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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1962
Page
7
ABILENE Texas AP Hardin-Simmons University clings to a coaching banner that winning isn’t everything yet has endured 22 straight football losses since November 7, 1959. New head coach Jack Thomas promises a rebound after strong junior college and transfer recruiting focus.
The Wellsville High School gym floor is being resanded and refinished to improve air circulation under the floor and prevent future swelling. Kiwanis viewed the second part of Our Mr Sun. Visitors from Rush Lake Minn report good fishing with several local families joining in a neighborhood potluck picnic in Dennis Shields yard. The Averill and Todd families visited Settles in Prairie Village.
A 17-year-old AWOL soldier wore a military policeman uniform and arrested others at Kansas City bus stations. He testified in magistrate court, convicting a drunken civilian, then he was arrested himself. Pvt Eddie Roger Neal of Kansas City, AWOL from Ft. Carson since July 2, used a homemade club and a toy pistol. His seven months in a mechanized infantry unit preceded his AWOL. Local MP office learned of the ruse after a civilian soldier arrest and a tip about his dirty uniform. He was turned over to the Army.
ROSSVILLE Kan AP Mrs Ora Cott about 60 was shot to death and her husband wounded in the chest at their farm home 10 miles north of Rossville Thursday night Sheriff Vic Obley quoted Cott 58 as saying he shot his wife with a rifle then turned the weapon on himself Cott was taken to a Topeka hospital The shooting was discovered by the Cotts son Don a patient at the Topeka State Hospital The son walked away from the hospital Thursday afternoon and returned home the sheriff said
New York AP report surveys business leaders views on party alignment in politics. It notes the risk of one party representing only business or labor and cites Ford Motor Companys cautious, nonpartisan employee fundraising plan. Leaders warn against corporate bias while endorsing active but restrained business involvement.
Washington AP General Electric will pay a record 7.47 million to settle civil damage suits after a price fixing conviction. The Tennessee Valley Authority will receive 6.47 million for inflated prices, and another million goes to the government for purchases by other agencies.
Washington AP reports the U S Public Health Service announced isolation of the virus that causes German measles. Drs John L Sever and Gilbert M Schiff of a National Institute project identified the virus in 82 percent of tested military recruits and rubella patients and confirmed its capacity to cause illness in volunteers.
Nils H. Skourup 94 former Pittsburg mayor and businessman died Thursday. Danes native he operated creameries in Richmond and Ottawa before moving to Pittsburg in 1900 where he organized Crawford County Creamery Co. He later formed a construction firm and a savings and loan association.
Washington AP report on the third failed U S nuclear test high over the Pacific prompts a secret briefing by Defense and AEC officials. Kennedy had urged completion soon, with weeks before another test, amid damage to a Thor missile and no official cause given.
The largest peacetime defense money bill in history has passed the House and goes to the Senate. It allocates 48.236 billion dollars to pay, arm and operate the nation’s military forces this fiscal year. Passage by voice vote.
Kansas City area stores report a 9 percent sales rise last week from 1961, with St. Joseph and Kansas City leading at 21 percent. Tulsa 13, Oklahoma City 12, Wichita 11, Topeka 8, Lincoln 7, Omaha 3, Joplin 2, Albuquerque 1, Downtown Kansas City down 1, Denver flat. For year to date the district is 3 percent ahead of last year, versus 5 percent for the nation.
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