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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1959
Page
4
Hollywood AP reports comedian Bob Hope has partial vision loss in his left eye due to overwork but says it does not affect him. He quips that it isn’t bothering his golf and notes a 73 score last week.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Labor secretary James P. Mitchell told the AFL-CIO convention the government will crack down on racketeers under the new Landrum Griffin labor law. The report mentions Union leaders and the Teamsters Hoffa, and notes Mitchell demanded action on individuals. New York and Kansas items follow with varying details on regents building plans and political splits.
In a roused convention amid a stalemated steel strike, Mitch ell criticizes steel industry leaders as naive to expect a Taft Hartley injunction. He urges Congress to consider legislative action as the strike renews after an 80 day period while the State Department contests Petrulli’s attempted renunciation of U S nationality in Moscow.
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with Sunday remaining partly cloudy. Lows near 60 tonight and highs in the 80s Sunday. A mild weekend forecast with comfortable temperatures across the county.
Petitions filed with the Joplin city clerk seek to abolish the city manager system and draft a new home rule city charter. About 1,400 signatures were presented. 875 are needed to validate. A special election date will be set later if valid. The last challenge to the manager council government occurred in June 1956.
Floyd Latson an 18 year old Pomona High junior remains in Ransom Memorial Hospital with burns and a broken arm after falling from a power pole Tuesday. He climbed the pole at about 7 am then slipped. Latson’s mother calls it a miracle he survived as the line carried 7200 volts and the power company paid.
Salome, head of the Kansas State Department of Administration, will represent Gov. Docking in Washington next week at water conservation hearings. He will appear before the Bureau of the Budget and the Bureau of Reclamation regarding projects on the Missouri and Arkansas rivers and their tributaries.
Ottawa police report two Topeka men, John Lahman 25 and William Peck 23, arraigned on 10 counts of forgery and uttering. Bonds set at 20000 each. Preliminary hearings next Thursday. They allegedly passed at least 22 forged checks in Kansas and Nebraska since last April, involving multiple towns and checks ranging from 60 to 95 dollars.
At the United Nations Khrushchev outlined a four year program to end armed forces and weapons. Western diplomats viewed it as propaganda yet urged careful study. The plan envisions limited internal security forces and phased disarmament with a parallel alternate proposal if Western powers balk. Western reaction mixed from cautious consideration to accusations of grandstanding.
A crippled airliner with 21 aboard landed safely at Shannon Airport during the largest air sea safety operation off Ireland. A propeller ripped from the inner starboard engine at 17,000 feet above the Atlantic and punched into the cabin side.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wraps up his U.S. visit with plans for a French return flight and a nationwide TV address aboard an Air France Constellation. Earlier, a propeller failure forced an emergency sea and air rescue off the Irish coast, but the crippled plane landed safely as Captain Andre Com pere described a tense, exhausting ordeal.
President Eisenhower is spending the weekend at his Gettysburg farm. He arranged a mix of golf and policy, with another morning round planned at the Gettysburg Country Club course.
White House announced Khrushchev’s last four days in the United States detailing stops from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco before Des Moines. He will spend 42 hours with President Eisenhower at Camp David for talks on cold war issues, then visit Pittsburgh area facilities and University of Pittsburgh events before a Friday morning NIH stop and a Sunday wrap with a NBC television address in Washington.
Official Substitute Thomas of Osawatomie started as umpire at Ottawa University during the Ottawa Pittsburg High School football game last night. He was injured when he blocked a play intended for a player, fracturing both bones in his left lower leg. A physician said the bones are in good position and could be set and cast today. Thomas works for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Osawatomie.
In Chicago a telephone caller warned of murder and suicide. Police found Mrs. Elfreida Gossman, 29, and off duty officer Lewis Patton, 50, dead with six bullet wounds in her bedroom after the caller reported the threats. The man and woman had a romantic history but had recent order requests to keep apart.
The FDA urged nationwide publicity for a warning about a Richard Hudnut Co permanent wave product that may irritate eyes. District chiefs were asked to push recall notices as wholesalers and retailers remove the item from shelves. The Fashion Quick Salon Tested Permanent contains a neutralizer that can cause severe eye irritation lasting days if contact occurs.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will visit Los Angeles for 20 hours arriving at noon by U.S. Air Force jet. He will lunch at 20th Century-Fox, watch Can-Can filming, and tour studio lots with stars such as Gary Cooper Judy Garland Kirk Douglas Bob Hope and Ginger Rogers. Police will enforce tight security with no public demonstrations.
Khrushchev made a brisk morning tour of Harlem New York and flew to Los Angeles for a quick West Coast view. The visit drew only light crowds as he cited a lack of exposure to working people and noted plans to meet major figures rather than ordinary citizens.
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