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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1959
Page
3
At the Kansas City Open a driverless car rolled from a parking area down a slope into the crowd on the 18th green injuring eight people. None were critically hurt. Witness Gardner Dickinson described a panic as spectators fled the path.
Fort Scott Kansas observed re dedication of old Fort Blair with a parade seen by about 20 000 people. The 1863 fortification was rebuilt by the West and handed to the city earlier. Gov. and state leaders spoke praising Democrat unity and public service while criticizing federal actions on monuments and vetoes. Georgia Neese Gray Lt. Gov. Joseph Henkle Sr and state treasurer George Hart attended along with Mrs. Lillie Washabaugh the state printer.
Police sought to establish a motive in the gunshot death of Ronaldo Duncan Arantes a 26 year old Brazilian athlete found shot through the heart on a college campus lawn. Arantes was a member of Brazil's rowing team in the third Pan American Games.
In New York a 28 year old man was stabbed to death after being chased by a teenager who peppered him with concrete. A city crackdown on juvenile delinquents yields 300 arrests in a week as authorities vow an all out war on young criminals. A taxi driver rushing the victim to hospital identified the assailant seen near Third Avenue and Bowery. Detectives questioned Ramiro Roman, 17, a neighborhood delivery boy, as the investigation into the homicide continued. Police sought a dark complexioned man linked to a separate gun purchase near the scene. The case unfolded amid a broader wave of youth violence prompting officials to announce tightened measures.
New York AP reports the nationwide steel strike has reached its 56th day with 500,000 workers walking out, shutting down 87 percent of U.S. basic steel production. Government intervention ended a prior 59 day walkout in 1952. current shutdown affects 12 major producers.
Gov. George Docking faced plenty of advice on his political future at a Bourbon County Democratic rally and $5 plate dinner in Fort Scott. About 850 attended as county chairman Buford L. Shankel urged a candidate announcement, while Rep. Newell A. George praised Docking as a top vice presidential pick and implied support for a potential third governor term.
AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the Labor Day period fall to 403 for 1959, down from 405 in the comparable 1958 period. State accident records show the over holiday period ending date. The toll reflects totals across the state during the holiday stretch.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner declared during a televised address that juvenile crime would be met with full police power. He insisted the act was not mere delinquency but crime committed by youths old enough to know better, signaling a hardline response.
London AP report notes actress Kay Kendall died after a long illness. Private funeral anticipated. no date announced. In other brief items a 15 year old girl was shot and a boy was fatally stabbed amid street violence and gang confrontations.
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