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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
9
Aziz Zarou retrieved his life savings after riding on a car fender, falling into a downtown gutter. Edward Kay, 19, found a stack of $100 U.S. savings bonds and turned them to police. Zarou provided serial numbers for 40 bonds. police returned 41 bonds, noting he may have miscounted after digging for a parking coin.
A compilation of Ann Landers letters and responses covers etiquette questions about dining with foreign objects in food, handling a reform school brother seeking work, and a mother reflecting on her past and parenting. The column also promotes a booklet on dating boundaries with a request for a small fee and SASE.
FAA says a mechanic's oversight involving a tiny cutter pin and a bolt under an inch long may explain the New York jet crash that killed 95 after takeoff from Idlewild. The agency warned airlines and the Military Air Transport Service, noting the bolt could have moved and caused rudder failure. Civil Aeronautics Board still investigates.
The Rev Charles Manchester of Haworth England warned he may halt weddings when grooms arrive tipsy. He complains half of the bridegrooms smell of alcohol and jokes about ditching the saying something old something new something bottled and something brewed in his parish magazine.
A broad classified notice highlights a local want ad seen by more than 25,000 readers. It emphasizes reach and public visibility for sellers and advertisers in the community.
In Tacoma Washington in August 1961 an eight year old girl Ann Marie Burr vanished from her home. The Burr family searched relentlessly as doors and a window were found unsecured. Police questioned over 1500 people and compiled a 500 page file as missing person bulletins went to all states and Canada and Mexico. No ransom or explanation has emerged.
Police comb city woods and conduct house to house checks after the disappearance of Ann Marie a healthy shy third grader described as intelligent. Parents a warehouseman at Camp Murray and nonwealthy. Rewards total 5000 dollars for return or arrest with Herald offering 5 dollars weekly for tips.
Three Ottawa Westminster United Presbyterian families will travel Sunday to the United Presbyterian Mariners camp at Ghost Ranch New Mexico. The S Martin Brockways Wally Harts and Robert Pickens will join a week of discussions on religion and church management.
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