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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1960
Page
8
New York AP dispatch quotes American tourists venting on foreigners. They describe fatigue with questions about country finances and plumbing, jokes about ice, and remarks on race, class, and language. Versed travelers mock stereotypes, greed, and perceived stupidity while comparing sights and money.
Smith continues a hunger strike at Lansing Kansas for the Clutter family killings. Convicted killer Perry Edward Smith, 31, is losing weight despite a regime of four milk and egg drinks daily after force feeding via tube ended. Warden Hand warned nutrition worsens, risking death if deterioration continues.
George Kenton Sipes 19 of Abilene was killed in a crash between his car and a panel truck about ten miles southwest of Abilene. Sipes was a freshman at Emporia State College and son of Mrs. Fred E. Sipes.
AP reports on the first half of 1960 profits show totals likely to fall below 1959 levels as a record 1959 second quarter and a booming prior year cast a high bar. Of 100 early-reporting firms, 58 beat 1959 while 42 lagged, with net profits $225.97 million, down 1 percent from $266.40 million.
Edward E. Dickerman of Norka was nominated by the Kansas Democratic Central Committee as Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public instruction to fill the vacancy caused by L. A. West of El Dorado withdrawing.
SAN FRANCISCO AP A California group supporting New York governor Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination will hold a 2 p.m. news conference followed by a 3 p.m. televised briefing. The organizers aim to start a nationwide Rockefeller draft movement in at least 19 other states this week to block Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
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