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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1960
Page
4
New York AP piece humorously credits a wife as the best emergency aid at home. A cat climbs onto an air conditioner and nearly falls nine stories. Frances calmly retrieves the cat while Rover frets about danger and a potential break in. Tracy witnesses the rescue with relief.
A look at how conflict of interest charges in business are handled by government and industry. Reactions range from stricter policing by government to self policing by firms, with cases involving officials, gifts, loans, and stock dealings prompting calls for tighter rules and ethics standards.
Lockport police said two teenage boys admitted beating and stabbing widow Margaret Timkey as she surprised them while looting her home. Timkey, 686, was struck on the head, stabbed in the back with an icepick, bound and blindfolded.
A caller describes long term rheumatoid arthritis rheumatism and bursitis with severe muscular soreness and joint pain. She asks for free information and provides the address Mrs Lela Wier 2805 Arbor Hills Drive B-54 P O Box 2695 Jackson Mississippi for response.
Karen Kemline, nine, survived a life threatening leg wound after blood transfusions were given despite her Jehovah’s Witness parents’ opposition. Doctors at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Walnut Creek had urged transfusion to stop fatal bleeding. Judge Taylor instructed the doctor to perform the transfusion, and Karen is recovering.
Mr and Mrs Carl Fetters and son DeSoto were guests at the Gordon Hale home. Numerous visitors and relatives arrive from across the country for family health matters and social visits. The Morrows move to the Dean Martin house west of Princeton and Cynthia Ann Boyer visits her grandparents in town.
Detroit AP reports a brisk start to 1961 model car production with five nameplates in play. Valiant leads compact builds at 3,742 units, followed by Plymouth with 3,075 and Dodge Lancer at 2,501. Buick Special joins the compact wave as GM expands its lineup.
Gen Barry Goldwater said conservative Republicans are volunteering to help Nixon Lodge for the November ticket. He noted conservatives who once criticized the GOP platform now back the Nixon Lodge national ticket and expect others to join. Goldwater, head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, cited widespread volunteer support and encouraging mail as momentum grows.
Mrs. George Snow Jr. and Mrs. George Snow Sr. visited Mrs. Lot the Hobbs of Fort Scott and Sharon with Mrs. Earl Kram and Mise Wilda Mae Thompson of Kansas City to visit their mother Mrs. Clara Thompson. They returned home after the visit. Ralph Platt of Osawatomie and Bill Kutler took the Lane Little League team to Kansas City to see the A’s play Washington in a double header. Mr. and Mrs. Al Haskell and family of Lake of the Forest visited her father Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Gerth. Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Stevenson of Mound City visited Mr. and Mrs. Thad Stevenson.
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