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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1961
Page
4
A six story Chicago factory blaze killed five firemen and left at least six missing as walls collapsed and two adjacent buildings burned. Rescuers used acetylene torches to reach trapped crews amid early morning flames near 614 W Hubbard Street by the Chicago River.
Richard Lindsey, 30, twice committed to mental institutions, was sentenced in Bakersfield to death for the murder of 6 year old Rose Marie Riddle. He received a life term for kidnapping. Lindsey kidnapped raped and killed the girl on January 12 from a farm labor camp. Her body was found January 17, about 55 miles north of Bakersfield. His wife Dixie Lindsey, 23, detained on suspicion of murder and kidnapping.
Fair and warmer this afternoon with winds shifting to north by evening. Tonight strong northerly winds and variable cloudiness with a few snow flurries. Sunday partly cloudy and colder with highs around 20 and lows near 10.
Ottawans joined Kansas in noting a missed winter storm with clearing skies and rising temperatures. The weather bureau indicated a trend toward warmth, with possible light snow flurries along the eastern border tonight or Sunday, while northern regions endure continued frigid conditions and snow across the Dakotas, Great Lakes, and Appalachians.
In Topeka a Kansas PTA official asks for an extra 10 million dollars in state aid to grade and high schools. Mrs. Clifford Shenk of Osage City argues education needs exceed current funding as Gov. Anderson proposes keeping aid near current levels at 34.4 million for the next fiscal year while small schools are addressed.
Princeton will clash with Appalachian for first in the varsity bracket while the Princeton B team meets Williamsburg B for top honors in the B bracket at Wilson Field House. Lane faces Rantoul for fifth, Pomona plays Williamsburg for third as finals night unfolds.
Six Americans charged with trying to join anti Castro rebels appeared before a military court in La Cabana fortress Havana. Prosecutors sought the death sentence on charges of crimes against the security of the state. The defendants, from various U S states, were said to have received military training in Florida at a base run by the United States and were captured entering Havana harbor on January 7.
The Rev Dr C Arlin Heyden 71 director of evangelism for the Arizona Baptist Convention died of a heart attack in his Minneapolis hotel room Friday night Funeral will be Tuesday in Bolivar Missouri where he was born He earlier led First Baptist Church Topeka and served as Midwest evangelism director
Paris AP report: British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President Charles de Gaulle began secret discussions on Western world problems, aiming to ease tensions and align policies.
In Topeka a near thousand strong Republican crowd marked Kansas Day with a party dinner praising Eisenhower era policies. Senator Gordon Allott warned Kennedy’s inaugural speech lacked a social or economic push and predicted liberal concessions, while Rep. William Avery criticized Kennedy’s brother as attorney general. The Kansas Women’s Republican Club and Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas planned events as the centennial celebration continued through Statehood Day.
U S Air Force Captains John R McKone and Freeman O Olmstead head for Topeka after seven months in a Russian prison. President Kennedy welcomed them at Andrews AFB and the fliers planned home visits with their families amid security measures and restricted interviews as U S officials seek better Soviet ties.
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce set February 21 for its annual dinner meeting at Garfield School with E J Faulkner of Woodmen Accident Life Co Lincoln Neb as speaker on pending social legislation focusing on the old age medical program. The meeting also covered a bridge study over the Marais des Cygnes and finance for a holiday tournament deficit.
Washington AP report says a new 16 member task force chaired by Fred V Heinkel of the Missouri Farmers Association begins examining how to handle rising livestock and poultry feed grain stocks. Created by Secretary Freeman the group will meet today and Saturday with farmers from grain areas forming most of its personnel. The committee seeks proposals to halt the buildup and to raise grain prices as stocks now exceed five years ago.
Pittsburgh AP report quotes Luis A Baralt Jr former Cuban ambassador to Canada predicting Fidel Castros regime will be overthrown within a year and a half during an address news conference in Pittsburgh. He says he does not like to forecast but thinks overthrow will occur soon.
In Recife Brazil an American admiral travels to coordinate a rendezvous with the rebel liner Santa Maria. Captain Henry Galvao reportedly told a Navy flyer he would bring the ship to any selected Brazilian port as negotiations to free 588 captives proceed. Passengers, including 42 Americans, are said to be well while safe conduct is arranged. The vessel was to circle a point on the equator at 35W as talks continue.
Bulletin from Recife Brazil reports speculation that the liner Santa Maria may head toward a U S missile tracking station in the Atlantic off Brazil to release its 588 passengers, including 42 Americans.
New York Times reports Kennedy administration ordered strict controls on tough policy speeches by generals and admirals. Burke speech in Washington rewritten after White House and State Department objection, two paragraphs in White’s Air Force speech were questioned but cleared.
Kansas traffic death log notes two hours to 9 a.m. during a 1959 period. Record mentions Raney Drug prescriptions CH2-8003 and compares period figures to 1061-39. Names of locations and exact figures are uncertain due to OCR issues but indicate a traffic toll statistic for Topeka area and a pharmaceutical reference.
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