Power Cable Failure Causes Ottawa Blackout
Ottawa suffered a citywide blackout after a 6:35 p.m. underground cable failure at the electric plant triggered a fire alarm and a fire department response to Crum Care Home. A skillet fire in a basement kitchen added to the confusion as Ottawa and Pomona, nine miles west, lost power. Diesel and steam units, totaling 6,000 kilowatts, stopped automatically with the outage. power returned by 6:45 p.m. and full service by 7:10 p.m. The cable, one of several installed around 1950, was under inspection the next morning to determine cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
City
Pomona
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
Hamilton
Crum Care Home
Harry Gilliland
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Eral Electric Company
Gambling parlor raid ends with dozen held
In Miami detectives found a gambling operation hidden behind a grocery store with a mirror peephole a warning buzzer and other fixtures valued about 10000 dollars. Nine people inside had no exit when police broke through. Michael Karpan, 39, charged with running the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Michael Karpan
Joe Gorman
Karpan
Discoverer Fails To Orbit At Air Force Base
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE California AP reports Discoverer XXXII failed to reach orbit after the second stage Agena rocket engine shut off before orbital speed. The rocket likely burned up over the Pacific. Over three years the program recovered eight capsules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
County Forecast Weather Warmth and Clouds
Considerable cloudiness tonight with not quite as cool air. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with highs in the 60s and tonight’s lows around 40 to 45.
Selecting A Jury For York Latham
Russell, Kan AP juror selection began in the murder trial of two teen soldiers George Ronald York 18 and James Douglas Latham 19 after four continuance motions were denied The youths contend for psychiatric examination and prejudice in the juror pool while a sanity commission has found them fit for trial They face charges in Kan and other states as they move to the courtroom with defense and prosecution teams watching jurors in a packed Russell County courthouse corridor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Benedict P. Cruise
Hays
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Ziegler
York
Latham
Russell County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Cruise
Goa
Storm of protests over nuclear blast from Soviet detonation
London AP reports protests and shock across non Communist nations over a Soviet air blast in the Arctic. Nehru and Russell condemned the test while leaders in Britain, Italy, Japan, India, and Australia weighed fallout risks. Officials cite yields of 30 to 50 megatons and warn radiation could reach Japan. world press decries it as terrorism without justification.
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London
Rese Cere
Europe
Japan
India
Nehru
Italy
Manila
Soviet Union
Earl Bertrand Russell
Australia
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization
West Europe
Driver loses control of mail truck near Olathe
A mail truck bound for Kansas City overturned after hitting a guard rail on I-35 near the Santa Fe overpass. Driver John L. Schwartz, 23, Overland Park, escaped injury while several area communities did not receive October 23 Herald issues including Rantoul Osawatomie Lane Wellsville Baldwin Shawnee Mission Kansas City Greeley Edgerton and Paola.
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Kansas City
Olathe
Interstate 35
Santa Fe
John L. Schwartz
Overland Park
Avis Truck Rental
The
Herald
Rantoul
Osawatomie
Lane
Wellsville
Baldwin
Shawnee Mission
Greeley
Edgerton
Paola
Petition to Transfer Hood District Voters Counted
County Clerk Bruce Spears announced the Hood District in Hood County shows 146 registered voters. Of these 105 signed the petition to transfer the district to Ottawa, about 71.91 percent. A minimum 75 signatures or 51 percent are required to effect the transfer, with remonstrances due to the county schools superintendent by November 18.
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Hood
Bruce Spears
Spears
Ottawa
Britain rejects East German right of inspection at Berlin checkpoint
Britain rejected the East German claim to inspect Western officials papers at Berlin as East Germany moves to curb Allied rights. The incident occurred at an East Berlin checkpoint involving U S minister E Allan Lighter Jr.
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London
Britain
East Berlin
Berlin
United States
E. Allan Lighter Jr
Parmelee Plant Move Sparks Community Renovation
Ottawa builders and craftsmen rally to transform the Parmelee Inc building at 634 King Street into a modern plant by November. Volunteers from the Ottawa Builders Association, led by Allen Loyd, will paint, install partitions, lighting, and facilities at no charge, with participation from local businesses and banks.
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Parmer Jee, Inc
King
Parmelee
Ottawa
Ottawa Builders Association
Allen Loyd
Association
Loyd
Lindel Chism
Oscar Turner
Lyle Hanes
al Morgan
Bob Coleman
Allen Loyd Jr
Orval
Butch) Stewart Jr
Virgil D. Eeord
George D. Scott
Louis Ames
Don Gorton
Bob Sayler
Albert Swallow
H. B. Parks
Harold Gallagan
Norman Lumber Co
Anchor Savings and Loan
Ottawa Lumber Co
Ottawa Savings and Loan
Roy Brown Plumbing
Mealman and Gorton Painting Contractors
Durbin Plumbing
Robert Snodgrass
Parrott's Electric
Dale Brown
Louie Mumma
Jim Peterson
Nitcher
Dan Roch
First National Bank
Traffic Toll Topeka Report Reveals October 1961 Trends
Kansas traffic tolls for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. Tuesday show October 1961 totals at 426 compared with 399 in the 1960 period and 28 during October 1961. The data, compiled by AP, highlights year over year changes in road incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Northern Kansas Telephone Sold To Chicago Company
Announcement of the sale of Northern Kansas Telephone Company of Ottawa to Telephones Inc of Chicago. Gleason and Woodward note benefits of scale and service expansion. Telephones Inc operates in Kentucky Illinois Iowa Kansas with about 50 000 subscribers. North American Hotel luncheon hosted regional officials and leaders.
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Northern Kansas
Chicago
Northern Kansas Telephone Company
Ottawa
Telephones,Inc
Thomas E. Gleason
Perry D. Woodward
Telephones Inc
Gleason
Telephones, Inc
Woodward
Kenucky
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Douglas and
Thomas F. Gleason
John J. McGrath
McGrath Engineering, Inc
Topeka
Fred P. Marshall
Toronto
Telephone, Inc
North American
Prizes Awarded At Ottawa Hallowesta Festival
Ottawa celebrates Hallowesta with cash prizes in four child age groups and a Halloween costume contest. Winners receive 5 dollars first, 3 dollars second, and 2 dollars third. Events include a costume judging booth in front of Wassmer and round and square dancing on South Main.
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Ottawa
Hallowestaners
Eaturaay
Dick Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Mallowesia
Pam
South Main
Wassmer Clothing Company
Weather shifts bring showers to parts of Kansas
An unexpected weather shift in Topeka today predicts showers for some Kansas sections while forecasters had earlier indicated several days of clear mild weather across the state. The forecast reflects changing conditions and regional variability.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tally's Too Lamp Sparks Short-lived Trade Wish
For a few minutes last night the crowd joked about swapping the world’s largest electric generator for the old coal oil lamp that went to the dump when Grandpa died.
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Tampa
Donna
Cora Dupuy
Hollywood
William Ryder
Commerce
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Russell Township
Defense Counsel
Kremlin
Harold Watkinson
Tokyo
Raney
Check Hood District
Ottawa Steel
Charles Colbern
Nell Barnaby
Marguerite de Angeli
Robert Osborn
Gordon Laite
Hallowesta
Saturd
Jaycees and
Jaynes
Tally
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