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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
7
Don Bertram sits on a sidewalk in GREAT BEND waiting for a furniture store to open at 10 a.m. to buy a $239.95 suite on sale for $39.88, doing it for a friend. Other items include a California man jailed for mowing and a UN Security Council vote on U2 spy flights.
Philadelphia AP reports a delivery truck stolen from an Upper Darby tuxedo rental firm containing 77 tuxedos awaiting cleaning. Police investigate theft and loss of inventory.
Honolulu AP reports Hilo began burying tidal wave victims as rescue crews comb debris along the waterfront. The disaster toll reached 88 dead 21 missing and 53 injured with disease fears and water contamination prompting boil water advisories amid $60 million in damage and 100 destroyed or damaged businesses. Dr. Jerry Eaton seismologist commented Tuesday.
AP reports Topeka 24 hour traffic death toll through 9 a.m. Wednesday shows 190 for the 1960 period versus 154 in the comparable 1959 period. Data reflects Kansas traffic deaths across the state during the 24 hour window.
Numerous and locally heavy thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, slow clearing tonight, mainly sunny by Thursday afternoon. Cooler through Thursday with highs in the 70s and lows around 50 to 55. Yesterday's high 88, today's low 16, record high 92 in 1953, record low 24 in 1925.
Senator Stuart Symington warns in Baltimore that Russia's growing economic power demands a coordinated Western plan. He calls for equitable trade practices, humanitarian disposal of surplus food and fiber, and a strong US response to Khrushchev's claims. He argues USSR GNP grows 6 to 8 percent yearly while US grows about 2 percent.
NEW YORK AP reports a mail clerk Charles A. Willis 56 was sentenced by General Sessions Judge Mitchell D Schweitzer to 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years in prison after his lawyer cited 22000 in restitution Willis allegedly sold stamps bought with company funds amounting to about 500000 dollars in losses to the brokerage firm
Disaster across southern Chile leaves nearly 2,000 dead or missing and up to two million homeless. Volcanic eruptions join quakes and 24 foot waves as towns like Quelen Mejuin and Aleta suffer heavy casualties. Officials warn totals will climb as reports arrive from isolated areas.
Ottawa had a light sprinkle early today but no measurable moisture. Topeka weather observer Richard Garrett reports scattered heavy thunderstorms possible in central and eastern Kansas this afternoon and evening with cooler temperatures expected tomorrow.
Francis P Crosby ex husband of actress De Pas Darcel was convicted with six others and two firms in a mail fraud scheme involving 2.3 million dollars of unregistered oil stock. Sentencing set for June 17. Co defendants include Worth Pettit Jr Leo B Mittleman Eugene Meredith Philip Gordon Paul Reicher and J Leonard Goldberg.
An air, land and water search continued for Keith Howard Hoovler and Leon Peterson both of Provo Utah feared drowned after a motor raft with 12 aboard capsized in Cataract Canyon rapids along the Colorado River in Monticello Utah. Two others reached the raft or bank while four remained missing.
Washington AP reports April living costs rose four tenths of one percent to a record high as food prices push the CPI to 126.2 from the 1947 49 base. The rise, the largest since last June, triggers wage adjustments for nearly a million auto and farm equipment workers and about 160,000 more, including many at Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing.
Attorney General John Anderson, GOP gubernatorial candidate, told Ottawa University students that tradition would oppose a third term for Gov. George Docking, with rural areas expected to lead the revolt. He favors more than two terms for administrative staff and highlighted issues of education, mental health, taxes, pardon and parole, and capital punishment.
The Ways and Means Committee backed a 293 billion dollar temporary public debt ceiling starting June 30 for a year and extended current corporate income and excise tax rates. Without the extension, federal revenues would fall about four billion annually, and the debt limit would drop to 285 billion on June 30 without action.
The House approved a rivers and water projects bill by 387 to 18 totaling 1.168 billion dollars. It falls about 70 million short of Eisenhower’s request for the new fiscal year. The measure moves to the Senate where hearings are nearly finished and a compromise is expected. Funds cover flood control at Monroe reservoir and Ottawa works.
President Eisenhower announces to the nation amid fallout from the summit and the downing of the U2 spy plane. Senate hearings begin with Secretary Herter, Dulles, Gates, Twining, and NASA officials to probe the incident and policy responses. Additional Senate probes are planned on CIA oversight and government policy machinery.
A tornado forecast was issued for parts of northeast Oklahoma, southeast Kansas, extreme northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Severe thunderstorms with tornadoes likely to develop early this afternoon in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma and move eastward this afternoon along a wide corridor near Tulsa to Springfield between 2 p m and 8 p m CST, the weather bureau said.
Topeka tops Kansas City in preliminary 1960 census figures with a 36 percent ten year gain. Topeka’s population is 123,231, up 44,440 since 1950. Wichita remains first with a 1960 prelim of 254,262, while Kansas City trails.
Thousands of young leftists gathered around Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi’s Tokyo residence in a sixth day of protests against his administration and the US Japan security pact. Estimates placed the crowd at 5,000 to 8,000 as arms linked in a 4 abreast formation moved through narrow lanes, shouting calls to remove Kishi and halt the pact. Police guarded the wooden gate while demonstrators waved labor union flags and carried candle lanterns and placards.
Nine Americans and their C4 were held on Communist soil after Soviet custody. Gusty winds and poor weather delayed takeoff at Grevesmuhlen near the landing site, where officials said a take-off strip had to be leveled. A U.S. mission led by Lt Col Baldwin monitored the release and planned to route the group to West Germany or West Berlin once the weather allowed flight.
In Nettie Hartnett school a seventh grade class formed a paper products firm to teach finance. 300 students each bought one share for five cents, earning about $100 in undivided profits. The board declared a $50 cash dividend to Nancy Green, daughter of the Greens, for her tornado-damaged home.
Pomona residents are advised that Le Master Aerial Spraying will spray the town on Thursday May 26 between 5 15 and 7 00 jam with an alternate Friday morning spray if weather or conditions permit. residents are asked to prepare and keep away from sprayed areas.
An experimental Midas satellite weighing 24 tons orbits every 94.34 minutes to test infrared sensors for detecting enemy missile launches. The test aims to prove a new orbital network to monitor global activity, with future Samos satellites expected to provide photographic reconnaissance of bases and facilities.
In Ankara a brawl erupted in Parliament as deputies from opposing sides clashed over Premier Adnan Menderes policies. Deputy Askim Gulek denounced the ruling Democratic party for curbing free speech, triggering a 10 minute melee. Seven Republican and seven Democrat deputies required first aid before order was restored.
HOLLYWOOD AP Members of the television branch of Writer Guild of America West rejected the latest contract offer by 261 to 198. The strike since January 16 remains unsettled as some studios rely on reruns amid a demand for a share of foreign sales. The proposal from the Association of Motion Picture Producers and the Alliance of Television Producers would have created a study committee to establish a royalty system based on worldwide gross receipts.
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