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THE OTTAWA HERALD Vol. 61 No. 45 OTTAWA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30,1957 EIGHT PAGES Ike Says Wilson emar ksUi Side Swipes In The Day's Starting February 1 the office of County Treasurer Elisabeth Briggs will be closed during the noon hour, she announced today. The office has been kept open during the noon hour in recent weeks for the convenience of per nwise WASHINGTON iff) President Eisenhower said today Secretary Wilson made a very unwise statement in saying that draft dodging developed in National Guard enlistments during the Korean War. But Eisenhower told a news conference he is sure that Wilson's main as it, is to try to assure that the guard is a well-trained military unit in event of any emergency.

Eisenhower also said he is standing by his statement of several months ago that Secretary of State Dulles is the greatest secretary in that field in history. Commenting on attacks on sons desiring to purchase auto li cense jjla-tcs at that hour. Starting February 16 a penalty ulles bv Democrats in Congress, en Eisenhower said Dulles has wisdom, experience and knowledge ossessed by no other man in his eld. of 50 cents will be added to the price of license the county treasurer said. Ottawa's junior and senior high school students voted yesterday for Mr.

and Miss junior and senior high. The four winners, selected from 22 candidates in the two schools, will be announced at Friday night's record party in the junior high school gym. The junior high candidates are: Jo Archer, Tykie Jensen, Linda Machin, Pat Smith, Nancy Taylor, Dixie Wollam, Bruce Bundy, Allen Glenn, Fred Collier, Tom Morrisey, Thorpe Nolan, and Jack Smith. Ten senior high candidates are listed: Elmore Going, Patsy Hickman, Iva Kay Jones, Nancy Morrisey, Mae Ann Wollam, Dennis Conger, Larry Forsythe, Don Higgins, Frank Johnson Morgan Williams. and Porchlight Drive For Polio Tonight The Rotary Anns will conduct their porchlight drive for funds for the March of Dimes tonight, visiting Ottawa 'homes where porch lights are burned on.

The drive for funds the county is lagging, HaTold'Tetwiler general chairman said. He called attention to the fact that even though the Salk vaccine has deali a big blow to the crippling disease there are still some 80,000 Ameri cans under treatment because of the effects of polio. For them, the chairman said the Salk vaccine came too late. A benefit dance is to be held al the Armory on February 9, the chairman announced, funds from The latest controversy swirling round Wilson was touched off wo days ago when the secretary defense 'said before a House ommiUee that "a sort of scan- al" a "draft-dodging business" up in National Guard en- during the Korean War. Asked today whether he shares Vilson's view on that, Eisenhower hot back that his questioner knew letter than that.

The President said Wilson was hort-cutting when he made that assertion. It was Eisenhower aid, a very unwise statement made by Wilson without thinking. Although criticized by Guard pokesmen and some members of Congress for his Monday state ment, Wilson declined to back iway from it yesterday. Instead, when interviewed after call at the White House, Wilson effect repeated his statement told newsmen he saw no reason whatsover to apologize lor it. Wilson said then it had not figured in his meeting with Eisen- lower.

In talking about the matter today, Eisenhower said he wanted emphasize that anything the Vational Guard has done has been done within limitations of the law. He went on to note that youths aged to, may jUard. said hie" long has struggled to make the Guard an efficient, well-trained outfit capable of protecting the nation. Then, defending a new Pentagon policy, Eisenhower backed Wilson which will Dimes. go to the March o.

The town of Wellsville has turn ed in $393.17, including donations from businesses and individuals as well as from, the schools there A house-to-house drive in Wells ville was conducted by the'Ameri can Legion auxiliary. Wellsville businesses which- do nated included: McConnell Ma ohinery, Grist's Clover arm Store, Averffl Prod'uce, Keith Chanay Standard Station, Wayn Todd Standard Truck, Hostetter Hardware, Marcelene Beauty Shop, Dean Martin Grocery, Wells ville Bank, Filling Station Adriance Truck and Tractor, W. Davidson TV and Radio Re pair, Wellsville Cafe, C. Rhoades Produce, Wellsvill Globe, Wellsville Electric and Plumbing, Reavis Shoe Repair Fred Hughes Produce, a Furniture Repair, Moherman Re alty Co. Near Zero Mark Ottawa had biting cold morning, when the mercury dip ped to 1 degree above zero short ly before 7 o'clock.

Yesterday' high was only 24- degrees, bhu leaving the coating of ice anc snow, now several days old, on th ground. The weather bureau announce that snow and sleet will begin the southern part of the state to day and will spread north durin the night. The worst icing cond: tions are expected Kansas tonight. in eoutheas Ask Flood Aid BARBOURVILLE, Ky. WI-Gov A.

B. Chandler today appealed fo federal aid in Kentucky, one four states ravaged by floods tha look possibly four lives, millions of damage an left thousands homeless. One ma.n died and another wa believed dead in West Virginia Kentucky counted two dead, bot by drowning. Transportation an communicatio.ns also were disrupt ed in parts of Virginia and Tennes see. Before leaving Frankfort for tour of flooded areas, Chandle notified President Eisenhower tha a "large part of eastern Kentuck has been inundated by one of th most devastating floods in history We request you declare this area." saying should get that Guard six months recruits of basic military training instead of the 11 veeks the Guard favors.

Eisenhower said he was not pointing a finger at the Guard, and that he was sure Wilson was lot doing so. It was at that point that Eiseri- lower remarked that Wilson was short-cutting in discussing the situation, and that in doing so that he made a very unwise, unthink- ng statement. The President concluded his discussion of the Wilson episode by saying that members of the Guard are not slackers, Wilson himself said on Monday that the Guard is not now "a draft-dodging" position. Record Crowd At Soil Meeting A record crowd attended the annual meeting.of the Franklin Coun ty Soil Conservation District to day at Memorial auditorium. Five Franklin county families received recognition for out standing work in soil conservation in 1956.

They received the annua certificates of award from the Kansas Bankers Association. These families are: Mr. and Mrs W. A. DeGarmo, route 2.

Ottawa Mr. and Mrs. 0. Breckenridge route 1, Ottawa; John Home Son, Williamsburg; Mr. and Mrs Harold Wingert, Wellsville; an Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Thielen, Ot tawa. The program opened with mo tion pictures on soil conservatio at 11 m. This was followed by a free dinner at noon, served by 01 tawa bankers and the Ottaw Chamber of Commerce. At 2 p.

a talk Watershed program," was' give by Leslie Johnson, assistant stat conservationist, Salina. Flood Fund Drive Is Progressing U660 INTERCHANGE THE ACCOMPANYING SKETCHES above and to the right show the four proposed traffic interchanges for Ottawa on the new bypass for TJS50. Proposed construction work is indicated by dotted lines, with present highways indicated by solid lines. Traffic flow is indicated by arrows. Docking Says Opposition Is Shortsighted TOPEKA Wl Gov.

George Docking, a banker himself, today said hanks opposing a proposal to collect interest on inactive state unds are "extremely shortsighted." At Hie saine time he expressed ilrong opposition to two sugges- ions made by the State Chamber if Commerce Finance Council for nvestment by the state of such unds deposited in banks throughout the state now totaling about 70.4 Docking, who already has rec ommended to the Legislature that he state charge interest on the 'unds, told a news conference today he understood about 425 banks lave hired a lobbyist to oppose such legislation, killed in saveral past sessions. Unless the requires he banks to pay interest, Dock- ng said, he is afraid some different plan might eventually be adopted which could seriously damage the economy of the state. He said the chamber finance council came up with a three-way 'ecommendation on inactive funds interest, on them, have the state invest them in govern- nent bonds or invest them in juildings at state educational and eleemosynary institutions. Docking said he is the latter two ideas. "If you invest them you will pull out of the economy of Kansas 50 to 60 million dollars because bank deposits will be reduced by that amount," he added.

"It doesn't take much imagination to what effect that would have on the credit structure of the state." He said it would not be wise to tie the funds up in buildings be cause they then could not be easi ly converted to cash when needed Inactive funds are appropriated moneys that the state does no 1 immediately need, usually for a least a year or two. A bill requiring banks to pay one per cent interest on inactive funds already, has been introducec in the House. Docking said he fa vors a sliding scale with the inter est pegged to the money market Under the present market, the interest rate, based on 50 per cen of the rate for one-year govern rnent bonds, would be about oiv and one-half per cent. That woulc yield the state around $900,000 a year Plans For New Highway Revealed By Engineers FORECAST Glaze warning southeast and extreme south; light snow, sleet, freezing rain beginning extreme south this afternoon and spreading into northern Kansas tonight, mostly as snow or freezing drizzle; heaviest glazing with hazardous highway conditions extreme south this afternoon and and-southeast diminishing drizzle or Thursday; moderating temperatures, low tonight 15-20 north to mid-20s south; high Thursday near 30 northwest to 40 east. High temperature yesterday 24 at 11:40 a.

m. to 1:20 p. low oday 1 above at 6:50 a. high ear ago today 27; low year ago oday record high this date 67 1931; record low this date 13 jelow in 1949; hourly temperatures 24 hours ending 8 a. m.

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16 7 p. 13 8 m. Spears Elected Vice President Reports of workers in the membership drive of the Marais des Cygnes Valley Flood Control and Conservation Association will be given at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors on Friday, February 8. Workers say they are meeting with favorable reaction from businesses and the public generally. About $600 has been received in membership fees.

A total of $1,600 is the goal, of which $800 will be for the association's, annual dues in the Missouri-Arkansas Basins F'loc-d and Conservation Control Association, The Weather Details of the new US highway US50 improvement reject between Ottawa and Olathe, including the bypass round Ottawa, were discussed by state highway offi- ials before the Ottawa Rotary club today. Speakers were Walter ohnson, Topeka, a chief en- of the state highway ommission, and Glenn Suton, Chanute, division en- The speakers-were he'guests of Highway Commissioner J. R. Cheney of Ottawa. Johnson explained briefly the ew Interstate Highway system, of vhich the US50 project is a part, mprovements on the interstate ystem are to be financed under ic new federal highway bidl which rovides 90 per cent of the cost be borne by the federal government and 10 per cent by the state.

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Yesterday's sky -r- Clear; yes- erday's wind N. E. light; river stage this morning .49 of a foot. Dismiss Charges Against Two Men Charges against Francis J. Harter and John Floyd of attempted Burglary of the home of R.

C. dismissed this morning in district court for lack of evi dence. Harter and Floyd were arrestec by the Highway Patrol Jan. 3, after Gorton reported seeing their car in an Ottawa service station. Thej were picked up south of the over pass on South Main.

When the troopers searched the car Harter and Floyd were in found hundreds of dollars worth merchandise since identified as stolen. The pair signed statements ad mitting burglaries in Johnson county and Kansas City, Mo. Following the dismissal of th charges this morning, Johnson county authorities were notified and arrangements were made turn the pair over to Johnson coun ty. The Johnson county authoritie picked Harter and Floyd up befon noon today. In addition to the charges ii Johnson county, Harter and Floyi are wanted in Jackson county fo about 16 counts of burglary.

Har ter is also wanted by authoritie in California for a parole violation The case against L. H. Foraker also scheduled for this morning i district court, was continued, unti the April term of court becaus Foraker's attorney is an activ Vsgislator. Foraker has bee charged with two counts, forger and passing a forged instrument. Bruce Spears, county clerk, wa: elected vice president of the South east Kansas County Clerk's Asso ciation at a meeting held yester day at lola.

Spears has been sec retary of the group the past year The county clerks, representin 15 counties, went over reports assessors on the question of live stock valuations for tax assessing purposes. Reports from the 15 counties wil go to the ad valorem tax depart ment of the state for coordinating with reports from other parts the state. From all reports an av erage will be determined for th classes of livestock for use in as sessing work over the state. Present at yesterdays meetin. were state tax representatives as well as representatives of the agr: culture Fred Russell, Miami wa elected president of the association.

Lamb Ambulance. Phone 380. bypass route, crossing the bypass on a viaduct. Eastbound traffic may either continue into Ottawa on this lane, or turn off at the bypass and continue around the city. Right hand turns will be made by all traffic, save where west-bound traffic joins the present to continue west toward Emporia.

Another extensive interchange is planned for the intersection with US59. Here the 4-lajie bypass route vail cross over the present highway on an overpass, present roadway is to be of the Ottawa Olathe por- of the project Is estimated $17,000,000. Several changes have been made interstate highway designations recent months, Johnson said. One route follows US50 from Kanas City through Ottawa to Em- joria, and the new Kansas Turn- ike from Emporia to the state ine south of Wichita. Highway 50 rom Emporia to Newton, former- on the Interstate system, was aken off, and highway 81, from Vewton to Salina, substituted in its place.

The other interstate- route through Kansas follows the Turn- like from Kansas City to Topeka, JS40 from Topeka to Oakley, and US24 from Oakley to the Colorado ine. The new section of highway US- 50 wiM be built similar to the Kansas Turnpike, with 4-lane traffic, tvide medial strips and controlled accesses along the entire route, Button said. Four interchanges are to be milt on the Ottawa bypass, one at the foot of Duchesne hill, southwest of Ottawa, where the new bypass will join the present US50 route, one where bhe bypass crosses US59, one where it crosses east 15th and the fourth where it corsses KC8 eas-t of Ottawa. Ottawans will be able to enter the new bypass on only two of these four access points, on East 15th or K68. Highway engineers in designing' the route determined that there would be little use in providing entrances from Ottawa to the new route on the two accesses south of Ottawa on US59 and on US50, since it would mean going out of the way a considerable distance.

Extensive interchanges are planned for the two intersections south of Ottawa, entailing considerable construction work, according to present plans of the highway commission. The first of these will be on US50, where the bypass will leave the present route and begin its swing east and north around Ottawa. This point is at the foot of Duchesne hill, about three-fourths of a mile sc.uth.west of 17th street. Here the bypass route will swing east from the present route, The present highway 50 will be xised for westbound traffic only in the interchange area. A separate lane is to be built for eastbound traffic which will begin at the top of the Duchejne hill and continue be- The widened to four lanes in the interchange area also.

No access is provided for the bypass for southbound traffic out of Ottawa, but a semi-cloverleaf is planned for traf fie from either direction on the bypass to enter IIS59 to the south, and from US59 to either direction on the new road. The other two access points, on East 15th and on K68, will be the more simple diamond design, with the new highway crossing over these present routes on overpasses. Provision is made on these accesses to enter the new highway from tthe right-hand side at all times. Another extensive structure to be built in the Ottawa area will be the new bridge over the Marais des Cygnes river, Sutton said. The structure, two bridges in reality, will he 579 feet long and will span both the river and the Missouri Pacific tracks two miles east of Ottawa.

It will be a double bridge, with separate structures side by side for east and west bound traffic. Sutton said the new bridge will be well above the level of the 1951 flood. Sutton said that it wrs hoped to have condemnation proceedings started within the next two weeks for purchase of lend for the highway, at the west end of the route, and that a field check would be started east on Thursday the right-of-way. Cheney said it was hoped first contracts for construction would be let in March. Cars Damaged In Collision A two-car collision at Eighth and Cypress at 8:44 this morning was caused by icy streets, police said.

Glenwood C. Simmons, 46, of 815 Olive, driving a 1953 Studebakor east on Eighth, and Leo A. Akers, 46. Ottawa, driving a 1957 Chevrolet south on Cypress, collided at the intersection. Police report both drivers tried to stop but slid in the ice and collided.

Damage to the cars was estimated at $300 each. Linda Robinon, 11. 846 Olive, passenger in the Simmons car, was shaken up but declined to go to a doctor. She was taken home but later was to Ransom Memorial hospital for an examination. X-rays showed no serious injury and she was released.

MANY CLAIMANTS TO ESTATE WICHITA Wv-The $17,600 estate of an aged junkman who was shot and killed here over a year ago has drawn Claimants from six i yond the junction point with the states and Scotland..