Perilous Pavement On Ottawa Streets After Freezing Mist
Ottawa and eastern Kansas report snow and ice on streets after freezing mist and light snow. Police chief urges extreme caution. sheriff notes slick highways and county roads. Limestone dusting improves traction while street crews operate 24 hours. Snow tires rise in demand. some ditches and rescues reported. Ottawa-Olathe junior high games postponed. varsity still under review as snow lingers. Temperatures drop to 22 in Ottawa, 8 below in Goodland.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Franklin County
Eugene Flaherty
Max Gilmore
Olathe
Dean Rouse
John P. Kelsey
Weatherman
Goodland
Russell
Ottawa High basketball game postponed against Olathe
Ottawa High Principal W. P. Shepard announced this afternoon that the varsity basketball game with Olathe scheduled for tonight at Olathe has been postponed. A new date has not been set.
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W. P. Shepard
Olathe
Ottawa High
Area Roads In Dangerous Condition
AREA ROADS IN DANGEROUS CONDITION. TOPEKA. Kansas highways remained slick and drivers urged to use caution as snow and ice linger. Eastern third especially treacherous with blowing snow in the northwest. State highway crews worked overnight to keep routes clear and sand and chemicals applied districtwide. Northwest visibility limited by ground blizzards. southeast and south central areas reported icing and slick conditions. Eldorado and Augusta areas noted icing despite treatment.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Department
North Central
Florence
Junction City
Washington
Eldorado
Augusta-area
Turnpike In Icy Straitjacket
AP dispatch reports the Kansas Turnpike blanketed in ice and snow from end to end with 35 to 40 mile per hour speed limits in effect until conditions improve. North end described as ice and snow, south end as snow. Crews sanded overnight and plowed as needed. overall fair condition with ongoing maintenance today.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
Tally's Toot Fails To Move Car From Curb
A car owned by Tally's Toot remained wedged at the curb after putting five miles on the odometer this morning, with the vehicle refusing to start or depart the area. Local motorists reported the stalled vehicle blocking a curb and attracting attention from nearby pedestrians.
Arctic cold wave grips Kansas with snow and ice
An Arctic formed cold wave moved across Kansas bringing sub zero temperatures, snow and ice. Eastern Kansas faced freezing drizzle turning to light to moderate snow after sunrise, while northwest Kansas endured snow with strong winds and ground blizzards. Highs stayed below freezing, with readings from nine below zero to 20 above, and nightly lows near five below to 10 above. A slow temperature moderation is expected by weekend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Northwest
Goodland
Pittsburg
Quenemo Band to March in Topeka Inauguration
Quenemo High School will send 42 band members to Topeka for Gov. John Andersons inaugural parade after a request from Kansas Republican leaders via Mrs. R G Hughes. Band director is Harry Caldwell. Later this month two Quenemo students will serve as pages in the state House of Representatives Nancy Hughes and Sandra Haughn.
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Quenemo
Quenemo High School
John Anderson
Topeka
Kansas Republican Committee
R. G. Hughes
State Committee
Kansas Republican
Harry Caldwell
State House of Representatives
Nancy Hughes
Max Hughes
Sandra Haughn
L. C. Laughn
Nancy
Sandra
Ministers to give sermons on Why I Stay in the Ministry
Ten Ottawa ministers will speak Sunday in response to a magazine article Why I Quit the Ministry. The Saturday Evening Post piece by a young minister described his disappointments and departure. Participating are Rev Charles Knight Dr Raymond Jennings Rev Ellsworth Caylor Rev Roy Armstrong Rev Robert Carver Rev Charles DuMond Rev Ralph Edwards Rev Arthur Gerhold Rev Ned Roberts and Rev Leopold Hoppe will speak later.
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Ottawa
Saturday Evening Post
Jennings
First Baptist
Ellsworth Caylor
Westminster Presbyterian
Roy Armstrong
Trinity Methodist
Robert Carver
Free Methodist
Charles DuMond
Church of the Brethren
Ralph Edwards
Church of the Nazarene
Arthur Gerhold
Church of the
Mrs Hattie Boucek Dies in Ottawa at 52
Mrs Hattie M Boucek 52 of 1240 S Main Ottawa died yesterday at 9 55 p m in Ransom Memorial Hospital after an afternoon arrival She was born Sept 9 1910 in Woodston daughter of Anton and Mary Rehor She married June 10 1929 to William Boucek and lived in Ottawa County before moving to Lansing She was a member and past noble grand of Rebekah Lodge Naomi Club VFW Auxiliary Faith Chapter Gold Star Mothers Army Mothers Post No 4 GL Club and HDU Surviving are her husband two sons Bill Ottawa and Ronald Chattanooga Tenn one daughter Mrs Marcina Roth Shawnee Mission two grandsons and her father One son Lt James A Boucek of the Air Force preceded her in death Memorial gifts may go to the Hattie Boucek Memorial Fund at First Baptist Church.
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Hattie M. Boucek
S. Main
Ransom Memorial
Ottawa
Lansing
Woodston
Anton and
Mary T. (Poutusak) Rehor
Phillipsburg
William Boucek
Ottawa County
First Baptist Church
Rebekah Lodge No. 175
Naomi Club
VFW Auxiliary
Faith Chapter
Gold Star Mothers
Army Mothers Post
GL Club
HDU
Bill Boucek
Ronald
Chattanooga
Tenn
Marcina Roth
Shawnee Mission
James A. Boucek
Air Force
Hattie Boucek
Dollar Day Set for January 23 in Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce retail promotion committee designates January 23 as Dollar Day. Lee Hysom named to committee to push for more off street parking, to meet city and county officials on parking issues.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Lee Hysom
Budge Reusch
Ottawa Industrial Development backs high school vote
Ottawa Industrial Development Inc sent a statement to Ottawa School Board urging careful consideration of the Tuesday vote on a proposed new high school. The group ties school growth to industrial expansion, water security from Pomona Reservoir, and Ottawa’s regional advantages near Kansas City and KU.
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Ottawa School Board
Ottawa Industrial Development, Inc
Ottawa
Will a new high school change the curriculum
The article notes that future high school changes will emphasize math science languages health and physical education with smaller classes team teaching and visual education. It states 76 courses are offered now in 20 rooms and plans call for 32 rooms in the new building and invites reader questions to the Herald or superintendent.
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Herald
Superintendent of Schools
Vaccine Clinics Open Tomorrow In Franklin County
Health officials announced a second round of Sabin oral polio vaccine will be offered countywide from tomorrow through next week. Open to all residents from six weeks old, except those with fever diarrhea vomiting or upcoming tonsillectomy. Locations include Williamsburg School lunchroom Rantoul School Wellsville High School and more with set times and a 50 cent donation requested though free vaccination available.
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Franklin County
Health Department
Williamsburg
Rantoul School
Wellsville High
Princeton
Pomona
Lane
Richmond Methodist Church
Weather forecast for Kansas with snow and cold
Snow tonight and Saturday across Kansas, with four inches or more possible in some areas. Strong north winds 25 to 35 mph west and 15 to 25 mph east, creating blowing and drifting. Temperatures below normal with highs near 0 to 15 below in the northwest and 5 to 15 above in the southeast, then gradual warming after Sunday or Monday.
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Kansas
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