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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1961
Page
2
Editorial questions James R Hoffa’s re election as Teamsters president amid corruption claims. It argues he remains powerful through negotiated contracts that pay drivers wages comparable to bank VPs, professors, and chamber of commerce managers, while boosting dues and headquarters funding.
The piece suggests Hoffa aims to dominate organized labor and via unions influence political parties, dreaming of US dominance. Observers debate whether this amounts to fascism, inflationary wages, or a production surge as paths to wealth.
A reader columns piece discusses pressure causing a writer’s bunion a callus on a finger and suggests wearing a rubber finger to prevent it. Another letter asks about whether heart surgery for a child should be done now or delayed and stresses consulting the surgeon. A final query asks if cirrhosis or liver cancer can be cured.
A jumble of notes reports four recruits hurt at Fort Benning, mockery of Khrushchev, Hoffa in charge of Teamsters, a Cape Canaveral rocket reaching the Indian Ocean, and a Kansas governor honored with a schoolhouse. Also includes medical Qs and As on liver disease hair loss voice origin and a sinus trouble booklet offer.
Members of the Ottawa American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps joined a Topeka parade tied to Alf Landon's presidential nomination. A frightened horse bolted through the ranks, injuring several, including George Spears with a head injury, and Harley Gover with chest and internal injuries. Minor injuries to Drury Brown and Minor Tao Hartley were reported. Ottawa planners considered traffic controls and a new bowling alley at 199 Main St. An Ottawa city notice described age restrictions for driving and attendance at the new site.
A devotional prayer text calls on the Lord to send laborers to harvest the ripe grain before it perishes. It cites Samuel and asks for aid in the Masters’ work, ending with Amen.
The FBI reports major crimes in Kansas rose in 1960 from 1959 with 14 669 offenses across seven categories versus 15 618 the previous year. The crime rate per 100 000 climbed to 673.3 from 630, with increases in murder and non negligent manslaughter burglary larceny and auto theft and declines in forcible rape robbery and aggravated assault. Nationally major crimes grew 14 percent year over year.
Havana gears up for Yuri Gagarin as Cuba marks Fidel Castro's revolution anniversary. Airport closures clear the way for the Soviet cosmonaut arriving from Gander after overnighting in Moscow. The event links Gagarin with Castro in a four day celebration highlighting the 26 July Movement and the push toward a one party system.
Channel nine schedules include Cheyenne Road to Three Graves and Surfside 6 with gunfight hints on Wells Fargo and a missing stage plot. Channel four features Adventures In The Associated Press and Whispering Smith. Spike Jones variety show with Helen Grayco appears. racing horse plot noted. Publisher and editor listed with subscription rates. local AP news din.
Motels to an island show fashion, Cesar Romero guest star on Channels 5 to 13. Glen Miller Time on Channels 5 to 12 features Midge and Bill Haggett. Channel 4 presents Barbara Stanwyck drama. Channel 9 offers Peter Gunn where a detective nearly solves a robbery but dies. Mantovani features Jo ni James on Channel 4. Late classic movie The Gay Divorcee with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on Channel 9 at 10 15.
A split level residence features a main floor with garage and den, three bedrooms and two baths on the sleeping level, and a glassed dining area overlooking a flagstone terrace. Exteriors use horizontal lines. Architect Samuel Paul, 89 5dGdth Street Jamaica NY.
In 1827 the black robe mission began in southern Kansas with Rev. Charles Van Quickenhorne J. Q. visiting Linn Neosho Bourbon and Bates counties. By 1856 Catholic presence existed in Sacred Heart parish via Henry Donohue. The piece notes 150 missions in 27 southeastern Kansas counties and invites Ottawa churches to submit histories for this column.
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