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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1959
Page
4
Beverly Hills report says violinist George Liberace and pianist Lee Liberace publicly reconciled at a hotel dinner where their mother Frances Liberace, ill with a cold, did not attend. The rift began after they chose separate professional paths.
In a friendly conference, National Chairman Paul M. Butler won public assurances from Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson that they will not move to oust him. The parties agreed to a cautious truce while Butler maintains his liberal program and Rayburn and Johnson push a middle road, passing what is deemed right and accepting veto risks.
A one story brick building housing Superior Frame Co in Kansas City suffered 50 000 to 75 000 dollars in damage from a Friday fire. Wooden bed chair and sofa frames were stored inside. Firemen used 14 streams to confine the blaze to the building. 13 companies answered the alarm at 1414 East 19th. Owner Robert C Hooppenpyle and Fire Chief Edgar Grass quoted different damage estimates.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions this afternoon and tonight, then partly cloudy Sunday. Highs reach around 95 Wednesday and similar Sunday, with tonight’s low in the upper 60s.
Vice President Nixon meets Soviet leaders in Moscow amid cheers from about 5,000 visitors at the Uzbek Republic agricultural exhibit. A heckler challenges Soviet claims of oppression while Nixon notes differences but calls for peace and friendship. He plans further talks with Khrushchev and a Poland trip after Moscow.
CIA director Allen Dulles told a defense seminar that the Soviet Union is weaker militarily than the United States and that Khrushchev would want his people to think parity or superiority exists. He said the evidence rejects that conclusion.
In Moscow the American National Exhibition opened with Nikita Khrushchev praising its quality and saying Russia will have similar things. The opening day drew about 5,000 invitees including diplomats and officials, with fair officials forecasting 50,000 daily attendance and tickets at 25 cents.
Samuel L Me patch, jailed in Ottawa area, faces first degree murder charges after Edgar Red Smiley was found beaten to death near his trailer. McLaughlin, accused killer, says self defense over a loan dispute and a $50 note led to the fatal attack with a baseball bat. Evidence includes Smiley’s billfold, a broken bat, and weapon tied to local family. Preliminary hearing set for Wednesday. defense counsel appointed.
Seattle police confronted exotic dancer Darlene Smith and her stage name Star Bright when she wore a bikini on a public beach to challenge a park board ruling. Four patrolmen paused, debated, and eventually left with no charges as officers called headquarters for guidance.
Samuel Lloyd McLaughlin sixty two, a drifter with ties to Ottawa and relatives including Mrs Maggie Culbertson, is described as glib and prone to tall tales. Born in Ottawa near the Country Club, he claims WWI service and time as a painter and truck driver in California after leaving Ottawa in 1908 for Phillips County.
Berlin dispatch reports Secretary of State Christian Herter asserting Western rights in Berlin cannot be terminated by any unilateral action or deadline. He reaffirmed the U S will not accept a Soviet deadline, spoke at West Berlin City Hall, and noted Geneva discussions on Berlin.
Topeka AP states traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. To date in 1959 307 compared with 279 in the same period of 1958.
Rev John J Clinton reports from Singapore on a round the world evangelistic tour with 12 Methodist ministers. He notes 27 churches and 18 schools serving 50 000 students, contrasting wealth with poverty, and describes language diversity, Christian growth among Chinese and Tamil communities, and restrictions on Malay Muslim converts. The piece sketches daily heat, humidity, and a forthcoming city wide rally on July 19 before moving to Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur.
Akiko Kojima of Japan, 22, won Miss Universe in Long Beach, ending Latin American wins for two years. She rises as the first Oriental titleholder, with a pearl crown ceremony drawing 4,200 spectators. Runners up include Miss Norway and Miss United States. Kojima hints at a Hollywood test and a movie offer while thanking supporters.
Hurricane Debra battered the Texas coast with 100 mile per hour winds and 6 foot tides flooding low areas. The Gulf storm developed Friday and sent fishing vessels aground near jetties while 15 foot waves lashed shorelines. One seaman injured. Warnings extended along a wide coastal sector as damage remained widespread but minor.
In Havana the revolutionary government is reported quietly rounding up suspected enemies to avert bloodshed as crowds prepare for Sunday demonstrations in support of Fidel Castro.
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