District Court To Hear 52 Cases
Franklin County District Court has 52 cases on the September docket. 13 criminal and 39 civil. Criminals include 3 no fund checks 5 DWI 2 speeding 1 run stop sign 1 careless driving and 1 rape State vs Billy Edward Bowers to be tried Monday. Civil Division lists divorces 18 damages 10 maintenance 2 replevin 1 foreclosure 1 and other actions. Damages in the $253.88 to $80,000 range, most from motor vehicle accidents. notable suit by Marjorie Coombes vs Elvert L. Sanders for $80,000 with trial date not set.
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Franklin County District Court
Billy Edward Bowers
Charles A. Colbern
Walter Neumiller
Colbern
Marjorie Coombes
Elvert L. Sanders
Ottawa High seniors named National Merit semi finalists
Five Ottawa High School seniors John Brockway John Hoppe Barbara Hughes Alice Northway and Tony Zerbe qualified as National Merit Scholarship semi finalists from about 14 000 test takers last spring. Semi finalists advance to final exam with awards based on financial need and no college restrictions.
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Ottawa
John Brockway
John Hoppe
Barbara Hughes
Alice Northway
Tony Zerbe
China Seeks $200 Million in Plant Purchases Abroad
London AP reports Red China negotiating for about $200 million in chemical plants from Britain Western Europe and Japan. Informants say seven plants ordered from Western Europe and two from Japan with about a dozen more in talks with British firms.
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China
London
Red China
Britain
Europe
Japan
Mahalia Jackson Ill With Heart Ailment In Hospital
Chicago AP Mahalia Jackson, famed gospel singer, is seriously ill with a heart ailment. She was hospitalized September 15 at Little Company of Mary Hospital for exhaustion and ordered to remain in bed four to six weeks. Visiting is restricted and she canceled appearances through October.
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Chicago
Mahalia Jackson
Miss Jackson
Little Company of Mary
Associated Press
President Johnson
White House
Casting Completed For Hospital Benefit Show
Casting is nearly finished for The Follies a hospital auxiliary benefit to be staged Oct 2 and 3 in Memorial Auditorium. About 80 people form the cast with dances solos duets and comedy acts. Proceeds fund new emergency room equipment at the hospital. Ticket outlets include the Union Building Ottawa University Pence's Wilma's Styling, local banks and shops, and several community locations.
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Ted Hook
Hosspital Auxiliary Benefit
Hook
Wilebur B. Foulks
R. A. Gollier
Uneion
Miss
Wellsville
Ottawa Commission Tackles Nuisance and Street Display Rules
The Ottawa City Commission on first reading proposed a nuisance ordinance restricting rank vegetation open cellars and holes on private property with fines up to 50 and jail up to 30 days. Health board must determine hazards and notices to landowners will be issued by police. The panel also reaffirmed a policy against displaying merchandise for sale in metered parking areas with limited exceptions and approved second reading for special property assessments to fund last year’s improvements. Commissioners Corlis and Wightman tour Washington Oct 5 to press for Melvern Dam flood control project funding.
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Ottawa City Commission
Jim Kahler
Board of Health
Mission
Atomic Energy Commission
Charles Williamson
Lyman Corlis Jr
Laurence Wightman
Washington, D.C
Ottawa
Melvern Dam
Congressional Commuters Face High Cost of Session
Washington report notes top lawmakers juggle re election campaigns with Capitol Hill duties. Senate nearing reapportionment settlement could allow a brief adjournment, then more campaigning across districts before November 3. Many members face long commutes, costly travel, and sporadic campaigning while pressure mounts to finish work.
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Houses
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Fire destroys 66 California homes in brush blaze
Santa Barbara area burned as a massive brush fire prompted mass midnight evacuations. A Forest Service spokesman said 66 homes destroyed after a helicopter survey. a ranger estimated 40 more in the Painted Cave area four miles northwest of Santa Barbara as winds eased.
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Calif
U.S. Forest Service
Jack Parkinson
Warren Barnes
Painted Cave
Humphrey Brands Goldwater Blur in New York Campaign
U S senator Hubert H Humphrey labeled Barry Goldwaters remarks a baffling bewildering blur through New York streets as he campaigned with Robert F Kennedy for the U S Senate. Humphrey accused Goldwater of cryptic ominous phrases and questioned their meaning while signaling a possible vote delay in Congress over reapportionment.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
New York City
Washington
Senate
White House
Indiana
Johnson
Barry Goldwater Campaign Seeks GOP Unity in Midwest Tour
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater campaigned across the Midwest charging Democrats bear the Estes scandal. He called the affair a sordid picture of favoritism and fraud and warned that Johnson’s Great Society ignores freedom. He spoke in Wichita and Mason City before Madison and Boston, urged unity under a "big tent," and criticized McNamara and unilateral disarmament while raising about $50,000 at a Wichita breakfast.
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Kan
Barry Goldwater
Midwest
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
White House
Goldwater
Mason City
Iowa
Madison
Wis
State House
Boston
Johnson
Arizona
Kansas
GOP
Air Force
Wichita Forum
Robert S. McNamara
State Department
McNamara
United States
County Weather Clears With Warm Friday Outlook
The county forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday with warmer conditions Friday. Night lows around 45 to 50, Friday highs in the 70s. Wednesday's high 75, today’s low 46, a year ago 87/53, with record highs 90 in 1938 and 34 in 1942. Hourly readings noted up to 8 a.m. today. Barometer 30.18.
Four Men Rescued After 86 Hours Underground
In a Nevada desert shaft near Mercury, electricians George Cooper and three fellow workers endured 86 hours locked in a 30 by 30 foot chamber after a cable jammed them 1,800 feet down. One man died on the surface. the others were freed after round-the-clock efforts. They ate steak, beans, and coffee. each earned about $900 overtime.
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Nev
George Cooper
Nevada Desert
Cooper
Leland Roeder
Floyd Shaw
Art Luhnow
Nevada Test Site
Mercury
Jim Gray
Jim
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