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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1960
Page
7
A space program flight details a magnetic brain satellite Courier IB launched from Cape Canaveral to orbit as part of a U.S. military communications system. The mission included a Thor-Able-Stay second stage firing and tests of 68 000 words per minute transmission capacity with six tape recorders aboard.
The Coca Cola Bottling Co. plant at 2nd and Walnut Ottawa was sold to RL C Winchester of 495 EF 12th. Winchester, former Ottawa Steel finance officer, says the sale is effective Oct 1 and manager Jess Shisier will stay on. Mrs LH Gilley, long associated with the firm, remains. The sale price was not disclosed. the plant serves Franklin, Miami, Osage, Anderson and parts of Douglas counties.
Texas becomes the first state to permanently establish Grandmother's Day. Governor Price Daniel designated October 9 as this year's Grandmother's Day, marking a formal recognition by the state.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan planned a second talk in New York Today after their first meeting last Friday failed to break the East West deadlock Macmillan met with President Eisenhower in Washington Sunday and then prepared for afternoon talks while Khrushchev had earlier met Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco at the Kremlin Park Avenue headquarters Hassan voiced support for Algeria and colonial liberation as Khrushchev sought to court independent nations
Possible fog and light rain tonight or tomorrow with unchanged temperatures. Highs around 92 prior record, lows near 37, hourly readings show variable values through today. Forecast includes noon and night periods, with consistent reporting of temperatures and conditions.
The 36,600 pound four stage Scout rocket launched from Wallops Island Va reached 3 500 miles arch and 5 800 miles outward 80 minutes after liftoff in a test of solid fuel performance and radar detection for nuclear explosion warnings The mission aimed to prove the craft could spot radiation from high altitude detonations while offering a low cost option at about 900 000 dollars compared with Atlas Able at 5 million and Thor Able near 3 3 million
A spokesman for Democrat Frank Theis claims Senator Schoeppel refused four debate offers. The proposals included civil rights discussion before the Kansas Civil Rights Committee in Topeka, flood control and conservation talk before the Arkansas-Walnut Conservation Association in Wichita, foreign affairs talk before the Topeka League of Women Voters, and a Baker University student-body forum.
At a regular meeting the Ottawa school board postponed the final payment to J A Landgren & Son until minor work like painting tile replacement and cleanup is finished. They rejected a request by Mrs Charles Williamson for a higher salary, noting her position on the approved pay scale. Superintendent Parker announced moving laboratories have arrived and will be placed in each grade school. The board discussed classroom television use, policy insurance consolidation, and future plans for unified athletic direction.
Fire gutted the 50-59 Grill at 1010 N Main, with losses around 8000 dollars. Fire Chief Harry Gilliland blamed the electrical system after a passerby reported heavy smoke at 10 13 p.m. Firefighters fought the blaze from the attic and roof vents, using one line and two booster hoses. Owner Kenneth Reddick and building owner John Okerberg were named as insured, with the fire starting in wiring in the kitchen ceiling and burning through, damaging ceilings, joists, and equipment. The café normally closes Mondays.
International narcotics ring tied to Guatemala’s ambassador to Belgium and the Netherlands Mauricio Rosal, 47, and three others arrested in Manhattan. About 110 pounds of heroin, $70,000 in cash found in two black valises. Officials say this is the largest narcotics seizure in U.S. history. Rosal claimed diplomatic immunity but officials say he had no immunity here.
Democrats unveil a new version of the Republican truth squad calling it the die detector squad to shadow Vice President Richard Nixon during a New York campaign. Anthony Akers, executive chairman of New York Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson, says the new Nixon is sinking to the level of the old Nixon and urges vigilance against his use of lies and insinuations.
Carlos Alejos, Guatemala’s ambassador to the United States, accuses Rosal of unworthy illegal misuse of trust. Arrested with him are Etienne Tarditi, 56, Paris businessman. Charles Bourbonnais, 39, New York City purser. Nick Calamaras, 47, New York City longshoreman. Agents say Rosal acted as courier due to diplomatic access. Calamaras and Bourbonnais allegedly ran narcotics distribution in New York.
Chicago Cubs announce manager Lou Boudreau will leave the managerial post to return to radio broadcasting. He will be retained in an advisory capacity, with no replacement named. Boudreau joined the Cubs in May in a swap. Charley Grimm had previously managed the club while Boudreau was a WGN radio staff announcer.
A cautious bank robber, about 5-5 and wearing a brown cap and khaki clothes, robbed a Greeley bank around 1 p.m. yesterday, fleeing with $803. Sheriff Don Hermreck said Mrs. Eldon Giles and two tellers were inside. the trio were later released when the bank emptied. Police set roadblocks along US 59 and John Brown Highway, checking a Johnson County plate blue and white wagon. A salesman from Kansas denied involvement.
At the United Nations Hamarskjold faced renewed Soviet attacks over Congo amid fading chances for East West progress. Khrushchev demanded Eisenhower confess guilt over the U2 incursion, while neautralist nations debated meeting terms. Big Four leaders prepared for varied travel and diplomatic moves as Menzies floated a new summit proposal.
Federal mediators summoned GE and the International Union of Electrical Workers to peace talks after a breakdown in negotiations over wages and a cost of living clause. A three person panel will meet in New York as picket disturbances occurred at GE plants including Syracuse. Union members and GE officials reported limited crossovers and arrests with ongoing lines and protests across sites.
Enrollment in Franklin County's rural schools rose from 1 603 to a higher figure, led by Princeton Elementary with 169 pupils and WeilsVille district total of 428 students. In rural high schools, Princeton leads with 82 in high school, followed by Pomona 79 and Williamsburg 73, based on Sept 1 enrollment for state aid.
TOPEKA AP Logan Sanford director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said a laboratory examination of the remains of Dr George Robert Lockett Moline Alias disclosed nothing abnormal There were no traces of drugs or poisons Sanford said The Moline physician's body was found in a car near Wagoner Oklahoma early last month The cause of death has not been established Sanford said the report could be taken to mean that it was the result of natural causes or resulted from something that did not show up in the laboratory investigation
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