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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1958
Page
4
A Eastern Air Lines Super-Constellation arriving Detroit to Miami made an emergency landing after a nose wheel malfunction left the gear half down. The foam-covered runway kept the craft from tipping. 65 passengers and crew escaped unharmed and were evacuated as firefighters prepared the area.
A Los Angeles firm hired by the Atomic Energy Commission says there are no job openings at the Eniwetok proving grounds this year. The all male community offers $1.50 daily living, 25 cent drinks, and $10,000 yearly salaries, but lacks positions.
Senate House Conference Committee approved sharp mail rate boosts for newspapers and magazines to begin next January in three annual stages. Advertising rates would rise 60 percent in three 20 percent steps, reading rates 30 percent in three 10 percent steps, and 2 cent postcards would cost 3 cents. Added annual cost about 25.4 million dollars. Final passage awaits both chambers.
Lavada Wyick, 19, of Kellyville Oklahoma, married Samples, 41, in Fort Smith last night. Samples is a candidate for governor of Oklahoma. The ceremony tied together Oklahoma City and Fort Smith associations as the wedding took place.
Rio de Janeiro President Juscelino Kubitschek ordered an investigation into a double commuter train crash on the Central do Brasil line. About 150 killed and 300 injured as one electric train struck another near Rio de Janeiro, marking Brazil’s worst rail disaster. Rescue workers labored through night to reach the wreckage 19 miles north of the city.
The Ottawa University student council elected to guide student affairs in 1958 59 is a cosmopolitan group. Eleven members and student manager William Sheeder of Elmira New York represent nine states. Presidents and members include Martin Vancil Augusta Maine John Parks Longmont Colorado Irene McAlpine Boston Massachusetts Jerre Meyer Kansas City Missouri Marvin Wilson Ottawa Jerrel Wilkins Scott City Dan Gates Waukegan Illinois Dennis Evans Grinnell Iowa Chester Dalton Lusk Wyoming Willia Stoddart Fond du Lac Wisconsin Janet Steel Davenport Iowa.
Mary Pickenpaugh presents accordion pupils in a 7:30 recital in 1.0.C.F. hall with solo pieces and selections by the junior intermediate and advanced band girls ensemble and boys ensemble. Participants include Joan Swallow Ginger Thornbrugh Donna Nitcher Janet Andrew Patricia Blew Joyce Cooper Jack White Andy Rodgers Karen Kasper Sharon Klinger Charles Minckley Mary Mille Dale Anderson Janet Hornberger David Winchester David Stanturf Margaret Turner Jan Jefferis Shirley Troutman Janice Vickers Stanley Frear Carolyn Miller Robert Johnson Madeline Sweetwood Beth Montgomery Kay Ralston Ruth Ann Shoemaker Anna Emma Channon.
Funeral services for Samuel N Judd of Cedar Falls Iowa formerly of Ottawa will be held at McVey Dengel Mortuary Saturday at 3 p.m. A daughter Mrs Francis Russell of 5278 Mulberry was omitted from the survivors list.
Billy Graham told a teen audience at the Cow Palace that the sack style dress removes sex from attire and is healthy for morals. He called Samson a juvenile delinquent in a sermon that led 1,025 people to seek Christ, saying God forgives and restores, with the note that parental failure and too much leisure fuel juvenile crime.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs. Sidney Drummond at 610 S. Maple and Mrs. Lynn Smith in Wichita, with Judy Stephenson of RFD 2 and Betty Terry plus Merle Whitcher in Linwood. Births record a son born today to Mr. and Mrs. George Lang at 703 E. 3rd, weight 7 lb 2 oz.
Hillside New Jersey Magistrate Henry Goldhor fined his 17 year old son Stephen 25 dollars for careless driving on Thursday. The action drew attention to a family matter within the local court.
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the state accident records section show 1 in the last 24 hours and 145 to date in 1958, compared with 187 in the same period of 1957. The figures reflect ongoing road toll data recorded for the year.
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