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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1960
Page
6
The Otteewa Recreation Commission starts its summer swimming program at Forest Park pool with two supervisors and eight to ten instructors. Classes run July through 90 with four groups assigned to specific days and grade levels, health certificates available at the junior high office or from doctors.
A 19 month old girl Debra Douglas was fatally injured in a two car crash on a Coffeyville street intersection on Thursday. The child was thrown from the car as the vehicle overturned.
Fair to warm this afternoon and tonight with increasing cloudiness. Saturday will be warmer with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and evening. Highs around 80 to 85 this afternoon, tonight lows in the 60s, Saturday highs in the upper 80s. Yesterday's high 71, low 14. Record highs and lows listed for the date.
With a noon Monday deadline, Franklin County primaries loom. The three way Senate race features incumbent William S. Bowers Tom Gleason and Willis McQueary, all Republicans. Representing Franklin County Wayne Angell and Lee Perkins battle. Floyd Coffman seeks a third term as District Court judge. Several county posts see GOP and Democrat contests, with unopposed incumbents and filings in multiple districts.
Peiping Radio reported thousands of Chinese Communist guns bombarded Quemoy today in a display of contempt for President Eisenhower. The shells on the mainland began at 8 p.m. local time and the Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry in Tapei said shelling ceased 55 minutes later. There were no reports of counterfire, suggesting the bombardment was not heavy. Peiping Radio said guns in Fukien lobbed a furious rain of shells at Quemoy and Little Quemoy and the Tan Islets. The President was en route to Formosa, 119 miles east of the island. Peiping has scheduled shelling on odd-numbered days as a show of force against the United States. The President was to arrive off Formosa at 9 a.m. Saturday and depart 10:10 a.m. Sunday. A New China News Agency broadcast said the step is to demonstrate against U S imperialism for safety. The Communists have shelled Quemoy on odd-numbered days for 20 months under a self-proclaimed cease-fire.
At a Brownsboro Texas school board meeting a long running feud turned violent. One man died from two gunshots, four were injured, and school board secretary Dr Charles Rahm was charged with murder. The fight drew in state police and Rangers with 250 questioned as authorities investigated at the Henderson County Courthouse.
Washington AP reports the House approved an amendment to a 3.3845 billion dollar foreign aid appropriation to restore 200 million dollars for military assistance. The 170 to 114 vote awaits a later roll call that could reverse it, with Speaker Rayburn opposing the change. President Eisenhower had asked for two billion for military aid.
In Alaska 14 died when a Pacific Northern Airlines plane crashed into Mt Gilbert. No recovery will be made for the bodies or mail due to avalanche danger. One unidentified woman’s body was brought down by a rescue team.
South Main resident Harold Cartzdafner reports a lavender And Allium flower growing in a wooden frame in his front yard. The plant, sourced from Hamburg Iowa, stands four feet tall with a 20 inch blossom and a cycle of bloom and dormancy expected to repeat yearly.
Hal Boyle notes men marry for self preservation not love. A wife is a life saver and the best life insurance, extending a husband’s years. Married men live longer, though marriage changes finances, humor, status, and weathering jokes. The piece playfully argues marriage adds stability, despite quirks.
A Rantoul woman credits her survival to her 85-pound German Shepherd Queen who woke the family as smoke filled the home. She said an iron skillet blackened on the stove and suspects her four year old son Dusty turned on the fire while husband was away. The house sustained smoke damage.
Farmers and residents plan for Dairy Day with a noon luncheon at the North American Hotel where the Ottawa Dairy Day princess will be announced before the regional contest on June 24. Activities include a dairy bingo game at the courthouse lawn at 2, 4-H window exhibits from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free Plaza Theater movies from 10 to 12:15, and free ice cream starting at 4.
Thousands of leftists and labor activists encircled Japan's Diet oppose a U.S. alliance as Premier Kishi faces ratification amid a stabbing of Socialist leader Jotaro Kawakimi. Government vows discipline while calling for elections after treaty entry.
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