Postal workers win safe driving awards in list
Five Ottawa area postal employees received National Safety Council safe driving awards for accident free years. Recipients include Glenn J. Wicke 12 years George W. Flinsbaugh eight years Lawrence M. Wright nine years R L Finch parcel post carrier and William J Story five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Glenn J. Wicke
George W. Flinsbaugh
Lawrence M. Wright
R. L. Finch
William J. Story
Destruction Charge Against Baldwin Youth
Edward C. Randel aged 19 of Baldwin was charged in Police Court with destruction of public property after police detained him following interrogation about damaging an electricity meter at the Holiday Laundromat late Saturday night. He posted a $100 bond and agreed to pay for the meter. Buck Jones of the Douglas County sheriff’s office aided Ottawa police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Randel
Baldwin
Randel
Eugene Flaherty
Bill Wheeler
Flaherty
Ottawa
Buck Jones
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Cease-fire Proclaimed in Katanga Amid Congo Tensions
In Katanga a provisional cease-fire signed by Moise Tshombe and the U.N. command froze frontline positions while central government leader Cyrille Adoula warned of possible forceful action to end Katanga's secession. Uncertainty remained on whether all shooting had ceased by the midnight timetable.
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Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Katanga
Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Adoula
Deaths Nettie Duke 86 Funeral in Garnett Oklahoma area
Mrs Nettie Duke 86 longtime Iantha neighbor of Richmond died. Funeral Sept 14 at Farris Funeral Home Garnett with Rev Ray Firestone officiating. Burial Garnett Cemetery. Born Nettie Sout in Stoutsville Ohio she moved to Anderson County as a child and married James Edward Duke in 1905. Survived by three children two sisters a brother five grandchildren nine great grandchildren and other relatives.
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Farris Funeral Home
Garnett
Nettie Duke
Iantha
Richmond
Ray Firestone
Richard Mullins
Peter Garrity
Ralph Beasley
Walter Lankard
Bill McLaughlin
Claude Whiteford
Kenneth
Eros Ford
Duke
Stoutsville
Ohio
Anderson County
Thomas and
Malinda Stout
James Edward Duke
Lewis Duke
Kansas City
Ray Duke
Ottawa
Beulah Walton
Topeka
Mrs Florence Morgan 69 Pro tem Missouri died September 19
Mrs Florence Morgan age 69 formerly of Ottawa died September 19. She was born June 11, 1892 in Ottawa and was married to Clyde Morgan. Surviving are her widower two sons Walter L. Morgan Springfield Missouri and Jack Morgan Tallahassee Florida two sisters Mrs Burr Conner Pro tem Missouri and Mrs Bather Mason Hayward California. Services will be at McVey Dengel Mortuary Friday at 2 p.m. Rev Roy Armstrong will officiate. Burial will be Highland Cemetery.
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Florence Morgan
Protem
Ottawa
Clyde Morgan
Santa Fe Railroad
Arkansas City
Fla
Burr Conner
Bather Mason
Haywood
Calif
McVey- Dengel
Roy Armstrong
Highland Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Therressa Elizabeth Wright
Funeral services for Mrs Therressa Elizabeth Wright will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Wellsville Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Ganong officiating. Burial follows in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Therressa
Elizabeth Wright
Wellsville Baptist Church
Homer Ganong
Rock Creek Cemetery
Funeral services for William Clevenger
Funeral services for William Clevenger who died September seventeenth were held from Towner's Chapel September nineteenth with Reverend Homer A. Gahong officiating. Pallbearers included Roy Nutt Henry Hill Hugh Cramer Charles Steen Frank Rhodes and Dennis Shields. Mrs Ervin Happy sang hymns with Mrs J M Kilgore accompanying. Burial was in High Park Cemetery.
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William Clevenger
Towner’s Chapel
Homer A. Gahong
Roy Nutt
Henry, Hill
Hugh Cramer
Charles Steen
Frank Rhodes
Dennis Shields
Ervin Happy
J. M. Kilgore
Highland Cemetery
Seek Money For Glen Elder Kansas Project
The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $400,000 to start Glen Elder unit of the Missouri Basin reclamation project in Kansas. This adds to $199,000 for planning in the House bill and fits into a $2,795,000 reprogramming of funds from other projects.
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Washington
Glen Elder
Missouri Basin
Kansas
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wellsville to Install Pastor Homer Ganong at Baptist Church
The Wellsville Baptist Church will host the installation service for Rev. Homer Ganong at 3 30 p m Sunday Sept 24 Dr Raymond Jennings of Ottawa First Baptist will present the charge Dr W H Dickenson will also present the charge Miami Baptist Associational churches will take part in the service Also wellsville junior high beat eudora junior high 13 3 in seventh grade while eighth grade went 14 3 to eudora Other local notes include a new baby Kristin Diane born Sept 12 weighing 7 lbs 8 oz and Mamie Nickerson daughter of Lou Nickerson Gardner Medical Center patient recovering in Kansas City others mentioned.
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Homer Ganong
Wellsville Baptist Church
Raymond Jennings
First Baptist Church
Ottawa
W. H. Dickenson
Miami Baptist Associational
Lou Nickerson
Merriam
Kristin Diane
Nickersons
Alan
Sharon
Nickerson
Mary Lynn Chilton
Henry Chilton
George Chappell
KC Markets Kansas City livestock report
Kansas City market summary shows cattle 3,400 head with calves 150, cows steady, other classes unchanged. Utility and commercial cows 15.00-16.50, spe cialty dealers 22.0-? hogs 3,200 with barrows and gilts 25 higher, sows steady to 25 higher. 4-3 220-230 lb barrows and gilts 18.00-50, 3-3 sows 250-400 lb 16.00-27.50. Sheep 400 lambs steady, ewes and feeders unchanged. Crime lambs 18.50-17.35? ewes 2.00-3.00, good and choice feeders 19.00-13.00.
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Kansas City
Spee and Choice
Hospital Notes and Births in Local Area
Admissions include Mrs. Charles Jensen of Rantoul and Lois Kay Finley of Princeton along with Suz anne Williams of Wellsville and Tom Gibson of Wells ville. Births record a Brown boy and a True boy born Thursday with weights listed. Dismissals name several residents including Robert Brown and Jo Wolfe plus families in Pomona and Richmond with Thursday as the reference day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jensen
Rantoul
Lois Kay Finley
Princeton
Suzanne Williams
Wellsville
Tom Gibson
RFC 2
Charles E. Brown
Clayton True
Lane
Robert Brown
S. Cedar
Robert Beeler
Beech
Bessie Caple
E. 2Nd
C. L. Hough
Logan
Jo Wolfe
S. Hickory
Gilbert Stoneking
Pomona
Cecil Vining, Jr
Richmond
Man Charged After Collision
John S. Martin aged 43 of 110 S Maple posted a 350 bond after police charged him with driving while intoxicated an open bottle and reckless driving following a collision at 7th and Ash with Mary J Bell aged 64 of 819 W 7th. Minor damages reported. A second collision led to charges of failing to yield right of way for Howard Snyder aged 69 of Ottawa and Carolyn Marie Morgan aged 24 of Springfield Mo for damages to their respective vehicles. Pratt aged 49 of 736 N Sycamore faced similar yield charges after a crash at Red Jacket and Cedar injuring Fred J Walker of Eudora with major damages to Walker’s car. Pratt’s vehicle was undamaged.
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John S. Martin
S. Maple
Martin
7Th
Ash
Mary J. Bell
Howard B. Snyder
Ottawa
Snyder
Carolyn Marie Morgan
Springfield
Harry Morton Pratt
N. Sycamore
Red Jacket and
Cedar
Fred J. Walker
Eudora
Pratt
Vagrancy Sentences For Gentry And Morgan
William H. Gentry pleaded guilty to vagrancy in County Court and was sentenced to 30 days. Frank Morgan, arrested with Gentry, pleaded innocent to a similar charge and faces trial September 28 with $300 bond. Both cited for loitering near the high school and alleged minor solicitation.
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William H. Gentry
S. Oak
Frank Morgan
S. Cedar
Gentry
Styles Bridges Suffers Attack in Concord Hospital
U S Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire suffered a moderately severe coronary attack. His personal physician said the condition is serious but not critical and that a definite prognosis will take several days. Bridges, 63, is Senate GOP Policy Committee chairman and was readmitted to Concord Hospital after a prior stay for pulmonary congestion.
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Concord
N.H
Styles Bridges
J. Dunbar Shields Jr
Bridges
Washington
Disagree On Foreign Aid In 24 Hour Conference
Washington AP Senate and House conferees ended a 24 hour conference on Kennedy foreign aid bill with total disagreement. Senate backed 4.1966 billion dollars while the House approved 3.657 billion. Pastore said talks made little progress and Cannon said no agreement of any kind was reached.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kennedy
John O. Pastore
D-R.l
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Community Theater Seeks Stage Helpers for Blithe Spirit
Mrs W C Artinger set director invites amateur painters carpenters and all willing workers to prepare the interior stage set for Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at Memorial Auditorium. No membership in Community Players Inc required. Helpers urged to attend evenings.
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W. C. Artinger
Former Actress Marion Davies Near Death in Hollywood
In Hollywood AP reports former actress Marion Davies, 61, may die at any hour. Doctors say she received last rites last week as her condition remained grave after Cedars of Lebanon Hospital admission on May 16 and surgery on June 7 for jaw osteomyelitis. She later suffered a broken leg from a fall.
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Hollywood
Marion Davies
Miss Davies
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
UAW Accepts GM Contract After Internal Vote
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers General Motors Council unanimously approved the three year GM UAW contract after an earlier rejection of local settlements. The move paves the way for resumption of full production at 129 GM plants and involves 350,000 workers. Walter Reuther urged locals to act like members of a democratic union and outlined a new settlement approach with shop committees meeting in Detroit with company officials and union leaders starting Friday.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers General Motors Council
UAW
Reuther
General Motors
Kennedy to Visit Kansas City for Law Enforceme
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy will travel to Kansas City next month to meet federal law enforcement officials led by U S Attorney Russell Miller The trip is tentatively scheduled for October 10 and aims to strengthen liaison between field departments and Washington headquarters with a series of sessions with district attorneys nationwide
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kansas City
Justice Department
Kennedy
U. S
Russell Millin
Department
Justice
Notice of base of real estate on execution sale
In Franklin County Kansas the sheriff will sell at public auction the west half of the southeast quarter of section 16 township 19 range 21 excluding a 100 foot wide tract. The sale is to occur October 4 1961 at 10 am at the courthouse front door in Ottawa. Max Gilmore sheriff Cole Cole Garnett attorneys for plaintiff.
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District Court
Anderson County
Kansas
John Newhart
Olive Hope Norton Galloway
Franklin County
Ottawa
Franklin
Max Gilmore
Cole & Cole Garnett
State of Kansas
Asid County
William Clair Spears
W. Clair Spears
Ake
Booth
University
Ake W. Clair Spears
Asid
City of
Overbrook Livestock Sale Dates And Ottawa Market Base Sale Notice
Overbrook Kansas livestock sale every Wednesday at Overbrook Livestock Sale with Gordon James contact CH numbers. Sept 22 Ottawa Market Base sale is scheduled one mile east of Main on Wilson with Notice Night Sale Friday at 7 30 p.m. Jack Nelson and Gordon James listed as contacts for details.
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Jack Nelson
Pomona
Kas
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook Kansas
Gordon James
Ottawa
Main
Wilson
Myers Bros
Claude
Howard
Franklin County Sale Company
Locust & Wilson
Waverly Livestock Bale
Waverly
Kansas
Night consignments and auctions in Kansas and Missouri
Harold Sewart and Charles Beatty announce horse sales at Neosho Livestock Commission Co in Neosho Missouri on Sept 28 and at Ottawa Livestock Commission Co in Ottawa Kansas on Sept 19 night. Printy and Sons with Cap CH 2-1974 CH 2-1201 present furniture auctions at Printys Auction House Ottawa Sept 23 at 1 pm and antiques and furniture sale Sept 26 at Garnett Eas 12:30 pm. Community sale weekly Thursday at 1138 W Main with main sale Wednesday night.
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Harold Sewart
Charles Beatty
Harold
Charles
Lyndon
Kansas
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Missouri
Ottawa Livestock Commission Co
West Wilson Street
Ottawa
Printy and Sons
Ben Printy
Cap
Printy's Auction House
N. Main
West 6Th &T
Garnett
Eas
N. Sein
W. Main
Hearings Set in Spears Babcock and Smith Estates Ottawa
Franklin County probate notices publish upcoming hearings on estates of William Clair Spears aka W Clair Spears James R Babcock Nora Smith. Petitions seek descent of undivided estate in Ottawa land and final settlement and heirs determination with October and September dates scheduled in City of Ottawa court.
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Santa Fe Trails Girl Scout Council
Garfield
Sacred Heart
Eugene Field
Lincoln
Hawthorne
St. Therese
Ottawa High School
Chorus
Joyce Harsh
Gary Prager
Bill Hewitt
Tom Chappell
Anne Cassida
Janice Hart
Teresa Morrisey
Carol Moherman
Ferne Caylor
Ross Nelson
Marilyn Wasmund
Roger Thorn
Doug Higbie
Jean Reichard
Clinton A. Todd
Belton
Loren W. Jacoby
Jacoby
W. P. Shepard
H. K. Stevens
Harold Wallace
Orris Cox
Lawrence
Busimage Sales Auditorium
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers of
Stanton and
Spring Ridge
Spring Ridge Hall
Howard Mannen
Stanton
Gary Bennett
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Ellis
Hurst Coffman
Hutchinson
Lincoln P.T.A
Russell Stover
Snyder Pharmacy
S. Main
Eldon Hoyt
Ransom Guernsey Farm
Williamsburg
Hutchinson State Fair
Mrs
Mrs. Therressa FE. Wright
Aris
Robert Keith
Wellsville News
Bernice Holden
Wellsville Junior High
Eudora Junior High
John Leecy
Gardner Medical Center
Jim Hull
Fred Goldsberry
Denver University
Eugene Goldsberry
Denver
Cole
Ethel Wingert
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City, Mo
Louis H. Hanson
American Legion Auxiliary
E. E. Turner
R. A. Breuer
Herman
Breuer
Helen Rushmeyer
St. Louis
Bill Shields
James Coughenour
Billy Kranz
Turner
Shields
Coughenour
Mr. Turner
Sedalia
CORPO
Morgan
Bob Kennedy
K.C
Legals
Sara Lee Spears
Laat
James R. Babcock
Wilema D. Babcock
Leighton A. Fossey
Mound City
Nora Smith
Olive Lucille Brenner
Gleason
Gleason, Doty and Logan
Donald R. Capper
Benee News
Uull. & Com
Highland
Keniath
Walsh Lot
Hope
Eebeees
Per
Walsh Lot Ren Care Seconga
Care
Hope, Per
Prk
Mtr. Rea. Wrt
Lgt. Res
Don Clark
Russell H. Morgan
Tancred
Business Meeting School of
E.S. Robert M. Riley
Myron
Steere Jr
E.C
Gerald B. Harford
Douglas
County Trail Riders Inc
K.S.H. A
Harry L. Fox
Sec
4Th St
Alcoholics Anonymous
Miller Institute
C-O
Ottawa Herald
School OF Dental Nursing
Rawleigh
S. Franklin County
Dist
Freeport
Ilinois
Northside
Herald
Jones
Jim Walter
West Highway
Cook
Van's Cafe
North Main
General Services
Lee Carter
King
Rawleigh Products
ALBAN
Topeka Daily Capital
Electrolux Cleaners
Conrad
Spray
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