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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1960
Page
6
Week ending September 24 1960 Santa Fe car readings totaled 24878 down from 25016 a year earlier. Cars received from connections 12518 up from 11686. Total cars moved 37396 sharply higher than 26702 year ago. Local notices include county and club meetings in Topeka Lawrence and Franklin County with details on schedules contacts and venues.
Admissions include J A Baldwin Harold Eugene Price Maude L Hackett and Mrs Donald Brecheisen Births report Gary Dean Davis and Robert Knight daughters with weights 8 lbs 12 oz and unspecified 6 lbs Dismissals list several residents and relatives Visiting and travel notes cover Riley Hill Mann and Connie Beth newborns plus enlistment of Pat Brophy in the Navy Community updates mention a car accident a visit by relatives and local changes in residents as well as a deadline for Sid Frink truck and plates payments and staff shifts
A masked gunman robbed a ticket booth at Hillcrest Drive In near Parker around 8 15 PM taking $50 in bills from cashier Carolyn Atchison and witnesses described seeing a gun. Police from Franklin County Ottawa Garnett and Anderson County hunted for the suspect, with several persons questioned and released.
A new concrete sidewalk replaces the old brick walk in front of Harold Good’s and Averill Produce properties, adjoining. The brick walk was removed to clear space for the new walk in front of the ongoing post office building project.
Mrs. Frank H. Schnuelle a farmer's wife from Crab Orchard Nebraska won the $25 000 top prize in the national recipe and baking contest Her winning Dill Bread recipe baked in a casserole was praised as an outdoor dish for barbecues and patio parties She beat 99 contestants from across the country and abroad and demonstrated the entry at a mass takeoff
The piece notes two Ottawans charged in county court after a junction crash, lists several other drivers cited for speeding and log violations, and adds satirical remarks on U.N. diplomacy and Khrushchev. It threads in comic asides about Fidel Castro and U.N. security.
The family of Mr. O L E Hart asks that memorial contributions be made to Westminster United Presbyterian Church organ fund instead of floral tributes.
Cattle trading steady to higher with calves 23.00 to 24.51, steers 23.00-24.51, heifers 29.00-29.50, vealers 19.00-23.00, stockers and feeders 24.00-25.50. Hogs 150-265 lb 16.50-17.75, sows 13.75-16.00. Sheep steady, spring slaughter lambs 16.00-18.00, ewes 4.75-4.00, feeder lambs 4.00-16.76.
Rep Newell A George Democrat Kansas announced he will formally open his bid for a second term in Kansas 2nd District Wednesday night in Lawrence. He will address Kansas University Young Democrats in the Student Union building at KU on national issues.
The White House announced that President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference on Wednesday as previously planned, according to AP reporting from New York.
The Pomona Lions Club will hold its annual ham and beans supper in Pomona on Thursday at 6 pm, featuring a carnival. The event typically draws a large countywide crowd.
Private rites were held for Louis Albert Baxter who died Sept 23 at Lamb Funeral Home with Dr. Raymond F Jennings officiating. Pallbearers included Baxter family members and Elwood Moore. Burial followed in Hope Cemetery. Also, Rev William A Menneke who died Sept 22 had services Sept 26 at T owner s Chapel led by multiple ministers with hymns sung by Mrs Ralph Edwards and Ruth DePriest. burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Emily Post, renowned expert on social graces, died Sunday in New York at age 86 after years of deteriorating health. Born in Baltimore, she achieved international prominence for her etiquette writings and work.
Fragmented remarks view Castro, U S assets, and a summit festival as possible retaliation. The speech hints at altering the city tourist slogan to New York is a Summit Festival while noting an international crisis impact on events. The text mixes political jabs with cultural references and a New York focus.
A brief legal item notes a wife told her husband about a vest worn by a speaker in the Eisenhower era U N address. The remark highlights how attire influenced reaction to a formal address, reflecting social context of the period.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates by mail for trade art and outside trade areas with monthly and yearly options. It notes prices for Kansas residents with a 4 cent sales tax and credits the Associated Press for local news republication rights.
Legal notices from the Ottawa Herald dated October 1 1960 list ownership and circulation details. Included are probate matters in Franklin County Kansas involving Cecilia P Rudick estate with hearing notices for Joan Rubick and Henry Janes Chenoweth wills. Also mentions estate of Cecilia F Rubick and Henry Janes Chenoweth executorship and probate matters in Ottawa Kansas.
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