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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1960
Page
7
AP dispatches cover a suburban theft note left with two foreign keys after a downtown parking lot incident in Atchison. Other items report a temperature swap between a roofer and a freezer worker in Miami, a boy rescued after getting stuck behind a bathtub in Syracuse, and Toronto's cost of U S coins rejected by Canadian banks totaling 1380 dollars.
Mrs Maxine Kimball pleaded guilty to speeding 40 miles per hour in a 30 zone in Tucson. Magistrate William F Kimball her husband paid the $10 fine from grocery money, remarking she would just take it from the same funds.
LeRoy Davidson, 22, was arrested for questioning about a $30 robbery. He told police he needed the money for cab fare to visit his parole officer. Davidson had been paroled in May from Southern Michigan Prison where he served a burglary sentence.
Con siderate cloudiness and occasional showers this afternoon and tonight with a Saturday in the forecast. Forenoon showers give way to partly cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperature, with a high around 80 this afternoon and a low near 70 tonight. Saturday’s high is expected near 90.
The cost of living rose one fifth of one percent in June to a new high, driven by food prices and aided by gasoline. The consumer price index reached 126.5 of the 1947-49 average, two points above a year earlier, reducing buying power by over 17 cents per dollar in 12 months. About 600,000 workers will gain wage boosts under escalator contracts tied to rising costs.
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce sports committee announced August 19 as the tentative date for Ottawa Night at the Kansas City ball park. Co chairmen Jack Morrisey and Marvin Durbin plan to take about 500 Ottawans to see the Kansas City Athletics face the Chicago White Sox, with chartered buses and package trip details to follow.
President Eisenhower via Budget Director Maurice H. Stans directs all federal agencies to cut employment by 3 percent below the Congress approved salary levels for the new fiscal year. Agencies are instructed to avoid filling vacancies create fewer positions and shift staff to save money.
President Eisenhower urges resumption of disarmament negotiations to reduce war risk and place the Soviet Union on the defensive. He orders Ambassador Lodge to seek an early meeting of the UN Disarmament Commission with all 82 member states, amid doubts about progress as East West tensions mount.
The United Nations Security Council passed its second demand in nine days for Belgian troops to withdraw from the Congo and yield to the new UN force. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov joined in approving a resolution urging rapid Belgian pullout while warning editors not to undermine Congo's territorial integrity. Belgian Foreign Minister Vigny pledged phased withdrawal as order and safety are ensured, insisting Congo’s unity is guaranteed by Belgian law.
A fire at the Turley residence in southeast Rantoul threatened three other homes sunrise today. Reports name the Dean Kirkland Donald Rodgers and Richard Evans residences as potential targets of the blaze.
HAVANA AP The Cuban government announces seizure of three sugar mills owned by Cuban American Sugar Mill Co by order of Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The decree accuses the company of failing to settle debts harming thousands of Cuban cane growers, with mills in Oriente province and near Havana valued at nearly 75 million dollars including adjoining land.
Japan's new Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda said he is satisfied with U S trade policy toward Japan and ruled out immediate elections or revisions to the U S Japanese security treaty. He cited regret over violence that forced Nobusuke Kishi's resignation and canceled Eisenhower's June visit.
Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat told Bangkok World he would request the United States to establish missile bases in Thailand if any neighboring country fell to communism. The report reflects regional Cold War tensions and Thailand's security stance.
In St Louis Judge Rodney Weiss calls Detention of dancer Clarice Annijel naked in a cell reprehensible and barbaric and dismisses lewd act and resisting arrest charges. U.S. aims to call Soviet bluff over Congo threats as Herter condemns Moscow rhetoric.
Wheat farmers in 39 commercial states backed continuation of marketing quotas and acreage controls for the 1961 crop by 148 766 to 21 361 or 87 3 percent. Kansas and Missouri showed strong support with 84 4 percent and 64 4 percent respectively. Secretary Benson set the 1961 support price at 1 78 per bushel, 75 percent of parity, under the program.
Washington AP United States orders immediate expulsion of Petr Y Ezhov Soviet Embassy third secretary for espionage including paying over 1000 for aerial city photographs Authorities say Ezhov abused diplomatic status Khrushchev was in the U S on goodwill visit Glinsky Cmdr Vladimir S Glinsky also involved. he left the embassy before being exposed as an intelligence operative assistant naval attache
Special notice due to unforeseen circumstances the Gold Medal Lion Exhibition Home near Ottawa has been postponed. It will not be shown this weekend and next week as advertised.
Conservative Republicans at Chicago's mass meeting echo 1952 Taft Eisenhower battles over Henry Cabot Lodge Jr as a possible Nixon running mate. Taft backers oppose Lodge citing former Texas delegate theft charges. Midwestern leaders push for open convention and regional candidates like Dirksen Arends and Morton. Goldwater aides campaign while Nixon teams weigh Rockefeller Ford Seaton Dewey and others for second slot.
LOS ANGELES AP The state brings its case against Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff for a second time as jury alternates are chosen and prosecutors plan an opening statement. The surgeon and his 23 year old companion are charged with killing his wife last July after the first trial ended in a hung jury.
Investigators blame three boys ages 11 12 and 13 for derailing a Missouri Pacific freight train at the edge of Wichita's business district causing traffic disruption. They admit seeing an unlocked switch and placing a padlock elsewhere. Damages run from 10000 dollars up.
Kansas will dispatch 22 delegates and 109 alternates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago aboard special Santa Fe cars stopping in Wichita Newton Emporia Topeka Lawrence and Kansas City. Kansas is not committed to a candidate though most expect 22 votes for Nixon. Delegates may adopt the unit rule Sunday night. About 430 Kansas teenagers will arrive by bus to demonstrate for Nixon and attend a luncheon with the VP.
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