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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1957

Page

5

Quail stamps go on sale with local venues listed

Quail stamps go on sale tomorrow with county outlets including Ottawa units Brown’s Hardware Budge’s Hardware Western Auto and other towns such as Princeton Wellsville Richmond and Williamsburg. A quail stamp must accompany a hunting license to permit shooting.

Ottawa Bruce Spears Brown's Hardware Budge's Hardware Western Auto Store Cain Service Staton Pomona Coughlin Furniture Wellsville Farmers’ Co-Op Richmond Lane Lumber Co Lane

United States Calls for End to Bomb Tests at UN

At the United Nations, U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge urged the Kremlin to accept a ban on stockpiling nuclear weapons to end tests. He warned of a danger from a powerful nation seeking global domination if Moscow refused. A one year halt could begin if Russia agrees, even as inspection talks proceed. The Soviet Union India and Japan proposed suspending tests subject to inspections with dates tied to agreements.

Disarmament Commission U. S Henry Cabot Lodge Kremlin Soviet Union Free World Russia U.S United States General Assembly Assembly India Japan Britain

Burns To Death In Trailer Fire

Charles Franklin Ledom, 49, died at 4 50 am when a trailer house fire in Ottawa destroyed the dwelling at Hickory and Pontiac where he had lived two days. Firemen found his remains at the far end of the burned trailer after attempts to reach him failed. Ledom, a Southwestern Bell operator born Feb 21 1908, was married to Letha Phillips. they recently separated. He is survived by a wife, two sons, a daughter, a step daughter, his mother, six brothers, four sisters, two half sisters, nine grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements have been completed.

Charles Franklin Ledom Hickory Pontiac Harry Gilliland Gililand Art Wheeler Ledom Gilliland Erator Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Gardner Letha Phillips S. Cedar Donald Dean Ledom Colorado Harry Ledom Ottawa Robert Thayer Centerville John Sweeney Germany Rachel Hubbard S. Oak Raymond Barney Gilbert Richard and Clyde Santa Anna Calif Max Kansas City Kas Carl Yohe Howard McCurdy Bill Schulz Frank Couts Jess Coslett Maurice Pallard Marshall

FBI Seeks To Identify Rioters In Little Rock Clash

The FBI continues efforts to identify persons connected with last Monday's fighting at Central High School over integration. Agents seek identification of active participants and bystanders who urged violence, aided by press coverage. Little Rock police made numerous arrests Monday with municipal court hearings set for Oct 8.

Little Rock Ark Federal Bureau of Investigation Central High School FBI

Nation’s Death Toll Increases In August Traffic toll up in first rise since 1941

Chicago report from the National Safety Council shows August traffic deaths at 3,790, a 5 percent rise from August last year and the highest August toll since 1941. Five Saturdays this August, including Labor Day weekend, partly explain the uptick.

Chicago National Safety Council

Traffic Toll in Topeka Kansas States Records Latest

Traffic fatalities listed by the state Accident Records Section show 398 deaths in the last 48 hours to date in 1957, compared with 494 in the same period in 1956, amid ongoing highway danger concerns.

Topekaw Kansas

Weather County Forecast Warm spell continues into Tuesday

The forecast calls for a warm spell with this afternoon and tonight mild, highs near 80 and overnight lows around 45 to 50. Tuesday remains warmer with continuing mild conditions and a similar high near 80.

Squirrel hunting accident injures Frank Hollingsworth

Frank Hollingsworth of 1115 Ma ple was shot in the arm by his son Larry while squirrel hunting with friend Larry Stewart. The bullet split on bone, with fragments lodging in his back. treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital, he returned to work for the city river survey crew.

Frank Hollingsworth Hollingsworth Larry Larry Stewart

Two Airmen Die in Plane Crash Near Mulvane

Wichita report says two McConnell Air Force Base airmen died when a rented plane crashed in a field near Mulvane. The victims were Sgt. Harold E. Barnett, 37, of Independence Kansas, and A2C Donald Evans, 23, from Dumont Iowa.

Wichita McConnell Air Force Base Mulvane Harold E. Barnett Independence Kas C. Donald Evans Dumont Iowa

Harrowing 10 Minutes For Two Boys On Freight Train

Two young boys endured over ten minutes on a slow freight train at Union Station in Baltimore. John Powell, 10, suffered severe burns after touching high voltage wires as Donald Maler, 16, held Powell down to prevent him from being swept off. They were rescued after the train traveled through a tunnel to Gwynn's Run. Powell remained in fair condition with extensive burns. Maler was uninjured and released from the hospital after examination.

Baltimore Pennsylvaia Union Station John T. Powell Donald Maler Malor Young Powell Maler Powell Gwynn's Run Lutheran Hospital Powwell

Escape when plane crashes in Japan burns in rice field

Fifty-five passengers and crew aboard a Japan Air Lines plane escaped unharmed as the aircraft crash landed and burned in a rice field. An airlines spokesman confirmed all aboard survived.

Itami Japan Japan Air Lines

County Home Project Under Legal Review

Franklin County commissioners and County Attorney Dan White study whether the county can exceed the $125,000 cap in the nursing home project. The plan, north-facing on 7th Street Terrace, would use a 2 mill levy to raise about $160,000 plus proceeds from selling part of the old home to fund a 52-bed facility.

Franklin County Commissioners 7Th Street Beech Street Dan White

Pancake and Sausage Supper in Richmond Kansas

A pancake and sausage supper will be held in the St. Therese Church basement in Richmond Kansas on Wednesday starting at 4 p.m. The Richmond Lions will serve. Ticket details or price not specified.

Richmond Kas St. Therese’ Church Richmond Lions

Spahn Faces Ford In Series Opener

NEW YORK Manager Casey Stengel named Whitey Ford to face Milwaukee lefty Warren Spahn in the series opener. The article also notes Hoffa’s withdrawal from the Teamsters race, and Shelley's church service featuring jazz-influenced hymn renditions as part of a broader political context.

New York Casey Stengel New York Yankees Whitey Ford Milwaukee Warren Spahn Manchester England Yankee Miami Beach John F. Shel Ford Sions Hoffa Midwest Senate

Special Session Of Legislature Appears Likely

Gov Faubus signaled consideration of a special session to address Little Rock school integration and related policy. He suggested the Legislature, seen as likely to convene, would handle actions closing Central High and potential state-wide impacts, amid ongoing federal troops and court-ordered integration.

Faubus Little Rock Central High School Central High School Capitol Central High

Griffin Refuses Meeting With Eisenhower On Troops Halt

Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin said he will not attend a Washington meeting of Southern governors with President Eisenhower. Griffin, a Democrat and ardent segregationist, was named to a five member committee from the Southern Governors Conference which urged discussion of withdrawing federal troops from Little Rock Arkansas, where troops enforce school integration orders. The governor noted Eisenhower agreed to meet only if school integration issues were discussed, while the resolution limited the discussion to the troops withdrawal.

Atlanta Georgia Marvin Griffin Eisenhower Washington Griffin Southern Governors Conference Little Rock Ark

Ike Returns To Washington After 27 Day Vacation

President Eisenhower ends his crisis era 27 day Newport vacation with a flight back to Washington. He made several quick trips to keep prearranged engagements and to deliver a radio address on the Little Rock school integration crisis. He played golf daily at Newport Country Club despite windy weather and plans a White House meeting with five Southern governors on troop withdrawal from Little Rock.

Newport R.1 Eisenhower Washington Little Rock Ark Newport Country Club White House

Army Cuts Announced By U S Army

Washington reveals a plan to trim 100000 troops by next June 30, dropping one armored division and 14 air defense battalions. About 71000 cuts occur by January 1 with the rest by next June, mainly from admin and supply units to preserve combat strength.

Washington Ottawa

Try Again To Delay Election

Opponents of the present Teamsters Union leadership urged the Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction delaying the officer election this week. Attorneys for a New York rank and file group filed a petition to vacate the stay issued by the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Beck Hoffa Teamsters Rep Shelley D-Calif International James Hoffa Washington Supreme Court Teamster England New York Rank and File U.S. Court of Appeals For District of Columbia

Autumn Weather Forecast Amid Low Cold Snap

This morning the day was forty degrees and the thirty eight degree mark noted. The lowest of the season was reported with a weather bureau forecast predicting more fine fall weather and no rain in sight. Lamb Louisiana Payment Plan.

Weather Bureau

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