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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1959
Page
6
MABEL CHANDLER reports numerous area families and friends visiting relatives across the region. Marshall Ibeson from San Bernardino and others from Emporia Wichita Topeka Manhattan and Kansas City joined relatives in Marshall and nearby towns for gatherings and visits.
Wichita AP report details Kansas Turnpike enforcement by a light aircraft unit. A pilot times cars between mileposts, calling in offenses when a mile takes under 45 seconds, about 80 mph. Ground troopers then stop the violators as Maj. J. Lloyd Vincent leads the patrol.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives on Sept 15 for two days at the White House and visits major U.S. cities including New York City Los Angeles San Francisco Des Moines and Ames Iowa with side trips to the Garst corn farm in Coon Rapids Iowa Also planned are a National Press Club address a televised question session at the White House and an address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City
Wichita, James Hatfield and Walter Wiltse pilot the plane. Maj. Vincent says speed calculations haven’t been successfully challenged in court. Weekend drivers are the worst speeders. Their favorite stretch is the 56 miles through the Flint Hills between El Dorado and Emporia. Arrests for speeding mounted to 516 in the first seven months of 1959 and 117 of them were initiated by the air patrol.
Katmandu Nepal April 5 AP The Nepal government investigates reports that Red Chinese troops seek authority in border areas of the Himalayan kingdom Prime Minister B P Koirala says border disputes cannot be treated as calculated incidents by China but cautions that Chinese techniques require vigilance The 400 mile frontier to the north with Chinese controlled Tibet is virtually undefended.
In Topeka AP Democrats under Governor Docking take 4-3 control of the Kansas Turnpike Authority at a reorganizing meeting. The new board may seek to question or terminate general counsel Dale Spiegel and the $22,500 Moss contract, as Docking critics anticipate likely turnover of turnpike staff and eventual renewal timing.
President Eisenhower's two day Paris itinerary centers on private talks with Charles de Gaulle. A state dinner tomb ceremony at the unknown soldier arch and a Hotel de Ville reception will mark the visit. Ike lands Sept 2 at Le Bourget, meets de Gaulle, then conferences at the Elysee, with a Spaak NATO session and a news conference on Sept 3 before departing Sept 4.
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