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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
7
AP dispatch reports a Los Angeles incident where a 114 pound woman challenged a police stop for a red light. Officer Germoe J. Faust, 35, sues Shirley Lowrey, 31, for 25000 damages claiming assault without provocation after a February 22 ticket incident. The officer sustained a dislocated finger.
In a fog shrouded launch at Point Arguello California the Midas III satellite lifted off and reached an 1850 mile high orbit. The Midas II weighed 3500 pounds and carried an infrared eye to detect missile exhaust from hundreds of miles away. The system aims to provide near instant warning of hostile missile firings by extending the 15 minute radar window and feeding data to early warning computers.
Rev. Robert Powner, pastor of the First Christian Church at 11th and Cedar, has resigned. Announcement by Roger Brink, chairman of the church board, says the resignation was accepted at a Monday meeting. Powner plans to move to Van Nuys California. no replacement has been named. He joined Ottawa about two years ago, succeeding Rev. Gordon Miller from Hennessey Oklahoma.
Western Light and Telephone Co. of Great Bend will install an 75.08 kilowatt steam electric unit at its plant near Great Bend, costing 11 million and ready by June 1963, doubling capacity. Financing includes 7 million in bonds during 1962 and a 1963 stock issue. The firm serves 157 Kansas communities and plans a 130000 volt Wichita to Medicine Lodge transmission line at about 1 million.
Considerable cloudiness and mild conditions with scattered showers or thunderstorms this afternoon to night and Thursday. Locally heavy rain is possible. Highs near 80 this afternoon and Thursday, lows in the low 60s.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A hurricane hunting weather satellite was launched atop a 92 foot Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral at 5 25 am EST. The TIROS III satellite placed about 400 miles above Earth circled every 100 minutes and sent 35 cloud cover pictures on its first pass. Officials reported good reception from Woomera Wallops Island and San Nicholas on the first data pass. Meteorologists expect the images to help explain hurricane origins and development. TIROS III, shaped like a drum with two cameras, improves on two prior satellites whose cloud pictures proved forecasting feasibility.
The Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a $344,000 loan to Sterling College for a new two story concrete and brick dormitory. The 100 bed facility will house four men per room in 25 rooms.
Franklin County, 28 elementary and nine high schools, were accredited by State Superintendent Throckmorton after meeting minimum standards. Rantoul High was temporarily not rated due to science equipment, now inspected and re-rated. Accreditation lasts until June 30, 1962. districts listed include Ottawa, Lane, Pomona, Appanoose, Princeton, Rantoul, Richmond, Wellsville and Williamsburg.
Square dancers from 14 surrounding towns converge on Ottawa at 8 p m Friday for the annual Promenaders Square Dance on Forest Park tennis courts. Over 250 expected. ice cream and cake sale to defray expenses. Club notes yearly Sept May season with dances on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
Kansas leaders discuss possible mobilization of National Guard and reserve forces. Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell notes about two thirds of Kansas units carry a top priority while Capt. Don Capper of the Ottawa unit says he has read only newspaper reports about potential calls and that his unit belongs to the Priority II 35th Division.
TOPEKA The 1961 Kansas wheat crop runs below average in protein but above average in weight. The Crop Reporting Service says 4 114 cars sampled show 10.8 percent protein and 62 pounds per bushel test weight, vs 12.5 percent and 59.8 pounds in 1950-9. Harvest nearly complete. by July 8 about 93 percent gathered, above normal 82 percent.
An Ilyushin-18 collided with a power line and exploded while landing at Camp Casablanca. Capt. Josef Mikus piloted the Czech airliner from Prague via Zurich with 64 passengers and 8 crew. All aboard perished. one Mali passenger survived burns but died later. Passengers included Moroccans and Malians. most European aboard were Russians, Czechs or Poles. No Americans aboard.
TOPEKA AP Henry Janzen Sylvia was reelected president of the Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association Tuesday. Dean King Oak Hill was named vice president and Donald H. Day Winchester secretary treasurer. Mrs Virgil Young Clearwater was elected president of the auxiliary, with Mrs Walter Colburn Riley as vice president and Mrs Kenneth Sherwood Macksville as secretary treasurer.
New York AP reports My Fair Lady became Broadway's longest running musical after its 2,213th performance at a matinee. Since its March 15, 1956 opening at the Mark Hellinger Theater, it has grossed 18 million dollars and earned an 8 million profit on a 403 thousand dollar investment, surpassing Oklahoma.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur bade a sad farewell to the Philippines and flew to Yokota Air Base near Tokyo for an overnight stay before returning home. At Manila International Airport Filipinos cheered as he predicted he would not return, calling him liberator of their country. He spoke of a nation of gladness and good will, thanking the crowd for a wonderful reception to an old soldier and his sweetheart wife.
The Weather Bureau in Topeka said may rain in eastern Kansas tonight and Thursday with scattered showers and possible heavy spots. Severe storms occurred statewide Tuesday, mainly in the north central and western areas, with rainfall amounts including Goodland 1.53, Wakeeney 1.97, Liberal 1.66, Topeka 1.11 inches. no damage from tornado clouds. Ottawa’s heat wave recalls 110 to 118 degree readings this week seven years ago, with a record 118 on July 14, 1954 remaining the all time high.
The United Auto Workers demand General Motors take full responsibility for health care costs for 310,000 active GM workers and cover 34,000 retired hourly workers and dependents under the hospital surgical medical plan. Negotiations also touch pension boosts and early retirement options. The UAW plans similar demands at Ford Chrysler and AMC.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in West Berlin in a show of support for the isolated city as East German officials denounced the move as provocative. Earlier, Protestant leaders yielding to communist pressure canceled part of a church rally planned for East Berlin next week.
Federal investigators probed the United Air Lines DC8 wreck at Stapleton Field after a crash that killed 17 aboard and injured 50, including a Denver man in a truck struck during the impact. Passengers described heroic actions by crew and rescuers as four families of Dr. Earl Guyer perished.
Soviet spaceman Yuri Gagarin, once a foundry worker, received a gold medal and became the union's honorary member No 1 from British amalgamated foundry workers in Manchester. He said he remains a foundry worker at heart as he attends the Soviet trade fair in London.
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