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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1962
Page
4
Ottawa will hold a single office election for mayor under the commission plan. Primary possible if three or more file. otherwise city election on April 3. Registration open year round except 10 days before elections. late changes require in person registration at City Clerk, West 4th Street.
A passerby who rated Friday's snowstorm below a blizzard failed to last 60 seconds on the corner of First and Main as the snowfall intensified. Local observers noted the rapid change in severity and the crowd's reaction to the differing assessments.
Ottawa and surrounding areas endured a blizzard like snow with six inches in Ottawa and comparable totals in Emporia Topeka and Olathe. Wind gusts 35 mph or more, temperatures near 20 degrees or lower, and dense snowfall defined the storm. Cleanup crews began midnight shifts to clear streets and drainage to prevent ponding during a thaw while forecast remains uncertain for the next week.
Prime Minister Nehru, 72, was restrained as thousands surged at a Congress meeting in Patna. Police said up to a million admirers attended. 25 injured, one with a dagger, 12 arrests. Nehru defended Goa seizure amid Goan concerns and NATO comments. Ayub Khan in Karachi labeled India’s actions as expansionist.
Unsettled conditions with increasing cloudiness through night and tomorrow. Lows in the teens tonight. Sunday highs near 30 degrees. County forecast notes variable wind and potential light precipitation staying out of major systems.
A Hindu mystic and 700 sadhus say India's image in the West fell due to the Goa seizure and a coming planetary conjunction. Swami Ragavendra Dassji and pandits held prayers on the Jumna River to avert predicted catastrophes from eight planets in Capricorn. Nehru urged faith in Indians and discouraged star gazing.
Ora Bontrager, 30, of Bronson was killed when his car left the road and struck a tree less than a mile from the site where his wife and child died in an auto crash less than a year earlier.
Judge Floyd Coffman sustained a demurrer in a suit by 13 school boards and 16 individuals seeking to halt expansion of Ottawa School District 30 and nullify annexations. The ruling cited Kansas Supreme Court precedents limiting who may sue school districts, noting such actions are generally ex rel cases filed by the county attorney or attorney general.
President Sukarno said Papuans are unfurling the Indonesian flag all over West Irian as Jakarta presses the campaign to seize Dutch New Guinea. He rejected a UN return to the dispute and said a native Papuan governor will lead West Irian. Lt. Col. Boesiri urged volunteers for mobilization and training, but actual drills have not begun.
AP report records Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday. January compares with the 1961 period, noting changes and trends in the toll across the state.
Myers contends cited Anderson cases conflict and offer no clear approach. He argues district boundaries are unsettled, and the Kendall decision applies only to a taxpayer suit under a special statute. Judge Coffman upholds the demurrer, saying the Supreme Court is the binding standard, and Myers vows to appeal.
Residents in two blocks of land have petitioned admission to the Ottawa school district. The land is currently in the Princeton grade school district and partly in the Princeton high district, with portions in non high territory. One block lies five miles south of Ottawa near US 59, and the other lies south of Ottawa airport. An enumerator will be appointed and annexation may proceed if petitions to the Ottawa board are sufficient.
Ottawa High School principal W. P. Shepard advised fans to use Interstate 35 then 18th Street Traffic Way to Argentine High for tonight's Ottawa Cyclones basketball game. He warned the parking lot may be tight but noted ongoing work to improve it for visiting fans.
Lt. Larry Larkin a former Ottawa University basketball player and Marine helicopter pilot located a group of 11 children and two teachers missing in blizzard conditions 30 miles inland from Hiroshima in Japan. He ferried them to Hiroshima after providing provisions and shelter for the remaining hikers. one student died.
Washington AP reports the SEC faulted the American Stock Exchange for manifold and prolonged abuses of safeguards set after 1929. The 127 page staff report calls for sweeping reforms, possible SEC proceedings against Amex members, and tougher exchange policing following the Jerry Re case that led to expulsions and criminal charges.
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