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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1959
Page
6
Ronald Gardner pleaded guilty in OLATHE to driving 52 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone. Magistrate William S. Allen fined him 2 cents and said he did not want another similar case in his court. Gardner could not pay and left a paycheck with the county clerk as security until the fine was paid.
Nicolina Castagna, 89, of New Brunswick is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses after police found a cruise ticket and $2,000 sewn in her bloomers and another $1,500 in clothing. On relief since 1944, she was arrested as her ship’s departure neared and held on $10,000 bail.
In Minneapolis the American Legion rejected four resolutions to erase the color line in the 40 and 8 by laws but prepared for a floor fight. Delegates from Alaska California Hawaii and Minnesota largely based their votes on technical grounds. Supporters planned a minority report and roll call to push for ending white only auxiliary limits, while the Legion itself carries no racial by law.
Federal and state forestry officials report that almost 200000 acres of California timber and brushlands have been burned this year amid bone-dry conditions in San Francisco.
Partly cloudy and humid weather continues through Thursday with highs in the 90s. Tonight's low ranges from 68 to 75, and afternoon temperatures similarly reach the 90s across the period.
Air Force sergeant Thomas L. Howlett says a cinnabar mercury claim near Cold Bay Alaska could be worth about 40 million dollars. He and Doyle Mayberry formed a corporation to develop the vein, while Howlett remains at Castle Air Force Base to continue flying and oversee the business.
President Eisenhower renewed pressure on Congress to repeal the 4 percent interest ceiling on government bonds and raise savings bond rates from 8 percent. House leaders remain torn over granting higher yields while others push a broader housing and highway funding package as adjournment nears. The Treasury argues the cap hampers debt management and risks inflation from short-term borrowing.
A Pan American World Airways flight en route from London to New York reported a twin birth over the Atlantic. The mother, Mrs. William B. Stivers, was traveling to Bethlehem, Kentucky, to give birth at her in law’s home. Doctors and stewardesses aided, with the twins announced as girls and mother and babies doing well at Banting Hospital, Gander.
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today total two. For 1959 year to date deaths reach 383, versus 338 in the comparable period of 1958.
More than 1000 spectators watch Joe Blaine of Erie Kansas drive his team to a 7 425 pound win by a narrow margin over Delmar Woolery of Thayer. Forbes airmen and dogs perform precision drills as 19 teams compete. 4 H exhibits, beef judging, and an annual fair parade highlight a day of events in Ottawa.
Oklahoma City police say 13 year old John Wayne Woods confessed to starting a Monday night fire at the Cato Oil and Grease Co. plant. Seven firefighters were injured, and the blaze damaged crude oil storage tanks, warehouses, and tank cars worth over a million dollars. The youth, described as a relative’s missing person, cited dislike for plant workers as motive. He has a history of mental illness.
British leaders hail Eisenhowers European trip as a major peace initiative. Macmillan and Eisenhower aim to shape strategies with Khrushchev, De Gaulle, and Adenauer, stressing Allied unity to meet Soviet communism while preserving NATO bonds and Germanys future.
Warm weather continued in Ottawa today as the weather bureau warned of possible thunderstorms in the state’s western section and along the eastern border. A cool front moved into the northwest last night then retreated, triggering light rain including a half inch at Osage City.
New York AP Union President David J. McDonald returns to contract negotiations with major steel producers denying any use of the Taft Hartley Act to force strikers back to work as the seven week dispute remains unsettled. President Eisenhower and industry negotiator R Conrad Cooper urge collective bargaining as the solution. The union seeks a 15 cent per hour yearly wage package, a figure McDonald calls misleading.
Three show ponies valued at about $2000 were stolen from Paul H. Gaynor of 1333 S. Cedar from a pasture south of town along US 59 Monday night. The ponies include two yearling silver dappled mares and a chestnut dappled mare nursing a colt. the gate had been opened and rewired.
Madison Kansas AP Harold Warren Ellis 16 of Madison was killed Tuesday night when his motorcycle was rear ended by a car driven by Claude Sill 22 of Eureka. The car dragged the bike 125 feet and the boy 130 feet, then sideswiped a second car driven by Dale Wiggins 17 of Madison. All three vehicles were traveling the same direction.
Campbell River North Carolina dispatch reports a false burial of a Neptune bomber wreckage and 11 skeletons after a search party misread a radio message. The Royal Canadian Air Force explained the message sought information on a 1951 crash due to poor reception.
President Eisenhower arrives in Bonn at 6 26 p m aboard the presidential jet after a 91 hours from Washington with a refueling stop in Newfoundland. He is welcomed by German leaders including Chancellor Adenauer in a ceremony at Wahn Airport signaling continued person to person diplomacy.
President Eisenhower landed at Bonn airport amid a festive welcome with 1500 to 2000 spectators as Adenauer greeted him. The pair pledged U S support for West Berlin while plans for talks in Bonn Paris and London with Khrushchev aimed to strengthen Western unity and alliance ties.
Warren County public schools including the new integrated high school for Negro students will open on Sept. 8 instead of Aug. 31. The delay was decided at a closed joint meeting of the school board and county supervisors to ensure the new combined elementary high school is fully equipped. So far 336 white pupils and 18 Negroes have registered for the 1959-60 term at the previously all white high school.
TOPEKA AP The Santa Fe Railway earned 37,445,029 in net income for the first seven months of 1959, up from 30,516,129 in the same period last year. Officials cited higher wages payroll taxes and broader maintenance in car repair programs as factors in the July decline compared with July 1958.
The United Rubber Workers local in Topeka voted 83 percent in favor of striking if talks with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. fail over wages. The Topeka local is one of 11 locals involved in the company wide ballot. Negotiations continue in Cleveland.
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