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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1960
Page
4
About 60 attendees are expected at the Ottawa Jaycees Distinguished Service Award dinner Monday at the North American Hotel. Chairman Jim Richardson says the event honors employers for yearlong cooperation. A 21 to 35 year old Ottawan will receive a community service plaque, with nominees unnamed.
A Kansas man disclosed he was a stowaway on an automobile trip to Pike's Peak last summer. He hid in the trunk to dodge the Peak Highway toll, then sent a note with a 50 cent toll check. City officials declined to disclose his name.
Montgomery Alabama AP report notes State Parks Division workers now wear Confederate gray uniforms replacing forest green. Conservation Director William C Younger says the change provides a living remembrance of the gray color linked to historical heritage.
An Eastern Airlines four engine Constellation with 27 passengers and five crew circled Greater Pittsburgh Airport for over two hours with landing gear trouble before landing safely. Officials reported no injuries and the strip had been foamed as a precaution. The flight was en route from Miami to Pittsburgh.
Increasing cloudiness accompanies a gradual temperature rise across the county on Sunday. Patchy highs in the 60s expected with mild breezes and possible late-day clearing in some areas.
The Franklin County Guidance Center reported 122 new cases last year with 77 children and 45 adults. Elizabeth L. Sprague said 38 cases came from physicians schools probate court welfare and other sources. The center works with schools and agencies and notes growing acceptance reducing stigma while receiving about $10,000 yearly from a county levy plus funds from a recent drive.
AP reports half of Springfield, Missouri homes lacked natural gas for heat as temperatures plunged near zero after a pipeline break. By Friday night workers restored service to major buildings and Red Cross shelters housed about 50 residents. Nine years earlier a similar gas line break caused a severe cold spell.
U S Ambassdor Philip Bonsal returns to Washington to brief on Fidel Castro anti American campaign in Cuba. Observers warn Castro aims to sever U S ties and push Americans from Guantanamo base, arguing Washington backs dictators and raids sugar fields. The base lease remains under a 1934 treaty.
Ottawa observed a near record cold morning with a low of 1 below zero noted by local observer John P. Kelsey. The Weather Bureau expects a gradual warming trend across Kansas over the next several days.
Saturday and Sunday chicken special carry out only two persons Colbern's Fried Chicken French Fries and Hot Roll price fifty nine cents Colbern's Lamb Insured Payment Plan advertisement restaurant phone CH 2 9740
Florida faces multimillion dollar crop losses from a brutal cold front that swept the state. Pensacola neared freezing at 31 and Miami dropped to 43 as northwest Florida saw subfreezing temperatures and smudge pots. Forecasters warned the toll could rise as citrus and vegetables suffer damage across the region.
Durant Oklahoma AP reports Rev. Charles Bretz wears a garish Christmas gift tie to a Civic Club meeting. He says if givers expect gratitude, wearing the ties into view will wear down the habit of giving them. He keeps drawers full of such gifts yet chooses to display them.
U S Attorney Laughlin Waters said the Andrews sisters Patricia Laverne and Maxene are sued in Los Angeles for 230424.22 dollars in back taxes covering the years 1649 through 1953.Officials noted the case seeks payment of overdue income and other taxes.
In South Africa, at the Clydesdale North Colliery coal mine near Coalbrook, 406 miners are trapped underground after a rockfall. Air is seeping in, offering cautious hope while water fills lower sections. rescue teams work amid gas fears and rising water. A diamond drill aims to reach and pierce through to establish ventilation and communications.
In Kansas City on Friday night, three boys drowned after breaking through the ice on the Blue River. Eighteen year old was not present. survivors said Billy Branson age 8 and his brother Terry 7 slid onto the ice on an old car hood when the bank gave way. Charles Feltrop 15 died while trying to rescue them, Eugene Scarlett 16 escaped, and two others Jerry Gibson 13 and Herbie Feltrop 11 could not hold Charles’ hand. The chilling event left responders to piece together the icy tragedy with the river running cold and dangerous.
Ottawa University leads the league with a 7-2 mark as Baker sits 4-4 and tied for fifth. The doubleheader tips with the B game at 5:30 and the varsity at 7:30 tonight at Ottawa.
In 11 degree temperature Scarlett recounts the mob of youths slipping on thin ice as four attempts to escape failed. He escaped while Gibson and Herbie Feltrop made futile rescue efforts before firemen recovered the bodies.
Topeka AP reports Mrs. Clyde E. Glandon of Bethel Kansas was elected Thursday as the new chairman of the state Board of Education, succeeding Mrs. Mildred Strohm of Little River.
The 19 year old runaway heiress Gamble Benedict is set to return to the United States tonight with her brother Douglas. In a private Ju venile Court hearing at the Palace of Justice in Paris Judge Roland Levy heard from Benedict and her Romanian-born boyfriend Andre Porumbeanu, 35, who claimed they were kidnapped as police detained them Friday night.
SALINA Kan AP a district court jury Friday acquitted James Lee Griggs Jr of second degree manslaughter in the shooting of his wife Patricia 25 at their Salina home October 25 The Air Force lieutenant from Cleveland stationed at Schilling Air Force Base contended the shooting was accidental after three hours of deliberation
Police say a pranksters sign reading For Sale on El Dorado High School lawn Friday was not taken seriously by students who proceeded to classes.
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