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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1959
Page
7
The Democratic National Committee adopted a 1960 convention rule to reduce Southern revolt. States must assure voters can ballot for nominees and electors pledged as convention candidates. The move aims to soften Southern opposition and follows debate over a revised apportionment plan.
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle will reveal his master plan to end the Algerian rebellion from Colombey les Deux Eglises. He aims to affirm self determination and broadcast the 15 minute statement to France and abroad after cabinet briefing. The UN Steering Committee discussed Algeria's voting on self rule with nine million people and the world body pushed forward with signals on seating and representation.
Light snow blanketed Loveland Pass at 11,992 feet for hours Tuesday night hampering visibility along U S Highway 6. Flurries also covered Pikes Peak and other high mountains above 14,000 feet.
Considerable clouds linger into Thursday with a chance of drizzle tonight. Temperatures will run cooler this afternoon and again tonight, with highs in the 60s and lows around 45 to 50. A continued cool trend is expected Thursday as highs stay in the 60s.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev spent the White House dinner probing how Americas two party system works. He questioned Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, and Speaker Sam Rayburn about the party structure and its functioning.
THRILLING art theft at the Toronto Art Gallery valued at $640000 hinges on alarm knowledge experts say. Gallery director Martin Baldwin notes the system’s complexity avoided triggering alarms while thieves cut panels and damaged works including Rembrandts Frans Hals Rubens and Renoir. In Missouri a minor faced a 30 day jail term under a new law restricting liquor purchases or possession by minors, after a traffic stop led to a guilty plea for possessing liquor.
Khrushchev urges science for peace during a U S visit, smiling and shaking hands but facing a quiet, mixed reception. He tours Washington in a black suit, skips the white tie dinner, and rides with President Nixon at Blairs House. His son Sergei explores landmarks as American life flickers in the background.
Premier Khrushchev urged peaceful use of atomic power and rockets, saying earth would be covered in ashes otherwise. He announced plans to submit a disarmament proposal to the United Nations and will address the UN General Assembly in New York. He pressed for a peace treaty with a united Germany and criticized West Germany for hindering goodwill. He warned that science must serve peace or bring annihilation, and he lamented U.S. trade restrictions while touring Beltsville, Maryland, where he joked about peaceful pursuits like turkey farming.
A man triggered an explosion on Edgar Allen Poe Elementary School playground killing six, including seven year old William Hawes Jr and Dusty Paul Orgeron. Paul Orgeron, 47, planned the blast after enrolling his son. 18 were hospitalized, with several in critical condition. Authorities found two notes. motive unclear. Orgeron and Dusty were inseparable after a 1958 divorce. grand mother Maude Tatum recalls their final moments.
AP reports Harry S Truman, in Manhattan, declined a Khrushchev reception invitation due to a prior dinner with his daughter Margaret and son-in-law Clifton Daniel. Truman quipped he could not skip the engagement, despite a broad grin. Khrushchev voiced satisfaction with his U.S. reception but unchanged views of America after an impromptu National Press Club interview. In Kansas, a train struck a stalled car injuring three and trapping the driver. a factory wall collapse in Hammonton, New Jersey injured about 40 clothing workers with one hospitalized.
In Washington Khrushchev’s temporary Blair House residence briefly lacked the Soviet flag on Tuesday. State Department officials, prompted by reporters, retrieved the hammer and sickle standard around 8:45 a.m., nearly two hours after it should have appeared.
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