Fire Truck Jinx Hits Demonstration in Ottawa
Ottawa officials and firemen faced a setback as a 75-foot fire truck boom failed during a Rotary Club demonstration. Max Montague slid from the bucket onto the pavement injuring a sprained ankle. official analyses cited human error and improper rope threading. Mayor Williamson ordered reviews and changes to rope use and hydraulic bleed procedures.
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Max Montague
Montague
Don Black
Ottawa
Max Monteague
Rotary Club
Bruce Moses
Moses
Foster
Williamson
Harry Gilliland
Gilliland
Fire Department
Mistaken Air Attack Kills Coast Guard Crew Near Hue
In Saigon a Coast Guard cutter Point Welcome was strafed by three U.S. Air Force planes near the Cua Viet River. Two Coast Guardmen died, five were wounded including British journalist Tim Page. The ship continued to Da Nang as an investigation begins. A separate Mekong Delta village toll rose to 24 dead and 82 wounded, blamed on Viet Cong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Coast Guard
Point Welcome
Cua Viet River
Hue
Tim Page
Orpington
Kent
England
Viet Nam
Coast
da Nang
U.S
Mekong River
Truong Thanh
Can Tho
Lost Boys Found After Long Hunt
Two Overland Park boys Bruce Walker aged 4 and Andy Jensen aged 3 wandered from home and were found asleep in a corn field after a 12 hour search by police, volunteers and dogs. They were taken to a hospital and released.
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Overland Park, Kan
Bruce Walker
Andy Jensen
Overland Park
Kansas City
Norman Walker
Bruce
Johnson County
Jensen
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce meeting on fair plans
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce retail committee meets at 9 30 a m Friday at the C of C office to discuss the Sidewalk Bazaar set for August 24 with the Franklin County Fair and Rodeo. Also on the agenda is Ottawa University students tailors open night October 3.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Franklin County
Aree Tailors
Ottawa University
County Forecast Sees Fair Weather and Warm Weekend
The county forecast calls for fair conditions with southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. Friday will be partly cloudy with a slight chance of a thundershower, and highs near 80. Tonight’s low around the 60s. Thursday’s high 70 and low 53. Record highs and lows for this date are 111 and 45 respectively. Precipitation in the last 24 hours was trace. Barometer 29.96.
Ottawa teens form S and S Film Corporation
Two Ottawa 18 year olds, Hurst Coffman and Tom Speer, run S and S Film Corporation the town's only motion picture producer. They started in 1962 with short comedies and a serious historical film. Their latest project Welcome To Ottawa features city sights and industries and is shown at clubs and Franklin County Fair. Linda Loyd and Becky Lawrance assisted with narration acting and photography angles.
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Ottawa
Hurst Coffman
Tom Speer
S and S Film Corporation
Hurst
Floyd Coffman
Ottawa University
Ottawa High School
Tom
Louis N. Speer
Kemper Military Academy
OHS
Franklin County
Speer
Shisler
Paul Shisler
Film Corporation
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
H. D. Lee
Sand § Film Corporation
Linda Loyd
Becky Lawrance
Long hot summer sparks Detroit race violence
Police arrested 39 youths, both Negro and white, after a brick and fire bomb fight in East Side Detroit. Tyrone Powers, 26, was shot in the shoulder. a brick shattered a car window, sending the auto into a house porch. Arson, explosives, and riot charges were listed as officers, fanned by a second night of clashes, maintained by helmeted police on 12 hour patrols near Grosse Pointe. Weather helped contain outbreaks as citizens urged calm.
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Detroit
Tyrone Powers
Grosse Pointe
Ray Girardin
Lunar Orbiter Struggles to Lock Star Reverts to Moon
Pasadena AP The Lunar Orbiter failed to lock Canopus as planned and then switched to the Moon as its reference. Ground controllers anticipate a midcourse maneuver and note the change increases computer load but poses no major problem. The craft lifted from Cape Kennedy at 3 26 p.m. Wednesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Orbiter
Cape Kennedy, Fla
West Franklin Plans For School Complete
Pre enrollment dates set for high school students at Williamsburg Aug 15 16 and Pomona Aug 18 19. Elementary enrollment Aug 24 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m. School opens Aug 26 8 30 a m dismissal 11 30 a m buses on regular routes. Classes begin Aug 29 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m Labor Day no classes. Second annual workshop Aug 22 23 at Pomona High School with sessions on teaching aids building care libraries and class material presentation led by Dr Melvin Neely KS Teachers Association executive secretary. includes kitchen custodial and clerical sessions.
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Unified School District
West Franklin
Williamsburg
Pomona High School
Pomona
City OKs Special Election for $185,000 Pool
An ordinance for a 185000 pool was read and approved quietly as Forest Park voters prepare for a special election. The polls will open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 6 to decide whether a swimming facility should be built.
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Peepage
Don Capper
Come Mission
Walter Beasley
Larkin and Associates
Kansas City
Ottawa
City Commission
Charles Williamson
Forest Park
Mao's Return Reported In Red China Purge Context
AP dispatches from Tokyo report that Mao Zedong, 72, reappeared in Beijing after months absent amid health rumors. People's Daily briefly covered Mao meeting with the masses at a central committee building, with other Red Chinese outlets casting him as the driving force behind a current purge.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Communist Party
People’s Daily
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Peking
Central
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Paul Foster Jr
Frain
Laurence Wightman
Tom Gleason
Otetawa Cablevision Systems, Inc
CATV
Gleason
Wichita
Gleneson
Camerus
Cedar
Eleventh Streets
Don Hamilton
University
Steve James
James
Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa Boys
Marais Des Cygnes
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mildred Smith
Montgomery
Ala
Grenada
Miss
Melvin Neely
The
Kansas State Teachers Association
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