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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
6
Mrs Bi Hollis opened her season at Fredonia Country Club with a remarkable ace on the No 1 tee. The golf ball found the cup on her first swing of the year, marking an unforgettable start.
Plattsburgh police measured 21 year old Lise Fournier's shorts on scene after her arrest for wearing brief attire. The case hinges on whether 12 percent inch length is too short, with Judge Irving Goldman set to decide while Fournier remains free on $5 bail.
Chattanooga youth, 17, faced juvenile court for running a stop sign. A police officer testified the driver was rushing home for his sister’s wedding to fetch her bra. Judge Leo Britt dismissed the case.
In Garden City South Carolina two 18 year old boys from Florence using a rope a hook and sting ray for bait hooked a 491 pound tiger shark that measured 10 feet 1 inch. They battled the shark for two hours.
In Royal Oak Michigan an ice vending machine was robbed of eleven twenty pound bags while a break in at a service station yielded no bite from the burglars who paid no attention to the cash box.
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section cover the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today with 2 deaths. To date in 1959 the count is 213, compared with 201 for the comparable period in 1958.
Generally fair conditions continue this afternoon tonight and Saturday with highs in the mid 80s today lows around 60s then a hotter Saturday with upper 90s to near 95. Yesterday’s high reached 987 and the low was 64 with year-ago values of 91 and 67. Record highs and lows for the date are 104 and 42 respectively set in 1953 and 1993.
Leavenworth Kansas AP report states two federal prison honor farm inmates fled after being discovered missing at 2 a.m. Identified as Edward Otto Gunn 30 of Kansas City Kansas and Robert Daniel Lowe 30 of Robinson Illinois. Gunn had begun a two year term May 8 1958 for interstate transportation of forged securities. Lowe began May 20 1958 for interstate transportation of a stolen car.
An Elks Flag Day ceremony at Forest Park Sunday night is expected to draw about 500 people. The program includes 162 participants, a pledge of allegiance, and flag-raising by the VFW color guard. Local dignitaries will be introduced before the Elks Legion baseball game against Emporia, with Mayor Kenneth Andrews throwing the first pitch.
Neighbors south of Highland Cemetery report a lean tall wild cat with a long tail seen and heard in the woods. Sheriff’s office investigates as residents fear for babies and stock after sightings last November and recent damage to siding and fences. Peacocks nearby offer a humorous aside about distant screaming during mating season and storms.
Atty. Gen. John Anderson ruled that a emergency 68119 allocation for the state grain department was invalid because approved outside a finance council meeting. He warned payors face personal liability on bonds. Gov. Docking sought legal action to test the opinion and possibly release funds pending court action. Hart said he would abide by the opinion as Docking considered convening a meeting.
Pharr Texas with population around 10000 approves an ordinance banning new drilling permits inside city limits. The city already has two operating wells and a third under construction. Three additional permits had been issued before the ban.
James Defenbaugh, 21, of Wayside Kansas died in an Independence hospital Thursday night from injuries sustained in a two car crash near Wayside on Monday. The incident marked the second death linked to the wreck with Mrs. Johnnie James of Altus Oklahoma killed instantly.
Ottawa marked its seasonal high at 97 degrees yesterday while storms delivered heavy rain to surrounding areas. Rain totals varied with .20 inches in Ottawa proper, heavier at the municipal airport and south edge. Garnett reported .75 inches, East of Ottawa Rantoul topped an inch, Waverly recorded .77, and Le Loup Bald win saw no rain as Kansas cooled today.
In New York the 171 member Wage Policy Committee of United Steelworkers meets amid a dispute over procedure as the present three year contract nears expiration on June 30. The union seeks higher wages and benefits led by president and chief negotiator David J McDonald. No progress was reported after Thursday. A failure to reach an agreement could trigger a strike by about 500000 workers in plants producing 90 percent of the nation's steel.
In Geneva AP Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged breaking the Western linked talks, arguing the present foreign ministers meeting should not be tied to a summit. He called the link artificial and invalid, signaling possible stiff Western pressure over West Berlin. Eisenhower warned he would not attend a heads of government meeting under such conditions. Western powers pressed Moscow to halt threats of a separate East German peace treaty and resume Berlin crisis talks.
Manue l Armijo Jr. wandered into a logging camp near the burned car scene a week after the wreck wearing a beard and dirtied by weeks in the woods He claimed the skull bones were those found in the car and that the remains included a calf head a porcupine He is being held for further questioning by Sheriff Barney Hickson who plans to test him with a lie detector Armijo said he had wandered the woods for a week and that the car caught fire forcing his escape He identified the remains as part of an old human skull and other animal parts obtained during a visit to a relative résumé.
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy proposed a cutback of about 1% billion dollars in missile defense programs against manned bombers. He also urged adding roughly 160 million dollars to expand development of a defense against ballistic and other missiles.
The United Rubber Workers and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. reached agreements to end a 58 day strike affecting 18 000 workers across eight cities. A five year pension plan and two year master contract were cleared after four nights of talks. Wage terms to be reopened later this year after 60 day notice.
Twenty nine cars of a 149 car Katy freight train derailed at the Missouri Pacific crossover on the west edge of Chetopa Kansas. No injuries were reported. Both Katy and Missouri Pacific lines were blocked. The wreck occurred ten cars behind the locomotive and involved freight such as oil peanuts coal lard and glassware. There was no fire.
A line of severe storms battered Western Missouri from Webb City to St. Joseph causing extensive damage. Winds 70 to 80 mph toppled trees and roofs, cutting power to about 50,000 homes as crews from Kansas City Power & Light and Southwestern Bell restored service. Hallmark Cards building and several grain elevators were damaged while railroad cars overturned east of Orrick. Injuries reported include a man burned by lightning near Webb City and a woman struck in Warrensburg.
Investigators in Boston cite a theory a psychopath planted a 20 to 25 pound bomb in the Metropolitan rapid transit station. The blast at 2 pm injured 38, with three in serious condition. A sought suspect in a Castro bombing threat is pictured. alarms had echoed earlier warnings at North Station.
An Ohio woman missing from Albuquerque New Mexico was found safe in a Guymon motel with three others. Jeanette Bailey 25 Akron Ohio mother of two was located with another woman and two men. FBI agents questioned the group as authorities sought true identities. Officers converged on the motel around midnight after a note was found in a Tucumcari service station restroom.
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