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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1960
Page
4
Ottawa launches a "fair share" plan by United Chest Association to broaden giving. Goal rises to 2100, with two new agencies added and payroll deduction encouraged. Leaders J T Morrisey and Rob ert Pence report strong local support and banners for firms with 1 percent participation.
In Wichita Kansas a car accident near East killed the wife of Dale Spiegel, a Democratic attorney general candidate. Spiegel was injured in the same crash.
A 700 pound Nubian lion escaped a trailer park display near Hugo Oklahoma and roared through the fairground for two hours. Trooper Al Hadley shot the lion once with a .44 Magnum as it leapt toward him while technicians tried to entice it into a circus cage. The incident interrupted a Democratic caravan from Emporia to Sedgwick County. Spiegel, reported in good condition after a wreck near Leavenworth, is a lawyer from Emporia. Community fund drive figures and weekly campaign plans were outlined for Ottawa with a telephone contact in the Bennett Building.
Springfield Missouri AP A federal court jury failed to reach a verdict in Clyde Julian Red Foley income tax case. The jurors stood eight for conviction and four for acquittal before Judge R Jasper Smith discharged them. A second trial will be held in the April term. The government accused Foley of evading more than 28000 in income taxes in 1934 and 1935. Foley testified he did not report all income because he was busy and some slipped his mind.
Teresa Casaso disputes reports of dismissal from the Cuban UN delegation saying she resigned over discontent with Fidel Castro’s police state. Cuban Foreign Ministry claims she was fired last Tuesday for refusing to return to Havana to answer alleged irregular activities. Casuso says no dismissal notice was given and she remained in New York as of Thursday to collect papers.
A man William Duncan, 77, and his daughter Rose Lee Skeen Sr died after being struck by two cars while walking home from a bowling alley on Prospect Avenue near 50th. The first driver John Marth, 32, said he did not see them until impact. A second driver Bernard Larman, 41, described hearing a thump and seeing a car part fly.
President Eisenhower pledged that any successor will continue strong U S efforts to aid 15 new African states and Cyprus in building free democracy. He told a White House delegation that the United States seeks influence only with willing partners, amid Soviet antia American rhetoric at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Republican congressional candidate Brad Morse visits Lexington town dump to stump for votes. He notes hundreds of men dump trash there on Saturday morning and promotes campaign materials including cats and doughnuts with stickers and buttons.
George Jacob Keller, a nationally known animal trainer since 1942, collapsed and died during a cane lions, tigers and panthers act at the Shrine Circus in Corpus Christi. His wife watched from about 3,000 spectators as the performance continued after his collapse. Keller lived in Cornell, California.
Steven Pomeroy aged 9 wore a red plastic fireman’s hat during Fire Prevention Week when a rifle bullet struck it as he walked home with his sister Linda. He died hours later after surgeons failed to save him. 19-year-old Terry Allen Grant was taken into custody. Investigators said the hat was the target and not an accident. The county attorney sought court permission to have a psychiatrist evaluate the youth.
Oak Ridge Tennessee faced a 1800 worker strike at the gaseous diffusion plant as OCAW Local 9288 picketed at midnight. Supervisors filled in while negotiations on a 28 cent hourly wage boost stalled despite a Atomic Energy Commission request for delay. John Bates cited a lack of extended leave as a key barrier.
Havana dispatch says Fidel Castro's army arrested Paul Hughes and Allan D. Thompson, two of the invaders tied to the 27 man group that landed in Cuba last week. The eight captured and executed include Anthony Zarba of Somerville, Mass., and seven Cubans.
SCARBOROUGH England AP Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged an East West summit to address the potentially dangerous problem of Germany and Berlin He said negotiations on Germany and Berlin must be resumed and noted private conversations with Soviet Premier Khrushchev during the UN General Assembly in New York.
The Ottawa Farm Supply at 11124 N. Main was sold to Harald Haraldson formerly of Corpus Christi Texas. Seller Mrs Raymond Shields and her late husband had run the business since 1945. Haraldson a civil engineer and Texas A&M graduate has worked with Corn Products Corp and in highway construction. He is married with two daughters Alane two and Nelda four. Mrs Haraldson is Diana Jones of Emporia.
A Topeka AP traffic death log notes counts from 9 am to M4 hours, covering a 1959 comparable period with 139 reservations and references Raney Drig CH2 3002.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt explains she invited Soviet Premier Khrushchev for tea to show politeness after his rushed Hyde Park visit. They spoke for an hour about the Soviet economy including iron ore, air and coal fields, and steel output, but did not discuss the United Nations.
Washington AP reports division among economists on whether the economy is on a high plateau with possible improvement or entering a mild recession. Industrial output fell to a September low, with Fed index at 17 percent of 1937 levels. August shows further decline. Steel demand outpacing production, and October prospects uncertain.
John Prohaska Sr a Charleston Rubber Co executive and his wife Bonnie faced a deadly incident when Bonnie allegedly attacked their four children with a hammer after returning home. All four children suffered severe head injuries and remained in extremely critical condition while Bonnie was hospitalized for psychiatric observation.
Gerald George DeMars aged 21 of Aurora Kam died in a Friday night accident on Kansas 14 near Lyons. The first Rice County traffic fatality this year occurred after his car veered, overturned, and he was thrown out and dragged by the vehicle.
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