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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1963
Page
9
President Kennedy asks for a 50 mile Marine led hike. Pierre Salinger withdraws with a cold feet stance. Ten Capitol Hill secretaries prepare to carry the colors in the new frontier exercise along the C&O Canal, while others press on with the march.
Lt Donald Bernath of Wauseon Ohio sprinted 50 miles in 12 hours to win the 50 mile hike at Camp Lejeune North Carolina as 34 Marines completed the grueling trek while Brig Gen Rathven McClure Tompkins watched. Bernath began at 8 05 p m and completed the course amid a night lit by nine powerful lights as others pressed on through fatigue.
Friends from Ottawa Lawrence Mirriam Overland Park Gardner Paola Edgerton Topeka and Wellsville attended the consecration of Hays Hall at the Wellsville Methodist Church on Sunday February 10 drawing about 275 people. Relatives of the late John Hays and local officials joined in the open house at Hays Hall with messages from Rev Melvin Booth and a covered dish luncheon.
The Herald announces a weekly prize of five dollars for the best news tip submitted by a reader. Tips may be turned in to the newsroom, with eligibility and submission details outlined by the paper.
A 2.5 suit alleging alienation of affections against Rev. Ralph E. Baney was dropped in Kansas City circuit court. Painter Thomas Herbert reported dismissal without prejudice, paying 52.20 in costs. Baney, executive director of Holy Land Christian Approach Mission, faced the claim from Helen Louise Painter.
President Kennedy plans to address Congress Thursday on youth training and opportunity programs. A separate message on issues facing the elderly will be sent to Capitol Hill next week.
Milton Larmon of Schuylerville, a 78 year old house mover, suddenly receives 12,000 dollars from unexpected sources. An earlier payment of eight thousand four hundred eighty five dollars plus interest on a five thousand dollar job from 11 years ago. A Social Security adjustment adds three thousand two hundred forty six dollars. He calls it like old Santa Claus.
ST LOUIS AP The Republican presidential candidate will carry Missouri in 1964 says GOP National Chairman William E Miller. Miller a New York congressman spoke during a St. Louis airport stopover and urged Missouri GOP to strengthen the party in the St Louis area while dining with Francis Corley Missouri Republican Committee man.
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