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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1960
Page
3
Liberal, Kansas police solved a weird case of voices heard by a dog catcher and inmates. Marin Dwyer, 12, of Sayre, Oklahoma, admitted being a ventriloquist and had been disguising sounds during his jail time, then released after paying a fine.
In Hermann Missouri a Kansas man received a 50 year term for an armed tavern holdup that gravely wounded operator Leland Henneke. Robert James Julius, 21, Ov erland Park Kansas, pleaded guilty before Judge Joseph Tate. He was on parole from a Kansas reformatory at the time. He fled with 1721 dollars in cash and 383 dollars in checks, which were later recovered.
Preliminary estimates place the estate of Louise E. Faessler at more than 317000 after the 72 year old widow was found murdered in her Moberly home. The will allocates 20000 to Coates Street Presbyterian Church and 10000 to Park College and the Farmington orphanage.
AP dispatch reports a humiliating US defeat as Eisenhower’s Tokyo visit was canceled. Khrushchev and Red China are cited as backing a campaign to exploit Japan’s antiwar sentiment, destabilize Kishi’s government, and strain the US Japanese alliance amid regional Cold War tensions. The piece links the Tokyo setback to earlier Paris summit failures and notes implications for Far East defense and diplomacy.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy converge on Dakota precincts amid hoopla and a giant birthday party. They plan stops in North and South Dakota to boost campaigns as the pre convention duel heats up. Nixon campaigns in Fargo for Gov. Davis while Kennedy attends Burdick’s birthday event.
Galena Kansas kicks off a three day observance of its 83rd anniversary with a program in the old market square west of Mein Street. The Galena Lions Clubs sponsors the event, which runs through Saturday night.
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