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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
7
City Park will host an eight o’clock band concert led by Director Loran Matthews. The program features Star Spangled Banner God Bless America SIBA March Light Cavalry Overture March Forth Concert March Deser Star and more with Harold Pope as trombone soloist.
Partly cloudy and warm with high near ninety for this afternoon and Thursday. Tonight will be humid with a low in the upper sixties.
Keith Calvin Guy, 3, of Wellsville, paralyzed by a lawn mower accident, undergoes plastic surgery at KU Medical Center. A skin graft covers the wound and a cast will protect a heel tendon replacement. He uses a wheelchair, remains cheerful, and visits the clinic for dressing changes while waiting for recovery.
KC AP reports the first talks between printers and publishers in the six day KC Star and KC Kansan strike will convene Thursday at 10 a.m. at the federal mediation office. John Pennell says representatives from both papers and I T U Local 80 will attend, with no positions changed yet.
Huell E Warren reports six teen hours of rioting by 106 inmates at the federal prison hospital in Springfield Missouri. Guards, led by Warden Settle and backed by Army gas masks, battled inmates including leaders Earl Taylor Carl Roberts and Bryan Reed. Tear gas and heavy improvised weapons ended the siege with hostages freed and guards wounded or shaken.
The House approved a states rights bill 225 to 192 with GOP and Southern Democrats in support, aiming to curb federal supremacy in favor of states. The measure, opposed by the Eisenhower administration, now heads to an uncertain Senate fate after a key amendment was rejected 195 to 129. Opponents say the bill targets federal civil rights and labor laws, while supporters frame it as correcting power imbalances between courts and Congress and between federal and state governments.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged focus on constructive aspects of the American labor movement in a prepared Senate speech. He said disclosures of wrongdoing have misled the public about unions and called attention to the decent, devoted trade unionists helping fellow workers and national freedom.
London AP reports a swap mix up led to a misdelivered car theft tale. A rundown auto belonging to Jim Scott was stolen but returned in maroon and rebuilt, then driven off by a mechanic who mistook it for another car awaiting repairs. The mistaken theft ended with Scott not paying for the repairs. The original car left behind had been stolen.
Mrs. Earl K Long departed from the case removing an opposing witness as Gov. Earl K Long seeks release from the Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Covington. Court subpoenas were issued for witnesses including Lt. Gov. Lether Frazer as hearings proceed with hospital bulletins stating the 63 year old's condition remains satisfactory.
The University of Kansas Medical Center overshot its spending cap a week before the new fiscal year. Gov. Docking said the center seeks $190,000 from reserve funds to finish the week, blaming incompetent management. Regents chair Clement Hall said a Topeka meeting would address the request, while a board member noted the center has cash to cover bills but is blocked by the artificial budget limit.
In Buenos Aires Adm. Isaac Rojas, a hero of the revolt that toppled Juan Perón, demanded the resignation of President Arturo Frondizi. The government rejected quitting, calling the president steadfast, as Rojas warned of a military ouster if Frondizi does not resign. Interior Minister Alfredo Vitolo defended the government, vowing to meet revolt with force as divisions sharpened between authorities and rebellious military factions.
Ottawa High School’s largest class the 1939 graduates will meet in Ottawa on Saturday June 27 for a reunion with a dinner at Ottawa Country Club. About 108 of 139 classmates have RSVP’d with plans coordinated by DeWayne Lofgreen and other Ottawans. The event follows a busy spring including commencement May 24 and a junior senior banquet themed Blossom Time.
The Northern Kansas Telephone Company announces dial operation begins in Greeley at 9 30 a m Monday June 29 with four digit dialing and VO7 for the Volunteer exchange. New directories with dialing instructions will be issued that morning as 15 new territories start July 1 bringing total exchanges to 35. Greeley becomes the 20th exchange on automatic dialing and a new central office has been built.
A Brooklyn woman gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl at the Public Health Service Hospital in Clifton Staten Island. The children are the first for Alex and Besse Kajouras. The father, a truck driver, is studying law at Columbia University.
Traffic toll in Topeka AP dispatch notes state accident records for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. 2, totaling 244 for the year 1956, with a comparable period of 224 in 1955. The report includes one earlier fatality not previously reported.
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