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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy told Soviet Premier Khrushchev that Laos forming a national unity government under Prince Souvanna Phouma marks a milestone. He urged continued Geneva talks and warned against actions that could disrupt progress toward an independent neutral Laos.
Washington AP Former Midwest regional director of the American Guild of Variety Artists testifies he did not enforce rules preventing dancers from hustling drinks or mingling with customers. He cites contracts banning such practices, while acknowledging widespread abuses and rumors of prostitution in Chicago and other cities. He also notes union leaders pressured him, including libel damages won by a fellow member.
In Vientiane Laos pro Communist Prince Souphanouvong will assume temporary command of the coalition government as Souvanna Phouma and Phoumi Nosavan head to Europe to ratify the Geneva neutrality pact. The cabinet requires unanimous consent on key ministries, while Souvanna plans to visit France for his daughter's wedding.
AP reports a new round of showers is forecast for Kansas late today and Thursday. Thunderstorms began in the northwest and will move south, reaching the entire state by Thursday. Rain totals overnight include Brewster 2.70 inches, Goodland 9.14 with K-27 flooded, Mingo 1.66, Lucerne 0.91, Quinter 0.79, Bird City 0.79, Kirwai Dam 0.24 and Cedar Bluff trace.
Fair tonight with partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thunderstorms late Thursday. Lows around 60 tonight, highs around 80 Thursday.
AP reports Lt. Gov. Harold Chase a Republican from Salina filed for a second term. He announced plans earlier and this was the only early filing today, raising statewide candidacies to 40. Filing period ends June 20.
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday for the June period. Figures compare 1961 data against the prior year with totals 238 deaths and 216 traffic incidents recorded in the period.
Three bank robbers fled Alcatraz Island using hollowed vents and a dismantled ventilation shaft. Dummies in their bunks delayed discovery for hours. FBI-led search covers northern California as authorities weigh whether the escapees survived the treacherous sea voyage.
In a dramatic Whitsun weekend escape, three skilled laborers 19 and 20 years old tunneled from East Berlin to the West using soup spoons and small coal shovels. The tunnel collapsed after two reached safety, and the third was dug out after 72 hours of nonstop digging with no food and limited air while guards paced overhead. West Berlin authorities did not confirm the escape. A prior week, 11 East Germans emerged from another tunnel dug by six West Berlin men.
The Kansas Advisory Commission on institutional management and community health services proposes mental health treatment units in major urban centers. They recommend locations in Kansas City by Osawatomie State Hospital, Topeka by Topeka State Hospital, and Wichita by Larned State Hospital, offering in patient and out patient care to improve treatment and attract top staff.
President Kennedy will deliver a Fourth of July address at Independence Hall Philadelphia during the final session of the National Governors Conference. Governors meet in Hershey before traveling to Philadelphia, then Kennedy will proceed to Camp David for the holiday with his family.
Advertisement notes new stock of woven gingham plaids and stripes just arrived at OK Bargain Store, offering fabric at 49 cents per yard. Mentions smiling officials Kennedy and Khrushchev over Laos development and suggests sending more Marines.
The first loads of new wheat were reported at the Ottawa Co-Op Elevator. Phillip Cohee, harvesting 16 miles east of Ottawa, brought in a load with an estimated 30 bushels per acre. His wheat tested 60 pounds and 17 percent moisture, while most county fields remained too wet for combines.
John L. Millard, longtime administrator at Miami County Hospital Paola, was appointed assistant administrator at Bethany Hospital Kansas City. A Hoisington native, Millard brings two years of Paola leadership to the Bethany post.
A 43-year old waitress called police after stabbing her common-law husband Frank W. Loper, 40, to death in an Kansas City apartment. She admitted the killing saying he pestered her while she was cutting a chicken. She mentioned visiting her Ottawa father and recent divorce.
New York stocks slumped as selling threatened year lows, with the Dow at 580.07 down 0.87 at 1 p.m. and volume at 3.23 million shares in three hours. Major decliners included AT and T, Du Pont, IBM, Celotex, Xerox, while gains appeared for General Electric, International Nickel, and others as traders watched the market’s resilience against the selloff.
Washington AP reports Flight Engineers International Association AFL-CIO plans a possible strike tonight on Pan American World Airways Trans World Airlines and Eastern Airlines. After 20 months of talks with government mediators, over a dozen contract issues remain. A 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time deadline looms with no clear settlement. The dispute centers on reducing jet crews from four to three by merging duties of a pilot with the engineer.
Washington AP reports NASA plans joint man and chimpanzee or other animal orbit missions as a step toward moon landings. James Webb outlined expansion at Cape Canaveral by 14,800 acres and a $3,787,276,000 NASA appropriation for the year starting July 1.
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