Ottawa School Board Tackles Lunch And Transit Issues
Ottawa's board discussed hot lunch and transportation challenges as it extended Supt. Henry A. Parker's contract. Rural students will be bused into Ottawa, with plans to prepare meals at Lincoln school and deliver to grades, while junior and senior meals face staffing questions. A January meeting with state officials will shape plans, and a county unit system was debated but not adopted.
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Ottawa
Fouts
Hood
Sand Creek
Baxter
Henry A. Parker
Parker
Lincoln
Field
Garfield
Hawthorne
Anderson
Princeton
Wellsville
Union
County School Planning
Kennedy orders two new Army divisions formed
President Kennedy authorized immediate activation of two new regular Army divisions increasing total to 16. The 1st Armored Division will form at Fort Hood Texas and the 5th Mechanized Infantry at Fort Carson Colorado. National Guard divisions 32 and 49 to be released later this year as readiness permits.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Palm Beach White House
National Guard
Berlin
1St Armored
Ft. Hood
Tex
Sth
Ft. Carson
Colo
White House
Pierre Salinger
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Palm Beach
Washington
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Texas
Camp Polk
Durante couple to adopt baby Cecilia Alicia
Los Angeles AP reports Jimmy Durante and his wife Marge plan to adopt Cecilia Alicia a baby baptized privately at St. Victor's Church West Hollywood The ceremony followed by the recognition of Louella Parsons as godparent and Danny Thomas named as godfather
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Durante
St. Victor's Catholic Church
West Hollywood
Durante
Marge
Durantes
Cecilia Alicia
Hollywood
Louella Parsons
Venntie
Danny Thomas
Tanys Toot Wonder Seeks Pool Filling Plan
A note references Tanys Toot Wonder asking when the swimming pool will be filled. It cites prescriptions Raney and CH 2-3002 and mentions an advertisement context.
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Raney
Weather forecast notes cooler start to Thursday
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday will bring a colder trend. Lows near 30s, highs around the mid 60s to 68 yesterday with a 68 high and 31 low today. year ago highs 61 and lows 16. Record highs and lows date details included. hourly readings cover the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. with some garbled text.
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Serbia
Bar Quartet Barred From NBC Over Loyalty Oaths
The Weavers folk group was barred from appearing on NBC Jack Paar show after members refused to sign loyalty oaths and deny Communist party membership. Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays invoked the Fifth Amendment during congressional inquiries while Ronnie Gilbert and Erik Darling performed. The group condemned NBC for demanding proof of patriotism as a private business matter.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Jack Paar
NBC
Milton Brown
The
Weavers
Communist Party
Brown
the Weavers
Brown Con
Tinued
Fred Hellerman
Lee Hays
Ronnie Gilbert
Erik Darling
Hellerman
District Court Postpones Ottawa School Annexation Hearing
A district court hearing on Ottawa school annexation was postponed from yesterday afternoon to Friday at 2 30 p m. The delay follows a demurrer by the Ottawa school district to an injunction suit filed by 13 grade and high school districts and 16 individuals seeking to halt expansion and void annexations. The plaintiffs earlier asked for a temporary injunction, denied by Judge Floyd Coffman, while the permanent suit is challenged by Ottawa’s attorney Robert A. Anderson. Wade E. Myers of Emporia requested the postponement for the plaintiffs.
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Ottawa
Floyd Coffman
Ottawa Board
Robert A. Anderson
Wade E. Myers
Emporia
McGovern Aims Food for Peace to Help 5 Million Kids
George McGovern, director of Food for Peace, says a program using surplus U.S. food can reach 5 million overseas children within five years. He expects most beneficiaries to be in non communist Africa, Asia and Latin America, as part of expansion plans for the aid effort.
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Washington
George McGovern
Food For Peace
McGovern
U.S
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Committees Lead Budget Prep For Kansas Legislature
Topeka AP report says advance committee work on the Kansas budget is ahead of past years with about one third of session work completed by mid December. House Ways and Means chairman Rep John Conard and Senate vice chair Sen G Lee Smith anticipate several appropriations bills ready at start. Gov John Anderson urged a tight budget with no new taxes and is expected to address lawmakers early in the session.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Conard
Greensburg
G. Lee Smit
Larned
Conrad
Smith
Senate
Conard
John Anderson
Anderson
Classroom Shortage Persists Despite Record School Construction
Washington reports public schools remain 127200 classrooms short despite a record year for building. Education officials say gains may be erased next fall by a flood of new students after a survey of state departments shows 37.5 million pupils enrolled last fall, up 1.2 million from 1960, mostly in secondary schools.
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Washington
Office of Education
State Departments of Education
U S Denies Guatemala Deal Over Honduras Dispute
The State Department denied a Guatemala claim that the U S promised aid to gain British Honduras in exchange for Guatemala backing Cuba invasion plans. Press officer Lincoln White stated no such bargain existed following President Miguel Ydigoras speech.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Guatemala
British Honduras
Cuba
Lincoln White
Miguel Ydigoras
Kennedy Patriarch Recovers, Reads Papers After Stroke
In West Palm Beach, Joseph P. Kennedy, 73, father of the President, has recovered sufficiently to read newspapers and watch television. His doctors and family report steady progress as visits from grandchildren bring cheer. John Jr. made his first hospital call, accompanied by his mother and sister Caroline.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
St. Mary’s Hospital
John Jr
Caroline
Promise Brings About His Death
WOLVERHAMPTON England AP Alec Lowe 48 died after promising to make his wife a cup of tea following a Christmas party. A coroner's jury ruled the death resulted when he dozed, the kettle boiled over, and the water extinguished the gas. His wife found him dead in a chair the next day.
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Wolverhampton
England
Alec Lowe
Lowe
Salazar signals potential Portugal exit from United Nations
Lisbon AP Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar warned Portugal may be among the first to abandon the United Nations and refuse collaboration not in its direct interest. He criticized the UN, the United States and Britain for not supporting Portugal after India’s Goa invasion. Rumors floated possible moves include leaving the UN, revoking the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, and not renewing the Azores air base pact with the US. The remarks followed a New Year revolt crackdown amid Communist underground activity.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
United Nations Organization
National Assembly
United Nations
United States
Britain
India
Goa
Damao
Diu
Salazar
Azores
Army
Communist Party
OU Professor Helps Needy French Child
Ronnie Averyt an assistant professor at Ottawa University sponsors 12 year old Annick Le Du of Le Faouet Brittany through Save the Children Federation. Her father is an invalid and her mother is a laundress with income under 50 dollars a month. Sponsorship provides money clothes food and a personal link with an American benefactor.
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Ronnie Averyt
Ottawa University
Save the Children Federation
Annick le du
le Faouet
Brittany
France
Averyt
Annick
Convict Advisers In Birth Control Case at Yale Clinic
Dr. C Lee Buxton leader at Yale Medical School and Mrs Richard W Griswold executive director of Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut were fined 100 in circuit court for advising on birth control devices at the league clinic raided Nov 10 and opened Nov 1 to test the 1879 statute. The case followed a Supreme Court ruling calling the statute dead words.
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New Haven
Indonesia rejects Dutch offer on West New Guinea
Indonesia backs negotiations only if the Dutch concede administration transfer to Indonesia. Foreign Minister Subandrio warned Indonesia would seize the western half of West New Guinea by invasion if demands are not met. Dutch Premier de Quay proposed talks. Dutch Foreign Minister Luns cautioned the threat to use force.
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Jakarte
Indonesia
Subandrio
West New Guinea
West Irian
Jan de Quay
the Hague
Joseph Luns
Bridge Open Next Week If Weather Co-operates
Army Engineers said traffic may use the Main Street bridge in full by the latter part of next week if weather holds. Crews from List & Clark flood protection install concrete for emergency gates. work today focuses on the north end west side with concrete planned for Friday. Then street surfacing around gate bases will occur, weather permitting.
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List & Clark
Army Engineer
Main Street
Army Engineers
Charley Perry
Corps of Army Engineers
Traffic Toll Topeka Reports Sparse January Data
AP dispatch from Topeka notes Kansas traffic deaths for a period around January 1 1961 with scarce readable figures, comparing 1944 period data to current counts. The brief mentions a 44 hour span and references a midweek timestamp, but readable details are limited.
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