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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1958
Page
6
Caracas imposes a 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew as government troops guard the capital after rioting during a general strike. Police use tear gas to clear crowds in the square amid reports of 20 killed and 100 wounded. 1,000 arrested as 40,000 Americans live in Venezuela with $3 billion in investments.
In Denver a five year old Korean boy Sang Saki Lee arrived with red cowboy hat and gum coloring book two toy cars. Adopted by Sam and Jeanette Thornhill of Grand Junction through Pueblo Catholic Charities, the boy will become their son Lang, 11 month old daughter introduced. The Thornhills will raise him in Colorado as their son.
A waterspout came ashore near Cocoa Beach Florida causing minor damage at a trailer camp. No injuries reported. Police Chief Bob Blair narrowly missed during a pursuit of a speeding motorist seen by watchers as the storm struck the highway shortly after he passed. The motorist was later caught at 100 mph.
The Federated Church group met for a covered dish dinner at the annex, followed by a board meeting. The Methodist Youth Fellowship attended an Ottawa gathering Sunday evening with speaker Dr. Harry Denman of Nashville. W.S.C.S. met with Mrs. Nelle White and Mrs. Mary Painter. next meeting set for Feb 12 at Mrs. Vernon Gragg’s home.
A New York suburban real estate man settled a record $6,550 bill for 131 traffic tickets four hours after a magistrate warned him to pay within a week or face jail. The man, Chill Cahill, accumulated tickets for overtime parking, restricted zones, double parking, hydrant proximity and obstructing driveways over five years.
IRVINGTON NJ FBI charged Robert Edward Naschak with a 1995 armed hold up of Pulaski Savings & Loan eight days after his parole release. He threatened to kill a customer’s young daughter and held a woman and her two sons hostage before the loot was found with Naschak at his sister’s friend’s home. Naschak’s long crime history includes a 1954 sentence of 15 to 40 years and a parole resulting from a 1955 petition. He remains jailed in Newark on $50,000 bail awaiting federal grand jury action.
In Chicago a bold holdup man stole $62 from a movie house cashier and pledged to return for more. Three hours later he confronted the same cinema, this time meeting the manager Peter Vasclopulos, a judo expert, who thwarted the attempted second theft.
A would‑be robber, originally cocky, surrendered at the police station after a struggle with 20, an artist. The offender, Jose Marrero, 31, a dishwasher, confessed in custody and was not held without charge.
The Federal Reserve Board approves a lower discount rate from 3 to 2 percent for the Philadelphia district, triggering immediate price gains on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange and signaling expected cuts at other banks. Chase Manhattan cuts its prime rate to 4.0 percent, with Wall Street largely optimistic though some disappointed rate did not fall to 2.4 percent.
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