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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1962
Page
4
Santa and Mr Shnoo prepare for a royal visit as a mysterious plot threatens the zoo. A fire engulfs the monkey house but Mr Shapo and the reindeer come to the rescue, guiding frightened monkeys to safety on the roof. The Reindeer Express arrives to save the day.
Madrid AP: A government spokesman said the extradition of German Reynold Paul Vorberg, also identified as Karl Robert Vorberg, has been approved at West Germany request. Detained in Barcelona since Nov 12, he is accused of involvement in the killings of over 100,000 physically and mentally ill Germans.
Kansas City AP reports ballistics tests will probe a link between two recent murders and the same gun owned by Roy Jack Loren, 21, killed fleeing police. Loren is tied to the slaying of John R. Keach, a prominent lawyer, shot at his home last Tuesday, and to the holdup and killing of liquor store clerk William Baker, 66, on November 30. Joe Jeanette, 49, an acquaintance of Loren, says he drove Loren near the liquor store before the robbery and Loren paid him $2 to wait while he collected money from a woman friend nearby. He then returned about 15 minutes later as police arrived.
Washington AP reports Explorer XVI, launched from Wallops Island, orbits 466 to 733 miles above Earth and runs telemetry smoothly while Mariner 2 continues Venus observations. Relay, intended to replace Telstar, fails to perform and NASA postpones further attempts. Explorer XVI studies meteoroids, potentially remnants of exploded planets, traveling up to 45 miles per second. Mariner 2 completed a 109 day Venus flyby, passing within 21,100 miles of the planet.
A brief OCR fragment mentions trouble with skin disease and psoriasis. Details are insufficient to identify a person place or event.
Allen R. Schultz 21, a state Fish and Game Department deer biologist, broke through ice and drowned while goose hunting at Fall River reservoir near Eureka. The body was recovered Sunday after Civil Air Patrol crews spotted the ice hole. Schultz appears to have fallen about 30 feet from shore while attempting to cross an inlet.
London AP reports Oxford University research offers avenues toward eradicating leprosy and treating skin diseases. Dr A G McD Weddell, Oxford neurologist and anatomy professor, said skin nerve turnover drives itching and pain, noting nerves constantly die and are replaced, a finding touted as key to potential therapies.
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