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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1960
Page
4
CARSON CITY NEV AP gamblers lost more than 45 million dollars to Nevada's legal gambling in Q1 1960. The state reaped 2,47,079 dollars from gambling revenue and table license fees.
Hollywood AP notes TV offers the best overall view of national party conventions. In-person observers gain thrill but miss the full scope, campaign headquarters, caucuses, and press conferences that shape the convention, while TV provides a comprehensive picture of developments.
Premier Patrice Lumumba refused a private audience with Mikhail Smirnov the Soviet envoy at Blair House during his Washington visit. Smirnov waited half an hour Thursday night before being told Lumumba did not wish to receive any callers. Lumumba remained as a guest at Blair House.
In Athens Raul Castro, Cuban armed forces minister, says Cuba will not touch the U S naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The interview aired during a stopover at Athens Airport as Raul Castro campaigns and maintains his party's leadership stance amid questions on policy.
Chicago AP report notes Vice President Nixon rallying GOP base in the Midwest, promising a major farm speech early in the campaign and a farm program his party could run on in November. He avoids sponsoring legislation that could be used politically, while Kennedy and Johnson push for broader military and elderly care measures. Nixon, constrained as Senate presiding officer, plans periodic news conferences to maintain visibility.
President Eisenhower postpones departure for Newport vacation due to forecasts of heavy storms along the New England and Atlantic Coast. He and Mrs. Eisenhower extended their Denver visit with Mrs. Eisenhower's ill mother, awaiting better weather and the Senate’s return.
Washington AP says Maj. Willard G. Palm, commander of the RB47 shot down by the Soviets, will receive military honors on arrival at Dover Air Force Base at 2 p.m. The Soviet attack in international waters of the Barents Sea led to Palm's death. Moscow handed his body to U.S. authorities. Two crew members remained alive while three others were missing.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, tired but satisfied with the Republican National Convention, returned to his Westchester home by private plane. He spoke of organizing for November as next steps for both state and nation, accompanied by his wife, Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson, and several staff members.
A tropical storm pounds the East Coast with heavy rain and gusty winds from Charleston to Cape May as Brenda moves northward. Vessels Towed or grounded. Ver mont ran aground near Charleston and salvage ship Big Wig ashore near the Virginia North Carolina line. Midwest squall lines bring 100 mph winds from Michigan to Oklahoma with extensive rainfall and hail reported in several cities.
Editor Lynn Remzer reports from Leopoldville that Congo’s newborn government faces a perilous future without rapid UN and international aid. Katanga’s demand for independence and its copper revenues threaten central finances as the 290 million dollar budget looms, with minerals comprising 57 percent of exports.
The Ottawa Board of Education proposes a budget boosting general operating funds to 700000 with a 2975% increase in salaries and five new teachers. The hearing on August 1 will be at 730 pm in the Board of Education office.
The South Korean navy said it sank a North Korean gunboat in a five minute running battle at about 5,000 yards. Four South Korean sailors were injured aboard their destroyer escort. This marked the first confirmed sinking of a Communist naval craft since the 1953 armistice.
A Navy A4D Skyraider crashed and exploded in a missile training yard at Fort Bliss Texas on Friday killing the pilot. He was stationed at Norfolk Virginia and no other injuries were reported.
John M. Changs Democrats scored a decisive victory in South Korea, ending Syngman Rhee Liberal rule. The party secured a likely 153 seats of 233 in the lower house amid postvote violence and protests over irregularities.
Attorney General John Anderson, a Republican candidate, told a Sedgwick County rally that he is the only GOP choice who can defeat Governor George Docking in November. He campaigned in Sedgwick Friday and focused next on Butler County.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that negligent operation by both the Transcontinental Bus System vehicle and the Auto Transports truck caused a head on crash on a narrow bridge near Overland Park Kansas during a March snowstorm. The bus driver died and four passengers plus the truck driver were injured. Both vehicles were traveling at least 45 mph and could not have passed safely given weather and road conditions.
In Kansas City Kansas an AP report states the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was fined 500 dollars in U S District Court after pleading guilty to improper handling of explosives. The charge stemmed from boxcars carrying explosives being moved at Parsons Kansas on October 19 1959.
Hyannisport Mass. Democratic ticket leaders Kennedy Johnson and Stevenson grapple with pushing a three week legislative program through a Congress dominated by Democrats. Johnson leads the Senate with Eisenhower veto power still possible as Cape Cod waits and they assess dissent among members. Stevenson arrives to offer campaign help amid high level talks and no known strained relations with Kennedy.
Plainfield New Jersey AP report says Mrs Gail Olmstead wife of Lt Freeman B Olstead one of two U S Air Force RB47 crewmen held by the Russians will make a personal appeal to Soviet Premier Khrushchev for the release of her husband She plans to visit him in prison on behalf of her 2 year old daughter Karen Hardin Kansas secretary manager of a chamber will be tried for esp icage according to Russia’s claim Funeral plans pending prescriptions Raney Drug CHz angy
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