Ottawa Junior High seeks more staff amid district plan
Ottawa Unified School District 290 board discussed hiring an assistant principal and an additional guidance counselor for Ottawa Junior High, citing the school's enrollment of 650 and comparing to typical junior high staffing. The move follows approval to rehiring 10 district administrators and includes consideration of part-time principal and counselor roles.
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Edward McGrath
Ottawa
Marvin P. Forker
Howard I. Doyen
Forker
Dean Rouse
Coun
Selor
Doyen
William E. White
Nixon Eyes Malraux Talk Ahead of China Visit
President Nixon, after widening trade with China, holds an 80 minute briefing with French intellectual Andre Malraux and plans a week in China featuring meetings with Chou En Lai Mao Tsetung and several banquets. He will travel via Hawaii Guam to Shanghai and Peking with state and White House aides.
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Washington
China
Nixon
France
Andre Malraux
White House
Great Wall
Malraux
Mao Tse-tung
Chou Enlai
Soviet Union
U.S
Ziegler
Peking
Hangchow
State Department
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
Chou En-lai
Chou
Mao Tsetung
Ming Tombs
Forbidden City
K State Birthday Observed With Founders Day Dinner
The 109th birthday of Kansas State University will be observed in Manhattan with a Founders Day dinner at 6 p.m. in the KSU Union ballroom and a 7:30 p.m. program in Union Forum Hall titled The K State Story. The university notes Kansas was first to adopt the Land Grant Act and KSU was the nation’s first land grant institution.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
KSU
Union Forum Hall
Kansas
Commissioners Withdraw Support of ECKAN Agency
Franklin County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution withdrawing support for East Central Kansas Community Action Program. The move followed tension over the agency’s leadership and services, with a multi county board meeting scheduled tonight at 7 30 in the courthouse District Court room. Public attendance invited.
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Franklin County
East Central Kansas Community Action Program
ECKAN
R. Michael Latimer
Lyon
Osage
Franklin
Miami
Douglas
Coffey
Federal Agency
D. A. Yockey
Yockey
John Campbell
Campbell
Florida
US Beefs Up Air Armada In Saigon Report
B52 bombers flown from the United States to Guam have joined the growing air strength, reinforcing long range bombing capacity amid escalating actions in Saigon and surrounding areas. The move signals a stepped up U.S. air presence in the region.
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Air Armada
Saigon
United States
Guam
Air campaign resumes in South Vietnam after Tet cease-fire
U S forces renewed air operations over South Vietnam after a 24 hour Tet lull. B52s flying from Guam joined 251 strikes in the 12 hours before the truce, with 242 by fighter bombers and nine by B52s targeting staging areas and infiltration routes from the western DMZ toward the Laotian border. During the truce air activity shifted to Laos and Cambodia, then returned to Vietnam as pilots resumed operations at high tempo in the central highlands.
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Indochina
South Vietnam
Pacific
Guam
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S. Command
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
A Shau
U.S
City Commission Agenda Sets Bond Issue and Zoning Readings
The tentative agenda for Wednesday's 3 p.m. City Commission meeting at City Hall includes an ordinance authorizing $700000 in industrial revenue bonds for the H. D. Lee Company Bruce Division at 221 W. 17th. A first reading rezones First and Poplar area from two family to service commercial and the Dundee south side area from service commercial to general industrial. It also covers a discussion on moving the bus depot from the North American Hotel to the 100 block of Second Street.
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City Hall
H. D. Lee Company
Bruce Division
W. 17Th
First
Poplar
Dundee
Main
Hickory
Second Street
Mitchell Quits Cabinet Post
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell resigns to head Nixon re election campaign. Nixon names deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Kleindienst to succeed him, effective March 1. Mitchell says he leaves to dedicate abilities to Nixon re election. He becomes the fifth original Nixon cabinet member to resign.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Mitchell
Kleindienst
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
Ziegler
Oval Office
Justice Department
City Maps Master Street Repair Plan
City plans a master street repair program using an inventory from City Hall. An estimated 30 percent of streets are in poor condition, with 45 to 50 percent of curbs and gutters also poor. Public Works member Laverne Wadkins surveyed over 60 miles of streets, tallying 536 paved blocks and diverse paving types, while city leaders consider financing options including wheel taxes and city wide payment.
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City Hall
Laverne Wadkins
Public Works Department
Wadkins
Robert W. Mills
Legislature To Reconsider Convention Endorsement Bill
A tentative Senate plan to reconsider a convention endorsement bill failed 20 20 on third reading. Senator Arvin switched to no, triggering potential reconsideration and debate on public party influence versus voter support. House action on a pari mutuel wagering measure was delayed until Wednesday due to member absences.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Lester Arvin
Rose Hill
Committee
Jack
House
Robert Docking
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Hawthorne
Albert L. Keefer
Eisenhower
Dale E. Fox
Eldon Richardson
Elm
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Rosa Sterrett
Martha F. Bushman
Barbara Dew
Kathleen Matthias
Colleen Staggs
Janice Price
Jack Shepard
Linda Sible
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JoAnne Randall
Robert L. Pinet
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West Lake
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Maple City
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Herd
Foster
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Robinson
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