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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
6
AP reports steel profits have fallen amid a private recession that weighs on production and jobs, yet the profit decline is less severe than many expect. Slump in orders and rising uncertainties affect the sector, but profits remain comparatively resilient.
A six-man military civilian junta seized power in El Salvador after a swift bloodless coup. President Jose Maria Lemus vanished, with reports he sought refuge in Guatemala or the United States. The junta vows to uphold the constitution and hold elections in 1962, as protests and police crackdowns sparked by student demonstrations intensify nationwide.
Mr and Mrs Junior Campbell and family visited Mr and Mrs Charles Campbell in Topeka. C K Rich and family attended a reunion at R E Ledbetter home in Hutchinson. Zelma McCracken of San Bernardino Calif visits daughter Mrs Dewey Barnhart. Marvin Woodland and boys from Topeka visited L W Clark home. Supper guests at Max Hetrick included Frank Simons from Richland Washington.
MISs MABEL CHANDLER underwent surgery at St. Luke's Hospital this week in room 272. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnston returned from Salina after a ten day visit. Dinner guests at Joe Wittman's included their son David and family from Fort Knox. Rich ard, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Ray White and daughters from Joplin, Carl Simons of Topeka, Mrs. Peter Geiler and children from Topeka, Winifred Heads, Mrs. Bertha Rogers of Osawatomie. Sunday guests at Gordon Hale's were the Willard Gordons and John Steeds of DeSoto. Mrs. Crete Parker, Mrs. Edward Mistele and daughters of Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gordon of San Rafael, Calif. Ernest and Bob Coleman of Collins, Mo., are here building a new three bedroom house for the Herbie Wolfes. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark welcomed a daughter born Oct. 2 at Anderson County Hospital named Penny Lynn. Honor students at the high school for the first six weeks were Seniors Judy McClure, Joan Roeckers, Rae Maley. juniors Connie Kueser and Billa Pickert. sophomores Leon Sobba. The Charles Christenson family of Emporia visited Harold Maley's. Mrs. John Miller is undergoing treatment at Anderson County Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sigler entertained their bridge club.
Queen Elizabeth II has written off the farthing. A royal proclamation removes the tiny coin from circulation after 600 years as the least valuable currency in the sterling area. After December 31 a farthing worth a quarter of an English penny will be worthless.
In Caracas violent clashes continued as troops and police cleared the two buildings at the 28th of January housing development used as fortresses by a Castro type revolutionary movement. Five killed and about 200 wounded, over forty arrested, and dozens of weapons seized as disputes persist across seven days of fighting. President Betancourt said the armed forces had crushed revolutionists attempting to impose Cuban methods on Venezuela.
Two hundred head of cattle from Scotland stampede through Newark to the River Trent after being unloaded without water. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals blames the government railway system. Two drowned and one killed by a truck. The roundup lasted four hours.
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