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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1955
Page
5
Ottawa High School B football team traveled to Lawrence to play Haskell Institute B team after wet grounds postponed the 3:30 p.m. game. Haskell requested the switch after inspecting their stadium. Coaches Harold Wallace and H K Stevens accompanied the squad.
A car and a transport truck collided east of Baldwin at the US 50 and K 33 junction. Westbound 1955 Ard driven by W D Pollock 31 Highland Ind attempted to pass a Santa Fe Trail truck turning south. No injuries reported. Car damage about 100 dollars. Truck undamaged.
The Ottawa Community Chest budget totals 20800 with seventeen funds. Mrs Glenn Ainsworth will chair the drive next month after a chamber meeting. Agencies requested funding, some less than last year’s 21725 budget. An advance gifts canvass led by R M Clogston will precede the campaign starting October 24.
A public opinion poll on national issues will be taken in Ottawa in the second precinct of the third ward. Mrs. Verne Alden announced the nationwide Republican program with local chair Mrs. George Spears directing. About 300 voters are to be visited with questions on Eisenhower policy military strength national defense and country prosperity.
Two escapees from Franklin county jail were captured near Waterloo Illinois about 30 miles southeast of St. Louis. Roy Wiles 21 of Bloomfield Indiana and Franklin Sparks 19 of Fort Wayne Indiana were apprehended after jumping from a car near the Jefferson Bar racks bridge. Patrolman O W Reichert fired twice as the pair stopped. They had stolen a Ford car in Osawa Atomic earlier Sunday. Sheriff Jay Brown sped to Waterloo to return the men to Franklin county with plans to arrive later tonight or tomorrow.
Two accidents in Anderson county were investigated by Sheriff Sam Geer. The first, at about 9 15 p m Thursday on US 59 north of Garnett, involved Royal G Hopkins of Iola in a 1955 Ford. no injuries, damage listed at 600 dollars. The second occurred Saturday morning in Greeley, a head on collision between Claude Koons of Colony in a 1945 Plymouth and Lloyd Ward of Colony in a 1949 Chevrolet. no injuries, damage estimated at 100 dollars per vehicle.
Ottawa hosts the Northeast District savings and loan conference at the North American Hotel with Ottawa Building and Loan and Anchor Savings and Loan presenting. Kansas assets total nearly 10 million in Ottawa, 80 cents of every 100 dollars of regional savings are held there, and more than 55 percent of Kansas homes are owner occupied. The 1956 conference site was named Lawrence.
A hurricane hunter plane vanished in Janet’s path off Swan Island as 11 crewmen were aboard. Rescue efforts by plane and ship continued amid rough seas while Janet intensified and threatened British Honduras and the Yucatan. Separately, Typhoon Louise neared Japan as technicians worked to repair Iwo Jima base damaged by the storm.
Forecast calls for fair weather across the west and north, clearing in the southeast this afternoon, fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer midweek. Highs 75 to 85, lows around 45 to 50 in the northwest to southeast. Yesterday’s high 67, low 62. Hourly readings show mild temperatures, light SE winds, and a trace of rain yesterday with river level down 1.89 feet.
Ottawa recorded 1.09 inches last night pushing September total to 5.43 inches, 1.08 inches above normal. Eastern Kansas saw 2 inch-plus rains and many spots around an inch. River levels on Marais des Cygnes and Marmaton are expected to rise to about half a foot in the lower valleys. Readings list multiple towns with rainfall from near .70 to 2.10 inches. Ottawa today clears up and warms, though conditions feel autumnal. Grand Marais Michigan notes a 51 degree low, 25 degrees warmer than yesterday.
Weather forecast from Ernest J. Christie, meteorologist, says a rain area moving east from the Middle West could affect tomorrow's World Series opener between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers in New York. He notes a chance to escape the rain if southwesterly winds pull the system north of the city.
Family style fried chicken supper hosted by Pomona Methodist Church on Wednesday September 28 at 5 30 p m Details reference 248 c 11
Shares of stock in Ottawa Industrial Development Inc totaling 8695 have been sold toward a 20000 goal. Pledges toward a building fund reach 34160 leaving 112?05 to sell and 2540 to reach a 60000 pledge goal. J L Hysom says drive to wind up this week as clubs and stores are contacted.
Kansas City Kas three California men pleaded guilty in U S District Court to armed robbery of the Bush City Kas State Bank last month. Sentencing was deferred until Oct 10 after a pre sentence report. Bank was robbed of 1570 on Aug 19. About four hours later the trio were arrested north of Preston Mo by Missouri highway patrol officers.
Ottawa Future Farmers of America members excelled at a Lawrence High School district training for officers. Ottawa led the general information division with a gold emblem group and finished second in ritual. Don England, Ottawa president, tied for seventh in information, while Vernon Stewart, vice president, tied for eighth. Ottawa High School delegates included England, Stewart, Woods, Landers, McNish, Krasny, with Bergsma as instructor. sixteen East Central Kansas schools attended.
Washington budget director Rowland Hughes met with Vice President Nixon at the Capitol to discuss the fiscal 1957 budget and authority questions while Eisenhower recovers from a heart attack. Attorney General Brownell arrived in Washington amid talks on delegating presidential powers and a National Security Council meeting was planned. Dr Paul Dudley White said Eisenhower may resume some duties within weeks as recovery continues.
Attorney General Brownell suggested it may not be necessary for him to issue any opinion on delegating President Eisenhower’s powers during his illness. The remarks raise questions about executive authority and succession during the President’s health crisis.
New York trading rebounded as buyers surged following news of President Eisenhower's heart attack. The Dow-related gains lifted prices by 2 to 5 points at times, with volume around 5 million shares. Leading gainers included Southern Railway, Royal Dutch Petroleum, U S Gypsum, Anaconda, American Cyanamid, Du Pont, General Motors, and General Foods.
A Fitzsimons Army Hospital bulletin at noon reports President Eisenhower is comfortable and cheerful, spent a large part of the morning outside the oxygen tent, with normal temperature and stable pulse and blood pressure. Two weeks of cautious optimism loom as Dr White notes potential complications but sees reasonably good prospects for recovery within two months.
Linda Lickteig of Greeley died last night at KU Medical Center after a short illness from leukemia. She would have turned five on November 8. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lickteig, brothers Don Bernard Victor Gene Mike Favian Leon Jerry, sisters Patty Ann Alfreda Joyce, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lickteig and Mrs. George Peine of Greeley. Funeral services pending word from Bernard in the Navy.
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