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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
3
A reader laments lack of access to his children after divorce and questions Ann Landers advice. Landers challenges his visiting rights, urges lawful access if privileges exist, and warns against assuming custody without court backing.
Ralph Hanlon, 46, a famed west Kansas weather forecaster, died while trying to rescue his 10-year-old twins from a swimming hole at a Dodge City location. Wilma survived by floating to the bank, Bill swam to safety. his wife and a 17-year-old daughter were at home. Hanlon was known for radio weather broadcasts guiding listeners across the region.
Charles Starkweather 20 faces another execution date in Lincoln Nebraska as Lancaster District Court and the U S Supreme Court weigh requests for habeas corpus delays. Father Guy Starkweather seeks to halt the death sentence arguing improper previous representation. The inmate maintains guilt but faults legal representation for potential life.
In Des Moines the American Baptist convention announced four scholars each receiving $2000. Among the winners is Lewis P. Bowling from Hot Springs South Dakota, who will enroll at Ottawa Kane University.
Census headquarters at Parsons Kansas will open in late July and run through year end 1961. A representative will begin job applications June 15 at the Public Library. About 20 warehousemen will prepare forms for 32 000 field workers who will conduct the agricultural census in November and December. The staff to compile data from over four million farms will total 1 000 to 1 500 clerks and operators. The bureau has leased space at the Kansas Ordnance plant.
TOPEKA AP Five year old Terry Carroll of Topeka drowned Saturday when a boat sank in the Kaw River five miles west of Topeka. Mr and Mrs Fred Carroll saved their three other children as the vessel foundered near shore. Mrs Carroll swam to safety with Sherri Lou 2, but Terry slipped from his father's back a short distance from shore.
AP report details the accidental shooting of Mamie Alice Peniman 38, a stunt shooter known as Wild Bill Cody, by a 9-year-old New Kensington boy at the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Exposition. The boy, supervised by his mother, handled a .22 rifle mistaken for a prop. Peniman died before she could perform with her husband Frank Monaco and daughter Mary Alice. Police questioned the boy, with no charges filed.
Israeli and United Arab Republic aircraft clashed for about five minutes as spokesmen disagreed on the location. Israeli officials said four U A R jets were driven off over Israel, while a Cairo source said one Israeli plane was hit over the Sinai Desert.
Walter Williams of Royston Texas, the last Confederate army survivor, was awarded an honorary five star general rank by a group calling itself the Confederate High Command during a bedside ceremony. Donald A. Ramsey of St Peters burg Florida presented the commission as executive commissioner. Williams, enjoying a nip of whisky, dozed through most of the event despite the honor.
New York special report describes a science breakthrough in shrinking hemorrhoids without surgery. The article notes cases where patients experienced pain relief and actual shrinkage, highlighting a gentle, non invasive approach.
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