a fish fry planned for Oct seventeenth. Mrs Fred Glanville announced the Franklin County Centennial in May and the Grange will prepare the Indian Cemetery for viewing. Dale and Mrs Van Horn were ranked in the top five young Grange couples nationally.
Paris reports a quarrel between Brigitte Bardots husband Jacques Chartier and her leading man Samy Frey. They exchanged loud words and minor blows when Chartier discovered Bardot with Frey late Saturday on Boulevard St Germain in the Left Bank during a crowded scene.
Kansas concurrent resolution 11 proposes amending Article 15 to add a Sec 13 allowing the legislature to ensure continuity of state and local government during disasters or enemy attack. It sets powers for temporary succession and financing, requires two thirds in both houses, and directs publication and ballot submission in 1959 session laws.
The Pomona area lodge held a meeting with 12 present and draped the charter in honor of Mrs Mildred Houghland during the business session. Guests included Rev Sam Bellanti and family from Coos Bay Oregon and Rev Leslie Toumberlin from Torreyton Texas with relatives in the area.
House concurrent resolution 8 seeks to amend article 7 section 3 of the Kansas constitution to set legislator compensation and expense reimbursement levels. It details daily pay for service, total caps for regular and budget or special sessions, mileage, and per calendar day expenses. The measure is to be voted on in the 1960 general election after required legislative concurrence and publication.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No 18 proposes amending section 5 of article 12 and section 7 of article 17 to expand city powers and grant cities home rule. The measure asks for consent by two thirds of both chambers to submit the proposition for voter approval or rejection. The text outlines the constitutional change and submission requirements.
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