Local Enrollment Shows Increase in Area Schools
School enrollment figures are not final until after the first day of class but principals indicate totals will be larger than last year. High school enrollment is expected to rise from 505 last year, with 500 counted Thursday plus 18 new arrivals not yet placed and 5 special students. Junior high faces crowding from science and foreign language enrollments as about 50 students without schedules are being contacted to complete enrollment. Grade school enrollment begins today.
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Dean Rouse
W. P. Shepard
Shepard
Royse
Father Burger
Ottawa
Tom M. Hodson
S. Elm
Crack-Down On Draggers Cracks Down On Draggers
Police judge Robert Pinet and police chief E. W. Flaherty discussed drag racing on South Main near 15th Street. Residents complain of 2 a.m. car noise as youths speed from driveways and businesses. Current reckless driving penalties cap at 100 dollars fine and 90 days jail. officials warn penalties may rise if behavior does not improve.
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Robert Pinet
E. W. Flaherty
Pinet
Flaherty
15Th
Foreign Service Studies At Home
Richard G. Johnson a 42 year old senior U S Foreign Service officer left with his wife and two children on a motor trip to San Francisco for a State Department sponsored tour his only costs are for food tolls and incidentals The Wally Byam Foundation funds three house trailers Ford Motor Co provides three cars for towing and gasoline The journey aims to explain Foreign Service work and renew American connections before a Brussels posting upon return Johnson a New Haven Conn native who has served since 1947 recently came from NATO Paris
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Washington
Foreign Service
U.S.A
Richard G. Johnson
U.S. Foreign Service
San Francisco
State Department
Johnson
Wally Byam
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Foundation
Johnsons
Brussels
Belgium
United States
Congress
New Haven
Conn
NATO
Paris
JFKs Widow Meets Public At Delegates Reception
Atlantic City AP report. Mrs. John F Kennedy greeted thousands of Democratic delegates at a five hour reception hosted by W Averell Harriman and wife. She left town for Newport after the event as a filmed memorial tribute to JFK was deemed too emotionally draining. The scene unfolded in a hotel ballroom divided into three sections with Kennedy family members present. Mrs Kennedy wore a white sleeveless two piece dress and expressed gratitude to those who helped Kennedy in 1960.
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Atlantic City
N.J
John F. Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Eunice Shriver
Jean Smith
Pat Lawford
Lynda Johnson
Kennedy
Storm Dampens Rodeo at Franklin County Fair
Wind and a brief rainstorm halted the calf roping at the Franklin County Fair delaying events. A 0.46 inch rainfall drenched the grounds while damage focused on trees and utility lines. The Santa Fe roundhouse roof and a park tree were noted as the major outages and insurers reviewed rain coverage.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Fair
Rodeo Grounds
Santa Fe Roundhouse
Forest Park
John Doolin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
West Seventh Street
The
Kansas Telephone Co
N. Main
Santa Fe
Bundy Insurance Agency
Franklin County Fair Association
Saa Fe
Young Rodeoers Show Touch Of Veterans
About 40 Ottawa junior wranglers, ages 9 to 17, competed in a Wednesday to Friday rodeo, with events split between horsemanship and timed trials. Mike Bennett, Steve Gillette, Mike Howard, Albert Imel and Betty Kirchner were notable winners across several classes and races.
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Ottawa
Mike Bennett
Steve Gillette
Mike Howard
Albert Imel
Betty Kirchner
Wrangler
Karen Howard
Terry Mohr
Doug Loyd
Weather County Forecast Fair Tonight to Saturday
County weather section shows fair conditions tonight with largely fair skies on Saturday. Temperatures fall to the middle fifties tonight and rise to the middle eighties Saturday. A bit cooler tonight and a touch warmer Saturday. Partly cloudy Saturday night with comfortable overnight low in the fifties.
English Mass Adopted in Ottawa Parish
The Sacred Heart Church in Ottawa begins reading the Mass largely in English starting Nov. 29, with Latin retained in key sections. Rev. Robert Burger and Rev. Frederick R. McManus discuss benefits, timing, and broader Vatican II changes shaping future translations and scripture cycles for lay participation.
Widening K-68 Set Four Lanes Planned
Ottawa and Kansas Highway Department officials discussed delaying a full K-68 widening west of Ottawa as costs exceed a million dollars. A 1.6 mile segment from Main Street to the Interstate will proceed as a four lane project with midsection, budgeted about 450000, with public hearings planned for October.
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Ottawa
Kansas Highway Department
Main Street
Virr
Main
K.68
Highway Department
Marins Des Cygnes
Missouri Pacific
Democrats Nominate Johnson Humphrey in Dramatic Convention
President Johnson and Senator Humphrey accepted their Democratic nominations in Atlantic City with rousing tributes. Johnson framed the race as a choice between courage and timidity and pledged federal action for unity and fairness while targeting Goldwater and Miller with sharp attacks.
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Atlantic City
Johnson
Hubert HH
Humphrey
LBJ
Johnson City
Tex
Bananas Stolen From Franklin County Fair Display
Kean Hollinger 13 entered a fruit display in Franklin County Fair design division earning a blue ribbon for fruits bananas red plums blue plums flowers and artificial insects. After judging a thief stole most items leaving only insects and two bananas and more items disappeared including blue ribbon apples and a jar of pickles. Kean's mother announced on Friday that after 4 p.m. anyone may take the remaining bananas from the fair grounds.
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Kean Hollinger
Kean
Franklin County Fair
Barry Goldwater Attacks Lyndon Johnson Isolationism
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater charged President Johnson’s acceptance speech as isolationist and weak on communism. He spoke from his yacht off California, reading the text by ship to shore phone and criticizing Johnson for not addressing world crises and alliance tensions.
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America
Humphrey
Minnesota
Barry Goldwater
William E. Miller
Newport Beach
Calif
Johnson
Goldwater
Paul F. Wagner
Wagner
Atlantic City
Santa Cruz Island
Sundance
Santa Catalina Island
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JFK
By Zeke Wigglesworth
Sara Bennett
Nancy McFarland
Tam
Rosie Lister
Robert Burger
Sacred Heart Church
Frederick R. McManus
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Rome
Father McManus
School of Canon Law
Catholic University of America
Saint Paul
C. Frank Virr
Demos
Barry
Lyndon
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