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OTTAWA HERALD VOL. ee NO. 158 OTTAWA, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1902 7 CENTS TWO SECTIONS 24 PAGES Three Escape From Alcatraz Anglin Tried Leavenworth Escape LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP)Clarence Anglin tried unsuccessfully to escape in two large bread boxes while he was held at the Leavenworth Penitentiary. After that attempt was foiled by a suspicious food supervisor, Anglin was transferred to Alcatraz where he, his brother John and Frank Morris escaped today.

Leavenworth prison officials said Anglin, with the help of his brother, John, hid in boxes destined for a prison farm camp outside the walls on Aug. 8, 1960. They said Clarence Anglin cut the top out of one box and the bottom out of another so he could hide among loaves of bread. A food supervisor sensed something was wrong before the boxes were taken out of the prison. He had rows of bread in the front parts of the boxes there was Anglin.

Many Had Tried Without Success SAN FRANCISCO bank robber convicts broke out of their Alcatraz cells during the night. Acting Warden Arthur M. Dollison said today they are believed to have escaped from the rock island prison in San Francisco Bay on a driftwood raft. None of the 20 convicts previously attempting escape from 'The Rock" succeeded since the island became a federal prison in 1934. Two vanished in an escape effort in 1937 and were presumed to have drowned.

Alcatraz lies two and a half miles inside the Golden Gate athwart the chill tidal currents of the bay. DoUison reported evidence indicated the three shoved off on driftwood or an improvised raft from the north shore of Alcatraz. But it remained possible that the men still were hiding on "The Rock." A thorough search was under way. He said they had cut away a Ottawan Files For State Post Jules V. Doty, Ottawa attorney, filed today for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general.

The 39-year-old attorney has practiced law for 12 years, eight in Cherokee County and four in Franklin County. Doty received a bachelor degree in economics in 1949 and his law degree in 1950, both from Washburn University, Topeka. He twice was elected county attorney of Cherokee County where he practiced law from 1950 to 1958. Since 1958, he has been a member of the Ottawa law firm of Gleason, Gleason, Doty and Logan. Doty is the Third Congressional District Democratic chairman and chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Central Committee.

He is secretary treasurer of the Ottawa Recreation Commission and treasurer of the Kansas Association of Plaintiffs Attorneys He also is a member oi the Kansas Bar Association. Doty served in Europe during World War II and is a member of the American Legion. He is a member of the Firsl Christian Church, Masonic Lodge and Elks. Mr. and Mrs.

Doty, who live at 1409 S. Oak, have three children Sara, 13; Julie, 12, and Mark 18 months. Doty is the only Democrat to have filed so far for attorney gen eral. The incumbent, Republican William Ferguson, has announced he'll seek re-election. Tauy's Toot Of all things! A girl tries to make a decent dollar shedding her clothes in public and they try to make her stoop to waiting on tables! JULES V.

DOTY No Rain In Sight For Area TOPEKA (AP)-Most of Kan sas can dry out today an Wednesday although some rain i predicted for western sections. Rain, some hail and one tor nado were reported Monday a unstable air continued. The re ported tornado travelled from near Cassoday to near Matfiel Green and apparently touchec ground in open country. No dam age was reported. Cassoday had .5 of an inc rain during the storm period.

There was an unofficial repor of three inches west of GoodlaiK and damaging hail 15 miles south west of Goodland. jortion of the back of their cells fiih a sharpened spoon. They gained access to a uility ipe tunnel through which they limbed to the roof of the cell lock. They removed bars pro- ectin'g a skylight. From the roof they dropped own a pipe to the ground.

Then hey made their way to the rear I the island to the water's edge, )ollison said. Dollison identified the three as 'ohn W. Anglin, 32, and Clarence Anglin, 28, brothers from and Frank A. Moris, 35, of New Orleans, La. Dollison said San Francisco po- ice, the FBI, and the Coast tuard were carrying out a sweeping search of the bay for the miss- ng men.

He said it was presumed the men would have used their raft or driftwood to try to reach Angel or the mainland. Angel Is- and lies to the north of Alcatraz Prison officers said the Anglin were transferred to Alcatraz after an escape from Leavenworth federal prison in Kansas. The Alcatraz escape was discovered by prison guards making a regular 6 a.m. cell check. The three had.

arranged their beds to look occupied. Prison officials said the three had cut their way through the wall of the utility pipe tunnel running between the two back to back rows of cells in cell block a. The cell blocks all are enclosed under a single roof behind the bleak walls of Alcatraz. The nearest land to Alcatraz is the Marina Green of San Francisco's northern edge Wt miles south of the rock. Angel Island is miles to the north of Alcatraz.

The tides sweeping in and out of the Golden Gate, 2Vi miles to the west, surge with strong force around the rock island. Since Alcatraz became a federal prison in 1934 escape has been atempted previously by 20 convicts. Five were shot. Twelve were recaptured. Wheat Ready But Weather Bars Combine Wheat growers of Franklin and adjoining counties are waiting, and wishing, for some hot dry weather to set the stage for a start on the combining of the 1962 wheat crop, it was indicated today.

No combining has been reported in the area, but Don Brown, Franklin County agricultural extension agent, said dry air today and tomorrow could pull the trick. Grainmcn contacted today in the county and in surrounding counties gave much the same answer. "Give us sunshine to dry the fields, and we'll be moving a lot of the grain is ready to be combined, but the ground Is a bit too wet." Farmers and elevator opera? tors are cautious in their comments "on the prospects for yield and quality. Most of those contacted said: "It's better to cut a few rounds and so some checking before making an estimate on bushels per acre, or on the test." Await Declaration Of Laos Neutrality TOMORROW, MAYBE? As his field of wheat turns golden, Ray Koontz, Ottawa RFD 3, looks at sky and wonders Will he be able to harvest tomorrow? Koontz is one of many Franklin County farmers who must wait for humidity to drop, before harvesting. (Herald Photo) 1,400 Take Oral Polio Vaccine Nearly 1,400 Franklin County, The vaccine was given to 885 residents took oral polio vaccine yesterday, according to The Frank lin County health office.

LOOK INSIDE FOR: De Gaull-type of leadership questionable, Editorial, Pg. 4. More medical care provided in Kansas, Pg, 12. Rockefeller likely GOP choice for President, Pg. 5.

Osawatomie state hospital to dedicate new unit, Pg. 9. Ready to compromise on medical care plan, Pg. 10. Hints from Heloise, Pg.

7. Reds Increase Spy Force In Test Area WASHINGTON (AP)-The Soviet Union has sent a fourth ship bristling with scientific instruments to spy on U.S. nuclear test in the Pacific. This addition to the Russian snooper patrol was disclosed today as the United States prepared a second try at firing a nuclear device at a high altitude over Johnston Island. Informed sources indicated the of the U.S.

test likely late this week. The Federal Aviation Agency said Monday the shot more than 500 miles over the Johnson Island test area is expected to blot out instanly all high frequency radio communications in the Pacific. Some of the disruption will last 32 hours or longer, the FAA said. The first high-altitude test shot ended disastrously June 4 when a Thor missile carrying the warhead aloft was purposely destroyed after the rocket tracking system developed trouble. The presence of three Soviet in- struent ships within 10 to 15 miles of the Pacific test area was announced by the Defense Department 18 days ago.

It said they were obviously on a large-scale military intelligence collection mission, II appeared the Soviet research ships may have collected data from Sunday's plane-dropped nuclear device which exploded over Christmas Island and released the equivalent of from one to several million tons of TNT. This was the one of the shots in the current U.S. test series. The new Soviet ship was identified as the A. I.

Voyeykov, a sister ship of the Shokal'skiy, the largest of the three research vessels which took up stations during May. This means the Voyeykov displaces about 3,600 tons and is equipped with extensive scientific instrumentation. These Girls Would Have A Jolly Time It would be a happy occasion, indeed, if six girls in Mrs. Kate Gardner's family could get together. Included would be Mrs.

Gardner and her great great-great granddaughter, Kelly Jean Edmunds, both of Lecompton, Calif. Kelly Jean's recent arrival gave he family the unusual claim of six generations of girls living. There are Mrs. John Edgecomb, Quenemo, Mrs. Gardner's daughter; Mrs.

Jim Jolly 828 E. 8th, Mrs. Edgecomb's daughter; Mrs. Holland Ferris, Wellsville, Mrs. Jolly's daughter, and Mrs.

Billy Edmunds, Lecompton, Mrs. Ferris' daughter and the mother of Kelly Jean. Before Kelly Jean's arrival, the family claimed six generations including boys. Mrs. Ferris' half brother, Robert A.

Wilson, Centropolis, has a son, Sonny Wilson, also of Centropolis, who has a son. persons at Ottawa, 327 at Wellsville and 174 at Richmond. Vaccine will be given at Ottawa, Pomona and Rantoul tomorrow. In Ottawa, where free bus transportation will be provided by the Jaycees for persons taking the vaccine at the health office, it will given between noon and 8 p.m. Here's the schedule for the rest of week: Wednesday, June 13 Ottawa, noon to 8 p.m., county courthouse.

Rantoul, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., school gymnasium. Pomona, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., post, office. Thursday, June 14 Lane, 6 p.m.

to 8 p.m., school gymnasium. Williamsburg, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., school lunch room. Princeton, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., school library.

Friday June 15 Ottawa noon to 8 p.m., County Courthouse. Saturday, June 16, Ottawa, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., county courthouse. Wellsville, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., school multi-purpose room.

Visitors Attract Attention Awaken in the early hours of dawn and look out the window. There in the garden, as pretty as you please, two deer are grazing. Colorado? No, Ottawa. Several Ottawans reported seeing two deer who made an early morning invasion of the city today. Mrs.

Ralph Killough, 328 Ash, said she saw the deer in her garden. Mrs. Robert Spencer, 821 W. 5th, reported seeing the deer in her garden after awakening around 5:30. One person didn't see the deer.

That was The Herald photographer who tried to get their picture. VffiTIANE, Laos (AP) The spotlight on Laos will shift briefly back to Geneva now that the rival princes have agreed on a coalition government in the name of national unity. They formally signed the agreement today. "This is a happy day for Laos," said Avtar Singh, Indian chairman of the International Control Commission. Singh said a delegation from the 19-member Cabinet named Monday will go to Geneva within three weeks to sign the 14-nation Geneva accords.

The one blank spot in these accords is a declaration by Laos of the neutrality it expects to maintain under the new government, to be headed by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma. Souvanna and the other factional leaders rightist Premier Prince Boun Oum and pro-Communist Prince signed the formal agreement on Something For All At Concert This is band concert night, and Loren Metthcws, director, has prepared a program that is sufficiently varied to please most everyone. The concert will be in City Park at 8 p.m. The numbers to be presented are: "Star Spangled Banner," "His Honor March," "Golden Glow Overture," "Diamond Jubilee March," "In A Persian Market," "Circus Band Wagon March," "Bill Bailey," Dixieland style, "Vista Caribbean," "El Conquistador," "God and Country Overture" and "Washington Post March." Troops Home On Aug. 27 Some Ottawans called to active duty with the Armed Forces last year will be coming home on Aug.

27. That's the date announced for the release of troops of the 442nd Troop Carrier Wing at Richards- Gebaur AFB, the unit to which some Ottawans were assigned. Former Ottawa Contractor Dies Lars S. Nelson, 87, longtime Ottawa resident, died at 3:15 p.m. Monday at Lawton, Okla.

He was born June 15, 1874, in Denmark. He left Denmark when he was 13 and moved to Shelby County, Iowa. In 1905, he came to Ottawa. In 1961, he moved to Lawton, Okla. He married Sara Marie Lee Sept.

26, 1896. She died Nov 21. 1961. Nelson was a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a contractor and builder.

He built most of the buildings at McPherson College and the medical center at Jefferson City, Mo. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Carl Fitch, Lawton, and Mrs. Olive Rice, 737 Tremont; two sons, Raymond L. Nelson, Kansas City, and Clifford M.

Nelson, Ft. Worth, 13 grandchildren, and 2t great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted by Dr. Raymond P. Jennings at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. the coalition whose main task will be to bring peace to this divided kingdom. The premier-designate expects to present the new ministers- neutrals, representatives from the present royal government and members of Souphanouvong's Pa- thet King Savang Vathana Monday at Luang Prabang, the royal capital. The three princes formalized their compact at a meeting in Khang Khay, Souvanna's headquarters on the rebel-held Plaine des Jarres.

Among those on hand was Gen. Phoumi Nosavan, deputy premier, defense minister and strongman of the outgoing regime who is becoming a deputy premier and finance minister; under Souvanna. Two pro-Western neighbors of Laos appeared not to share in the general international approval of the Khang Khay agreement. Officials of Thailand, where 4,800 American troops and token Allied units are on guard against Communist infiltration, withheld comment. They apparently adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

Saigon newspapers, which often reflect officials thinking in Communist-threatened South Viet Nam, called for firm U.S. action to prevent possible Red takeover In Laos. The newspaper Dan Moi declared this action "should be direct military intervention." However, approval of the agreement was manifest in capitals of the big powers, East and West. Says Dancers, Strippers Exploited In Night Clubs Olathe Woman Drowns In Pond OLATHE, Kan. (AP) Mrs.

Kathelene Joyce Belcher, 18, drowned today in a nearby farm pond where she had been tending fishing lines. She was accompanied by her husband, Jerry Leon Belcher of Olathe, and her brother, Robert L. McCay, 15. After the men took a nap they found her floating face down. A five-pound turtle was found on the end of a submerged casting rod that Mrs.

Belcher had been tending. WASHINGTON (AP)-Pert and pretty Penny Singleton Blondie of movie and television fame- bitterly accused paid officials of the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) today of conniving with night club owners to degrade and exploit run-of-the-mine exotic dancers and other entertainers Miss Singleton, slim in a white- figured dress and wearing a perky straw hat, told Senate investigators of her own battles for reform in the AFL-CIO union. The veteran actress charged that lesser lights of the entertainment world, many of them "strippers" and exotic dancers, are required to mingle with customers, hustle drinks, "or worse," as she put it, in order to get and hold job in many night clubs in big towns. She called this a blatant violation of the union's rules, and told the Senate Investigations subcommittee: "The national press and the police records in cities throughout the United States contain records of AGVA members ranging from lewd and indecent public performance to the serious charge of prostitution. "These facts have been brought to the attention of the national administrative secretary and the officers of AGVA.

They know, or should know, of the circumstances which lead to these deplorable conditions. They have taken no steps to remedy or correct the situation. "Rather, the union officials have permitted operators in the jurisdiction of AGVA to treat the performers, particularly the exotic or stripper, as an 'independent thereby placing the AGVA member in the position where she has no recourse to her union's rules and regulations." The inquiry headed by Sen John L. McClellan, intends to explore the extent to which racketeers are involved in night club operations. Miss Singleton is a former president of AGVA, a union representing about 13,000 entertainers working in night clubs, cabarets, restaurants, burlesque houses, circuses and some hotels.

Cti. 2-3092 Adv. Osawatomie Girl Elected LAWRENCE Vicki Rae Conklin, Osawatomie, was elected mayor of the "City of Arapaho" yesterday at the 20th annual Sunflower Girls State at the University of Kansas. Mayors and civil defense directors were elected yesterday. mary elections for state offices were to be held today.

The Weather COUNTY FORECAST Partly cloudy through Wednesday; lows tonight near 60; highs Wednesday mid 80s. High temperature yesterday. 79; low today, 59; high year ago today, 91; low year ago today, 68; record high thU date, 104 In 1953; record low this data, 42 In 1903; hourly temperatures, hours ending 8 a.m., today: 9 a. 73 9 p. 10 a.

70 10 p. 6ft 11 a. 71 11 p. m. Noon 75 Midnight 1 p.

76 1 83 3 p. 76 3 m. 6k 3 p. 76 3 61 4 p. 77 4 80 5 p.

78 5 60 6 p. 77 6 81 7 p. 75 7 m. .......85 I I p. 73 i a..