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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
6
A Herald Photo captures Peoples National Bank thermometer this exact moment at 2 28 yesterday afternoon creating a vivid local detail of the scene.
Four residents won the Peoples National Bank time and temperature contest as the sign hit 100 at 2:28 pm yesterday. Richard Cruces claimed $100, Ella Porter won $50 for second, Harold Bechtle earned $25 for third with 2:18, and E W Robinson received $10 for 2:15. The event marks the bank's second sizzler contest.
Mrs Kendall Hay of 1349 5S Poplar celebrated a warm birthday yesterday and did not win prize money in the sizzier contest. She had set 1:26 p.m. as the time the temperature would reach 100, but the guess was rejected for improper form and not accepted.
In Cambridge Maryland a crowd of about 500 white residents gathered outside the county jail demanding the release of a white man arrested in a racial demonstration. Earlier authorities freed twelve Black detainees who had been held since Monday in the same case.
County forecast calls for scattered evening and night thunderstorms with partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Overnight lows range from 70 to 75. Saturday highs reach the mid to upper 90s. Announcement: the slaughtering operation is discontinued and the entire plant will close July 1, 1963 at Zero Lockers, 1602 S Main.
Topeka AP reports Kansas posted the nation’s peak highs on Thursday with Russell at 103 degrees and Chanute at 102. Dodge City reached 95 as showers lingered in extreme south central Kansas near the Oklahoma border. Overnight rain was light but Ellsworth measured 1.40 inches and Kanapolis Reservoir .20. Warm, clear conditions persist with little weekend relief expected.
In Jackson Mississippi an air of foreboding hung over the city as Negro leaders prepared a march strategy and a dramatic funeral for slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Police and FBI agents pursued clues across several states in the hunt for the sniper who ambushed him early Wednesday.
Premier Khrushchev announced Lt. Col. Valeri Bykovsky in Vostok V becomes the fifth Soviet cosmonaut in orbit, with a potential longer flight. Tass reports an 88 minute orbit, altitudes between 112 and 146 miles, and normal Vostok V operation as the U.S. had just ended Project Mercury.
Christine Keeler revealed to her lawyer that Soviet naval attache Captain Yevgeny Ivanov asked her to obtain from John Profumo the delivery date of nuclear warheads to West Germany. The claim, echoed by political sources, heightens pressure on Prime Minister Macmillan and suggests a public inquiry into the Profumo scandal.
An attorney for two convicted killers conferred with U S Circuit Judge Delmas C Hill and said an appeal would be filed for the men George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham to be considered in Denver next Wednesday. They are scheduled to be hanged next Thursday for the slaying of Otto Ziegler of Oakley Kansas on June 9 1961. Roy Cook said Hill believed he lacked authority to stay the execution and would consult with another judge in Denver.
In Washington, a large March for Freedom Now demonstration by Negro participants is planned for today. Organizers anticipate at least 2,000 people will attend, with a pledge of orderly, nonviolent conduct. Acting Police Chief Covell expects no trouble and assigns day and evening officers to ensure peak police strength after 4 p.m.
Police and the threat of fire hoses broke up an all-night vigil by African Americans on the steps of Danville Municipal Building. State police deployed two armored cars and dogs, while Mayor Julian R. Stinson met with Negro leaders after returning from a Richmond conference with Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. to address roughly 100 protesters.
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 a m Friday with 2 fatalities for June 23, 1963. Comparison shows 221 deaths for 1963 year to date versus 230 for the comparable 1962 period.
A correction notes Deerwood Fancy Hawaiian Pineapple chunks or crushed in No 2 tins three for $1.00 and Swift’s Potted Meats three ounce tins three for 25 cents available at Cheney's Markets. Sale details updated for promotional ad.
A congressional delegation toured Osawatomie State Hospital with hospital and state welfare officials and Kansas legislators to study it as a potential National Service Corps site. Led by U.S. Senators Harrison A. Williams Jr and Frank Thompson of New Jersey, the group included several other lawmakers and state officials. The corps would encompass hospitals and social service sites and is under hearing for establishment, sometimes termed a domestic peace corps.
Ottawa reports three interruptions yesterday due to overload from air conditioners. City crews added a transformer. peak load reached 8,100 kilowatts from a diesel dual fuel engine and steam units. Total plant capacity will be 13,650 kilowatts with four units.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Ministry presents Shadow of the Boomerang a feature length outdoor drama at First Baptist Ottawa 7 30 p m Sunday June 16. The film stars Goria Lee and Dick Jones set in Australia Outback and filmed with Billy Graham crusade footage. It promotes Christian responses to crisis and will be shown free of charge at the church Fourth and Hickory with an all Australian cast and World Wide Pictures producer Dick Ross.
LAWRENCE AP The six week Midwestern Music and Art Camp at the University of Kansas opens its 26th season Sunday with a record enrollment of about 1,100 senior and junior high students expected.
An odd claim suggests Khrushchev will reward space heroes, with chatter about Tany’s town event and a quirky proposal. Details remain unclear in the fragment, aiming to capture the intrigue surrounding a potential official gesture.
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