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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1960
Page
6
Dr. Vivian Henderson of Fisk University urged over 500 Negroes in Nashville to continue downtown boycotts to end lunch counter segregation. He said millions of dollars are lost by the city over a 25 cent hamburger as part of the Easter boycott slogan No fashions for Easter.
Robert Barnes at 826 Ash CH offers upholstery and canvas services including truck seats, tarps, combine canopies, and canvas awnings. Repairs highlighted as guaranteed with customer satisfaction.
Hollywood AP reports Ben Hur the 18 million dollar epic captured 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for William Wyler. It faced controversy over screenplay, while Room for Ishmail won best screenplay. Charlton Heston earned best actor. Simone Signoret best actress for Room for the French actress. Shelley Winters took best supporting actress for The Diary of Anne Frank. Gigi won nine Oscars. Memphis sit-ins and Alabama Birmingham protests surface amid broader civil rights tensions following the ceremony.
Venus probe work begins with 85 foot radio telescope listening for messages from intelligent life. Project Ozma, led by Dr Frank Drake, uses a giant ear to scan nearby stars for coded signals, a venture with slim odds but potential to answer if life exists beyond Earth. The search, in Green Bank West Virginia, may resume later with stronger receivers.
French President Charles de Gaulle arrives by jet to London for a three day state visit with Queen Elizabeth II. He plans talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on Western Europe economic splits and agendas for the East West summit next month.
Earl Wilson, 21, sentenced to hang May 25, has filed notice of appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court. The appeal stays execution pending review. If upheld, a new hanging date will be set. Wilson helped abduct and rape an 18 year old in Kansas City, Kansas on Sept 10.
An offer promotes a booklet titled Arhtritis and Rheumatism describing a non surgical treatment proven since 1919. It claims drugs provide only temporary relief and urges readers to write to The Ball Clinic Dept 1514 Excelsior Springs Missouri for the free instructional book with no obligation.
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