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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
1
The Ottawa Recreation Commission Babe Ruth league opens Monday with four teams and 69 players signed, plus 22 extra signups this year. Teams include Giants Athletics Tigers and Yankees with co captains listed for each squad and all games at Forest Park starting Monday.
Sacramento California governor Edmund G Brown signed a law requiring absentee ballots be returned to county clerks three days before election. The measure aims to speed ballot counting after the slow return period seen in the last presidential race.
Four year old Kenneth Van Norman died after being hit by a tractor-trailer in Kansas City. The driver Henry Blacketer, 40, of St. Joseph Missouri, said the child ran under the rear wheels. Local police are investigating the incident.
Pattern 457 provides illustrated steps dimensions and full size cutting guides for a shaped sail boat. Suited for teens with some help from an adult. Included in a variety packet No. 64 for $1. Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
Tonight Ottawa meets Garnett at Forest Park at 8 p.m. Postponed. Friday Sacred Heart faces Westminster at 7 p.m. Wesleyan Methodist plays Wellsville at 8:30 p.m. at Forest Park. Saturday Pomona Methodist battles First Methodist at 7 p.m. Trinity Methodist vs First Baptist at 8:30 p.m. Forest Park. Eastern Kansas League Ottawa vs Meadow Gold at Topeka 7:30 p.m. Sunday Ottawa vs Clinton at Forest Park 7:30 p.m. doubleheader. Monday Nazarene vs North Baptist 7 p.m. First Christian vs First Methodist 8:30 p.m. Forest Park.
Charlotte, AP report: Jim Saxon, 31, heads a vending machine firm that grew from 800,000 to 3 million in revenue. He leaves July 20 to begin a three year study to become a Presbyterian minister at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife and six children. His father, J Herman Saxon, will take over the business. He had considered the move for three years saying he could not dismiss it anymore.
Washington AP reports Robert McKinney editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican is Kennedy's ambassador nominee to Switzerland awaiting Senate confirmation. McKinney age 50 is a former interior assistant secretary and former US representative to the IAEA in Vienna.
Sam Snead, 49, enters his 21st U S Open at Oakland Hills as the sentimental favorite in a field of 150. He aims for his first Open victory, facing Gary Player and Ben Hogan among others, with Palmer having won last year at Denver. Snead doubts himself yet believes a 284 could seal the title as he also seeks to extend recent tour wins.
Ottawa manager Joe Moody announced the Ottawa girls softball game with Garnett at Forest Park tonight has been postponed. He said a reschedule date has not yet been set.
In Sedalia Missouri the Ad Co team led Sedalia Ice 45 to 0 when darkness halted play after the first inning. Ice did not bat in the abbreviated game.
By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer the late deadline looms as general managers await midnight June 15 local time when waivers rule any post deadline trades. New York contacted Kansas City for Bud Daley and Billy Gardner in deals involving Art Ditmar Deron Johnson and Danny McDevitt.
In Cocoa Florida AP reports 12 year old Burmit Estes died after a pitched ball struck his neck in the third inning while catching for the Moose Lodge team. The ball bounced off home plate to hit him between chest protector and face mask. He fielded the ball and collapsed despite artificial respiration. A doctor said the ball ruptured a large artery.
Frank Lary notches a 10th win as Detroit defeats Boston 4-2 to pull even atop the American League with Cleveland while New York beats Cleveland 11-5. Whitey Ford earns his 10th for the Yankees, and Chuck Essegian homers off Ford.
National League news sits alongside civil rights coverage as Freedom Riders head toward Florida after tests of South Carolina and Georgia bus stations. The group, including rabbis and ministers, encountered limited resistance, while in baseball Don Drysdale and the Dodgers shut out the Cubs 7 0 to gain a half game in the NL race amid other scores.
Baseball scoreboard shows Wednesday results Chicago 4 Los Angeles 1 Washington 5 Baltimore 1 New York 11 Cleveland 5 Kansas City 9 Minnesota 2 Detroit 4 Boston 2. Thursday games include Boston at Detroit and Los Angeles at Chicago with several N games. Friday schedules feature Baltimore at Cleveland and Los Angeles at Kansas City among others with many N results.
In Kansas City the state alleges the gun used to kill Patricia Jones matches a firearm owned by Sharon Kinne. Prosecutors say Kinne, a 21 year old Independence widow, told Walter Jones she was pregnant and had dated him. Jones’s wife was found shot near Independence a year ago. The trial, likely to run weeks, followed the last sighting when Mrs. Jones boarded Kinne’s car.
Minnesota pitcher Camilo Pascual held the A's to two runs through seven innings before Norm Siebern's three run homer sparked a nine run rally. Jerry Walker earned the win after a rough ninth inning for Pascual. Walker is 3-3, Pascual falls to 8 losses in 12 decisions.
Buffalo New York AP reports practice sessions started today for two 30 man college football squads set to clash June 23 in the first All America Bowl game. The game is sponsored by the American Football Coaches Association. The roster includes nine of the 11 players named to the 1960 AP All American team.
USC stands as a solid favorite to capture the NCAA Track and Field Championship in Philadelphia. Coach Jess Mortensen predicts about 550 points to win, with stars like Dallas Long Luther Hayes John Thomas and others expected to score. Defending champs Kansas UCLA Villanova Oregon State and San Jose State also field strong squads.
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