Ottawa School Board Delays League Change Decision
Ottawa school officials spent hours debating the Northeast Kansas League switch after Ottawa High School left for the Eastern Kansas League. The board voted to table the motion and reconvene, while petitions opposing the change were presented. Principal Norris Burke said the decision came from high school officials and coaches, not the board, and no other leagues were studied.
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Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Rybolt
Roth
Fouts
Henry Parker
Norris Burke
Parker
Corlis
Burke
Opinon
Harold Wallace
Ortis Cox
Harvey Drake
Don Kornhaus
Charles Gentner
H. K Stevens
Wallace
Lawrence
Watercolor exhibit at Ottawa University gallery features Mary Passailagne works
Side Swipes notes 21 water color paintings by Mary Passailagne of Columbus Ga in the Mammel Art Center Ottawa University. Ronald Hickman says the realist works showcase strong watercolor technique and the show runs through December 19.
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Mammel Art Center
Ottawa University
Mary Passailagne
Columbus
Ronald Hickman
O. U. Art Department
Paroled man held in fatal Kansas City car crash
Police say Ronald Leon Potter, 27, on parole from Missouri Penitentiary, admitted driving the car that killed a 75-year-old pedestrian in Kansas City Missouri. He faced a petition charging manslaughter and leaving the scene. the petition carried 134 names. Potter was arrested at a restaurant.
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Kan
Missouri Penitentiary
Ronald Leon Potter
Bob
Plead Guilty In Bank Robbery Cases
Two Mangum Oklahoma men Ernest Rk Tillman 26 and Robert C Wyatt 27 pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing banks in Sentinel Oklahoma and Walton Kas. Judge Ross Rizley postponed sentencing until probationary reports are filed. The men were arrested in Mexico last October after the July Oklahoma and June Kansas robberies.
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Oklahoma City
Sentinel Okla
Walton Kas
Ross Rizley
Ernest RK. Tillman
Robert C. Wyatt
Oklahoma Bank
Kansas Bank
Mangum
Okla
Mexico
Weather County Forecast Fair and Colder With Sunless Night
Fair and colder this afternoon and to night. Wednesday partly cloudy with highs 35 to 40 and teens for tonight low. Wednesday's high near 40. Yesterday's high 56, low 28. record high 75 in 1999 and record low 2 below zero to 1950. Hourly temps shown through tonight.
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Word of Advice From School Board President
Mrs. Fred Kaiser, president of the school board, urged calm as three board seats open this spring. She noted her two terms will end, along with Lowell Fouts and Lyman Corlis. Corlis fills the unexpired term of Ralph Crawford, who moved to Topeka.
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Lowell Fouts
Lyman Corlis
Corlis
Ralph Crawford
Topeka
AF Shows Off New Satellite
Washington AP reports the Air Force unveiled an experimental 50 pound satellite capsule named Alpha ABC designed to carry a monkey explorer into the Van Allen radiation belt. Built by Lockheed for about $80,000, the capsule targets the belt region 600 to 1,000 miles above Earth and aims to test launch and recovery methods with existing equipment.
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Air Force
van Allen
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Inglewood
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
American Rocket Society
Integrated William Frantz School Reopens Under Police Protection
Twenty three white children attended class at William Frantz School as police cleared a one block area amid continued segregation protests. Legislators urged resignations of the school board while banks faced a freeze on funds and payroll financing. Eight first graders among the whites, with most of the group being boys, attended under token integration that segregates by sex.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
Orleans Parish
Lloyd Foreman
Joseph Giarrusso
Board Today
Louisiana
McDonagh No
Two Airlines Order 80 Jet Planes From Boeing
NEW YORK Wa-Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines agreed to buy 80 jet transports from Boeing for 350 million dollars, 40 planes each, delivery promised by end of 1963. Boeing President William M. Allen said each plane costs over 4 million, marking Boeing’s entry into shorter-range jets. The three-engine rear-powerplane aims to fly 70 to 114 passengers, up to 600 mph, with a 1700 mile range.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
United Air Lines
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
William M. Allen
Europe
Allen
United Nations Urges Congo Peace Action On Lumumba
The Soviet Union requested an urgent Security Council session to discuss Congo. Aimed at Lumumba’s arrest and detention, it demands his immediate release, disarming Col Mobutu's army, and expulsion of Belgian personnel. UAR joins Congo conciliation body withdrawal amid assembly debate. Guinea and Mali had earlier withdrawn in protest.
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Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Valerian A. Zorin
Patrice Lumumba
Zorin
Li-Nation Council
U.N
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
United Arab Republic
U.N. Congo Conciliation Commission
Leopoldville
Guinea
Mali
General Assembly
Joseph Kasaivubu
Bit Chilly as Cold Front Moves In
Ottawa morning temperatures fell to 28 degrees as a cold front moved through. Topeka forecaster Richard Garrett says the chilly weather will last until Wednesday with likely clear skies. Light snow may fall in the extreme southwest tonight and tomorrow, with rain or snow in the far southeast.
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Ottawa
Richard Garrett
Topeka
Kansan Held In Greek Murder Case
Athens AP Roger Ranney of Chanute Kansas, 26, charged with premeditated homicide in the disappearance of two Greek sailors George Manteleros and Dimitrios Efstathiou. Ranney, in custody, denies the charges and awaits written indictment and preliminary examination. The sailors disappeared after a yachting trip in the Aegean Sea on November 21. authorities have not released details on bodies or the crime method.
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Roger Ranney
Chanute
Kas
Ranney
Aegean Sea
Apostolos Liapatas
Piraeus
George Manteleros
Dimitrios Efstathiou
Series of quakes recorded in northern Chile
A series of earthquakes shook a 500 mile stretch in northern Chile from Arica to Antofagasta with no damage or casualties. The Seismological Institute reported the sharpest shocks at Antofagasta, Chuquicamata and Calama and said the quakes were felt around dawn.
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Chile
Seismological Institute
Arica
Peru
Antofagasta
Antofagata
Chuquicamata
Calama
Reporter who stayed at Kennedy home greets president elect
A Washington press correspondent, a woman who has been standing watch at the hospital where John F Kennedy Jr. and Mrs Kennedy live temporarily, was acknowledged by the president-elect. He greeted her with a smile and joked about her “deserting” his child.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy Jr
Low bid named for Pomona Stage Two dam contract
Cook Construction Co of Jackson Mississippi was the apparent low bidder at 3 365 982 00 for Stage Two of Pomona reservoir construction following today’s bid opening by Col Andrew P Rollins Jr Kansas City district engineer Army Corps Bids ranged to 3 417 274 00 from Western Contracting Corp Sioux City Iowa 3 498 507 20 from List Clark Kansas City Missouri and 3 993 779 50 from Grosshans Peterson Marysville Kansas The Army estimate was 2 941 165 40 and bids will be reviewed in Kansas City with an announcement soon The contract includes earth fill dam work and some road work List Clark is building Stage One
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Cook Construction Co
Jackson
Miss
Pomona Reservoir
Andrew P. Rollins Jr
Kansas City
Corps of U. S. Army Engineers
Mississippi
Western Contracting Corp
Sioux City
Iowa
List & Clark
Grosshans & Peterson
Marysville
Kas
Army
Rollins
Schnacke Named State GOP Chairman in Topeka
Donald P. Schnacke, a Topeka lawyer and engineer, was named state chairman of the Republican party. He pledged better communication between headquarters and about 6,000 precinct leaders and urged continued activity despite November victories. He praised former chairman James B. Pearson and thanked Sam Mellinger, who will stay on as state finance chairman.
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Topeka
Donald P. Schnacke
Republican Party
Schnacke
GOP
John Anderson
James B. Pearson
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Anderson
Pearson
Mellinger
Ottawa Braves at Coyotes Opener in Kansas Wesleyan clash
The Kansas Conference season opens tonight as Ottawa University Braves face Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. Coyotes star Max Francis, 6-4, earned all conference honors last year. Ottawa leans on 6-5 Dean Erwin and 6-3 guards Mike Brown Tom Kinder Ed Hampton, with 5-10 John McAninch and Butch Lewis. Tip is 7:30 for the varsity, 5:30 for the B contest.
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Ottawa University
Braves
Coyotes
Kansas Wesleyan University
Coyote
Max Francis
Ottawa
Dean Erwin
Mike Brown
Tom Kinder
Ed Hampton
John McAninch
Butch Lewis
Kennedy Eisenhower meet to seek peace with justice
President elect Kennedy and President Eisenhower held a three hour White House conference to discuss peace security and freedom worldwide. The joint statement stressed orderly transfer of executive responsibility and continuity of government as the nation moves toward a new administration.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Kennedy
Anderson
Hagerty
Salinger
Georgtown
William J. Green
Five Formosan Fishermen Rescued After 72 Days Adrift
In Saigon, five Formosan fishermen were rescued after 72 days adrift in a junk blown into the South China Sea by a typhoon. A 17 year old crewman died 12 days earlier when food and water ran out.
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South Viet Nam
South China Sea
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