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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1960
Page
8
HAL BOYLE relays a string of humorous excuses from debtors to installment collectors. The jokes lampoon evasive lines about payments, vacations, selling or keeping belongings, wage garnishment, and family mismanagement as borrowers plead for leniency. The snippets assemble a comic portrait of financial avoidance.
In a 4-4 decision the Michigan Supreme Court refused to overturn Mesick High School’s two year ban on married students from extracurriculars. Ronald Cochrane and David Shively, both 18, were barred from football, band and escorting spouses to dances during their senior year after marrying summer 1953 with parental consent. The Mesick board had approved the ban in 1958 to support family life.
Washington AP endorsement issued by Democratic and Republican national chairmen launches a broad fund and turnout campaign. More than 150 national organizations begin the drive on Monday. John C. Cornelius of the American Heritage Foundation predicts the effort will mobilize the largest vote in U.S. history. The campaign, with the Advertising Council, seeks free ads to urge donations and votes. Butler and Morton back the effort, outlining expectations for substantial participation.
A 1956 campaign totals show local, state, and national spending approaching 200 million dollars. The rollout highlights heavy outlays for advertising, operations, and candidate activity across multiple jurisdictions.
A Bomarc air defense missile at McGuire AFB in New Jersey caught fire while in a concrete launching pen. Radioactivity, mainly confined to the damaged pen, prompted a precautionary lockdown and road closures. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in 45 minutes as investigators from multiple agencies pledged probes and decontamination teams scanned the site. The 47-foot missile can reach targets up to 250 miles away.
Eight persons were questioned and one given a lie detector test as authorities probed the death of 13 year old JoAnne Wyse found at the north edge of Excelsior Springs. Police seek to determine if homicide and possible rape occurred. Grandfather Cecil Floyd and five others found the body about 109 yards from a log cabin once home to JoAnne's parents.
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