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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1963
Page
5
AP reports a spreading influenza wave reaching the Midwest with Asian type flu confirmed in Illinois Michigan Ohio and Kansas. outbreaks of milder flu are widespread and deaths rise in multiple states as schools report absenteeism and hospitals see increased admissions.
Washington reports a British Guiana polio epidemic relief mission by the United States. Air Force doctors from U S Public Health Service and Baylor University along with 200000 vaccine doses and equipment immunized about 100000 children in a colony of 600000. Hospital admissions peaked at 83 in the week ending Jan 5, with nine new cases last week as the mission nears completion. The team has returned to Atlanta and costs are estimated between 40000 and 50000 dollars, offset by Baylor’s donated aid.
A U S Navy search plane spotted the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui off the coast of South America, possibly bound for Belem or Recife in Brazil. Brazilian officials discuss asylum for the nine gunmen as Havana's Castro regime had offered asylum if the ship reached Cuba.
More people may run for Ottawa’s board of education seats after the district’s expansion. Any registered voter within the district can file, deadline March 9 at noon. A primary may occur March 19 if seven candidates seek three board seats or three seek the city finance commissioner post. city election is April 2.
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry said counterrevolutionary pirates aided by Americans shot at and seized two Cuban fishing boats about 93 miles east of Havana and took them northward. Victims said two Americans were aboard. The attack reportedly occurred near Cardenas with two brothers Armando and Ramon Lopez Ruis wounded and receiving medical care.
Mrs W H Smith of 802 Cleveland wins Heralds five dollar prize for best tip on a news story during Boy Scout Week. She wrote about her grandson's near three years of perfect Scout meeting attendance. The Herald also notes other tips from readers and will continue paying five dollars weekly for top tips.
Emma Hyde 83 emeritus associate professor of mathematics at Kansas State University died Friday in Manhattan Kansas. She taught high school math at Tola Emporia and Kansas City before joining K State faculty in 1920 and retired in 1951. She was past president of the Kansas Council of Women the Kansas Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Kansas chapter of the AAUW. Funeral will be Monday morning.
Tonight's game features a local nod as fans recall the boys who walked to Emporia. They will be on the back row with their shoes off, a lighthearted reminder amid the OU Presbie matchup.
Ottawa University students began a walking trek from campus toward Emporia to follow the 50 mile hike fad sparked by national interest. About 47 students started in small groups last night, planning to reach Emporia by game time. The lead group reached Betö Junction at about 8 30 this morning and expected to arrive in Emporia around 3 30 this afternoon, with the OU game set for 7 30 tonight. Three 12 year old Pomona boys also announced hiking plans from Pomona to Ottawa. Prescriptions Raney CH 2 3092.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev once again flirts with party life at social events linking China and the Soviet Union as the capital’s enemy. He recalls his less restrained Moscow days while diplomats speculate on health and restraint amid a wary Western press.
Variable cloudiness continues tonight with warmer temperatures through the night. Tomorrow turns colder as the day progresses with a return to cooler readings.
AP reporting that farmers are signing up to idle feed grain land at a rate near last year. Through Feb 5, 128,400 farms covering 5,290,814 base acres agreed to idle 2,502,907 acres about 49 percent, with total expected payments of 50.8 million dollars. Signup runs through March 22, led by Texas Missouri Georgia Tennessee Iowa and North Carolina.
In Rose Hill Kansas a two year old, John Gash, died after his father Leonard Gash 45 ran over him in the family driveway. Investigators report he stopped to help his wife and children exit the car and began backing into the garage believing they were clear.
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