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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1963
Page
5
Sixteen campers in Dijon send a letter to a French air base commander asking the jet to drop candy as compensation for noise. On Friday a jet passed over the camp and a small parachute delivered a four pound box of candy.
Activists connected with Ban the Bomb campaigns across campuses and cities confront evolving political climate and funding challenges. Organizers weigh shifts in public support and potential restructuring of networks as protests and education efforts adapt to new laws and media coverage.
Skopje's quake ruins yielded 600 bodies as Yugoslav officials warned the death toll could reach 2000 or more. More than 2000 injured were treated, with Americans among the lucky evacuees. Tito visited the devastation as rescue work continued.
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Little change in temperatures.
In Washington the State Department tentatively withdraws passports of 58 U S students who went to Cuba, sparking calls for prosecution from Rep William Cramer. NASA faces a leadership shift as John Powers leaves public affairs, while Postmaster General Day prepares to depart for private life. A GAO official warns many buildings, including the Capitol and Empire State Building, could be deemed substandard under renewal guidelines.
Soviet bloc leaders back a partial nuclear test ban after a Tass briefing by Anrei Gromyko ending three days of economic talks. In Korea General Park says the junta will step down after fall elections with October 11-20 vote. Poland reports smallpox in Wroclaw spreading to Opole and mass inoculations ordered with at least 30 cases and four deaths. In Formosa a Nationalist news agency cites youths linked to 1962 attacks in Hunan and Changsha. Caracas reports 66 convicts at large after a mass prison break at Reten La Planta, 16 captured, 7 to 12 killed. some attackers wore police uniforms.
The Ottawa Recreation Commission wraps up the season with a 7:30 demo swimming at Forest Park pool Tuesday. Picnic events at Garfield and Eugene Field schools Wednesday and Hawthorne and Lincoln schools Thursday. PeeWee League baseball on Forest Park diamonds Friday at 5. Equipment return Saturday.
In Italy the sixth straight day of violent electrical storms raised the death toll to 29. A gale driven collapse crushed a Ragusa Sicily stable killing a couple and their 16 year old daughter. Lightning claimed another life as tremors near Rieti damaged homes but caused no injuries.
Los Angeles AP reports Marilyn King 31, of the King Sisters singing group, won a divorce from Howard M. Lloyd 48 after she testified he gave her a terrible time about her career and wanted to know where she was every minute.
In Washington Democratic leaders seek Republican backing to ratify the Moscow pact with no rush. President Kennedy urges prompt but careful approval as Mansfield and Dirksen pledge joint effort. Hearings begin with Harriman before key Senate committees and lawmakers brace for public review and debate.
President Kennedy urged all Americans to join a historic debate over the nuclear test ban agreement calling it an important first step toward peace. He warned the path ahead is cautious and that the treaty does not solve all conflicts, but offers a shaft of light toward reason.
A cow owned by Edgar Swank of RFD 4 Ottawa has given birth to twin bulls. These are the first bull calves born to Swank’s cow on the present farm since he moved there five and a half years ago.
Mrs. Drew Moore of 530 N Cherry won Herald's 5 tip contest this week for her story and photo about oddly shaped top quality hybrid tomatoes. Dozens of tipsters from Franklin County and beyond were named, with tips about covered wagon tourists drawing the most phone calls.
At Cape Canaveral the Syncom 2 space station rides 2000 miles high and moves about 6800 mph toward a planned stop above northern Brazil next Saturday. Scientists will fire nitrogen jets to adjust speed and angle so the satellite becomes synchronous with Earth's rotation.
In Joplin Missouri 77 year old Lou G Jones reported a stranger approached at his mailbox Friday. The man asked for a car and demanded money after a short conversation. Jones handed over his $5 bill though he had only $95. The suspect warned he would return and kill him. Troopers Keller Lasater and Deputy Hare investigated Newton County.
ST. LOUIS AP reports Army Chief of Staff Gen. Earle Wheeler on Friday described a potential future in which Russia and China coexist without conflict as a situation unique in history, outlining its possible implications for global power dynamics.
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