Water Sports Meeting Delayed To 1964 In Ottawa
Plans for a water sports and recreation meeting in Ottawa have been postponed to 1964 to coincide with Pomona Reservoir dedication ceremonies near the city. Organizers cite lake readiness and summer rainfall as factors, with attendees including Lew Paramore and Dick Bond along with Ottawa officials and chamber leaders. The event will showcase recreation equipment and boat models on the reservoir site, aided by Army Engineers cooperation for tours.
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Pomona Reservoir
Ottawa
Lew Paramore
Kansas City
Dick Bond
Robert Ellsworth
Paramore
Mississippi Valley Association
Missouri- Arkansas Basins Association
Kansas
Corps of Army Engineers
Calmed response to Cuban exile charge on Cuba invasion promise
Washington reacted with little fuss to Jose Miro Cardona's accusation that President Kennedy backed down on a second invasion. State Department called the claims highly inaccurate and distorted while officials avoided a public clash. Cardona, who quit as president of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, issued a 6500 word statement Thursday night.
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Nedy
Kennedy
Cuba
State Department
Jose Miro Cardona
Washington
Miro
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Agrico Fertilizer Days Fun and Sat Factory Show
Advert describes Agrico Fertilizer events including daytime factory representatives visit at Willis Garden Center located on 5th Cherry. It notes days of activities and contact opportunities for customers seeking product information and demonstrations.
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Agrico Fertilizer
Willis Garden Center
Cherery
All Eyes On Rietta For Her Final Act
In Omaha at the Civic Auditorium Yetta Grotofent known as Miss Rietta died during a dangerous sway pole finale. She fell 50 feet hitting a guy-wire and sawdust as 4,666 spectators watched in shock while ringmaster Carl Strong signaled the next act. A Shriner, roustabout, and clown assisted, and the crowd was diverted.
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Rietta
Omaha, Neb
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Yetta Grotofent
Yetta
Carl Strong
Miss Rietta
Budget Cut Would Idle One Million Jobs
President Kennedy warned a $5 billion budget cut would erase all tax cut benefits by reducing about a million jobs by year end. He urged balanced economy, argued against deeper cuts, and warned a $15 billion cut would cripple defense and space leadership while harming communities nationwide.
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Jfk
Washington
Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Random Village
Ottawa Home Show booths sell fast as event nears
Ottawa residents rush to reserve one of 55 booths for the Home Show and Parade of Homes at the National Guard Armory June 7 to 9. Forty to fifty booths are spoken for, with 25 per exhibitor booth fees and a $35 builder tour fee. Free prizes and nightly drawings entice visitors, who register at booths and enter prize hoppers. Drawings determine prize order each night at 8:30.
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Ottawa
National Guard
Harold Gahagan
Don Gorton
Wellsville Boy to Receive State FFA Degree
Douglas Higbie son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Higbie Wellsville will be awarded the State Farmer degree at the 35th Kansas FFA convention Monday night April 29 at Kansas State University Manhattan Roy Dunn Ottawa is honored with the degree Only two percent of FFA members receive this honor C C Eustace state advisor notes his farm program includes beef cattle dairy cattle hogs and crops He started with net worth 1095 three years ago and now has 4107 He is president of his FFA chapter SHAFF 4 H Club Franklin County 4 H Council and class treasurer at Wellsville High School.
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Douglas Higbie
Edwin Higbie
Wellsville
Kansas Association of Future Farmers of America
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Douglas
Roy Dunn
Ottawa
FFA
C. C. Eustace
Franklin County
Wellsville High School
Pathet Lao Attacks Plaine Des Jarres in Laos Tie
Pro Communist Pathet Lao forces launch an assault on the Plaine des Jarres after neutralists lose Phong Savan as Allied diplomats and international commissioners are called in. Kong Le and about 5,000 neutralist troops are reportedly boxed in on the plain north of Vientiane, with artillery fire targeting the main airstrip.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Phong Savan
Ence
India
Canada
Poland
Souvanna
Lesson From Sea Horses Shocks Lincoln School Class
Mrs Eva Fleming brought two dwarf sea horses to her first grade class at Lincoln School and 18 births occurred during observations. The male sea horse carried the young, a surprising event as the class watched after reading National Geographic. Colts measure about half an inch at birth. parents stand about one and three quarters inches tall.
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Eva Fleming
Lincoln School
Mrs. Fleming
New Principal Named for Princeton Schools 1963 64
Paul Troop, 32, formerly of McCune, named principal of Princeton high and grade schools for the 1963 64 year. He will succeed J Gary Woodward. Troop taught business education at Miami Oklahoma High School for two years and earlier in Cherryvale. He holds BS in education and MS in school administration from Kansas State College Pittsburg. Troop and his wife plan to move to Franklin County early summer.
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Paul Troop
McCune
Princeton
Charles A. McAnarney
Troop
J. Gary Woodward
Miami
Okla
Cherryvale
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Franklin County
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log Shows April 21 1963 Deaths
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Friday for April 21 1963 with 114 fatalities for the year to date. Comparable 1962 period shows 138 deaths. Data reflects statewide tolls and daily tallies from the AP report.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tany's Toot It's a woman's world where seahorses dwell
A playful regional note highlights a woman centered theme in a seaside setting with whimsical references to seahorses and a lively tone for local readers.
Weather forecast and agriculture ad fragment
County forecast calls for mostly fair and cooler tonight with diminishing winds. Increasing clouds and warmer Saturday with a low near 40 and a high in the 70s. Agricultural fertilizer promotion for Friday and Saturday at Willis Garden Center, 5th Street.
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Donald Davis
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Lloyd Schweitzer
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Raymond Seaton
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Gene Kendall
Waverly
Herald
Bond
Charles Williamson
Harold Crawford
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
George Lister
Missouri - Arkansas Basins Association
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Toto
Congress
Wellsville Bay State Farmer
Raney
Cochairman
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Tany
Miss Ottawa
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Janice Anne Milliken
Williamsburg High
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Miss Bethell
Vernon Bethell
Janice
Orlin Milliken
PepsiCola Plant
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