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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
1
City public works director Matt S. Madden steps down citing added benefits in private employment. The resignation ends his tenure overseeing municipal projects and personnel.
Reed McKinley, the ailing Kansas City city manager, said he is definitely interested in returning to the post. City public works director Matt S Madden resigned to return to Kansas City Title Insurance, citing city lack of retirement benefits. The council had accepted McKinley’s resignation with a vacancy to be filled, with a new manager to be chosen early next month. Madden will leave June 3 to rejoin the insurance firm, where he previously worked and where a retirement plan exists.
About 50 visitors toured the new downtown Kansas City public school district offices at 1211 McGee Street. They saw the five floor aluminum and glass tower with beige interiors, color coordinated to charcoal on the 10th floor and blue on the eighth, while 200 staff will start Monday.
Premier Khrushchev declares that Western powers will lose military rights in the divided city if the Reds sign a separate treaty with East Germany, signaling a shift in postwar arrangements. The ultimatum comes as East and West negotiators push parallel pacts amid Cold War tensions.
Premier Khrushchev warned Western powers would lose rights to keep troops in Berlin after a separate peace with East Germany. He accused Eisenhower of deceit, calling him a thief in aerial spying and blaming him for the collapse of the summit conference. He said Eisenhower knew of spy flights and accused him of subterfuge regarding future flights.
Police canine units led officers to four men near Municipal Stadium after German Shepherds growled at 10:40 PM. The group had removed a man hole cover causing a traffic hazard and faced municipal court fines of 50 dollars each for drunk in public and property destruction.
Washington reports Pioneer V has reached ten million miles from Earth and continues to send signals. Officials note battery leaks may affect future transmissions and cannot confirm if signals will reach the 100 million mile distance.
Partly cloudy with thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight in the lower 60s. High tomorrow in the 70s. Humidity at 6 am 79 percent, 1 pm 66 percent. Barometer 29.74 inches at 6 am, 29.66 at 1 pm. River stage 7.9 feet, Lake of the Ozarks 4.6 feet below full. 24 hour precipitation ending noon 0.12 inches. Dial BA 1-9211 for daily inspiration.
Premier Khrushchev faced boos as he rode through Paris on farewell calls after blocking a summit revival. President Eisenhower greeted crowds with shouts of bravo during a Notre Dame visit. Eisenhower Khrushchev and Macmillan depart for capitals tomorrow.
Khrushchev attacked U S allies saying the next President must decide alone. He faulted Prime Minister MacMillan and President De Gaulle for failing to secure an Eisenhower spy plane apology. He praised De Gaulle and MacMillan for summit efforts and warned the West a separate East German treaty could end Western troop rights in Berlin.
The American Red Cross volunteer group is praised as the greatest vehicle for female compassion. Mrs Abbot Mills will become director within a month and partners with Mrs Robert Whitelaw Wilson, current volunteer director, both noting volunteers aid those in need regardless of race creed or nationality.
AFL CIO president Meany opposes legislation to dissolve the Teamsters monitor system and ban future monitor control of unions. Guterma and Roach drop charges of acting as foreign agents. Plane wreckage found near Borger Texas area. Mr. and Mrs. A C Tanner dead. 108 million in loans for distressed areas proposed by Rep Van Zandt. Five Negro students fined for sit down at drugstore lunch counter. Air Force announces high altitude radiation measurements planned with sounding rockets.
Long negotiations end with adjournment subject to call as unions in Long discuss a halt. The paper notes the stalled talks and hints at potential redraft of labor demands amid ongoing industry-wide pressure.
Western observers glimpse Marshal Rodion Malinovsky as Khrushchev's constant companion at the Paris summit. The Soviet defense minister, stocky and square jawed, could influence Kremlin politics as a key figure in the talks and their fallout.
J Lee Laptad steps down as mayor amid pressure from an ongoing investigation in Olathe. City officials confirm the resignation and pledge a transparent transition.
Mayor J Lee Laptad resigns effective immediately amid a dispute over a Civil Defense surplus truck bought by the city for 45 and sold for 800. Johnson County Attorney John J Gardner planned to file ouster papers at 8 30 am. If Huggins and Brown cannot agree on a successor, city attorney H Tom Payne would break the deadlock. Leighton Spadone Civil Defense director led a truck resale probe and noted private sale was prohibited.
Vice President Nixon says two Russian officials with diplomatic status were observed seeking secret information in Springfield, Massachusetts as Khrushchev campaigned at the United Nations. He notes no arrest at the time and mentions later discussion at a news conference. FBI handled the case. no official U.S. comment.
Forecaster Robert W. Smith says moist Gulf air blankets Missouri and Kansas with intermittent showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Highs will reach the 70s with overnight lows in the lower 60s as rain totals march on for the month and year.
The House Ways and Means Committee postponed a vote on a new health care plan for the aged. Members spent the morning reviewing a proposal similar to the Eisenhower administration plan for protecting against catastrophic illness costs, funded jointly by the federal government and the states.
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