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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
10
In Stalheim Norway a resort hotel blaze killed 25 and left 18 unaccounted for among 147 guests including 130 Americans. A Norwegian guide was questioned on suspicions of careless cigarette smoking. seven bodies recovered and 17 hospitalized nearby.
Osage City Women’s Auxiliary hosted a covered dish dinner in Quenemo while members sewed for foreign missions. Visitors included Kay Slack and children from Twin Falls Idaho and several local families. A K U Medical Center patient Judy Webster faces eight months in a cast after spinal correction surgery. Local visits spanned Topeka Moline Englewood Spokane Bonner Springs and California.
Charles Starkweather, 20, convicted slayer of 11, is scheduled for execution by electric chair at the state penitentiary in Lincoln, shortly after midnight. The fifth death date was set by the State Supreme Court after a U.S. Supreme Court review denial. His father plans a coram nobis writ to halt the execution, contending improper legal representation at trial where insanity was entered as a plea.
Washington AP reports three Kansans were granted International Education Exchange Program awards. Ewing C. Scott of Iola, associate professor at Syracuse University, will lecture in chemistry at Anghai University in Taichung Taiwan. Carter Conran Umbarger of Topeka, Harvard student, will study social relations at the Danish Graduate School for Foreign Students, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Priscilla Ann Balch of Wichita, Emporia State College student, will study literature and language at the University of Poitiers Faculty of Letters, France.
ALBERTSON NY AP Henry Viscardi Jr defies norms by employing physically disabled workers in his Abilities Inc facility on Long Island It now numbers 421 staff with a plan for a new gymnasium music and arts facilities and a strong safety record Hiring includes people recently discharged from mental institutions and those with various disabilities who perform on par with other firms of similar size.
Dominican authorities claim a Cuban backed invasion force was destroyed near the north coast in the Constanza area, with leader killed. General Rafael Trujillo directed land air and sea operations last week, while exiles dispute casualty figures and leadership details.
Eva M. Rowley a 57 year old Brewster Kansas school teacher was indicted by a Wichita Kansas grand jury for mailing an obscene letter to a man in Hoboken New Jersey. She was released on a thousand dollar bond by a U S commissioner.
Vandenberg Air Force Base California reports the Discoverer IV rocket launch postponed due to range communication problems. No reschedule date given, past delays have typically lasted at least 48 hours.
Mrs E F Brownlee and Cathy Hettler visited Mrova and Mrs Charles Mitchell and family in Topeka. Mr and Mrs Art Holland and family of Kansas City joined Mr and Mrs Jerry Triplett. Charles Mitchell and wife Joy Brownlee Mitchell welcomed a baby girl Sandra Jo at Forbes Air Force Hospital in Topeka.
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