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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1961
Page
4
At the Third Annual Ottawa Denominational Relays a participant briefly realized his shorts were missing during warmups. After a moment of silence and astonished shouts, he recovered his poise and continued competing.
In Albuquerque, two larger classmates of Gary Brown at Monroe Junior High had been taking his lunch. The ninth grade student absorbed the missing meals while Gary retaliated by spreading varnish and turpentine on his sandwich. The incident left the two husky boys in the school nurse's room with a temporary illness.
Frank Grecco, 39 and father of three, will move from cleaning Clifton High classrooms to teaching. The Clifton native, to be graduated from Montclair State College, will receive an $8 weekly raise as he assumes the new role.
In Jerusalem AP report, Columbia University professor Dr. Salo Wittmayer Baron, a Jewish history scholar, is named as a key witness in the Eichmann trial. He is slated to testify as hearings in Jerusalem resume Monday about the scale of the European Jewish destruction during World War II.
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with considerable cloudiness. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening and continuing tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s this afternoon, tonight lows in the mid 30s, Sunday highs in the upper 70s.
Ottawa. Kelsey reports 0.73 inch moisture early today with heaviest rain at 1 30 a m. A tornado last night damaged farms near Kincaid and leveled two barns. Forbes AFB near Topeka saw roof torn from a barracks. A tornado skirted Kansas City south limits. Jefferson City saw two homes damaged. Large hail hit St Louis. widespread cloud cover and pending thunderstorm return in eastern Kansas tonight.
Four retired French generals seized power in Algiers to block negotiations with Algerian rebels. De Gaulle sent aides from Paris to quell the coup as paratroopers who toppled the Fourth Republic in 1958 backed the insurgents. Rebel Maurice Challe claimed control over Algeria, while De Gaulle asserted loyal forces remained in the capital. Ferhat Abbas urged Muslims to organize against the paratroopers.
Ottawa High School senior Bob Lewis won the pie eating contest at the Spring Party last night by finishing the first cherry pie in 30 seconds and consuming four more pies. Runner up Ronnie Showalter ate three pies. A polka contest slated for the event was canceled.
Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am showing 33 fatalities during April, 1961, compared with 140 for the comparable 1960 period and 119 for the same 1960 period.
Radio Swan urged Battalions 2 and 5 not to surrender as help is on the way. The same broadcast directed Mission Alborada to advance and referenced Battalions 7 and 4 toward Point 7. Exiles in Miami planned a hunger strike urging action by OAS and Western Hemisphere nations to stop the bloodbath in Cuba.
President Kennedy plans a Camp David meeting with former President Eisenhower to brief him on the Cuba crisis and seek wide support for steps to confront the pro Communist government. The White House said Cuba would be the focal topic, with possible broader Cold War issues on the table.
The Cuban revolutionary council assigns responsibility to MI6 aircraft and Soviet tanks for losses on Cuba’s beaches. Jose Miro Cardona calls it a setback, insisting the majority of landings proceed despite the reversal. He cites uncoordinated actions with forces inside Cuba and those returning to the fatherland.
The General Assembly adopted a U.S. backed resolution urging action by all member states to ease Cuba U S tensions. It rejected a Mexican pro posal backed by Cuba and the Soviet bloc calling for non interference and restraint to prevent civil war.
In Moscow, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told President Kennedy the invasion of Cuba is a crime that has revolted the world. He alleged the United States prepared, financed, armed, and transported the mercenary bands. Khrushchev warned Kennedy he is following a dangerous path.
A United Nations style vote saw 59 to 13 in favor with Cuba Guinea Lebanon Morocco and the Soviet bloc among the opposing sides and 14 abstentions recorded.
In Uruguaiana Brazil and Argentina pledged to counter Communist penetration in the Western Hemisphere and support Kennedy's Alliance for Progress for Latin America. Presidents Janio Quadros and Arturo Frondizi agreed to permanent consultation on all common matters and to coordinate actions across the continent. A veteran diplomat called it a historic close two nation cooperation.
New York AP reports famed concert radio and television singer James Melton died Friday night at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 57. His attorney Charles B. Seaton said more details would be released later. Melton began with the Roxy Gang at the Roxy Theater and rose to prominence at the Metropolitan Opera as a leading tenor.
A twin engine C47 from the Federal Aviation Agency center in Oklahoma City crashed near Mustang Oklahoma on Friday killing three flight instructors. Identified as Donald E. Harper 37 Norman Oklahoma Thomas E. Donnelly Kansas City Missouri and Robert A Cole Denver Colorado all experienced pilots.
Ann Landers, famed columnist from Chicago, will visit Ottawa to address a family life conference at First Methodist Church. The event includes films A Family Affair and Fears of Children at 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m., with discussions led by Norman Rogers and Elizabeth Sprague after the showings.
Ottawa officials met with Burns and McDonnell engineers to review a survey of area electric power facilities. The Kansas City firm studies a possible power hookup among Ottawa Kansas City Chanute Iola Erie and Coffeyville to reduce long term capital costs. Final form of the study is at least a month away for formal submission to the participating towns. The project would be funded mainly by the cities.
Air Force Maj. Bob White piloted the X15 rocket plane from Edwards Air Force Base to a new controlled flight speed record of 3140 mph and 103000 feet, despite engine quits and a cabin leak, describing the test as routine and noting the experimental program can show unusual issues.
Washington AP reports the Space Agency postponed a Mercury capsule test launch until next week but maintains plans for a manned Mercury flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida within the next two weeks. The weekend launch was delayed and rescheduled.
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