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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1960
Page
3
A damaged OCR page fragment references police activity, a break in at a concession stand, and various locals and vendors. It mentions a person named Poivier, Sheriff officers checking prints, and the Rein's Pass incident, but most details are unclear due to corruption.
A garbled OCR passage mentioning names and locations with scattered terms like county, race, and events. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent facts, making it difficult to identify a clear person, team, or outcome.
In Holmdel New Jersey Bell Telephone Lab scientists test a giant antenna and radio receiver on Crawford Hill to explore satellite communications. Balloons and a huge sky mirror aim to replace Transatlantic cables by bouncing signals via satellites, allowing global radio and TV transmission with reduced interference.
The item lists agricultural prices for beans wheat corn oats butterfat eggs and hens from Goldstone California and describes a space test plan. It explains balloons and later satellites intended to relay signals instantaneously by remaining fixed relative to the Earth, using multiple satellites to ensure continuous coverage.
Federal social security payments totaled 1,720,020 yearly to 2,534 Franklin County residents as of December 31 1959, up 7.2 percent since February 1959. In Kansas 187,657 recipients averaged 10,481,732 monthly nationwide about 15,750,000 received roughly 10 billion last year. Franklin payments include 1,538 retired workers 101,339. spouses 18,732. widows 9,701. children 8,620. 34 disabled workers 2,952. 36 misc 1,948. Miami County 1,840 recipients total 1,974,196. Anderson County 1,241 recipients 841,996.
A masked quartet robbed the Safeway store today in Kansas City, fleeing with part of the cash after overpowering the cashier. The burglars, armed with pistols and one with a car, escaped in a blue 1958 Chevrolet with a confederate. Local residents heard the alarm as two bags of money were seized from the cash cage. Police seek information on the defendants and the blue car.
Dozens of questions on water supply in Miami County are being answered by Don Miller of the Federal and State Geological Surveys based at The University of Kansas. He is mapping and collecting data around Paola for a ground water report, under the direction of W. C. Fishel.
Riverside police report the brutal killings of Charles Livel, 45, and his wife Sylvia, 7, victims found slashed and tied face down in their Riverside bedroom. Chief J A Bennett calls the act a sadistic murder as investigators probe possible torture for information. Roberta Irwin, a neighbor, found the couple.
President Eisenhower arrived at Camp David after a helicopter landing on a local baseball diamond in Hermon Md. A car met the president and he proceeded to the retreat on the Catoctin Mountain grounds. He left Washington and expected to return to Arlington late Sunday.
The Justice Department won access to voter records in Montgomery Alabama and moved quickly to launch a civil rights probe in five Southern counties. FBI agents collected voting and registration lists in Gwinnett County Georgia the day the new investigation was announced in Washington. Governor LeRoy Collins of Florida said he had not received complaints about Negro voting rights in Union County but would expect a department inquiry if jurisdiction allows. Registrars in Le flore Bolivar and Forrest counties Mississippi were also drawn into the probe as U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. ordered state courts to release records within 15 days and rejected the claim that the 1960 civil rights law is unconstitutional.
Kansas livestock prices show cattle steady and sheep with adequate demand. Markets note utilities and tests, with figures indicating balanced supplies and steady rates across categories.
Two truckers were cited by highway patrol on Interstate 35 in Franklin County. Gerald F. Clemons of Nevada Missouri pled guilty to hauling interstate without registration and to driving a 5,000 pound plus truck 4 miles per hour over limit, paying 40 and 10 dollars respectively. Tad Tsutsumi of Kansas City Missouri pled guilty to driving 62 miles per hour a 4,600 pound truck, posting 14 dollar bond and awaiting court on August 7. The truck speed limit for heavy trucks is 50 mph.
About 200 tickets remain for Ottawa to attend the Kansas City home game versus the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 19. Bus seats are offered, with lower grandstand seats at $2 each through the Chamber of Commerce. Transportation not included. Unsold tickets to be returned to Kansas City after 4 p.m. Aug. 19.
Vernon Bechtle 68 a retired engineer for the water and light department died today at Ransom Memorial Hospital at 6 45 PM after fading health. He was married to Martha A and lived most of his life in Ottawa. Survived by widow four sons and one daughter a sister and several grandchildren. Funeral services at 2 50 PM with burial in Princeton Cemetery.
Fragmented obituary notes funeral services for Philip A Ana fooc and several pallbearers. names include Jal Homeon and P. Knight. organ music and AM lodge members referenced. burial expected.
Publisher of the Coffey Journal says Russians appear surprisingly friendly to Pravda while avoiding outright belief in propaganda. He recalls a Russian official noting selective truth in what they read and urges cautious interpretation of Soviet messaging.
First published legal notice to creditors heirs and devisees of George W Baker deceased. Herman C Hall named executor by Franklin County Kansas Probate Court on July 1950s. letters testamentary issued July 4 1960. Creditors must exhibit claims within nine months. Donald R White attorney for executor. probate judge Robert L Pinet presiding. Also city notices report Wellsville city tank painting progress fence fencing and new traffic officer hire plus local community updates on Legion College attendance and bid advertise for 1960 concrete street improvements in Ottawa Kansas.
The entry notes second place for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Green on West Third with attention to towers and lawn. Honorable mention goes to Densil Cox on Pine for Premises 2. The yard of the month plaque is installed in the winner’s yard each month and awards occur only in summer.
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