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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1958
Page
9
Ed Byers, a 79 year old Pittsburg furniture store owner, hoards more than 2500 four leaf clovers in glass jars. He began collecting decades ago in his yard and vacant lots and continues to hunt them without superstition. He has given many away, believing luck rides with the giver as much as the clover itself.
32-year-old Harry Blitz told the Kansas Governor's Safety Conference how an auto crash near Wichita left him with severe head and face injuries the loss of an eye the loss of sense of smell and taste a leg broken in 63 places and a nervous breakdown He faces a future in traction and a choice between living sitting or standing after an operation to resume work and support his nine children and wife.
The Air Force prepares a planned unmanned lunar probe from Cape Canaveral possibly before Columbus Day. The 85-pound payload includes a TV scanning device and meteorite counter, with 300000 parts needing flawless operation to reach 24000 mph and escape Earth gravity.
New York AP reports Playhouse 90 aired William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life as a TV piece. It draws on nostalgia, with Jackie Gleason as Joe and Betsy Palmer as Kitty Duval, delivering a mixed, middle aged audience friendly interpretation.
Washington officials report the United States and Britain remain committed to their plan for a conference at Geneva on atomic tests while seeking to avoid a high level meeting. Soviet proposals for a three power foreign ministers gathering are rejected for now, with diplomacy aimed at lower level talks to salvage a workable suspension plan.
Bridgeton New Jersey AP report notes a county official injuring himself after a fall while arriving at a freeholders meeting. The incident left him on crutches and sustaining bruises as he attended the session.
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