Miss Ottawa Pageant Planning Is Underway
The Miss Ottawa pageant is being planned for May 3 and 4 with Debbie Bryant Wilson Miss America 1966 Debbie Barnes current Miss America Kandee Kae Klein reigning Miss Kansas and Vinessa Howard Miss Ottawa among expected contestants. Pageant committee members will take the show to Baker University and Ottawa University to screen The Search For Miss America with showings at 6 45 p m. and Ottawa next week.
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Debbie Bryant Wileson
Debbie Barnes
Kandee Kae Klein
Kansas
Vinessa Howard
Ottawa
Baker University
Ottawa University
Baker
Miss Howard
Johnson calls Soviet embassy bombing senseless act
A pre drawn explosion at the Soviet Embassy four blocks from the White House injured no one, but damaged the building and surrounding offices. President Johnson condemned the act as senseless and ordered a vigorous FBI led investigation with police and embassy staff aiding. Russian ambassador Dobrynin expressed regret as authorities sought one witness and possible suspects.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
County Weather Tonight Clear Cold and Thursday Warmer
Tonight is clear to partly cloudy and cold with a low around zero. Thursday will be partly cloudy and not as cold with a high near 90. The day’s highs and lows include 32 and 6, with records of 75 and 6 set in 1935 and 1939 respectively. Precipitation for the last 24 hours totals 0.9 inch to 1.2 inches of snow equivalent. hourly readings show mixed temperatures through early evening.
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Labove
RFK Cancels Kansas Speaking Engagements
Senator Robert F. Kennedy cancels scheduled talks at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. Democratic officials say the Kansas visit will be rescheduled during the first two weeks of March. He was to speak Tuesday but the appearance was moved to today to take part in a Senate vote, which did not occur and is now expected today.
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Topeka
Robert F. Kennedy
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
Kennedy
Kansas
Senate
Shutter Case Closed in Ottawa Film Scandal
In Ottawa rumors center on a shutter case linked to a camera sales venture. A number of firm members connected with Holiday Agency Inc. Kansas City have left town after a Saturday Herald report described their film related activities. The telephone line used to spur free camera offers is out of service.
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Ottawa
Holiday Agency Inc
Kansas City
The
Herald
Groundbreaking Planned for Ottawa Boys Club Stage One
Groundbreaking for stage one of the Ottawa Boys Club construction will take place March 3 at Third and Mulberry. Allen Loyd Construction Co. will build the initial phase at an estimated 17000 dollars, including excavation, footings, foundation walls, back fill, a concrete slab, and steel delivery.
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Ottawa Boys’ Club
Third and Mulberry
Allen Loyd Construction Co
GOP Highway Bill Threatens Veto in Kansas Senate
Kansas Senate preliminarily approves a GOP accelerated highway plan despite Gov. Docking indicating he will veto. Proposal calls for a two cent gasoline tax increase over 1968 and 1969 to fund 612 miles of freeway and toll roads, without tolls per sponsor. Docking favors his bond financed plan with no gas tax rise and toll roads, while Republicans argue the road to the future is a freeway.
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Senate Highways Committee
Docking
GOP
Marvin Cox
R-Kingman
Kansas City
Galena
Cox
Norbert Drelling
House
Motor Carriers Committee
Kansas House defeats TV repair licensing bill
The Kansas House of Representatives decisively defeated a bill to create a state system of examination and licensing for television repairmen. The measure failed 56 to 22 on a preliminary vote. Sponsor Rep. William Bunten of Topeka urged its need in larger cities, while several representatives from smaller towns opposed it.
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Topeka
Kansas House of Representatives
House
William Bunten
Wescoe Not Planning Departure From KU Chancellor
Dr W Clarke Wescoe of the University of Kansas says he has no plan to quit the university. He stated he would have informed officials if he had such plans. Rumors tied him to UCLA after Franklin D Murphy resigned there. Wescoe became KU chancellor in 1960 succeeding Murphy.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Wescoe
University of California At
Los Angeles
Franklin D. Murphy
Dr. Murphy
No Mail In Ottawa And Franklin County For Washington Birthday
Acting post master Ernest Watkins announces no mail delivery in Ottawa and Franklin County on Washington's birthday. Special delivery lock box service and mail pickup will continue, but post office windows will be closed for the holiday.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Washington
Ernest Watkins
Woman of the Year Miss Margaret Prunty Honored
Ottawa Business and Professional Women recognize Miss Margaret Prunty as Woman of the Year at a dinner. Kansas City Chiefs line coach Bill Walsh discusses football and costs to equip players. Prunty volunteers at Ransom Memorial Hospital and in adult education. event includes film clips and performances.
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Ottawa Business and Professional Women’s Club
Margaret Prunty
Kansas City Chiefs
Bill Walsh
Prunty
Letha Mae McCracken
McCracken
Miss Prunty
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Chiefs
Walsh
Ottawa University
Unsion
Four Held On New Charges In Overland Park Bank Robbery
New counts filed against Andrew Gipson Henry Brown Karen Goetz and Bernice Willane relate to the January 19 bank holdup in Overland Park Kansas A dynamite blast at Overland Park city hall distracted police during the crime Injured Patrolman Sundbye and shooting survivor Brown are under treatment Gipson Goetz and Willane remain jailed at Olathe while Brown recovers in prison and legal moves continue in Cedar Rapids on Willane s federal fugitive warrant
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Overland Park
Bornie Sue Willane
Metcalf State Bank
Chester W. Sundbye
New Overland Park City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Willane
U.S
FBI
Brown
Kansas
Gipson
Mrs. Goetz
Olathe
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Nat Reed
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