Ottawa 290 Board OKs 67 School Funds Budget
Ottawa Unified School District 290 adopted a total budget of 1 107 170 at a brief August meeting. No visitors attended the hearing. Chairwoman Elizabeth Spencer noted the budget was adopted and expressed regrets that the public did not attend. Two teachers requested releases for 1966 67, senior high math teacher Carl Robb seeking a Colorado State University graduate assistantship and junior high science teacher Ronald Meyer seeking a contract release. The board said release could not occur without a replacement.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Elizabeth Spencer
Marvin P. Forker
Carl Robb
Colorado State University
Robb
Ronald Meyer
Meyer
Rantoul
Lane
Richmond
Princeton
Wayne Walter
Rantuul
Richmond Co-Op
Central Heights Board Row Over School Building Plans
A Central Heights school board member Ralph McCrea walked out during a heated session while opposing building plans and student transfers to nearby districts. The meeting covered land transfer questions, water pump purchases, repairs, and budget items with contracts and transport credits discussed. An injunction against selling bonds for the Central Heights building was not granted, with potential appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Richmond
Central Heights
Ralph McCrea
Richemond
James Fredericks
Princeton
Robert Ledom
McCrea
State Department of Education
Franklin County Court House
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Hanoi Charges US Bombers Hit Haiphong
Hanoi charged U S planes bombed Haiphong hitting factories and residential areas. A protest to the International Control Commission claimed six planes were shot down and denounced the raids as a violation of North Viet Nam sovereignty and the 1954 Geneva accords.
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Tokyo
Viet Nam
U. S
Haiphong
International Control Commission
Army High Command
U.S
Haiphong City
Hanoi
Washington
White House
United States
North
Adjjacent
Hai Dunog
Saigon
Location Of Pool On Ballots Sparks Ottawa Split Vote
In a rare split Ottawa city vote, commissioners kept the proposed pool location off the September 6 bond election ballots. Mayor Williamson and Commissioner Corlis backed leaving location out. Wightman dissented urging Forest Park site inclusion. Scant bond amount discussed, with figures around 160000 to 185000, and planners calling for more study before final ballot wording.
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Otetawa Gily
Charles Williamson
Lyman Corlis Jr
Park Planning and Recreation Commissions
Corlis
City Commission
Park and Recreation
Blaine Philips
Park Board
Phillips
Tom Porter
Recreation Commission
Cox
Rodney McClauy
Recreation Come Mission
Williamson
Forest Park
McClay
Ottawa School Board
Owen Shofner
Planning Commission
Wightman
Wileliam Jennings Bryan
University of Texas Tower sniper kills 16 in campus siege
Charles Whitman, a 25 year old University of Texas architectural engineering student, killed his wife and mother then fired on crowds from the UT Tower, fatally wounding 13 more and wounding 18 others before police shot him. The rampage lasted 90 minutes as officers confronted him from nearby streets and rooftops.
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Austin
Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
University of Texas
Whitman
University Tower
Texas
Library
Marine Corps
xXe Marine
Tims
Camerus
Weather County Forecast Fair and cooler tonight
Fair and cooler tonight with northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday remains fair and mild with highs in the upper 80s. Overnight low in the 60s, record highs and lows noted for this date, and 1.42 inches of precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Hourly temps end at 8 a.m. today.
Richard Speck Case Fades Into Obscurity With New Death Toll
A roundup of infamous U S mass murder cases notes the Speck arraignment as Chicago ghoulish news recedes. FBI says no records on death tolls. compares Speck to Unruh Starkweather Morah and others, listing victims, trials and executions across decades.
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Richard Speck
New York
FBI
Washington
Texas
Howard Unruh
Camden
Unruh
Trenton
N.J
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Wyoming
Starkweather
Carol Ann Fugate
Chicago
St. Valentine’s Day
George
Bugs
Connecticut
Joseph Taborsky
Arthur Culombe
Taborsky
Culombe
Lfe
Perry Smith
Richard Hickock
Truman Capote
Smith
Hickock
Herbert Clutter
Ottawa area Kansas primary yields early totals and leads
By noon today 989 votes cast in Ottawa Kansas in a Republican and Democratic primary. Key races include a seven man contest for Kansas Third District with Wayne Angell leading by 320 votes from nine precincts. Ellsworth leads Pearson for US Senate nomination by 41 votes. Rainey ahead of Poizner in Democratic Third District. Polls opened at 8 a.m and close at 6 p.m with results being tallied at 7 p.m.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Franklin County
Wayne Angell
Larry Winn
Shultz
Robert Ellsworth
James Pearson
GOP
U. S. Senate
Ellsworth
Pearson
Marvin E. Rainey
Joseph J. Poizner
Rainey
Poizner
Ottawa Herald
The Strike Back Passed in Senate Labor Fight Over Ends
The Senate Labor Committee urged passage of a joint resolution giving President Johnson authority to end the 26 day airline strike for up to 180 days. The panel favored delegated power by a 10 6 vote, while some leaders preferred a congressional order.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Capitol Hill
The
Labor Committee
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
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Texarkana
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Thomas Ashton
Redlands
Calif
Peace Corps
Iran
Edna Townsley
Sonntag, Ashton
University
Harry Ransom
Claire Wilson
Billy Speed
Senal
Pokter
Imelaw
Boston
William Heirens
John C. West
Robert Daniels
Ohio
West
Daneels
Angels
Sen
Joseph S. Clark
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