Bowling Santa display bowls over neighborhood
Kenneth Fisher reports Ralph Kampschroeder of 1119 N Hickory built an extraordinary 26 by 8 by 4 foot Christmas decoration using spare bowling parts and masonite at a cost of about 50 dollars. The 20 perfect games nightly display features a C-20 Brunswick ball lift, real pins and ball, lights eyes, and a moving Santa arm as the ball tracks and resets.
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Kenneth Fisher
Ralph Kampschroeder
Kampschroeder
Hickory
Marie
Santa
Kampschroeders
Jaycees
Santa Claus
The Prophets Part IV In Babylonian Captivity
The passage recalls the Babylonian exile from 587 to 538 B.C. and the prophets Ezekiel Daniel and a nameless Second Isaiah figure. It portrays desolation by the waters of Babylon and the later visions of a coming glory, including a messianic figure and prophecies of universal justice and light.
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Babylon
Ezekiel
Daniel
Second Isaiah
Nebuchadnezzar
Former Ottawan in Critical Condition After W Karl Collision
James H. Edwards a 26 year old former Ottawan was reported in extremely critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after a Wednesday evening two car crash in Olathe. He sustained head and knee injuries and was trapped in his car requiring a crowbar to be pried free. The other driver William F. Heineken 24 of Kansas City Kansas was cut about the head and treated at Olathe then moved to Richards Gebauer Air Base hospital in Grandview. Edwards formerly worked as a pressman at the Ottawa Herald and now has a job with a North Kansas City printing firm.
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James _H. Edwards
Gardner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Edwards
Olathe
William F. Heineken
Kansas City
Kan
Richards-Gebauer Air Base
Grandview
Ottawa Herald
Money in Biscayne Bay Halts Kidnapping Bid
Police halted a ransom effort when they found two men near Biscayne Bay fleeing with a suitcase of about $500,000. Barbara Jane Mackle had been kidnapped from an Atlanta motel, and her father Robert Mackle, a Deltona Corp official, had reportedly placed the money in the bay. Authorities said Barbara had not been released and the life of the girl remained in danger.
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Miami
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Robert Mackle
Dade County
Mackle
Key Biscayne
Barbara
Atlanta
Fred Frohbose
Miami FBI
Frohbose
Barbara Jane
Fred Fox
FBI
Emory College
Coral Gables Florida
Deltona Corporation
Our Weather Was Bad But Out West
Ottawa faced heavy winds up to 42 mph and 35 mph averages while central Kansas saw 14 inches of snow in places. Thunderstorms drenched Ottawa on Wednesday causing many lights to fail and a fire alarm to trigger at the high school. rainfall totals across towns vary with 0.62 inch in the last 24 hours.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Main Street
Sparks
W. P. Shepard
Weather Bureau
Melvern
Pomona Dam
Worden
Overbrook
Quenemo
Osage City
Garnett
Commission Zips Through Meeting
The city commission, with two members present, wrapped up in about 10 minutes. Mayor Lamar Phillips and Commissioner Lyman Corlis delayed second readings due to the absence of Harry Murphy, recouping from a back injury.
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Lamar Phillips
Lyman Corlis
Harry Murphy
Murphy
Princeton Street
Vern Wadkins
Department of Public Works
Eugene Flaherty
Countdown For Apollo Mission Hits Slight Snag
Apollo 8 countdown at Cape Kennedy faced a minor delay when a valve in the liquid hydrogen fueling system failed and was replaced. NASA officials said the hiccup pushed fueling about four hours but did not threaten Saturday’s planned launch of three astronauts into lunar orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ottawa and Kansas universities shut for flu outbreak
Ottawa remains largely unfazed as Kansas schools and major universities report mass shutdowns over influenza or Hong Kong flu. KU and K State close two days early for Christmas. Ottawa schools stay open while Ottawa University notes rising absenteeism not caused by the bug.
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Ottawa
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Frances Heller
Ottawa University
KU to Build Space Research Center on campus
The University of Kansas will begin a space technology building project after bidding on January 23 with an anticipated cost of about 2.3 million dollars. Completion is not expected before fall 1970. NASA funds about 1.8 million dollars with 354 thousand from Kansas Legislature, and the center will focus on interdisciplinary space science research with 36 labs and 77 offices intended for radar, chemistry, physics, and computer projects.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
Iowa Street
Kansas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S
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