Handicapped Swim Class Aims for Confidence and Skills
Ellen Speer directs a handicapped children swim program in the Ote tawa Recreation Commission. Seven children aged 7 to 17 attend as volunteers assist with lessons. Instructors lack formal training but gain insight through parent feedback and peer support. Classes run 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through August 30.
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Rosie Lister
Otetawa Recreation Commission
Ellen Speer
Ren
Ellen
Becky Reynolds
Ann Elder
Kathy Shiseler
Joyce Elder
el Len
Orris Cox
The
Recreation Commission
Kansas State University
Forest Park Pool
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Baton Rouge Rally Clash Raises Death Threats by Governor
Gov. John J. McKeithen warned that if rioting begins in Baton Rouge there will be quick fatalities as National Guardsmen with live ammo would shoot to quell looting and burning. Rival rallies mirror a long civil rights march by Bogalusa Negroes with heavy police and Guards presence surrounding about 90 marchers.
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Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
Gov. McKeithen
McKeithen
Three More U S Warplanes Lost In North Vietnam Raids
North Vietnam air raids cost the United States three more warplanes, raising total U S losses to 647 as pilots flew 186 missions the second highest daily total. B52s continued strikes in the A Shau Valley aiming to demolish a North Vietnamese base near Laos, while ground fighting in South Vietnam stayed light with nine Americans killed and 99 wounded.
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South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Weather high Friday 86 low 54 today
The forecast records a Friday high of 86 and a current low of 54 with temperatures compared to a year ago 84 and 66. Historical extremes on this date include a record high of 109 in 1936 and a record low of 50 in 1943. Hourly temperatures extend through 8 a.m. today.
Wichita Widower Is Quite A Cook
CHENEY Kan AP A Wichita widower won blue ribbons in the domestic arts division at the county fair for canned fruits preserves bread and donuts He credited his mother for teaching him to cook and recalled starting in the kitchen making candy as a child and growing from there He noted his brother and sister never liked to cook.
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Cheney, Kan
William Henry
Henry
Junior Wranglers Enter Wellsville Royal Riders Show
The Junior Wranglers Horse Club of Ottawa participates in the Wellsville Royal Riders Horse Show today with events starting at 10 a.m. They plan to enter the saddle club competition at 6 p.m. Last year they won the largest uniformed saddle club trophy and would keep it if they win again. The group camps near the arena tonight and will breakfast in Wellsville Sunday before returning to Ottawa.
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Junior Wranglers Horse Club of
Ottawa
Wellsville
Wranglers
Arena
Food Stamp Plan Near End
The federal food stamp program faces a looming termination as House and Senate deadlock delays extension. The program aids two million needy Americans with coupon-based purchases, currently funded temporarily through the month. Conferees have met twice with no compromise on 18, 24, or 36 month extensions, while advocacy grows for action. Sargent Shriver proposes using trading stamps to aid needy shoppers nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Food Stamp Program
Senate
Congress
House
Mhouse- Senate Conference Committee
Bers
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
District of Columbia
Poage
Federal Antipoverty Agency
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
United States
Rap Brown held on federal firearm charge in New York
Rap Brown militant Black Power leader was held in 25000 bail on a federal firearm charge after being arrested leaving a Manhattan apartment. He is accused of carrying an automatic rifle on to flights from New York to New Orleans in violation of federal law. Brown, SNCC chairman, is under Maryland indictment for arson rioting and inciting to riot. His attorney called the charge political while prosecutors said it reflects a serious offense.
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New York
Rap Brown
Brown
Manhattan
New Orleans
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Maryland
William Kunstler
U.S
Earl. Bishopp
Stephen E. Kaufman
Une
Bishopp
Hubert Gerald Brown
SNCC
Stokely Carmichael
Hanoi
Carmichael
North Vietnam
United States
Missouri Town Has Snake Hunt In Chadwick
Chadwick Missouri hosts its third annual snake hunt tied to a 1965 Pine Ridge Church spike in snake presence. Copperheads and timber rattlesnakes are shown at Joe Hursh's service station as visitors gather for the event, with signs promoting slogans and a barbecue at the Chadwick Community Center.
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Chadwick
Copperhead Capital
Basle Point
L. E. Shipman
Joe Hursh
Pine Ridge Church
Chadwick Community Center
Hursh's
Ars
Moscow hints of possible breakoff with Red China
Pravda accuses Beijing of hindering the Soviet Embassy in Peking and inflaming anti Soviet sentiment. The article portrays Chinese propaganda as a daily mudslinging campaign that seeks to divert attention from domestic turmoil toward the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Red
China
Pravda
Soviet Union
Peking
Soviet Communist Party
Communist
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Louisiana
Denham Springs
Tom Bradley
U.S. 190
National Guard
4. Z. Young
Livingston Parish
Wichita
Ruby O. Terrill
E. 13Th
Rap
Missouri
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