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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1962
Page
5
Mrs. Max Floyd of 1419 Wilson reported a squirrel climbed onto her porch after she made chirping sounds. The animal followed her inside and onto the screen door before leaving. police say the squirrel appears healthy and the Floyds had been keeping it in a tub.
Blustery rain and wind dropped twigs and small limbs across Ottawa and nearby towns. Ottawa reports minimal service line damage while Lyndon Quenemo and Overbrook suffered power failures from fallen branches on lines. Rain totals reached .85 inches at Quenemo and Melvern.
A cryptic line compares saying honey to a lover versus a wife when a man returns later than expected. The remark frames both approaches as similarly ineffective and raises questions about tone and consequences in domestic tensions.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a few nighttime thunder showers. Sunday highs generally to the upper 80s. Tonight's low in the 60s.
A polite gunman robbed Centennial State Bank in Mission Kansas on a Friday afternoon. He herded the president William L. Moffett and vice president Paul W. Walter toward a teller cage, took about 8000 dollars, and fled in a 1952 sedan. No customers were present. A man matching the description was later linked to a white 1961 model car seen near a house.
At Travis Air Force Base Yukie Fujii, a 10 year old orphan in Japan, rushed into the arms of Marine master sergeant Stanley G. Baker after arriving from Tokyo. Baker, 39, of Buena Park California, had chosen her from a Japanese orphanage, but federal and state rules delayed the adoption. Tears and welcome scenes marked the reunion with Bakers Japanese wife as the potential foster mother.
King Savang Vathana in Vientiane installed a 19 man coalition cabinet headed by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma. Premier Boun Oum and anti Communist ministers resigned earlier to clear the way for a conservative neutralist and pro Communist blended government amid Cold War tensions. Final decree wording resolved to allow today’s installation ceremonies.
Pan American World Airways said it would seek a federal injunction in Brooklyn to halt a flight engineers strike set for 2 p.m. Eastern Air Lines was also named in the court action. Eastern President Malcolm A. MacIntyre warned a strike could shut down operations.
Flight engineers at Idlewild Airport began picketing amid a looming strike against Pan American World Airways and Eastern Airlines after the union warned it would strike unless new contracts were reached. The dispute centers on trimming four man cockpit crews to three as urged by a presidential commission. The National Mediation Board urged no strike pending talks, while legal enforcement remains unclear.
Mrs Hap Herring of Melvern won $5 in The Herald weekly tip contest for a sports note on the Melvern Waverly baseball game. The contest included several honorable mentions for tips on local incidents and events reported to the Associated Press wire service.
Alice Ruth Raynard of Shawnee was hospital bound with a back injury after a 1961 sedan driven by Verda M Briggs of Shawnee left the highway on Interstate 35. Briggs and her daughters Connie Mae 9 and Leah E 7 suffered facial bruises while Beverly Ann 18 appeared uninjured. A witness cited a rear tire failure as the crash cause. Trooper Harold Bennett investigated.
Louis Crosswhite, his 11 children occupying a station wagon, faced a three day repossession by Humboldt County deputies over a $117.44 debt. Crosswhite, jailed for obstructing an officer, was released after authorities said there was no case, with payment dispute traced to a cleared check from Trinity County.
Representatives from Melvern Quenemo Lyndon Pomona Osage City Ottawa met at the North American Hotel to plan a celebration for the Pomona flood control dam closure. Tentative closure between July 15 and 30 with celebration at the dam overlook. final timing and access directions to be announced.
A Franklin County chest X-ray survey runs from June 26 to July 10 per the Kansas State Board of Health. Locations and times cover Wellsville, Lane, Richmond, Williamsburg, Pomona, Ottawa, Beers Motor Co, National Guard Armory, and South Ottawa Lumber Co with varied morning and afternoon slots through July 10.
Washington AP Dwight D Eisenhower stunned Republicans and Democrats by urging substantial cuts in the 51.6 billion defense budget at a $100-a-plate GOP dinner He criticized fears and outdated concepts and urged across the aisle strength free of waste He suggested a 10 percent cut as a possible path while praising Eisenhowers GOP stature and attacking Kennedy domestic policy later.
J B Mickey of 839 West Standard Street says he will share four red ripe tomatoes from his garden with Mrs Mickey tomorrow. He notes they may not be the earliest in town but they certainly aren’t the latest.
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