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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1961
Page
4
Franklin County's Side Swipes brochure, now on sale, earns praise from Nyle H. Miller of the Kansas State Historical Society for its wealth of information and pictures. The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce fundraiser supports Centennial costs.
Senate subcommittee hearings found evidence that strikes and slowdowns at Cape Canaveral enriched union members and delayed missile programs. Wages rose with overtime. unions led the walkouts, with Palmer of Local 756 and Morgan of the Teamsters named. McClellan says he may draft a defense installation protection bill.
The report lists a high near 60 this afternoon with showers tomorrow. It notes yesterday’s high 60 and low today 40, with year age high 65 and low 55. Record highs 96 in 1910 and record lows 30 in 1909. Hourly readings are garbled beyond recognition.
President Kennedy convened the National Security Council in a special Saturday session amid rising concern over Soviet-backed Laotian rebel advances. Officials withheld steps, while Kennedy returned to Washington after a Chicago speech underscoring U.S. defense commitments.
Ottawa University marks centennial exhibits in two sections at Tany Jones and Myers Library Mammel Art Center. Display includes Margaret Whit temore's Sketch book of Kansas Landmarks and Charles Sandersons Kansas landmarks, plus historical documents and a senior art student show. Dean Bemmels Greer and Hickman lead coordination. Tony Jones Hall, built 1869, now houses music drama and radio. rebuilt after a 1875 fire and remodeled in 1924.
In Algiers diehard OAS supporters remain active days after the revolt failed. Tracts call for new resistance to De Gaulle and pledge to preserve European dominance. Officials warn the European underground remains a threat amid army and police purges.
In Laos, Gen. Phoumi Nosavan sends Lt. Col. Siho Lamphouthakou to Vang Khi to urge a cease-fire with Pathet Lao rebels north of Vientiane. Western observers note Phoumi’s peace gesture comes after unsuccessful broadcasts and fresh rebel offensives near the capital.
In Laos a dawn attack by about 200 pro Communist troops hit Ban Keun, a key government town 44 miles north of Vientiane. Royal troops rushed to reinforce a garrison of one company as a helicopter flew in four wounded soldiers. Details remain scarce.
Washington AP A Senate subcommittee awaits word from Allen Dulles on whether the CIA chief will testify about the Cuba invasion. Morse asked Dulles to appear with acting Secretary Bowles for secret briefings on the invasion and future Cuba plans, but Bowles’ schedule postponed hearings to Monday due to emergencies in foreign relations.
Mrs. Anna Laffer of Kansas City Kansas was chosen worthy supreme commander at the 55th annual convention of the Order of True Kindred, a women’s Masonic group. Elected officers included Luella Farquhar, Virgil Anderson, Marie Raffelock, Lucille Anderson, Ethelyn Crawford, Margarette Hume, and Emma Spencer in key posts across Kansas and Missouri.
Richard Wagstaff reports from London that Lloyds of London issued a Friday directive banning outlandish attire in The Room where major insurance business is conducted. Scarlet-coated messengers will refuse entrance to employees and messengers wearing Italian jackets tight pants or winkle pickers as officials insist on a sober dress code.
Kansas City police chief Bernard Brannon discharged and two senior officers Lt. Col. Don Bishop and Maj. John Harvey were indicted on perjury charges by the Jackson County grand jury. Sheriff Arvid Owsley said warrants were issued for Brannon’s arrest as he remains on leave since April 19. The indictments followed Brannon’s dismissal by a new police board amid claims of juggled crime reports and unreported burglaries totaling hundreds.
Ottawa hosts the Franklin County Chautauqua with a 3 p.m. parade from Main to Tecumseh and a 7:30 p.m. Cook Field program. Gov. John Anderson and Harry Darby are slated to ride in the parade. Parking restrictions are in place noon to 6 p.m. from the bridge to 5th Street.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The U S space program nears its first man in space flight as a tall white rocket and capsule sit on the launch pad NASA plans a dawn lift next Tuesday about 20 days after Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth The mission uses a Redstone missile to send a 3000 pound capsule about 115 miles up for a 15 minute ride with about five minutes of weightlessness and up to 11 g forces a recovery by Navy and Air Force vessels is planned southeast of the pad
Washington AP report on Operation Alert 1961 phase one shows the emergency system fast and reliable while indicating many Americans would die needlessly. President Kennedy announced the warning as sirens wailed during a half hour of broadcast interruption. The test involved 7.5 million government workers and exposed the need for more fallout shelter space in buildings at modest cost.
ARLES France AP eight months ago Leon Rastelli stopped paying rent on his residence. Friday police evicted Rastelli and found a skeleton in ragged clothing on the bed. A police surgeon estimated death occurred about 18 months ago.
Three youths escaped serious injuries when the car they rode in collapsed a bridge over Middle Creek in southern Franklin County. Driver Jerry Fann 17 of Waverly and passengers Larry Wendling 16 of Burlington and Keith Van Valkenburg 17 of Williamsburg suffered cuts and bruises. The northbound car struck the west railing, the bridge collapsed, and both car and bridge fell into the creek where about a foot of water was present.
A National Safety Council report shows traffic accidents killed 2,700 people last month, up 14 percent from March 1960. The first three months of 1961 totalled 7,730 deaths, only 1 percent above the year-ago period, as prescription drug mentions appear for Raney Drug CH2-300griod.
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