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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1962
Page
5
Prince Albert Saskatchewan AP report details a domestic dispute and a bizarre incident when an American tourist rode in a trailer undressed after his wife stopped to let bears cross a Sandy Bay highway. Police recovered him after the wife unknowingly left him behind, reuniting the couple.
John K. Mountford, a 44 year old Long Island Rail Road commuter and insurance lawyer, was chosen from about 50 000 daily riders as the winner of the Legion of Influential Rail Riders. He will use a diesel locomotive two deluxe parlor cars and white coated attendants to host 25 friends on a one day outing to Montauk on eastern Long Island with free food and drinks.
In Ann Arbor the University of Michigan Museum must find homes for eight species including black bears foxes raccoons a dodor ized skunk and turtles within three months or have them destroyed. The animals occupy the museum rear cage and reptile pit slated for removal to make room for a new 1 million building for a national center for research in animal biosystematics.
Jimmy Pullen, 32, formerly a check forger, told a Miami chamber crowd two weeks earlier that he reformed by dressing neatly and acting trustworthy. He pleaded guilty to passing 57 worthless checks totaling 4843.50 and was sentenced to one year in prison.
A U S Navy seaplane missing with 13 crewmen was sighted today on a mountain in northern Luzon. There was no immediate indication of survivors.
County forecast shows cloudy conditions through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms late tonight and Saturday forenoon. Temperatures hold steady with overnight low 65 to 70 and Saturday afternoon highs in the 90s.
The fragment suggests a speaker mocks a simple justice outcome where Britain imprisons Leblen, the United States bears medical costs, and an Israeli airline fails financially by denying passengers. It reflects sharp political commentary with unnamed individuals and entities.
The government says all thalidomide it found in doctors' hands in the United States has been destroyed or impounded. Officials have not located 158 of 1,231 doctors reported to have received it for investigational use. The drug, a tranquilizer and sleeping pill from Germany, is blamed for baby deformities. It was never marketed in the United States but was given to doctors for experimentation.
Pat Lane, mother of an eight month old thalidomide survivor Julie, says she will push a legal case for compensation for hundreds of British babies affected by the drug. She plans to organize a fund to pursue a test case against the drug maker or authorities. A warning was issued about a new contraceptive pill after a British woman died from a thrombosis linked to the synthetic hormone.
Britain orders El Al to carry fugitive psychiatrist Dr Robert Soblen to New York after Soblen slashed himself en route from Israel. El Al refuses, Greece Britain and Home Office hold talks as lawyers seek to block deportation by other airlines. Pan American says Soblen cannot fly on its remaining direct flight to New York, with Shannon, Ireland as a stop. Israel reactions vary as cabinet members debate expulsion.
Kansas traffic death log shows 329 fatalities in August 1962 through 9 am Friday, compared with 313 for the same period in 1961. The Topeka AP summary records 24 hour tolls and notes year to date totals.
Janet Lindsey and Vicki Coltrane were treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a car overturned on K68 east of Richter. Janet, a Pomona Herald carrier, suffered bruises and possible hip injuries while Vicki had minor cuts and a possible broken collar bone. Police say Janet lost control as the vehicle slid onto the north ditch, skidding about 250 feet before overturning in a culvert. both girls escaped serious injuries.
Amarillo bulletin reports that Porter County grand jury indicted promoter Billie Sol Estes, head of Commercial Solvents Corp in New York and Townsend Plan founder. Related figure R. E. Bob Clements, 67, who is described as a civil leader and Townsend Plan founder, surrendered earlier today.
A report notes fatal and nonfatal thromboembolic cases among Enovid users and cites reviews in the United States and statements from medical journals. Dr. Edwin J. Decosta of Chicago says only hints of serious effects exist and no proof of causation. A British Medical Journal spokesman referenced a reliable source for American deaths but withheld specifics.
In Williamsburg 2 year old Jerry Thouvnell wandered from home after dark. Neighbors prepared to search when Dan Fogle nearby heard crying and found the boy in tall grass about a mile from home. He sustained only a lip cut from the trek.
Robertson Motor Co. acquires Price Motor Co. ending Prices 50 year Ford agency. Merle Price and Ralph Robertson receive Ford Detroit approval to consolidate. Merle Price and Gene Price will run financing and the Robertson Ford agency remains at 115 E. 3rd with Mercury and Studebaker lines. Lincoln excluded. Grand opening planned within weeks.
Police Chief Eugene Flaherty announced strict enforcement of city bicycle ordinances including lights, side walk riding bans, and single file riding. After Esther Garrison was injured by a sidewalke rider in the Otawa district, violators face up to 100 dollars fine and up to 10 days in jail. juveniles go to juvenile court, others to police court.
The State Board of Equalization denied Thomas Gleason of 420 W. 4th Street an appeal to lower his 12,075 property assessment. After Franklin County Commissioners rejected a reduction on May 26, the state board found the Gleason property not assessed higher than similar Franklin County properties and ruled no tax reduction is justified.
Attorney General William Ferguson ruled that attaching territory to Ottawa for school purposes is legal and may include land not contiguous to the city. The decision affects the Princeton district island surrounded by Ottawa, with officials from Princeton seeking to block the annexation. The ruling follows past court challenges and a district court demurrer.
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