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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1960
Page
5
A 1859 log house built by Jacob Dietrich, donated by Mrs. Gault, will be moved to a site south of the Franklin County Library this evening. Stake marks by E V Skidmore and moving work by T J Bivins of Wellsville, unpaid. Latimer chairs a Franklin County historical museum group.
The Ottawa Employment Service reports strong employer cooperation in a regional survey covering Franklin Anderson and Miami Counties. Interviews note helpful comments, with data expected by late September on Franklin County employment, plus a survey of 127 Ottawa High School graduates regarding college plans, work history, and salaries.
Daytime cloudiness gives way to fair warm conditions this afternoon. Tonight extends mild with lows around the 70s. Wednesday brings more heat with highs in the lower 90s and continued pleasant evenings.
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports 14 dead, at least 32 missing and 69 injured as Typhoon Della sweeps Shikoku and Honshu toward Hokkaido, triggering widespread damage and evacuations.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital with a knee infection after a campaign trip incident. Doctors described the care as precautionary to prevent permanent damage, with plans to resume campaign work in about two weeks.
DETROIT AP Auto production has passed its low point for the year and is headed up toward uncertain highs. Unsold 1960 models remain above 950 000 units with a month before 1961 models go on sale. September output must increase to stock dealers, but if sales stay weak the market could face a large glut. The year’s sales pace lags behind last year for almost two months, contrasting with early 1960 gains.
A massive Santa Fe train wreck northwest of Ottawa Sunday night kept burning with six propane car fires still active. Crews cleared wreckage from the main line as cranes and bulldozers worked to restore service, spanning Willson creek and rerouting trains via Emporia Topeka and Kansas City.
Washington AP House conferees rejected a Senate basis for compromise on minimum wage. Sen Kennedy said the move dimmed chances for agreement as talks resume at 2:30 p.m. A proposed coverage formula for 3.1 million workers was rejected. Kennedy indicated a $1.15 wage floor might be possible if coverage was accepted. Senate plan would raise to 1.25 in three steps. House target is 1.15.
Ottawa public schools opened with a full day of classes after a half day to sort enrolment. A total of 2,254 students marched to six public schools for assignments and error corrections, with 34 more students than the first day last year. Further counts are planned by school tomorrow and on the 15th. Sacred Heart Catholic grade school will start a half day tomorrow at 8 a.m. and full day on Thursday.
Arlie B. Wood, 19, of Princeton, suffered a broken neck after slipping while diving into a pond on his parents grounds. He was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital before transfer to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Doctors reported two vertebrae fractured and spinal damage causing paralysis. condition listed as serious.
Ira Taffy Jones a famed World War I airman with 40 aerial victories and 28 crashes survived a fall from a ladder at his Swansea home six weeks ago and died Monday night in a hospital from injuries.
Maxim Radin, 79, a California barber, arrived in New York en route to Yugoslavia with $15,000 in travelers checks, cash, and valuables. After unpacking at the Hotel Ashley he could not find the hotel again, searched two days, and reported the loss to police. A storage-room find by guests yielded his valise with most of the money and documents. Radin plans to return to Oakland to begin anew.
Kansas Democrats draft a 19 plank platform pledging program expansion without new taxes and a proposed cut of the state sales tax to two percent. The plan calls for a state retirement program for public employees, continued revenue sharing to local units, penal reform with parole and psychiatric support, education and civil rights upgrades, expanded parks and highways, and labor rights protections.
Republican keynote speaker John J. Conard urged party unity at the State Party Council in Topeka. He cited 1960 vetoed property tax relief, praised mental health reform and warned Democrats have opposed tax cuts and reform. Conard pledged future tax relief, criticized education and economic policies, and looked to forthcoming campaign contrasts.
NASA head Keith Glennan said the Soviet Union may launch a manned spaceflight soon perhaps on October 4, marking Sputnik I’s third anniversary. He noted recent successful recovery of animals from orbit as a sign it may be time for another attempt.
Fred Bramlage of Junction City Kansas and Veterans Advisory Committee members met Vice President Nixon before he entered Walter Reed Hospital for knee infection Bramlage chaired the new committee and was a former national vice commander of the American Legion They posed for pictures with Nixon.
The Republican party announced no new taxes and outlined a comprehensive retirement plan for state employees. The draft platform, expected to gain formal approval, includes a six point education program and a coordinated industrial development plan. It omits surveys urging higher state aid and secondary school reorganization, and mentions existing per pupil payments and college support without addressing property or sales taxes. The platform calls for a sound control system for state and local workers' disability benefits.
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