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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1958
Page
7
Winton A Winter announced seven candidates and their groups for the March of Dimes ball queen contest at the Armory next Saturday. Admission is one dollar for 100 votes, with more votes purchasable at one cent each.
Sheriff Forrest Kennedy and officers chased a reported kidnapping toward Inman after a motorist saw a car with a man holding a gun on the driver. At Inman they found the vehicle parked outside a house and confronted occupants. The driver explained they were merely en route when his friend began cleaning a pistol.
In Detroit leaders of the United Auto Workers clash over Walter Reuther s profit sharing proposal. Ford GM and Chrysler oppose it as inflationary and foreign to free enterprise while internal UAW critics fault Reuther for seeking profit sharing over a shorter work week. The plan earmarks 25 percent of profits above 10 percent net for workers and 25 percent for car buyers as rebates with 50 percent kept by firms.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Air Force launched a Boeing Bomarc ramjet guided missile today. The official notice gave no range or accuracy figures though the Bomarc is described as a supersonic ground to air missile with a stated range of more than 2450 miles. The missile was fired from the Cape Canaveral test center with Aerojet General liquid rocket engines and Marquardt ramjet power. The launch illustrated ramjet operation after reaching speed sufficient for combustion.
The county forecast calls for showers this afternoon turning to snow tonight with a sharp drop in temperatures. It will be colder this afternoon and much colder tonight, then the weather turns mostly cloudy and colder Wednesday with a low near 15 and daytime highs 25 to 30.
A four engine Navy Super Constellation crashed at Patuxent Naval Air Station during practice instrument landings. All nine crew members died, with the aircraft demolished after striking treetops in a wooded area near a housing complex. Identification of the dead was withheld pending notification. The incident follows fiscal disputes as Congress weighs Eisenhower's budget proposal amid defense needs.
The Defense Department readies an emergency 1.26 billion defense fund as a House subcommittee schedules hearings January 27 on the next fiscal year's military budget. Chairman Mahon calls the plan conservative on missiles while Johnson pledges careful review to ensure security, and Cannon signals broad support for increased national defense funding.
Ottawa received .05 of an inch of rain by noon as John P. Kelsey reported. Colder air and light snow moved into the northwest state, with a cold front expected to sweep across by evening. Light drizzle possible in the south and east as temperatures fall but not severely.
Two ships ran aground 20 miles north of Suez blocking the waterway. The vessels were the 10,712 ton British Esso of London and the 16,056 ton Liberian Sirius, first and second in a northbound convoy.
The Eisenhower administration asked Congress to raise the national debt limit from 275 billion to 280 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson sent letters to House and Senate leaders proposing a temporary boost through June 30, 1959. The debt stood at about 274.251 billion dollars on January 9.
President Marcos Perez Jimenez swapped three cabinet posts as he faces continuing street violence in Caracas. Security tightens around the presidential palace with police troops armored cars and tanks patrolling. Interior Ministry and communications posts switch hands while demonstrators demand civil liberties and government reforms.
Hollywood report says Debra Paget will marry singer David Street a 37 year old who recently divorced his fourth wife dancer Sharon Lee Street described his past marriage as a spur of the moment mistake Street previously wed and divorced within a month amid a string of relationships in the entertainment world
Chicago police tracked down 23 year old George Starcevic after a fatal near North Side carjacking that left patrolman John Quirk dead. Starcevic and accomplice Nick LaPapa fled as a gunfight erupted. Quirk’s date Caroline Smith identified the suspects. Starcevic surrendered to the FBI and was handed to police amid wide patrols.
Washington dispatch reports Sen. Russell praising a two fisted secretary of defense to direct missile programs without new agencies. He backs Secretary McA lroy’s quick decisions though final judgment awaits more changes amid new climate in Congress over missile and satellite control. Republican leaders Knowland and Martin criticize Truman for lag in missile development, blaming the Ike era and Truman’s budgeting and policy.
Governor Docking outlines a 313.2 million election year budget, delays 12.6 million in sales tax residue to local governments, and seeks tax increases on corporations, inheritances, and trucks while lowering gasoline tax. She aims to balance an 18 month period starting July 1, 1959 with shifts in tax policy and funding for highways and schools.
Los Angeles actress Sarah Churchill daughter of Sir Winston Churchill was jailed five hours and denied the drunk in public charge. Deputies said she threatened them, tore curtains, smeared lipstick, scattered purse contents, and resisted being removed as she clutched a glass of rum en route to a Maltby Beach police substation after an incident at her home involving profane phone calls to several people including a telephone company employee.
Gov George Docking in Topeka backed away from withholding funds for a 5 percent salary raise for state college faculty. He proposed allocating 049,252 to the regents to determine each school's share after reviewing department needs. Docking previously urged against flat percentage increases and trimmed agency requests from 63,169,357 to 50,396,701, a 4.7 percent rise.
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