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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1960
Page
4
Column by John M. Hightower analyzes global tensions and political deadlock. He argues major powers face entrenched positions on security, trade, and diplomacy, yielding uncertain progress and prolonged stalemate.
Paul Mantz, Earhart’s longtime friend and flight adviser, says he believes Mrs. Josephine Akiyama’s 11 year old recollection of seeing Earhart and Noonan as Japanese captives on Saipan in 1937 is worth investigating, and he will pursue facts until death. The report ties to Earhart’s 1937 disappearance en route from New Guinea to Howland Island.
Representatives from the First Baptist Church of Wichita plan to press the American Baptist Convention to pull back from the National Council of Churches as the convention in Rochester opens. The Wichita church, with about 4600 members and a 30000 dollar annual gift, argues the council is too liberal and its leaders meet with the relations committee today. About 10000 delegates attend the annual meeting.
TOPEKA AP Congressman Enver D Hargis filed for the Democratic nomination for a second term in Kansas third district. No other Democrats entered the race as filing closed.
The district presses a challenge against Hargis as four candidates compete for the Republican nomination. The contest tightens party dynamics and signals a contested primary path.
Washington AP House expense account records ordered reopened for public inspection to curb improper spending. Speaker Sam Rayburn reversed a secrecy order after disclosures of irregularities and indiscretions in official business trips. New rules require nonphotostated access, presence of a clerk’s representative, and allow verbatim copying by newsmen.
The disclosures show House funds paid bar bills, hotel costs for congressional wives, and party expenses. Rep H R Gross urges a bill for detailed accounting, but it is stalled in the House Administration Committee.
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