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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1961
Page
4
Greg Wood a 30 year old golf pro from St Joseph Missouri shot a hole in one in the WIBW golf tournament in Topeka Kansas and won a $2300 vacation house offered by a local building materials firm. Wood teed off at 650 am and made the shot on the 160 yard eighth hole with a No five iron at the Topeka Public Golf Course.
Illusionist Marjorie Waddell was mid saw-a-woman act when the stage collapsed. About a hundred people fell through floor boards, four taken to hospitals, others treated for cuts and shock. The girl in the saw box survived unharmed, though the illusionist cut her fingers on the saw.
Arnold Palmer, former United States Open champion, shot 69 at Birkdale Golf Course to grab a one stroke lead with 54 holes completed. Palmer, starting tied for second at 143 with Kel Nagle, moved ahead on the back nine with a birdie run and held a three stroke edge after 45 holes.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms through Sunday. Warmer this afternoon, high 85 to 90. Tonight's low in the 60s.
In District Court here the estate of former Ottawa woman Nora Smith, a church, and Anchor Savings and Loan faced off over a jointly held savings account valued at 6000 dollars. Olive Brenner, administrator for Smith, seeks control of the funds in a dispute over mental competence at account setup and whether the church building fund can hold joint tenancy. Judge Floyd Coffman ruled Smith competent at the time, with briefs to be filed on the joint tenancy issue. a decision may take about 25 days.
Two liberal Republican senators Cooper of Kentucky and Javits of New York urge full congressional briefings on U S military readiness for the Berlin crisis. They say they would vote new taxes if needed to fund more military and foreign aid. Fulbright pushes the foreign aid bill with night committee meetings. Kennedy takes personal charge to push the $4 8 billion aid measure and invites House and Senate committees to White House sessions. Goldwater demands tough action including resuming nuclear testing and declares the aim is to win the cold war, not just wage it. Fulbright warns against costly commitments in peripheral struggles where the main Communist powers are not directly involved.
CRAIG Colo AP a starved gunman Delmar D Spooner 25 of Storm Lake Iowa surrendered Frida after two days of flight and admitted he shot four Colorado officers saying I just didn t want a go to jail. Captured behind a rock near Bend he dropped a loaded gun after facing 200 officers and a train engineer alerted authorities. Spooner offered no motive for the killings.
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Saturday in July 1961 show 18 fatalities, with a comparable 1960 period at 26. The AP summary notes the toll for the 24 hour window and compares year over year figures across July.
County attorney Robert M Brown of Shawnee County says he will prosecute violators of the Sunday closing law with exceptions for drugs medicines and other immediate necessities He sent letters to 106 Topeka and Shawnee County businesses warning them they violated the law by staying open last Sunday The letters were mailed at the request of a Respect Sunday Committee claiming 10000 signatures on a petition urging Sunday closures.
Cape Canaveral pilots Virgil Grissom and John Glenn Jr prepare for America's second manned space flight. They undergo medical checks, meals including steak and baby food, star charts, and simulations in the Redstone capsule named Liberty Bell 7.
Washington AP The Treasury Department asks the House Ways and Means Committee to end preferential tax treatment for mutual savings banks and savings and loan associations. Secretary Doug Dillon proposes three alternative tax plans aiming to raise between 125 and 150 million dollars in taxes, saying these lenders hold 110 billion dollars in assets with over 750 million in annual earnings, while 1958 taxes were 8.8 million. C Elwood Knapp warns higher taxes could cut 5 to 6 billion in home loan funds.
A head on collision on a county road intersection with U S 77 two miles south of El Dorado killed 25 year old Richard Lee Dennison of Burlingame and injured nine other people.
Ann Arbor AP report: Irma the Body, a 40 24 40 stripper who married University of Michigan neuro surgeon Dr James Taren, won a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. After 18 months as the surgeon’s wife she says she will return to the stripping life and recalls adapting to a conservative college town.
In NORTH LEEDS Maine an 85 year old widow Mrs Bessie Ryder was found on her kitchen floor by a milkman after being without food or water for three days. She is reported in satisfactory condition with a fractured hip.
In Detroit, the United Auto Workers presented a costly set of contract demands to General Motors and plans to press Ford and Chrysler next week. GM officials called the package “more,” while union leaders argued their proposals are affordable within profits and not inflationary.
In Denver AP reports three DC8s showing hydraulic system trouble within four days. A United DC8 crashed here Tuesday killing 17, another United DC8 trained with four crew landed safely Friday, an Eastern DC8 near Miami Wednesday also landed safely. FAA in Washington issued tighter safety rules for hydraulic emergencies aboard DC8s as wreckage from Tuesday’s crash delayed full verdict.
A hearing on challenges to a new Kansas liquor price fixing law was postponed indefinitely by agreement of the state and 17 distillers. The temporary restraining order against enforcement remains in effect until pleadings are filed and the merits are heard, likely by mid August. The case will likely be appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court, with a decision hoped before year end. Distillers contend the law’s provisions lack public policy and exceed police powers, notably a section forcing sales to Kansas wholesalers at the lowest price offered anywhere in the United States.
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