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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1960
Page
11
Robert E. Dean notes recent studies showing crop residues as a profitable conservation practice. The method, long used by farmers, gains new importance for protecting soil and water through proven experiments and extended use.
In Hutchinson area voters show Republican gains in a district poll with 1,724 votes counted in the 5th District and 1, etc. District figures list President Nixon leading, with Schoeppel and Theis shown in Senate and Governor races. The report covers district results, undecided statuses, and are part of a broader regional poll.
A woman driver said she blacked out and her car leaped onto a sidewalk, killing five pedestrians and injuring three as it smashed through a busy Randolph and Franklin Street intersection. Victims hailed from west suburban communities. driver Bette Gillespie, 25, blamed a blackout before waking in hospital.
Atlanta Georgia MLK Jr. says Negroes must master the art of creative suffering to push the fight against segregation. He spoke after eight days in jail for Atlanta sit ins and De Kalb traffic charges at Ebenezer Baptist Church thanking prayer service. He urged courage to challenge segregation in schools parks churches lunch counters and libraries.
Archbishop Fyodla Vagnazzi apostolic delegate to the United States states the U S hierarchy has never taken a political position like Puerto Rico bishops. Cardinal Cushing agrees the church should not dictate citizens votes. The Puerto Rico pastoral letter urged Catholics not to back the Popular Democratic party over birth control laws and sterilization.
The Federal Reserve and Bank of England move to ease Christmas credit without widening US rate hikes. Fed expands reserves to help banks lend for holiday purchases while avoiding a US securities rush that could push gold outflows and lift London gold prices. The action aims to curb gold losses and European yields while keeping recession fears at bay.
Editor notes a unique presidential race comparing Kennedy and Nixon campaigns. JFK runs late yet improvises while Nixon keeps tight schedules. both rely on relentless movement, air travel, multi‑plane entourages, and rapid messaging. Both men are strong talkers, weak readers, delivering few prepared speeches.
In Trento Italy a rare white chamois was seen in the Italian Alps the first such report in the region for years. The animal previously known to be shot in 1836 now has its hide preserved in the Trento Museums of Natural History.
London AP reports Elizabeth Taylor’s illness delays a multimillion dollar Cleopatra film. Sir James Paterson Ross, the queen’s surgeon since 1932, is consulting on her fever from a mysterious virus. Taylor, staying in a hotel penthouse with Eddie Fisher and their three children, may be moved to a clinic.
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