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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
4
Ottawans expect record turnout for the third annual Lake Garnett Grand Prix with two days of racing. Gates open at 9 a.m. daily. today’s races start at 2 p.m. Tomorrow’s at 11 a.m. followed by the Centennial Ceremonies and parade noon to 1 p.m. The page also notes recent car parades through town and race happenings.
Exeter England AP report says dairyman Pursey Webber must curb cow mooing after neighbor Charles Davidson sued. Judge H M Pratt issued the injunction and awarded Davidson 56 in physical comfort. County tax office reports 96.7 percent of the 2 356 436 17 Abstract collected with 20 June deadline for payment without penalty.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and Sunday with a few scattered showers Sunday morning. Tonight's low near 70 with highs Sunday in the mid 90s.
Washington AP reports a January House Rules Committee reshuffle under Sam Rayburn widened Democratic control to ten Democrats and five Republicans. Critics say the packing slows Kennedy-backed bills notably public school aid. Howard W. Smith contends the committee now bottlenecks legislation, jeopardizing the era’s effort to move Kennedy program bills.
Heat drives drivers to highways as 74 million vehicles expected to roll over a 102 hour holiday. Safety council projects about 10 billion miles, with up to 450 deaths and 20,000 injuries beyond the day of accidents. AP tally shows 574 total deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday, plus 40 boating, 63 drownings, and 118 other deaths. Memorial Day weekend 462 highway fatalities set a record, while 1950 Independence Day saw 491 highway deaths in four days.
Eleven people die in a head on crash on U.S. 91 near Las Vegas when a speeding pickup goes the wrong way on a northbound lane. The wagon carried nine Californians from three generations. A cocker spaniel survives.
Mrs. Frank Herring aged 64 of Meriden formerly Mt. Olivet died Wednesday after a honeybee sting. Born 1897 in Williamsburg, daughter of George and Mrs Graves, she married Frank Herring. Survives include husband eight daughters and two sons. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Rock Creek Church.
An optimistic mid year review by Brig. Gen. W. R. Shuler of the Army Engineers, released by Senator Karl Mundt, states there should be enough Missouri River water to meet navigation and federal power commitments across the Missouri River Basin states.
Algiers and Blida saw French forces fire on mobs backed by a nationalist FLN strike. One rioter died and scores were injured as police and troops faced stones and clubs. Rioters chanted rebel slogans while a flag was raised atop a building amid clashes with authorities.
AP reports 16 year old Robert Coutcher was charged with first degree arson over a $3,000 fire at his great aunt and uncle home where he resided. Police say he admitted setting the back porch blaze following a family argument. Coutcher waived a preliminary hearing and is bound over to district court on a $2,000 bond.
Ship owners, maritime union representatives, and a government board prepared for a weekend of talks to end a two week national maritime strike. They have until 9 a.m. Monday to settle an agreement. The three man board must report to President Kennedy, who will decide whether to seek an injunction under Taft Hartley. Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg may attend.
British marines aboard the 22000 ton carrier Bulwark landed in Kuwait amid reports Iraq plans an invasion. Saudi and Bedouin forces prepare to defend Kuwait with a UN Security Council emergency meeting requested. The Arab League will hold an extraordinary session to consider Kuwait joining the league.
KEY WEST Florida AP Fidel Castro was told it is not in the national interest of the United States to pay indemnity for damages from the April 17 invasion. The demand for reparations ended hopes of a negotiated release for 1,197 invasion prisoners. John Hooker Jr executive secretary of the disbanded Tractors for Freedom Committee said in Castro’s presence that the committee cannot send tractors money or credits as indemnity. Not $28 million or $28.
San Diego AP report details 14 year old Terry McClelland recounting three days at sea after a fishing trip with Russell Bradford and Alvin Hartman aboard a 36 foot boat. They drifted on a small raft with no water or food as Hartman died first, then Bradford, leaving Terry clinging to life until rescue by Ruth Marie. Bradford’s body disappeared. Hartman and the boy were rescued and Terry was treated aboard USS Diodon before returning home.
President Kennedy retreats from Washington for a long weekend with family at the Hyannis Port compound on Nantucket Sound. Twenty three Kennedys and two dogs expected as he stays through the Fourth of July, with no appointments today but officials expected to visit. He will remain there until Wednesday morning.
A Brahma bull named Clyde threw and trampled 15 year old Pat Hayes of Creston Iowa during a Kansas City Rodeo performance at Benjamin Stables Friday night. Hayes was 20 feet from the chute when she fell and landed under the bull's hooves. She was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Edwin Kresse a 52 year old service station operator was shot and robbed in an alley near Belleview Ave. Police say a 16 year old, Mike Smith, admitted the shooting and led detectives to seized cash of 320 dollars. Kresse remained in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds.
A four stage Scout rocket failed to ignite its third stage after liftoff from Wallops Island Virginia. The attempt aimed to place a beer can satellite into orbit to study tiny space bullets that could threaten an astronaut’s flight.
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