Ottawa University choir faces snow delays on Colorado tour
The 38 singers plus Mr and Mrs Edgar D Kerr were delayed returning to Denver from Longmont by a snowstorm. They plan to perform tonight in Hays and finish with a concert in Topeka tomorrow. The tour program will be presented at First Baptist Church on Sunday at 7 30 pm.
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Ottawa University
Colorado
Edgar D. Kerr
Denver
Longmont
Hays
Kerr
Topeka
First Baptist Church
Indian relay team leads Ottawa Relays Class A title
A weekend highlight praised by fans as Haskell Institute dominated the Ottawa Relays Class A events, winning race after race and prompting a commenter to quip that they started the Indians running and could not stop them. A separate moment featured a 5-year-old girl and a dog under a tree with a kitten, prompting a passerby to ask how to make the dog leave the tree.
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Haskell Institute
Ottawa
Ottawa Relays Kev'ld by Local Firms and School Staff
Ottawa businessmen merchants teachers and students cooperated in staging Saturdays eleventh Ottawa Relays. Orlis Cox relays manager and Ottawa High School staff voiced thanks for the successful event. A local foot doctor quips to a friend, Put your feet in shoes big enough for you and you won't have corns.
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Ottawa
Orlis Cox
Ottawa High School
Weather Bids Fair Skies Across Kansas This Week
The Kansas forecast calls for fair weather this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions. Highs 40s to 50s, lows 15 to 32. Yesterday’s high 43, low 33 at 4 to 6 am. River stage at 2.10 feet. Annual meeting of Ottawa Co op Association stockholders at Eugene Field School Tuesday April 9.
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Kansas
Ottawa’ Co-op Assoc
Eugene Field School & P.m
185 Expected At Annual Sports Banquet Tonight
About 185 guests are expected at the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce annual sports banquet at Garfield School tonight. The event starts at 6 30 with Sam Molen as speaker and Claude Cochran as master of ceremonies. Rev Charles Knight will give the invocation.}
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Garfield School
Peg Carr
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Sam Molen
Kansas City
Claude Cochran
Charles Knight
First Methodist Church
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Cochran
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ottawa Highs Eight Earn State Music Festival Slots
Ottawa High School will send eight representatives to the State Music Festival in Emporia as eight of 17 Lawrence-judged Ottawa students qualified. Senior High performers rated Highly Superior or Superior include Judi Jamison violin, Jolene Brink piano and flute, Caro lyn Christie string bass, Bill Colt rane baritone horn, the trombone quartet led by Sheldon Meats, Paul Stone cornet, Mac Wichman piano, and the girls quartet Pat Stevens Judy Stevens Sally Ligget Katy Chism with accompanist Elizabeth Penny. Others rated Excellent or Superior provided additional strong showings in Lawrence.
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Bill Barker
OHS
Lawrence
Emporia
Jo Archer
Kathlene Garnet
Superior
Jane Kohler
Herbert Harrah
Judi Jamison
Sheldon Meats
Jolene Brink
Carolyn Christie
Bill Colttrane
Larry Ban‘croft
Gary Burke
Nancy Carlson
Bill
Coltrane
Paul Stone
Mac. Wichman
Cole Brane
Girls Quartet
Pat Stevens
Judy Stevens
Sally Ligget
Katy Chism
Elizabeth Penny
Excellent
Janet Reed
Certificates of Election Issued for City Winners
City officials report that certificates of election are issued to winning candidates after the recent city election. City Clerk Don Capper stated the official canvass by city commissioners on Friday confirmed the vote totals announced Wednesday, the day after the election.
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Don ‘Capper
Drastic Postal Cuts Ordered to Take Effect April 18
Postmaster General Order 56314, received by Postmaster T J Cummings, bans city and rural mail delivery on Saturdays except for special delivery. Window service shrinks to 8 percent hours five days, Ottawa windows shift 8 30 am to 5 pm, finance window stays 9 am to 5 pm. Saturday box pickups mirror Sunday at 4 30 pm in business district. First class mail and daily papers only on weekends. third and fourth class mail limited. Money orders discontinued. substitute services reduced. uniforms suspended through June 30.
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T. J. Cummings
County Youths In Judging Contest at Baldwin High
Franklin County youths will join a district land judging contest at Baldwin High School next Saturday. Participants from Franklin Miami Osage and Douglas Counties enter as 4-H and FFA members under R C Lind Kansas State College. Winners may advance to state contests in Rossville on April 20 with three regional meets planned.
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Franklin County
Baldwin High School
Dick Jameson
Franklin
Miami
Osage
Douglas
FFA
R. C. Lind
Kansas State College
Rossville
Minor Court House Blast Causes Minor Damage
A small explosion at the county courthouse boiler Saturday morning released gas from a stuck valve in the electric control of the furnace. Smoke and soot filled the register of deeds office as doors blew open and some mops burned. Custodian Bill Plake said no appreciable damage occurred.
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County Court House
Office
the Register of Deeds
Bill Plake
Plake
Journalism Class Presents A Play At Ottawa High School
The journalism department at Ottawa High School presented a play Merry Molly Malone in a morning assembly. Cast included Judi Corlis Frank Johnson Gary Hornbuckle Patty Stevens Meredith Williams Linda Schwarz and Iva Kay Jones. The comedy centers on a romance between an Irish immigrant girl and the son of a wealthy American family.
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Ottawa High School
Merry Molly Malone
Pay Assembly Today
Judi Corlis
Frank Johnson
Gary Hornbuckle
Patty Stevens
Meredith Williams
Linda Schwarz
Iva Kay Jones
Spring storm blankets the Midwest and Northeast in snow
A major spring storm moved east from the Rockies draping Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and New York with 3 to 12 inches of snow. Roads were dangerous, power lines failed, and schools closed across affected areas as belt of snow stretched from Indiana to New York. Blizzard conditions formed in western New York while heavy snow buried parts of Michigan and Ohio and altered travel and racing schedules. Temperatures fell to near zero in Wyoming and Colorado with ground blizzards easing as sun returned.
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Rockies
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York State
Great Plains
Plains
Toledo
Monroe County
Mich
Monroe-Toledo
Ascot Park
Akron
Fort Miami Raceway
Rensselaer
Plymouth
Warsaw
Kendallville
New York
Cattaraugus County
Colorado
Texas
Tennessee
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Towa
Wyoming
Fort Collins
Colo
Laramie
Wyo
Sidney
Neb
Colorado Springs
Those April Showers Turn White In Ottawa
Ottawa recorded a half inch of snow last night and a hard freeze is forecast across much of the state tonight. The light snowfall arrived with a brief wintry mix before ending.
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Ottawa
Fortunes Rise for Bone Family in Ottawa
The Bone family of six children, aided by community donations, has improved living conditions. Marie and Richard started school,Leon will begin after a medical check. Donations included heaters, a kitchen range, furniture, and school books as gas company crews hooked up utilities. The family arrived two weeks earlier after their car broke down en route to Colorado, aided by Juan Martinez and the Red Cross.
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Marie
Leon
Richard
Bone
North Side
Mrs. Bone
Weather summary from Ottawa station reports April moisture
Rain totals rise to 2.68 inches for April at Ottawa with .26 inches in the latest measure. Low temperature 33 degrees this morning, yesterday high 43, Saturday high 60. Snow and cold spread across the state with varying depths from half an inch to three inches in several towns including Great Bend Marysville Concordia Russell Salina Hill City Goodland and McPherson. Moisture statewide ranged from 10 to .20 inches in the south and .20 to .40 inches in the north.
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John P. Kelsey
Ottawa
Great Bend
Marysville
Concordia
Russell
Salina
Hill City
Goodland
McPherson
Air Force ground down by white pony at Dallas base
A shaggy black and white pony trotted across the flight line at Hensley Field as the Texas Air National Guard carried out practice alert missions. The tower halted traffic and air police pursued the errant animal, clocking it at 40 miles an hour before capture.
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Dallas
Cavalry
Air Force
Hensley Field
Texas Air National Guard
A.I.C
Hubert Legg
Rock and Roll Dance Ends in a Pittsburgh Riot
About 250 to 300 teenagers rioted in a parking lot outside a dance hall in Pittsburgh. Police and volunteers fought the mob with gunfire in the air and hoses. Dozens were gathered for questioning with no reported injuries.
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Pittsburgh
District Court Jury Called For Tuesday
The April term jury will convene tomorrow with three trials set. Charles D. Crowder faces burglary charges, Builders Publishing Company sues The Wiggins Electric Company for money, and J. S. Craig is tried on a charge of concealing mortgaged property.
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Charles D. Crowder
Builders Publishing Company
Wiggins Electric Company
J. S. Craig
Labor Unions Warned of Crisis at UAW Convention
A prominent Roman Catholic clergyman told the United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City that the labor movement faces perhaps the most serious crisis in its history and urged a “clean house” approach to reform.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Auto Workers Convention
Msgr. Higgins
Review ‘Board of Private Citizens
Walter P. Reuther
Raymond Moley
Newsweek
Public Review Board
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Labor Movement
Tie Up Your Dog Ordinance Warns of Crackdown
Police Chief C L Hough warns that the city will enforce a dog tethering ordinance 24 hours a day after numerous complaints of dogs tied up all day and released at night. The report also covers UAW leader Walter Reuther's call for a clean labor movement and his anticipated renomination by convention delegates with strong support.
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C. L. Hough
Hough
Senators Back Nixon Africa Policy Move
Four senators from both parties praised Vice President Nixon for focusing on Africa to curb Communist influence. They support a separate State Department bureau for Africa, with Mansfield and Sparkman noting committee approval and better focus than past groupings. Mundt and Aiken urged swift congressional action on Nixon’s eight nation trip findings.
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Washington
Nixon
U. S
Africa
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Bureau of Africa Affairs
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Aiken
Farm Surplus Losses Hit 4 Percent Daily
The Commodity Credit Corp reports a seven month loss of 837.764 million dollars from surplus farm product programs through Feb 28. Most losses came from export sales below cost or donations to needy persons. Cotton led eight month losses at 370.535 million, followed by wheat, corn, rice, dried milk, cheese, butter, grain sorghum and fluid milk.
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Commodity Credit Corp
Hutchinson Panel Renamed As The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson News-Herald owner moves into a million dollar building and renames the paper The Hutchinson News effective with today’s edition. The original July 4 1872 Hutchinson News spawned the now renamed daily that absorbed the Gazette in 1925, with a 24 hour publication since 1983 under J P Harris and associates.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson News-Herald
Hutchinson News
News
Gazette
Herald
W. Y. Morgan
J. P. Harris and Associates
Six die in Kansas weekend traffic toll rise
Six people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend, increasing the year’s fatalities to 132 versus 160 a year ago. Victims include Arilla Blanchard and Francis Magnett in a two vehicle collision near Westmoreland, Elisha Moserhyde in a Mitchell County crash, Ray Harris near El Dorado, Roy Blanchard and Daniel Moran injured, and Nellie Sterrett in Wichita.
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Kansas
Arilla Blanchard
Westmoreland
Francis Magnett
Blaine
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Fla
Irwin Heth
Williamsburg
Johnson
Heths
Florida
Lamar Phillips
Molen
Cummings
Ottawa Post
Arthur E. Summerfield
Seup
Court House
Lamb
THE
Associated Press
A. W. Dean
RFD
Chuck Langdon
Bone Family
Herman Bone
White Pony
Msgr
George C. Higgins
UAW
U. S. Senate
Labor
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
South Asia
Middle East
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Aiken
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Sam
Hutchinson Panel
Nellie V. Sterrett
O’ Kinsley
Wichita Tal
Wich
Wichita
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