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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1959
Page
7
Milan crash kills 71 on four engine TWA airliner. Witnesses say lightning struck the Constellation as it neared Malpensa, shattering the aircraft and scattering debris over a mile long area. No survivors reported. plane was en route from Paris to Chicago.
Mildred Baughman 44 files in Superior Court alleging cruelty by husband Max 45 a bank vice president earning $18 000 yearly. She says he will do odd house jobs only if paid union scale and that she must fund painting screen repairs waxing and other chores. She seeks custody and removal from their Kenilworth home which she owns.
In Paramus, The Continental Restaurant will cover the Venus statue during a Sunday communion breakfast hosted by the Rosary Society of St. John's Church in Bergenfield. The plan includes draping the Venus statue with a bra or table cloth while a nude fountain statue of a boy is moved elsewhere.
County forecast predicts mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunder showers. Saturday will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s this afternoon, lows in the lower 70s tonight, and highs around 90 on Saturday.
Fire chief Harry Gilliland said state and local laws tightly regulate fireworks sales in Ottawa. Dealers may sell only approved types from June 27 to July 5, in roofsed structures, with inspectors from city and state ensuring compliance. Fireworks may not be fired between Logan and 5th Streets or Cedar and Locust Streets, and care in handling is urged.
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II dedicated the St Lawrence Seaway at Montreal and opened the inland ship channel with a 31 mile cruise to the St Lambert Lock. The ceremony drew 20 000 people as dignitaries including Lewis Straus attended and both nations hailed the project as a symbol of democratic cooperation and world peace.
Royal Oak Michigan AP report notes burlesque star Libby Jones will address Lions Club members at a weekly luncheon as a summer stimulant to boost attendance. Jones, describing burlesque sociologically and psychologically, says she aims to entertain, not merely strip, while club officials weigh audience appeal.
Gov. Huey Long wins release from state mental hospitals after a judge dissolves the habeas corpus action and Long assumes a temporary office at a Covington hotel. He fires State Police Superintendent John Nick Brown, names E. P. Roy to replace him, and moves to call a special session as plans for a purge unfold.
SPOLETO Italy AP Louis Armstrong the trumpet star sat up in bed today and joked with his nurse as doctors report improvement from a grave pneumonia attack with heart strain and lung damage. Temperature spikes and fever crises occurred but latest bulletin notes normal temperature and notable improvement while monitoring for complications.
An African lion, escaped from a circus truck after a highway crash, roams the Mojave Desert near Amboy California. Sheriff’s Sgt. Lorimer reports the animal seen four times in six days amid extreme heat, with locals wary of possible water-seeking incursions. A homesteader fired three shots at the lion but missed.
Jeannie Hogelin and Jan Andrews, both Ottawa teens, told sheriff they saw a large yellowish brown feline with a long tail near the Ottawa Stock Car track about 11 45 am Thursday. Witnesses, including Jack McClure, had earlier described a similar animal in the area.
The weather bureau said a storm center developing over the Rocky Mountains is expected to bring showers to most sections of Kansas. Forecasts call for scattered thundershowers in the western and central parts this afternoon and across the state tonight.
Promoter Bill Rosensohn announced at noon EST that the Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title fight is definitely on tonight at Yankee Stadium after a postponement due to heavy rains. The bout is scheduled for 8 30 p.m. CST.
Washington officials report paralytic polio cases about twice last year as the Public Health Service asks for block by block vaccination drives. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney warns that delays in major outreach to the unvaccinated, mostly in lower socio economic groups, could lead to tragic outbreaks. Between April 1 and June 15, 265 paralytic cases were reported, up from 128 a year earlier. Investigations in Des Moines highlight the need to locate unvaccinated communities, with 10 of 25 cases in a low rent tenement area and only three fully vaccinated.
United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald rejected further meetings with the four-man bargaining team and invited direct talks with top steel executives. He said two union settlement offers were rejected and accused the industry of stalling. The union has dispatched strike instructions to locals as contracts neared expiration.
Washington reports detail hypothetical casualties from a make believe hydrogen bomb attack. The Senate House subcommittee on nuclear war heard 48,900,000 would die and 28 million injured in 71 targeted U S population and industrial centers. About three of four would survive.
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