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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1958
Page
6
Associated Press reports early moon mission plans face huge challenges for precision and timing. A three stage rocket must reach about 25 000 mph and slow to 3 000 mph near the moon to achieve orbit and return. scientists seek close up lunar data and photos while measuring magnetic fields and meteors, choosing a favorable moon phase for impact and photography.
Ottawa meters display new feeding hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays with holidays excluded. Enforcement begins next Wednesday night with mild initial steps as residents adapt to the change. In New Jersey, Saddle River bans all business activity on Sundays under a new law. Violators face up to 200 dollars in fines and 90 days in jail. Saddle River, a 1500-resident borough, imposed the measure.
In Washington AP Gus Zapas an Indianapolis Teamster official and former convict denied discussing with Chicagoans in 1953 the disposal of ransom money. The panel probes the missing 300000 from the 1954 Greenlease ransom case as Kennedy hints more details may surface during hearings amid broader probes including the Probstein disappearance.
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Saturday will be generally fair and warm then turn cooler. Highs 90 to 95, tonight’s low near 70. Yesterday’s high 94, low 72. River stage 2.05 feet this morning.
Ottawa area soldiers from Company B 305th Signal Battalion plan two weeks of training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. About 75 percent depart by train Saturday night with others traveling eight vehicles by road. Advance party leaves Friday. personnel include Lt Lester Sallee and Lt James M. Ragan among many names.
Pravda the Communist party newspaper called President Eisenhower's Middle East plan two faced and aimed at pressuring Arab nations while praising the economic development idea as basic. Soviet media denounced U.S. and British forces in Lebanon and Jordan and urged immediate withdrawal amid broad coverage.
McCarthy Improvement Co of Davenport, Iowa won the Ottawa flood control Stage 1 contract for the Marais des Cygnes banks at Ottawa with a bid of 979,707.50 dollars. Area Engineer C R Perry stated work will begin within 10 days, lasting about 450 calendar days, and include 2.6 miles of levee, channel improvements, riprap, and drainage structures under Kansas City district supervision.
Western diplomats support a Norwegian plan giving Dag Hammarskjold a major role in Eisenhower Middle East efforts. The plan seeks Hammarskjold leading steps toward Lebanon and Jordan independence, troop withdrawal, an economic foundation, and a mobile UN peace force with a Sept. 30 report to the Assembly. In Topeka, a former aide to Gov. Docking said a Wichita Teamsters official donated 3500 to the 1956 campaign. Theis denied remembering such a contribution or its source.
H. E. DeTar of Wellsville has been appointed director of the Franklin County Guidance Center at Ransom Memorial Hospital. He will fill the unexpired term of Rev. Loyal Hiatt, who has been transferred to Iowa. Hiatt was appointed to a two year term a year ago.
President Eisenhower dismissed reports of a U S surrender study as ridiculous. Senate debate continued over funding, with Hagerty denying any public money for such a study and asserting no money would be spent even if approved.
Traffic death records show 316 fatalities this year to date in 1958, with 4 fatalities in the last 24 hours, contrasting with 315 the same period in 1957 as reported by the State Accident Records Section.
The Richmond Free Fair runs Aug 18 to 20 with a parade at 4 p m on final day and a Nursery Rhymes theme for floats except 4 H. Monday features entry day, livestock judging, a baseball game, an amateur contest with prelims and finals, plus a state checker tournament begins Tuesday afternoon. A tractor derby and Can You Take It Show follow, with Shodeos, band concert, a radio TV entertainers program, and Capper Trophy for top 10 corn cars final night. Bookmobile display Tue/Wed.
Cleanup work is continuing on businesses damaged by smoke from Monday's fire at United Chemical Co. and Cusick's Cafe in the 100 block of South Main. Don Shade, manager of Tally Theater, said the theater would reopen with a matinee Sunday, located one door north of Cusick's Cafe. He noted extensive painting, cleaning of seats and carpets, and removal of smoke odor.
Indianapolis lawyer testified the missing Davey Probstein feared dangerous associates and a risky mission before vanishing during a trip from June 6 1955 He spoke to his lawyer June 5 asking care for his wife if the worst came The Senate Rackets panel probes Teamsters chief Hoffa affairs and Probstein links.
Weather stayed hot and humid with a 1 p.m. unofficial high of 92 and 94 yesterday, marking four straight days above 90. Overnight low was 72 as forecasts predict continued warmth with possible showers and thunderstorms. State rainfall included Smith Center 1.35 inches and Phillipsburg 1.05. the hot spot reached 102 at Phillipsburg or Irwin, while Ottawa hit 103 a year ago today.
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