Ottawa Herald (Newspaper) - June 7, 1973, Ottawa, Kansas Hit Snag In Law Center Planning for the construction of the second phase building of the Franklin County Law Enforcement Center came to a standstill Wednesday when cost proposals were presented by the architect to the county It also became evident the Wilbur and the commissioners had placed different interpretations on a resolution passed in Construction of the to house the county is to be financed with a grant from the Governors Committee on Criminal The grant includes for actual construction The commission has debated for some time over whether the building should include facilities for the District Court as well as the county One possibility discussed was the construction of a Depending on the second for District Court could be completed or left unfinished for completion when money becomes The original plans showed a building with a full basement and did not include facilities for the District Kruse told the commission he has spent about three months working on plans for a building with a onethird The he are nearing the completion The commissioners indicated that it was their opinion they never had committed themselves to building a second The building planned by Kruse includes square feet for each of the two stories and a basement of about square Preliminary estimates by Kruse show the cost of the building with a finished second floor would be A building with the second floor interior unfinished wouldbe about He said the construction of a building with a basement would cost about the amount of the Whenever we get to spending more than our grant were going to be in Commissioner Lee Nichols He added that if the county spends no more than the grant there probably will be little he if additional funds are spent he thinks there will be Nichols and Commissioners Joe Ferns and Victor Warren said they did not believe the residents of the county would support the additional Nichols also said he preferred the building be on one Kruse advised against such a citing the need for space The commissioners said they would consider such as building the building which would be capable of supporting the later addition of a second They said they would notify Kruse of their decision in the near In other actions Wednesday the commission reappointed Robert Wellington and Ransom to fouryear terms on the hospital Reappointed to the Frankliin County Planning Board were County Engineer Robert Jim Albert Dunbar and The terms run to Ben Park and Bennett presented to the commission the Franklin County Historical Societys proposed budget for the next fiscal No action was taken on the 1K V W 10Cents 137 7 1973 KANSAS JOKES ON THE former Mayor Steve Ralph left office he was given a plaque with his gavel attached to The city ordered a replacement and received a womans Mayor Fred Zook had commented about the tiny size of the Planning Commission chairman Jim Grogan had students in a junior high workshop make a gavel more befitting the The redwood a handle about 15 inches long and a head about 3 by 7 was presented to Zook before the City Commission meeting Front Burner Issue CC Taking Steps For Animal Control By JEWEL SCOTT Animal control is a front burner Mayor Fred Zook said Wednesday in a status report at the regular Ottawa City Commission Petitions asking for stricter ordinances concerning the control of dogs was presented to the commission at its May 2 Zook said after the petitions were received City Manager Robert Mills wrote to several cities requesting copies of their animal control Two or three dozen have been Zook and they are being studied and efforts are being made to come up with a recommendation for a workable control I just want the public to understand were talking about more than dog control Were talking about animal control Zook Included in such an ordinance would be everything from cats and dogs to cows and Zook Several things must be considered in drafting an Zook Among them are sources of revenue for the enforcement of the ordinance the status of the Humane and the possibility of obtaining county participation in animal control and cooperation and support of the Humane Society Zook said it is hoped some answers can be provided in the near future We dont want to just hurry up and make up an ordinance well find too many loopholes in Russell Crites and Zook also reported on a recent trip to testify at Congressional hearings on flood control projects sponsored by Zook said that while in he and Mills also visited with Senators James Pearson and Robert Dole and Representative Larry Most of the Zook was about and special Zook said there were indications Congress would pay close attention to revenue sharing before it acts on special If special is approved by Zook it is thought it will replace other kinds of special federal It is Zook the special will especially have an impact on cities the size of In telling about the president of made mention of the past flood control work of the late Lamar The hearings in May were the first in 30 years that Phillips did not Crites said representatives requested almost million for flood control projects in the Missouri and Arkansas basins in Kansas and Missouri and parts of Nebraska and The largest he was for million for the Harry Truman dam and reservoir in Also requested were enough funds for the completion of the Melvern Reservoir and million for the Hillsdale reservoir Crites added the Melvern Lake and reservoir will be ready for dedication about and that funds will be needed from area towns to finance dedication In other actions the commission approved appointments to the building code committee and Planning Commission passed resolutions authorizing hearings on the paving of Cypress from Seventh to 10th approved rezoning requests for the Kerr Subdivision and Alexanders and approved the vacating of a Garry Gorton was appointed to the building code and Fred Kaiser was appointed to the Planning Both appointments are to fill one year unexpired terms created by The hearings on the determination of the advisability of paving Cypress Street will be at the next commission July A sufficient petition from residents in the 900 to 1000 block has been received requesting the Saigon Snubs New Truce Pact No petition has been received from residents in the 800 to 900 and a petition from residents in the 700 to 800 block has been found The rezoning of Lots 2 through 6 in Kerrs Subdivision from general industrial to general residence will allow the placement of mobile homes on the The lots are on the west side of Cleveland from Wright to Rezoning in the Alexander Addition was requested by John The rezoning changes Lots 1 through 8 from multifamily to service commercial and makes Tract A of the addition service It formerly was zoned general The vacating of the street in Highland Heights was requested by the Ottawa Bible of the area have 30 days to If remonstrance is made a public hearing will be held the 10th day after the remonstrance period A request by Bob regional manager for Cable was taken under advisement by the Livingston said that to add channels to the local cable system the corporation must receive a certificate of Livingston the Federal Communications Commission has set guidelines concerning the franchise fee paid by the Cable TV The FCC allows a franchise fee of two to five per Livingston If the franchise fee is above three per he the city must prove the fee is necessary for policing the The local system is paying the city a five per cent and operating under a minimum guarantee of a Livingston He requested the commission consider bringing the fee within FCC guidelines so a certificate of compliance can be obtained and Channel 19 and another channel specifically designed for cable systems may be added SAIGON AP The South Vietnamese government served notice today it will not sign any new truce agreement worked out in Paris by Henry Kissinger and North Vietnams Le Due In the presidential adviser called off a scheduled morning session of his talks with An afternoon session was left on the There was no particular Kissinger We just needed more time to prepare Leading up to these develop ments were outbreaks of fighting in South Vietnam and in The South Vietnamese military command reported that Communist command forces at tacked for the fourth day in a row Wednesday in the Mekong Delta south of Saigon but were The South Vietnamese an that it will not sign any new truce agreements was viewed in some quarters here as an indication the Saigon gov is concerned that the United States may be making concessions to the North Viet government Bui Bao and the Viet It in part Kissinger and Tho are working on ways to implement the original ceasefire agreement signed in Paris on President Nguyen Van Thieu met in Saigon earlier in the day with his National Security This was followed by a statement read by the During the past few there has been some speculation among the local press as well as the foreign press in Saigon that the Republic of Vietnam is going to sign sometime this week a new agreement in I would like to take this op to say that these were purely speculations without any grain of The fighting in Cambodia in recent days has centered around Highway 4 southwest of the Phnom This road runs to the Gulf of where Cambodia has its only deepwater The major action in South Vietnam has been in the Mekong Begin Repair Work On Skylab Weather COUNTY and mild with southwesterly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight lows low to mid 60s partly sunny and warm Friday highs upper 80s to lower 90s rain probability zero per cent 5 per cent High temperature 79 low temperature 63 high a year ago 94 low a year ago 67 record high this 97 in 1963 record low this 44 in Rec Program Ottawas summer recreation designed to attract persons of all is getting underway this week and director for the Recreation Commission announced With the aid of Steve his and 35 Cox will direct a program which includes more than 20 different programs ranging from and to A detailed listing of the programs available is found on Page 10 of todays Residents are urged to clip and save the page as a ready reference both to programs available and starting times for the various SPACE Houston AP Rating their chances of success at two Skylab as today began a dramatic space walk to try to unjam a solar wing and restore nearly full power to their orbiting lab Commander Charles Conrad exited first through an airlock hatch and positioned himself in foot restraints on the side of the Before stepping Joseph Kerwin passed out tube sections which Conrad assembled into a makeshift handrail which would ease his way to the stuck 25 feet The third Paul remained behind in the station to monitor systems and relay Mission Control radio in to the The astronauts opened the hatch at EOT just before passing out of radio con tact When an Australia station picked them up 20 minutes Conrad was Kerwin followed minutes Success of the 270milehigh space stroll would provide the space station with additional badly needed electrical power and enable Kerwin and Paul Weitz to complete a full experiment load during the re maining 14 days of their four week Conrad and Kerwin plan to slip outside the station attached to 60foot lifelines that feed oxygen and air to their bulky They plan to extend a 25foot makeshift clamping it to the solar Then Conrad is to crawl and attempt to pry or cut loose an aluminum strip that holds the wing firmly against the If the commander is to crouch under a rope that has been pulled taut over the same route as the With the rope on his he is to stand hopefully raising the 30 foot solar wing beam in a That would free solar cell panels to convert the suns rays to energy to charge electrical batteries in the They would provide more than watts of nearly doubling the amount now available in the space Skylab has been short of elec since a launching mishap May 14 ripped away a protective with a strip of it jamming the solar While Conrad and Kerwin also were to repair a cover on one solar replace film in check a maneuvering thruster and in spect the sunshade they erected to cool the The third Paul was to remain in mission control was the space walkers expressed skepticism as they wrestled with the complex procedures in a practice session inside the workshop KG Police Chief Nixon FBI Pick WASHINGTON AP Pres ident Nixon announced today that Kansas City Police Chief Clarence Kelley is his choice for FBI selected from 27 top Posing for photographs in his Oval Office with a former FBI and Elliot Nixon said that in searching for a permanent replacement for the late Edgar we finally got down to 27 After Richardson interjected that there had been a very ex search for a new FBI Nixon said of he was first on the While permitting the silver haired Kelley to appear briefly before newsmen at the White Nixon said his nominee would not be able to respond to questions because he faces Sen ate confirmation The Washington said the appointment of Kelley will bring a restructuring of the top level of the FBI by appoint ment of two FBI veterans to assistant The newspaper said Roy special agent in charge of the field will head operating divisions such as general special investigative and intelligence while James special agent in charge of the FBI field office in San will head housekeeping divisions such as files and ad The paper quoted sources as saying it eventually is planned that a new post of associate di rector will be established and filled from within the ranks of the Schools Unique Structure Challenging Open Classrooms At School By BOB HUNTER The Eisenhower Elementary 1404 with its open is a modern country school in the larger economy size that adds better acoustics and the comfortable facilities of Principal Albert 1045 pointed out that the old time red schoolhouse types were much more open than is now the case at The open classrooms existing at Eisenhower are very much unlike the conventional four walled structured but yet similar to the schoolhouse types because the challenge remains for the teacher to compete for the students This is especially true while other class happenings are going on all around the Keefer said the challenge is also there for the student to place a large effort on The doors of Eisenhower were opened in having at this point completed four school terms in the open class The initial enrollment was Enrollment is presently about According to the school was built to take the overflow off of the Eugene Field Keefer added that the building was structured so as to provide the potential for another section to be built on the south side of the school in the Plans are not in the drawing stages for this kind of arrangement but can should the necessity present Eisenhower was built without a bond the funds being provided through the Capital Outlay Fund of Unified School District The cost of the school was which included architectural The building is carpeted with the exception of the the multipurpose room and a small area of the kindergarten The kindergarten room and office areas are the only closed sections in the whole There are no permanent walls between classroom The rooms are only partially divided by moveable storage cabinets and individual study Team Keefer has been conducted quite especially in the primary Departmentalization has also been made use allows teachers the opportunity to utilize a This has resulted in every teacher at the school seeing and relating to every student at the school at one time or Although no academic study lias been published on the open classroom system at Eisenhower Keefer said the best thing about the in his IB the which IB conducive to learning and which forces the student to tune tune into what hid teacher IB and tune out all other going on In adjoining
