Mr Flood Control milestone marks long career
Ottawa Herald veteran Lamar Phillips known as Mr Flood Control retires after 50 years in journalism and flood control advocacy. Beginning as a printer's devil in 1914, he rose to reporter photographer city editor and Herald cameraman while championing Marais des Cygnes River flood control with lawmakers and local leaders.
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Sarajevo
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Ottawa Herald
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Ottawa
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Neodeska Register
Wilson County
Kansas
Chanute
Kan
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Marais Des Cygnes
Sidney F. Harris
Errett P. Scrivner
Congress
Scrivner
Washington
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Comerce
Ottawa University
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
City Commission
Salina Publisher Sees Taxation Without Representation
TOPEKA AF Higher fees at state universities and colleges will take effect July providing 1.5 million dollars annually for the 1966 budget. Kansas resident fees rise 15 per semester to 137 at KU KSU and Wichita State. state colleges rise 10 to 100. Out-of-state undergraduate fees up 50 to 337 at universities and 210 at Pittsburg Emporia Fort Hays. Out-of-state graduate fees unchanged. Summer fees also up. Whitley Austin of Salina was the sole regent opposing the increase calling it taxation without representation and urging fees be imposed by statute rather than regents.
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Pittsburg
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Fort Hays
Council of Presidents
Henry Bubb
Topeka Savings and Loan
John King
State Teachers College
M. C. Cunningham
Austin
James McCain
Bubb
McCain
Regents
Educational Building Fund
City Agencies Move To Be Ready Revised School Plans To Board
Ottawa high school officials present revised drawings for District 30. Marvin Forker says plans include board requests as work on floor plans nears completion. City utilities discuss water and power extensions for the Ash Beech site between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets. Road access, Eleventh Street, and Willow Street remain under study with 1965 1966 timelines.
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Topeka
Ottawa High School
District 30 Board of Education
Marvin P. Forker
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
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Beech
Hamilton
Ash Street
Don Capper
Eleventh Street
Willow Street
Divco-Wayne
North Street
Ottawa Steel
Weather County Forecast Clear to partly cloudy and colder
The county forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with colder air tonight. Low temperatures expected in the lower 20s and highs Thursday in the 40s to 45. Tuesday’s high reached 51. Today's low is 26 with a year ago high of 27 and low of 5. Record high 68 in 1929 and record low 1 in 1909. Hourly temps listed through midnight, barometer 30.20.
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Spom
Policy Review Demanded Russell seeks reevaluation of Vietnam policy
Senator Richard B. Russell says the United States must re-evaluate its position in South Viet Nam. He chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, which will review Viet Nam and Congo in new session hearings with McNamara and top officials. He warns bombing jungle supply lines is not a clear solution and cautions against Congo involvement.
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Richard B. Russell
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Johnson
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England
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Tany's Too Soldiers in Vietnam Era Debate
Readers recall Senatorial remarks about troops bound for Vietnam and those already serving, reflecting wartime mobilization anxieties and political dialogue on military deployment.
Cure For Cancer Expected To Precede Trip To Moon
Montreal AP reports cancer specialist Dr. Jacob Gershon-Cohen of Philadelphia predicts final breakthroughs toward cancer control by vaccines and curative drugs will come quicker than a moon mission, possibly soon after 1970. He cites viral causes, viral structure, infrared detection, and latent cancer viruses as key factors. He chairs a symposium at AAAS meeting and notes optimistic timelines touch space goals. Open house events follow at RCA Victor showroom.
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Montreal
Jacob Gershon-eCohen
Philadelphia
Gershon-Cohen
Albert Einstein Medical Center
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Newsemen
American Space Agency
Improvements in higher education cited by Gov Anderson
Topeka AP Gov John Anderson nearing end of second term says gains in higher education are his administration’s top achievement. He hints at future races but plans to open a law office and spend more time with family. He notes increased enrollment, salaries, and capital projects and cites Wichita University joining the state system as a highlight. He will move to a farm near Olathe after leaving office.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
Kansas Economic Development Commission
Research Foundation
Office of Economic Advisor
Andersons
Olathe
Regent Rips Fee Hike
A Salina board member said the Kansas Regents severed the free tuition tradition by a 7 to 1 vote at Topeka. The meeting ordered tuition increases and proposed limiting enrollment to those who can afford it or have high grades, effective January 1.
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Topeka
Austin
Kansas
Melvern Dam project moves on pending federal funds
Preliminary designs and underground explorations for the Melvern Dam and Reservoir on the upper Marais des Cygnes River in Osage County Kansas are complete. Construction awaits appropriations from Congress. The plan includes a 9600 foot dam 85 feet high with a 362800 acre foot reservoir. Flood control and conservation pools, impact on nearby highway 75, and integration with Pomona Dam are outlined with an estimated cost of 24.9 million dollars.
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Melvern
Kansas
District Army Enginers
Lyndon Johnson
Marais Des Cygnes
Osage County
Pomona
Ottawa
Osawatomie
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