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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1955
Page
8
Ottawa mothers with children at Eugene Field school organize a car patrol along routes home amid reports a person tried to lure children into a car. Hawthorne district moms also escort kids to and from school as police and officials monitor the situation.
Washington the cabinet said there are no obstacles to orderly and uninterrupted conduct of foreign and domestic affairs during Eisenhower illness. The two hour meeting chaired by Vice President Nixon affirmed that policies and programs approved by the President remain in force as department heads coordinate actions. Sherman Adams will fly to Denver to brief physicians and be available for matters to initial.
Burglars targeted the Ramsey liquor store last night and absconded with whisky valued over $1,000, according to Police Chief Tom Morehead. A separate notice announces Homewood Catholic Parish chicken and beef dinner with games on Sunday October 2, serving 5 to 8 at Parish Hall, 251-p-11.
Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 8 3 at Ebbets Field as Johnny Podres turns 23 and silences the big bats. The Yanks lead series 2 1 after two wins in New York. A crowd of 34 209 watches Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson provide key hits while Campanella homers and drives in runs.
Washington reports that Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey aims to balance the federal budget but faces resistance from Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Budget Director Rowland Hughes. Wilson vetoed a billion-dollar cut in Defense Department spending, signaling no major reductions this fiscal year.
The Kansas State Association for Childhood Education will hold its annual convention in Ottawa on October 8 with the theme Seeking Hidden Treasures with Focus on Children. Led by Mrs Anton J Strafuss the ACE chair man the program offers educational enrichment and professional growth for teachers, parents, and others interested in better education for children. Reservations should be made with Mrs Strafuss by Monday.
A powerful typhoon swept the Sea of Japan, heavily striking Kyushu and Iwo Jima before weakening. Police reported 20 dead 10 missing and 105 injured as about 120 ships, mostly fishing craft, were lost in the rough seas. Weather crews said gusts dropped from 172 mph at Iwo Jima to about 78 mph.
Embattled Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa proposed today to resign the throne and transfer powers to a family member in hopes of easing a constitutional crisis in French Morocco. The report notes pressure from reformists and the colonial administration weeks into the dispute.
Partly cloudy conditions in the west and north. Southeast areas to see considerable cloudiness with scattered showers or thunderstorms this afternoon. North and south will be partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with more showers or storms in the extreme south. Cooler temperatures for the east with highs near 65 to 70 on Saturday. Yesterday’s high reached 85. Low today around 52. Hourly temps summarized for the last 24 hours ending today.
Ottawa residents enjoy nippy morning with a low of 53 while bright sun lingers. The forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions tonight and tomorrow with showery activity confined to southern regions and possible 30s in the northwest. Regional highs near 65 to 70 tomorrow. recent rainfall seen in the southeast and notable totals in Columbus 1.92 inches and Pittsburg 1.39 inches.
Ottawa firms such as Marvin Durbin Plumbing Ottawa Lions Club Ottawa Laundry and Dry Cleaners Dr R A Gollier Coca Cola Bottling Co Lamb Funeral Home Bond Royal Cleaners and C Nauman Lumber Co joined the share sale. F W Woolworth Co and Minnick Motors also bought. Donations came from Rev Roger Fredrikson and Select Dairy with pledges from Marvin Durbin and others. Total so far 10 960 from share sales and 45 960 in building fund pledges.
Six Franklin county 4-H club members will enter stock in the American Royal at Kansas City from October 15 to 22, announced county 4-H agent Dick Jameson. Youths Larry Averill and Jerome Booth of SHAFIF join David Perkins, Joe Piene, Kenneth New, and Terry Cox of Berea Boosters to send 4-H steers. The steers will be sifted and judged, with sifted animals sold at a pre Royal sale. remaining animals will be entered in the Royal.
New milk prices posted at the Se lect Dairy Retail Store 1020 N Main. Effective Oct 1 1 qt 17 cents 1 gal 68 cents. Price rise due to rising costs.
Beginners square dance class starts Monday at 8 p m. Come once with no obligation. Contact Lamb Ambulance at phone 380 for details.
The U S Court of Military Appeals upheld the conviction and a 10-year sentence for Corp Edward S Dickerson for aiding his Communist captors in Korea in a unanimous decision by a three man panel.
Buenos Aires reports the new government orders removal of Peron portraits and Eva busts from schools and classrooms. Workers and unions faced raids as soldiers threatened force. about 100 armed union members surrendered before tanks.
Shull Whitacre General Auto Repair at 127 South Hickory invites customers to call 355 for service. Local shop advertises quick maintenance and repair options.
Army Engineers from the Kansas City district will begin planning work on the Marais des Cygnes flood control program in Ottawa. A four to five member team will inspect the levee alignment and collect legal data, working with Kirkwood and Sons and Ottawa officials to outline costs and right-of-way needs for Ottawa's share.
Hatfield England The Mark IT comet jet airliner took off today on the first long distance flight for the sleek British planes since they were grounded 18 months ago.
Washington reports Sherman Adams, 56, the White House aide to President Eisenhower, travels to Denver to oversee the temporary White House as Eisenhower is hospitalized. Adams, former New Hampshire governor, is known for a blunt, no frills approach and wields significant influence in deciding which issues reach the President.
Donald Anderson, 8, answered a question on hurricane naming at Olympic View Grade School in Seattle. He suggested the term HiMacane as a playful form of hurricane, offering the idea that weather names are not gendered. the exchange framed the discussion with a light, local classroom tone.
Moscow radio broadcasts provide new evidence that the Soviet Union rejected President Eisenhower's proposal for an exchange of material inspection and military blueprints before a global disarmament agreement. Bulganin sent a long personal letter raising objections but not the principle, while officials described his reply as a polite rejection or a pause on negotiations.
Audrey Purcell, former Leavenworth County Republican Central Committee chair, becomes temporary postmaster of Leavenworth. He succeeds retired Francis McAuliffe in the city post.
Carl Igel, 53, Ottawa Skel gas retail store manager, died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday at 4 p m at the Elks club. Fire department resuscitation failed. He was born Oct 17 1902 in Burr Oak and educated at Ottawa University. He taught in Kansas for 20 years, then joined Skelgas in 1945, later moving to Ottawa as retail manager in 1946. Funeral Monday 3 p m Lamb Funeral Home with Masonic service at Highland cemetery.
A thunderous blast rocked a 15 square mile area of San Francisco last night. Meteorologists physicists and the military offered no explanation. Thousands fled into the streets and near panic spread in one neighborhood.
This month only price reduced to 179.95 for Kelvinator DeLuxe electric dryer. Weidman Tire & Battery advertises the deal with contact at 266-261.
President Eisenhower’s condition improves after last Saturday’s heart attack as he enjoys a beef bacon breakfast and spends the night outside an oxygen tent for the first time. Doctors say progress is satisfactory with no complications, though a second term is unlikely per doctor remarks. Sherman Adams joins the Denver White House party, signaling reduced authority delegation.
Topeka cities intervene in a federal suit challenging the 1945 Kansas Water Appropriation Act. The case before a three judge federal tribunal in Wichita addresses water rights for the Harvey Sedgwick County Equus beds region. Plaintiffs J. H. Baumann and Marguerite Marie Jacobson sue R. V. Smrha, state water resources engineer.
Classified note states old newspapers for sale at 10 cents per bundle from the Herald office. Contact details or pickup information not provided.
A map depicts a proposed US 50S bypass altering the eastward Emporia route. The current highway runs from Emporia east then north to Ottawa, Baldwin Junction, Edgerton, Gardner and Olathe. Dotted lines mark the suggested cut off path.
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