Resignations hit Shawnee County OEO leadership
TOPEKA AP The executive committee of the Shawnee County Office of Economic Opportunity accepted the resignations of two top officials in Topeka. Robert Reed and Kent Corey quit amid a dispute that began last November after Reed fired Corey and accused him of making unauthorized statements to the news media. Judy Bonney named acting director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Shawnee County
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Robert Reed
Kent Corey
Charles Scott
Judy Bonney
Reed
Corey
Asia Bound Survey Team Eyes Indonesia Education
George Montgomery director of the South Asia Center at Kansas State University will join a January survey team to advise on agricultural education in Indonesia. The East Asia Bureau of USAID issued the invitation. Team members include Ira Baldwin and C. Murray, deans from Wisconsin and Georgia, plus Dr. Clifford Liddie. The survey centers at the University of Bogor near Jakarta with visits to nearby colleges and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan, Kan
George Montgomery
Kansas State University
Indonesia
East Asia Bureau
Agency For International Development
Montgomery
Ira Baldwin
Wisconsin
C. C. Murray
Georgia
Clifford Liddie
University of Bogar
Jakarta
Dole Votes Near Unanimous in First 90th Congress
Rep. Bob Dole, Rehan, voted nearly 96 percent of the time in the first session of the 90th Congress ending Dec. 15, per a report by the House clerk. Congressional Quarterly estimates the average House voting rate at 85 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bob Dole
Rehan
House
Congressional Quarterly
Preliminary Activity For K-68 Is Ending
Zeke Wigg has details on the K-68 bypass around Ottawa heading toward reality. The Kansas Highway Department held a Dec 19 bid letting for the western portion from just west of Ottawa to Keokuk and Walnut, about 1.5 miles, including a 1,760 foot two lane bridge over the Marais des Cygnes. Total western section price tag is 1,032,850 dollars with contracts awarded to Hankamer Asphalt Co for grading, Rhoades Construction Co for bridge, and Vee Tote Landscape for seeding, all within 200 days for bridge and 220 days for grading. The city bought land on North Main for the second bypass segment, with multiple parcels totaling 59,375 dollars and 75 percent reimbursed by the state. Condemnation suits may follow against four North Main firms. Utilities are being moved, and Forest Park’s stone gate will be removed then replaced after project completion. Locust rerouting is included in the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Highway Deepartment
Ottawa
Keokuk
Walnut
Marais Des Cygnes
Hankamer Asphalt Co
Topeka
Rhoades Construction Co
Newton
Veeteto Landscape, Colony
North Main
Loegan
Poplar
Best
Gulf Oil Corp
Bob White Motor Co
Continental Oil Company
Gulf
Lurches
Roseberry’s Body & Paint Shop
Ottawa Veterinary Hospital
Spot Tavern
Bob White Motor
Franklin County District Court
Olin Wollen
Earl Richardson
Forest Park
Ottawa Man Dies After Shooting Suicide
Don W. Risdon a 44 year old salesman at a Baldwin auto agency died at Ransom Memorial Hospital from a .22 caliber pistol wound. He lived with his aunt Mrs. Ruth Bonskowski at 707 North Poplar. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Towner Chapel with Rev. Paul Pentz officiating. Burial in Princeton Cemetery. He was born July 11 1923 in Princeton and served in World War II. He remained active in First Methodist Church Ottawa and American Legion Post 370. He married Carolee Cooper on May 4 1953. Surviving aunts uncles and cousins listed.
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Don W. Risdon
Baldwin Automobile Agency
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Joe Ferns
Risdon
Araunt
Ruth Bonskowsk
N. Poplar
Bonskowski
Franklin County
Towner Chapel
Paul Pentz
Princeton
Elmer F. and
Grace
Walter) Risdon
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Uniersity
Air Force
Coffeyville
el Paso
Tex
First Methodist Church
Ottawa
American Legion
Lawrence
Anchor Savings and Loan
Carolee Cooper
Bess Martin
Richmond
Emmar Holt
Sacramento
Calif
Esther Farris
Wichita
Ralph Risdon
Arthur Risdon
Iowa
Mark Walter
Ottawa schools report near normal attendance after break
On the first day of school after a holiday, 109 of 2,687 students in 290's Unified School District were absent. Superintendent Marvin P. Forker said the figure is about normal and every teacher was on the job Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Unified
Marvin P. Forker
Superi Intendent
Docking Budget Is Set To Near 675 Million
AP Rob ert Docking said he will propose a budget totaling near 675 million dollars in a telephone talk with Coffeyville Junior College students. He plans a combined budget and message to the legislature on Jan 11. Budget is below agency requests of 692.5 million but above last year’s 619.5 million. capital improvements and new programs push current-year estimates toward 644 million. Docking also discussed constitutional revision and capital punishment. Efrem Zimbalist Sr plans to quit as Curtis Institute director in May after 39 years.
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PERA
Robert Docking
Coffeyville Junior College
Docking
James Bibb
Kansas
Philadelphia
Efrem Zimbalist
Curtis Institute of Music
City weighs bonds to back Baldwin Ward expansion plan
Ottawa city commissioners consider industrial revenue bonds to finance Baldwin Ward Manufacturing Co expansion. The plan would issue 800000 in bonds to fund 100000 to 250000 of plant growth, with land and buildings transferring to the city for 20 years and ten years on tax rolls, then leased back to Baldwin Ward to repay the issue.
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Baldwin Ward
Baldwin Ward Manufacturing Co
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
H. D. Lee
Bruce Comepany
West Seventeenth
Automatic Merchandising Corp
Tampa
Fla
Florida Coreporation
Franklin County
Automatic Merchandiseing Corp
Commission
Kansas
Charles Williamson
Automatic Merchaneising Corp
Emporia
Lawrence
Baldewin Ward
Ottawa Inustrial Development, Inc
Florida
Neisther
Ray Mahar
Automatic
OID
Mahar
Machar
Mumps vaccine licensed as highly effective
The Public Health Service licensed Merck’s live mumps vaccine described as clearly effective with 95 to 100 percent immunity for at least a year. Dr. Bruce Dull said vaccination should target pre puberty to adults, especially males, though young children may not be inoculated yet. The firm developed it over five years and aims for use where mumps is a risk.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Bruce Dull
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Associated Press
Dull
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories
West Point
Wiliam H. Stewart
U.S
Stewart
First baby of the year born in Garnett Ottawa
Garnett welcomed its first baby of the year at 12 46 PM Brian Len son of Mr and Mrs Bill DeWald weighing seven pounds Ottawa. A second baby named Mark Herbert Mallott born to Pomona parents is noted in Ottawa news.
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Garenett
Garnett
Brian Len
Bill DeWald
Ottawa
Mark Herbert Malott
Pomona
Bowles To Talk With Sihanouk In Cambodia Talks
President Johnson will send Ambassador Chester Bowles to Phnom Penh to discuss Cambodia as sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. Sihanouk has signaled willingness to negotiate, with ICC neutrality duties under review and Hanoi signaling openness to talks if bombings halt. Bowles, 66, has prior experience with Cambodia amid shifting U.S. relations.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Texas White House
United States
Bowles
Phnom Penh
U.S
India
South Vietnam
New Belhi
Cials
Sihanouk
Central Intelligence Agency
New Delhi
Indira Ghandi
Down
ICC
Poland
Canada
Paris
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
Hanoi
Bernard Redmont
North Vietnam
Redmont
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
County Forecast: Fair and mild through Friday, cooler nights
Generally fair and not so cold through Friday with a low tonight of 5 to 10. High Friday near 30. Hourly temperatures end at 8 a.m. today. Highs and lows from this date include 15 and 5 today, 45 and 23 a year ago, record high 63 in 1939 and record low 20 in 1947.
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Dole
Zeke Wigglesworth
North Locust
Philadelphia School
Zimbalist Is the
Film Star
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Lee
Stork
Washington Post
Texas
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