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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1962
Page
4
Myrtle F. Webster, 53, handed a pistol back to a man who dropped it at a Jacksonville service station. He robbed her of 250 dollars and also took 50 dollars from two customers, after entering with a gun pointed at her and stumbling.
John Sissons admitted in court he sounded his car horn several times after another car stopped. His defense claimed the other driver was hesitant and incompetent. Prosecutor said the motorist was Chief Inspector H R Bellamy of Oxford City Police. Sissons was fined $14.
Mrs John H Glenn Jr. has four television sets in Arlington to watch her husband Lt Col John H Glenn Jr. orbit Earth. The family described a calm but excited approach as July’s flight nears, with Anna Glenn, 41, son John David, 16, Carolyn, 14, and Mrs Castor visiting from Ohio joining the household for the historic broadcast.
The forecast calls for snow or freezing drizzle this evening with freezing rain expected Sunday. Sunday will be less cold with highs of 15 to 20 and tonight's lows around 5 to 15.
The Ottawa area recorded an 11 degree below zero low, the coldest so far this season and a new date record. January lows were noted at 20 below, with the month seeing 12 days under freezing. City crews cleared 10 inches of snow with seven trucks, two loaders, and three graders, hauling snow to the west dump. praise followed for the snow removal efforts as driveways were opened today.
Congolese forces long blamed for attacks on white missionaries fired on two Indian Canberra U.N. reconnaissance planes near Kongolo and Sola in Katanga. The raids hit the mission compound and nearby buildings while residents were reportedly absent. U.N. pilots noted fires and the destruction of the Sola mission. Col. Alphonse Pakassa was seized in Stanleyville after a brief stopover on his rampage.
A KU Center study finds the proposed Prairie National Park in Pottawatomie County would boost local activity. It projects 1970 tourist spending over 6 million dollars if developed by 1965, with 1,152,145 visitors and nearly 11 million dollars in new local spending.
The Pentagon says it may form a special pool of Reservists on advance notice to be first recalled to fill understrength units in future Cold War crises. McNamara testified that decisions are not final, with a pool favoring those with minimal active duty and ready for immediate recall to reinforce the active Army.
MEMPHIS AP two weeks or more to clear backlog of freight delayed by a Mississippi River ice jam. Waxler Towing Co. president Roy Waxler calls the gorge between Cairo Illinois and Cape Girardeau Missouri the worst he has seen. Union Barge Line president KE. H. Witherspoon notes ice building upstream at 11/2 to 2 miles daily with ice up to 20 feet thick.
About 100 skiers including the U S team will contest the 57th Norge Ski Club tournament at Fox River Grove for the national title upcoming next month. John Balfanz, 21, from Minneapolis, is favored after a 317 foot American record jump at Westby Wisconsin last Sunday. The U S team will compete at Zakopane Poland February 18 to 25.
FBI agents raided a downtown Reading building driving via sledgehammers and seized over 150 patrons at three dice tables. Seven men were arrested with 100 others to be questioned as witnesses. two more were arrested in New Jersey. Cash exceeding $25,000 was taken from the tables.
In Chicago the parents of 12 Negro children filed a federal suit against the Board of Education and Supt. Benjamin C. Willis seeking 500000 in punitive damages and an injunction to revise pupil transfer policies. The suit claims transfers from Burnside to Gillespie promoted racial imbalance and should have moved students to Perry, an all white school, while noting the plaintiffs’ current schooling status and daily travel risks.
Assistant Labor Secretary George L. P. Weaver, a Black man, says a Houston hotel refused to rent him a room after showing a reservation slip and seeing his name on file. Shamrock Hilton officials cite conventions and possible clerical error or late mail as reasons for the denial.
Montgomery Mayor Earl James endured a string of misfortunes including a vertebra fracture from a fall grease spill causing burns, a back sprain, a flu sick son, a failing refrigerator, melted ice cream, and lost pay and a savings bond. In Washington, Secretary Ribicoff criticized the AMA Blue Shield plan for seniors as not addressing the central issue of hospital costs while acknowledging the administration’s broader hospital care proposals.
Kansas traffic toll log reviews a 24 hour period up to 9 am Saturday in January 1981, comparing it to the same interval in 1960. Data highlight changes in volume and patterns for authorities assessing road usage.
A deep freeze grips Kansas as an approaching winter storm looms. Temperatures fall to 18 below in Abilene and 17 below in Goodland, with Topeka at 8 below and Pittsburg at 4 below. Light snow begins in Goodland and Hutchinson, while western areas face four inches or more of snow with blowing and drifting. Highway Patrol notes roads are in fair shape but icy spots remain. most eastern counties sit under a thick snow cover. Top temps may reach 5 to 15 above with slightly warmer nights and Sunday highs not as cold.
A quirky note describes repeatedly opening an icebox door and feeling an unexpected blast of warm air. The fragment suggests a playful or puzzling household moment without broader context or names.
Ottawa High principal W P Shepard warns fans to approach Rosedale High on the icy hill from the south to avoid the sloped roadway. He says the B team plays at 6 30 followed by the varsity tonight as the Ottawa Cyclones face Rosedale.
DES MOINES Iowa AP Agents of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp were instructed by new Iowa director Justice C Dee to avoid criticizing any government farm programs. Dee at the annual meeting said reporters should promote Congress enacted programs regardless of the USDA agency in charge. He succeeded Jesse W Bishop who resigned as state director January 1.
Western diplomats in Moscow note an unusual calm at the Kremlin that may conceal a significant development. A respected envoy suggests the shift could involve Red China rather than Berlin, and hints at a possible Khrushchev Molotov rift amid internal party tensions.
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