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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1960
Page
5
Carson City Nevada AP reports Assemblyman George Harmon a Las Vegas Democrat sponsors a bill to require blood tests showing absence of syphilis for the preceding 30 days before a marriage license could be granted An exception would be made if the parties are pregnant
Margaret Hedgecock won an annulment in District Court. Kenneth Mundt receives custody of 16 cats and must pay 25 dollars a month for three years toward their support or until fewer than five cats remain living. Judge Dale E. Shannon presided in Boulder Colorado.
The Kansas Supreme Court sustained the Franklin County District Court in a dispute between Kentucky Fried Chicken Inc and Ottawa operator Charles A Colbern. KFC sought to enjoin Colbern from using its process after missed royalties. The court held Colbern may cook chicken in a pressure cooker but cannot use the total KFC process.
Kansas traffic death log reports 1 fatality in 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday, with 32 fatalities in the 1960-59 comparable period. The snippet also contains an aside about dining at Reno's for Italian foods every Thursday.
Cloudy and colder with slow decrease in cloudiness tonight. Thursday partly cloudy with highs near 30 this afternoon and mid 30s, lows in the lower 20s tonight.
Ray Evans, son in law of Harry Darby, is the new chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents. Evans, a Prairie Village Republican and an All American Kansas football star, was elected Tuesday, succeeding Clement Hall of Coffeyville.
Kansas coach Dick Harp, reportedly ill with influenza, was hung in effigy on the University of Kansas campus. A sign referenced KU’s basketball record and a Jan 18 loss to Oklahoma State. No arrests. several students questioned as KU sports a 2-3 Big Eight mark.
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P reports the United States demonstrated Atlas rocket accuracy with two successful launches from Cape Canaveral and White Sands New Mexico. An Atlas carried a new nose cone to Ascension Island while Vandenberg California hosted a Pacific launch. The Redstone and Javelin tests expanded payload capacity re entry speed and engine developments for future space missions.
Bruce Spears, county clerk, reports two unexpired township terms filled. Hayes township treasurer seat vacated by J A Baldwin Jr is now Howard Kalb. Centropolis township trustee seat vacant due to J J Bulson resignation will be filled by H T Milton. Both terms run until the August 21 primary.
Paris AP President Charles de Gaulle's Algeria delegate urged insurgent Frenchmen to lay down arms and end the general strike over self determination for Algeria. In Algiers rioters with barricades left 26 dead and about 169 injured as press reports warned of possible dictatorial powers for De Gaulle if France's integrity was threatened.
The Kansas Senate approved a constitutional amendment to revise personal property taxation by a 28 to 8 vote and sent it to the House. If passed, it would exempt household goods but remove the $200 family exemption, with potential minor revenue changes and new implementing legislation in 1961.
HAYS Kansas AP Rep Wint Smith a seven term congressman from the 6th Kansas District told the Hays Daily News he will not be a candidate for Congress in 1960. The Daily News published a letter from Smith stating the decision.
A red and black taxicab used as a getaway car in the doctor’s home killings was found about 25 miles away in Elizabeth near the Newark line before 5 am. Police, who had patrolled the area earlier, reported no clues at the residence.
John Anderson Jr. 42 of Ola will run for governor in the Republican primary. Dale A. Spiegel, 34, of Emporia seeks the Democratic nomination for attorney general. Anderson previously served as attorney general since 1956 and in the state senate. Spiegel has been Lyon County probate and juvenile judge and city attorney of Emporia. Both profiles note education at the University of Kansas and family details.
Paris AP reports Dior presents spring and summer gowns by Yves Saint Laurent that erase bust and waist with a loose sack like silhouette. The show features tunic jackets, sleeveless dresses, beehive hats, heavy jewelry and bold color tones. critics call the look the silhouette of tomorrow.
The second round of play in the Franklin County Basketball Tournament starts tonight at Wilson Field House with one varsity game and three B team contests on the schedule.
Winners were announced for all four divisions of the Franklin County Soil Conservation District poster contest for elementary students at Memorial Auditorium. First prizes were $3, with $2 and $1 for second and third. Sixty three posters entered.
About 40 parents and students met at Ottawa High School to map preliminaries for the annual Junior-Senior banquet set for early May at the National Guard Armory. Committees of parents and students organize the event with Mr. and Mrs. Art Jensen and Mr. and Mrs. Budge Reusch as co-chairs. Ronnie Reusch leads the Junior class as president with Sharon Bennett as vice president, Mary Harkins secretary, and Carol Bruce treasurer. Fourteen to fifteen committees reviewed duties and responsibilities.
An Air Force endurance test places Airman 1c Bruce C. Barwise in a yellow capsule pod in 32 degree Lake Erie waters near Buffalo harbor. The 34 year old Minnesotan endures 72 hours with limited contact, bilge pumping, and a tether to the Coast Guard tender Maple as crews study reactions to cold, seasickness, and isolation amid 16 to 20 degree nights and 35 mph winds. Tests follow last year’s warm water trials off Key West.
Heavy surf and a broken cable dumped 30 Army Rangers into the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base Florida. Two officers drowned and a third is missing presumed drowned. The incident occurred Tuesday night about 11 30 p m about 600 yards from Santa Rosa Island as Rangers trained near Ft Benning, Georgia.
In Hollywood the Screen Actors Guild 14 000 members will vote by mail on a strike against movie producers who refuse extra pay when films are sold to television. Coverage centers on films made after August 1 1948 as the poll is expected to take about three weeks and will be conducted under the Lamb Insured Payment Plan.
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