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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1960
Page
4
Kansas motorist penalties rise for failing to buy 1960 plates by March 16. Judge Hubert Pinet outlined escalating fines from March 16 to May 1 to encourage early registration. Plate sales reached 6,654 this year, about 600 more than by February 15.
Increasing cloudiness this afternoon brings a chance of freezing drizzle, followed by snow tomorrow as conditions develop across the county.
In Carmel California Dr Roy Chapman Andrews renowned naturalist and former American Museum of Natural History director died of a heart attack at Monterey Peninsula Community Hospital at 76. The obituary notes his fame spanning whales dinosaurs and housecats in varied lectures and writings.
New York AP reports the full moon will appear coppery red Sunday at 1 41 a m CST as it is totally eclipsed by Earth's shadow for an hour and 25 minutes visible across the Western Hemisphere weather permitting This marks the first complete lunar eclipse since November 1956 with the Earth casting a vast cone shaped shadow about 860 000 miles from the sun and moon.
Kansas City industrialist Harry Darby a Republican National Committeeman said he would remain in the GOP post if party members had not united on his successor after the state convention. He spoke as the party faced leadership questions and transition timing.
Ottawa and area bankers discuss economic strains as Darby contemplates a possible re election bid for National Committeeman. Weather concerns loom with 10 inches of snow on the ground raising flood risks in Kansas and Missouri basins while federal experts forewarn of a sharp stock-market break and farm price pressures remain.
A childless South Carolina couple abandoned plans to adopt an Englishwoman's unborn baby after Yvonne Moore of Luton lost a U.S. visa. Prescott and his wife cited publicity as a reason, while the embassy noted initial visa grant reflected a misunderstanding about where the birth would occur. The Moore couple said they would give up their first child due to age.
Logan West Virginia AP rescuers battle to reach 18 miners entombed since Tuesday as a new ventilation failure halts progress. State mine chief Crawford L Wilson says 10 to 24 hours more of underground work needed while smoke heat and a coal fire hinder efforts.
Pioneer V hurtles toward a sun orbit after a successful Thor-Able launch. The 26 inch satellite, with miniaturized instruments, transmits hourly data to Earth as it nears Venus and the moon’s path, aiming for a five month voyage. The U S project marks a boost for space science amid Cold War space race tensions.
A 150 watt space probe radio aims to reach Earth from 50 million miles, with nations hopeful for late year contact. Western disarmament aims propose an international agency, halt nuclear production, convert materials to peaceful uses, and reduce forces, while Khrushchev advocates total demobilization and unequal caps for allied powers. The probe’s mission and rival plans reflect Cold War-era debates and measures, including U.S. forces at 2.5 million and projected demobilizations.
The 159-watter will not transmit until the probe is about five million miles out, a month away, setting a new distance record for human-made radio transmission. Pioneer IV previously reached 407,000 miles. Pioneer V weighs about 95 pounds. The Soviet Mechia probe at 124 tons shows thrust advantage, powered by 165,000 pounds thrust from the Thor-Able launcher at Cape Canaveral. Pioneer V seeks to illuminate conditions for future manned solar system travel.
Firemen cut away siding and then cut through the floor to extinguish a blaze at 115 S Poplar today. The fire started in a pipe in the home of Mrs. Georgia Hawkins about 10 am and neighbors helped her to safety. Household furniture appeared undamaged.
Traffic toll near Topeka reported by AP during a 4 hour window ending at 9 a.m. Saturday. The note references a comparable period in 1959 for context and comparison.
Two candidates, Jim Alexander and Charles Queen, will appear on the April 5 ballot for Ottawa’s commissioner of finance and revenue as no primary was held. The election also includes a vote on setting aside a small percentage of the water and light department gross receipts for community and utilities promotion. January 22 193? Ottawa newspaper item.
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