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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1958
Page
3
AP Business News Analyst reports manufacturing gains in June and May with a higher weekly wage, plus mortgage insurance and GI mortgage activity hinting at stronger home building. Debate over government intervention grows as analysts warn against politically administered stimuli and urge spontaneous recovery.
In Wichita a motel theft of pillow slips led to the arrest in Winfield of Robert Hagler, his wife Mary Hagler, and Norbert Payne. Officers found an outboard motor, jewelry, tires, tools, and drugs in their trailer. Warrants for grand larceny and narcotics possession were pursued.
GALESBURG Illinois AP James H May from Great Bend Kansas is named to head the 38 man police force. City Manager Ray Harbaugh says the post will be titled administrative aide to the city manager to avoid residency doubts. May, 37, starts August 1 at 7020 a year and will hold the post for one year to satisfy residency requirements.
Oklahoma moves its largest wheat crop into bins with a 1958 output of 113,646,000 bushels per U S Department of Agriculture. The figure exceeds the 1952 record and reflects 26 bushels per acre from about 1.5 million fewer acres, about double the 10 year average.
Paul Robeson left New York by plane for London on Thursday with his first passport since 1950. His concert schedule includes appearances in Prague and the Soviet Union. The singer obtained the passport after the Supreme Court struck down the State Department affidavit requirement.
In Belgrade Yugoslavia alojzije cardinal stepinac shows excellent progress after surgery to relieve a blood clot in his right leg his doctors say his general health remains uncertain the 60 year old spiritual leader has long suffered from polycythemia a blood disease marked by too many red blood cells.
Wichita police officer William F. Dando was acquitted of a fourth degree manslaughter charge by District Judge Clement I. Clark after waiving a jury trial. He was one of two officers who fired at West Montgomery on May 26 during an attempted break in, with ballistic tests indicating a bullet from Dando's pistol killed Montgomery.
The submerged wreckage of the U S destroyer Peary and three troop ships sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942 has been sold to a Japanese salvage company. Two of the troopers were American and the third Australian. Their superstructures are visible in the harbor at low tide while the Peary rests in deeper water. Eighty of Peary’s crew perished.
Robert F. Shea, Red Cross vice president, said Kansas received 28 million dollars in past ten years for tornado flood and storm relief. He noted Kansans donated nine million to the Red Cross, and floods and tornadoes cost 56 million in direct relief over 30 months. He added the 1957 disaster budget of 10 million was overspent by seven million with special relief and reserves filling the gap.
Governor Mike Stepovich said Alaska will set its statehood plebiscite date before August 1 to finish elections and seat two U S senators and one representative in the 1959 Congress. He spoke during a San Francisco visit.
Franklin County Soil Conservation District reports six months of 1958 work with 18 new cooperative agreements covering 3 483 acres and 12 basic plans for 2 574 acres. Total district agreements reach 898 covering 163 837 acres, with 873 plans in effect.
TOKYO AP The 500 American sailors and airmen on Iwo Jima prepared for winds up to 50 mph as Typhoon Viola swirled north in the Pacific. The 100 mile wide storm was expected to pass west of the World War II battleground by Saturday, the U.S. Air Force said.
Panama University students opposing President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. request a meeting with Milton Eisenhower as his four day visit begins Saturday.
The Panama University Students' Union urged that Eisenhower use his Panama visit to press for clear definite sovereignty for Panama in the Canal Zone, which lies under U S jurisdiction. Eisenhower, identified as Johns Hopkins University president in Baltimore, will start a Central American tour here.
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