Music For Kids Lights Up Ottawa Elementary Concerts
Kansas City Chapter of Young Audiences brought the Hole lander String Quintet and the Kansas City Woodwind Quintet to six Ottawa elementary schools. The string group performed in small ensemble style with instrument explanations while the woodwinds offered playful pieces and a question period. The program aims to spark future participation in music among students.
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Ottaewa
Kansas City
Young Audiences, Inc
Ottawa
Young Audiences Organization
Holelander
Eugene Field
Lincoln School
Sacred Heart
Stuents
Hawthorne
Garfield
Richemond
Don Hoglund
Norman Holelander
Helen Hollander
Mortimer Alpert
James Hammond
Olin
Charles R. Doherty
Natalie Doherty
Istvan Gladies
Michael Spielman
James H. Shoush
Fresh Troops Arrive In War In Vietnam
The United States landed more than 4,000 fresh combat troops in Viet Nam, boosting the U.S. buildup to about 250,000men. The 25th Tropic Lightning Division from Hawaii came ashore at Vung Tau, completing a 25 percent rise in forces since January. Ground ops failed to provoke a Viet Cong fight while U.S. air power again swept over both Vietnams as the Viet Cong limited attacks to small raids and terrorism.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Hawaii
Vung Tau
U.S
Ambassador Lodge Returns for Viet Nam Policy Review
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, the most embattled U.S. envoy in Vietnam, returns to Washington for a major review of policy after nine tense months in Saigon. He will stop in Rome and Boston en route, deny resigning, and head back by early May. Deputy William Porter will lead in his absence.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Rome
Washington
Pope Paul V
Boston
Maxwell D. Taylor
Wiliam Porter
Algeria
South
President Johnson Dinner Tops Democratic Fund Drive
The Johnson family led a high profile fundraiser with about 900 President's Club members from five states attending in Houston. Officials say total receipts were not disclosed but the event aims to erase a $31.1 million Democratic deficit with similar dinners planned in Chicago New York and Los Angeles. Guests included Luci Baines Johnson Lynda Bird Johnson Roberta Nugent and Patrick Nugent who will marry Luci on August 18. President Johnson urged guests to prioritize national interests over party concerns and noted his departure to Washington was delayed. Governors present included John Connally of Texas Orval Faubus of Arkansas and Jack Campbell of New Mexico.
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Houston
Tex
Johnson
Robert H. Fleming
Fleming
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Lynda Bird
Luci Baines
Patrick Joseph Nugent
Luci
Washington
Tally
Texas
Orga Faubus
Arkansas
Jack Campbell
New Mexico
Ottawa University Choir Ends Spring Tour With Sunday Concert
The 37 voice Ottawa University choir, directed by Edgar D Kerr, will finish its spring tour with a 7 30 p m concert Sunday at First Baptist Church in Ottawa after stops in Winfield Independence and Chanute Friday Saturday and Sunday. The group reports good attendance and sightseeing opportunities between stops.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
First Baptist Church
Winfield
Independence
Chanute
Edgar D. Kerr
Bright Students Get Ulcers Highlight Academic Pressure
Baltimore AP reports Dr H Gerthon Morgan of the University of Maryland says many elementary students nationwide are on tranquilizers and an astounding number are developing ulcers due to academic pressure. He notes brighter pupils face nightmares and stress from expectations from themselves families communities and teachers. He urges teachers to value individuals over comparison and jokes administrators should consider a candidate's love life.
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Baltimore, Md
H. Gerthon Morgan
University of Maryland
Institute of Child Study
Maryland State Department of Education
Morgan
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Southerly winds and scattered storms
Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph with a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Saturday morning. Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday afternoon. Lows around 50 tonight. Highs in the lower 60s Saturday. Thursday high 61, today’s low 50, prior year highs 82 and lows 35. Record highs 96 in 1910 and record low 30 in 1909. Hourly temperatures end at 8 am.
Spring Freezes Hurt Kansas Wheat Harvest
In Garden City AP reports that recent spring freezes have likely damaged southwest Kansas wheat. A B Erhart of Kansas State University predicts 25 county area yields may drop 30 percent with 50 to 60 percent possible. Damages include dead head internals and stems breaking below the joint. recovery seems unlikely. A freeze on April 19 saw temperatures at Garden City of 22 degrees, rising to 23 the next day.
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Garden City
Kansas
A. B. Erhart
Kansas State University
Erhart
Wolf Creek Bridge Hit In Early Morning Crash
A 24-year-old driver Claude Charles Anderson III of Garnett struck the Wolf Creek bridge at about 1 a.m. Wednesday on I-35 while southwestbound. His 1965 Ford was wrecked and the bridge damage estimate was not provided. Anderson was treated for facial lacerations at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett.
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Wolf Creek
Claude Charles Anderson III
Garnett
Anderson County
Anderson
Business Building Shows Some Changes on South Main
The blue South Main Street building at 1500 block expands to house Everett's Barber Shop and Betty's Styling Salon, plus a drive in window for Southside Cleaners formerly Wantland Cleaners. Rev. S. E. Hopkins owns the cleaners, Craig Everett Stark runs the barber shop, Betty Jane Christian operates the salon with partners and staff. The project adds two delivery lanes, a new East Fifteenth Street drive in entrance, an alley exit to Main, air conditioning, heating, stereo music, and a paving plan for a future lot.
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South Main Street
Main
Southside Cleaners
Betty
Everett
Everett Stark
Stark
Ottawa
John Rea
Betty Jane Christian
S. Main
Rose Marie Baxter
Connie Welton
Beula Cummings
Christian
Lowell Fouts
S. Main Street
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Hollander
Eugene Field School
Ambassador Lodge
Secretary of
Democrat
OU Choir Home
Travel Agency Service
Peoples National Bank, Adv
Eugene Flaherty
Hopkins
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