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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1960
Page
7
The eight day prairie chicken season starts Saturday in this county and surrounding areas with a two bird bag limit and four in possession. Shooting hours run from half an hour before sunrise to sunset. Farmers report few birds due to heavy winter and late snow. many have posted farms to hunting this season.
Kansas Ordnance Plant at Parsons eyed for conversion to missile fuel production tied to Nike Zeus program. Grand Central Rocket Co. says $350 million needed for conversion. timetable targets February decision, with design starting immediately and operations possible by late 1952.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Revolucion in Moscow that he hopes his pledge of Soviet missiles to Cuba remains symbolic and not tested by U S intervention. He said imperialist threats must not materialize into military action for the promise to stand.
A report of tentative plans for a fifth radiotelevision debate between presidential candidates Kennedy and Nixon sparked denial from Kennedy campaign spokesman Peter Hackes. NBC aired the tentative plans for a Monday Philadelphia program, while Nixon camp offered no comment.
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon. Increasing clouds tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms by early Saturday morning and continuing through the day. Highs 65 to 70 this afternoon, lows around 45 tonight, high Saturday in the 60s. Northwest to southeast temperature spread noted.
Ottawa High School junior Douglas Keith, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Keith, won the annual Future Farmers of America crop show with 680 points. His nearest rival, Roger Ferguson, a sophomore, had 322 points, and Billy Ferguson was third with 261. The event drew 157 entries across 44 classes, judged by Harold Haadt.
AP reports Kansas traffic death log shows 44 fatalities in October and 395 for the year to 9 am in 1960, compared with 172 in the comparable period of 1959.
Total donations reached 1242.84 dollars as the fundraiser aims for a 21.00 dollar goal per participating organization. Eleven organizations are involved in financing community work this year.
AP report from Junction City details a fatal car truck collision five miles west on Highway Kis near Junction City. Two killed, three injured. victims include a 44 year old man tentatively identified as Robert Stanley Williams of Fort Collins Colorado and an elderly woman. Survivors were two women and a man taken to a local hospital. driver of the eastbound truck was John Kummer of Chapman Kansas en route to school.
Ottawa University hosts homecoming tonight and tomorrow with a parading schedule down Main Street at 10 AM and a McPherson College football game at Cook Field tomorrow at 2 PM. Festivities include bands from Paola Baldwin Otawa Princeton and more, a homecoming queen and king ceremony, a Saturday evening dance, and alumni coffee hours in the Ad building. Coach Dick Peters aims to keep the undefeated team centered and ticket availability remains strong.
Vice President Richard Nixon increases his lead in the Ottawa Herald straw poll as Anderson holds a strong edge over Docking. In the Second District race Robert Ellsworth gains a slim lead over incumbent Newell George, with Pomona and Williamsburg showing shifts. Nixon leads 67.4 to 28, Ellsworth 48.5 to 46.5, undecided 5. The poll covers Pomona Williamsburg and Ottawa areas with Wellsville polling today.
Weather bureau reports possible scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Rain fell near McPherson Newton and Brookville last night and is expected to continue this evening, then move eastward.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon challenged Senator John F. Kennedy's recession fears as he campaigned across Illinois with running mate Henry Cabot Lodge. Nixon stressed economic resilience, touted automobile production, and urged Republicans to mobilize for Illinois’ 27 electoral votes. Kennedy pressed back in Pennsylvania and Ohio, accusing Nixon of downgrading America while pledging to win Pennsylvania and the state’s delegates.
The Soviet Union urged UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to intervene after a Russian UN official was arrested by U.S. authorities. Platon Morozov accused a political plot by the State Department and Allen Dulles, head of the CIA, linking the arrest to hostile actions against the Soviet Union. The incident follows earlier reports of a U2 spying flight over the Soviet Union.
Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy urged in Pennsylvania that the United States needs a strong, vital economy to secure peace and security. He warned that the Eisenhower era suffered from recessions and a slowing economy while criticising Nixon, saying drift at home undermines bold words and anger pointing.
AP reports Highway Director Maurice Martin criticizes a propaganda drive over gasoline tax figures. He says motorists are misled about a nine cent tax being all state tax while four cents are federal and five are state. The temporary one cent federal levy expires July 1 and would not be extended. Missouri has higher motor fuel taxes. Martin notes Kansas tax per gallon has stayed at five cents despite doubled construction spending.
The AP reports Democratic supporters back Nixon amid wide Algeria war protests across France and Paris riots. Demonstrations numbered in the thousands in many cities while a few thousand joined peaceful marches. The unrest follows decades of conflict and a Paris police response.
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