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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1961

Page

6

Recounts His Experiences Aboard Hijacked Airliner

North Miami Beach man narrates his hijacking aboard a Miami to Tampa airliner and his questioning of Castro Cubans in Havana The account describes in flight gunpoint landing Cuban guards and a tense stopover with limited phone access and guarded hotel isolation The narrator plans to continue tours for a television film company toward Atlanta with a skeptical note about future hijackings.

Edifors Miami Beach Havana Fidel Castro Yuri Gagarin Jose Marti Miami a_ television film distributing company Atlanta Red China

Auto Industry Uncertainty Felt Across Steel, Auto Sectors

New York AP reports steelmakers forecast better days if automakers cooperate. Demand hinges on Detroit orders, labor talks, and consumer spending. steel output expected to rise after Labor Day. Public and private spending, defense orders, and housing programs could lift steel needs this fall.

New York Detroit Washington Iron Age Midwest Jones Sealy Sealy Garden

Retains Title In Long Swim Around Absecon Island

Herman Willemse, 27, a school teacher from Utrecht Holland, won his second straight Absecon Island 25 mile marathon swim. He built a 50 yard lead after two hours of foggy conditions, finished about a mile ahead in 11 hours 14 minutes 30 seconds earning 5000 dollars. Greta Andersen, 31, Los Alamitos California, outswam Cliff Lumsden, 31, Montreal for second place and 2000 dollars.

Atlantic. City Herman Willemse Utrecht Holland Absecon Island Willemse Greta Andersen Los Alamitos Calif Cliff Lumsden Montreal

Deeds Recorded for Local Property Transfers

Theresa Drake transfers N374 E20 Lot 2 Defords Add Milo Starks sells lots 40-42-44 Elk 2 Lathrops Add to Gladys Swindell. Gordon Daugharthy to P E L Construction Co undivided 14 percent in Lot 8 Willow Acres P E L Add. Harold W Bruner to Pete Seibel lots 34-36 28-40 42 44 H1k 1 Crestview. Gere W Mavity to John W Bestwater lots W-14 15 NT Lot 17 Blk 103. Clarence Nearmyer to George Scott lots 10-12 NL Lot 14 Blk 7 Univ Add. Orvil E Fisher to Arthur F E Madl a NEM Soc 22 15-20. Roy C Travis to Irene Waller Lots 14-16-18 Blk 3 Otts Add.

Theresa Drake Martin H. Mueller Milo Starks Gladys Swindell Elk Gordon Daugharthy P.E.L. Const. Co Undiv Willow Acres P.E Crestview Gere W. Mavity John W. Bestwater Clarence Nearmyer George Scott Univ Orvil E. Fisher Arthur FE. Madl NEM Soc Roy C. Travis Irene Waller

Library Notes Highlight Demand For History Books

President Kennedy favors American history and biographies as top reading, as Carnegie Free Library adds to its Civil War centennial selections. Notable recent titles include Catton Dupuy's The American Heritage and The Compact History of the Civil War, plus Walter Lord's The Good Years. Biographies feature Rankin, Horgan, and Duncan with vivid portraits of Lincoln and Pike.

Kennedy Carnegie Free Library American Heritage N. B Bruce Catton R. Ernest Dupuy Walter Lord Arthur Schlesinger Roosevelt Arch Whitehouse Desmond Flower William Rankin New Salem Paul Horgan Abraham Lincoln Robert Duncan Albert Pike

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