Educational grazing and space per student in Ottawa
A reader compares cattle pasture needs to school space, estimating 130 to 140 square feet per student for education areas. Ottawa's proposed high school plans 101,560 square feet for 750 students, about 135 sq ft per student, while current senior high use yields about 108 sq ft per student. The article notes a projected drop to 75 sq ft by 1964 as enrollment changes, and ends with a string of quirky signs seen locally.
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Ottawa
The Bermudas Lore And Legacies Of Privateers And Witch Trials
The Bermudas lie 588 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras with 19 square miles of area. The piece recounts shipwreck lore, 17th century witch trials led by a female jury, and piracy era privateers like Capt. Darrell Harvey. It notes Bermudian ties to American history, powder theft from stores, Civil War contraband transshipments, and lingering pirate descendants in the Bahamas.
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Bermuda
Bermudas
Cape Hatteras
Charleston
South Carolina
Manhattan Island
New York City
Hamilton
International Care Society
Salem
Jeanne Gardiner
Jeanne
Crampe Tomasin
Darrell Harvey
St. George’s Harbor
George III
George Washington
England
Confederacy
Bahamas
Dr Mother Answers Health Questions From Readers
A collection of letters about child anxiety bed-wetting and nail biting, a 14 year old with whitish daily discharges near menses, and a 77 year old father recovering from a mild stroke with suggested exercises and care. The piece advises medical evaluation for bed-wetting, family harmony, and seeking rehabilitation expertise for stroke recovery. It ends inviting readers to request the headaches booklet from Dr Mother.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
O.k
N.S
Prayer for Today Teach Us to Pray
Brief prayer asking for intimacy with God to be teachable in Christian living. It references Luke 11 1 where the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray and invokes Our Father in heaven as the model.
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John
Christ
Ottawa High Cyclones Brace For Exams And Activities
Ottawa High students face a hectic end to the first term with exams looming. Biology classes study worm dissections and microscopic views while juniors select class rings and a special study hall supervised by Miss Faulkner. Senior twirlers perform at games, Red Rose Girl honors go to Cheryl Dewald, and dramatic pantomimes build poise. An extra bond edition of the Record aims to sway votes, and student visitors from Olathe tour Ottawa junior high. Cyclones plan weekend cramming ahead of next week's celebrations.
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Ottawa High
Genevieve Gillette
India
Henrietta Faulkner
Faulkner
Ottawa
Olathe Junior High Student Council
Jack Shepard
Janet Warner
Peg Stephenson
Ann Elder
Jim Ogg
Johnny Wilson
Pat Sievers
Luanne Drake
Ricky Hobbs
Doug Underwood
Olathe
Ottawa Youths Chosen for United Nations Tour
Three Ottawa youths Donna Nitcher Rick Wood and Ann Casida were selected for a United Nations study tour March 31 to April 6. They join 30 district participants visiting Washington New York City and the United Nations after submitting applications and essays detailing aims learning and contribution to the tour.
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Ottawa
United Nations
Donna Nitcher
Gail Nitcher
Trinity Methodist
Rick Wood
Fred Wood
Richter Methodist
Ann Casida
D. L. Casida
First Methodist
Washington, D. C
New York City
New Books Highlight Home Decor and Memoir Titles
Dorothy Draper offers guidance on economical decorating in Decorating Is Fun revised edition. Berlin Wall by Hel ler projections and background by suspects. Walter Slezak recounts a life across Vienna Berlin and Hollywood in What Time's the Next Swan. Myra Waldo presents Cooking for the Freezer with practical freezing tips and multi meal prep.
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Dorothy Draper
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin Wall
Deane
David Heller
Walter Slezak
Slezak
Vienna
Germany
New York
Hollywood
Myra Waldo
Miss Waldo
Murderers Denied Stay of Execution
U S District Judge Arthur J Stanley Jr denied stays of execution for James Douglas Latham and George Ronald York, convicted slayers of Otto Ziegler near Wallace Kansas. Latham and York, former soldiers, were to be hanged January 1 at Kansas Penitentiary Lansing. They were convicted November 7 1961 for the June 1961 killing and are accused of additional slayings in Florida Tennessee Illinois and Colorado while AWOL from Fort Hood Texas.
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Kansas City
Kan
U. S
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
Oakley
Latham
York
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Stanley
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Mauriceville
Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Ft. Hood
Stockade
Local Notes and Early Parcel Post Update
Auld Lang Syne Harley Finch of Rantoul returned home after surgery at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Mayor E V Gibson ill with pneumonia and throat infection. Misses Pallas Krist and Mildred Ross hosted 51 youths at a Nelson Hotel dance. Ottawa post office handled 308 parcels in the first six days of new parcel post service. Cipriano Castro, ex president of Venezuela, hindered entry to the U S. New York immigration officers prevented his arrival. Mrs Margaret Fulkerson, longtime Kansas resident since 1866, died at her daughter-in-law George Stanley’s home near Pomona. The Associated Press holds republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Margaret Fulkerson
Kansas
George Stanley
Pomona
McGuire Sisters Sing On Two Rival TV Shows
Phyllis McGuire begins a solo acting and singing career with appearances on two major networks within 10 days. The McGuire Sisters are already booked for the Ed Sullivan Show on Jan 20 and Perry Como Show on Jan 30. Phyllis explains she can perform solo despite a network rule. Christine and Dorothy prefer family commitments in Ft Lauderdale and Calgary, while Phyllis pursues a full schedule. Johnny Carson takes a week off and Jimmy Dean fills in. Bette Davis will substitute for Raymond Burr on Perry Mason on Jan 31.
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New York
McGuire Sisters
Perry Como
Phyllis McGuire
Phyllis
Sullivan
Christine
Dorothy
Chris
Ft. Lauderdale
Dottie
Calgary
Canada
Eastern
Seaboard
Johhny Carson
Jimmy Dean
Bette Davis
Raymond Burr
Perry
Della and
Paul
Wigs Stolen From Kansas City Salon
Five women's wigs worth 1200 dollars were stolen overnight from a Kansas City salon. Pierre Brandi, owner, said the wigs were German-made on order for women customers.
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Kansas City
Pierre Brandi
Germany
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Ottawa Herald
Eugene Field School
Atlantic
Sph
Joseph G. Molner
Dr. Mother
M.F
Dundee
Ill
Cyclone Doin
Margaret Williams
Anne Machin
Charles Gaynor
Jean Wright
Ferne Caylor
Teresa Morrisey
Judy Daugharthy
Trout’s Jewelry
Bonner Springs
Cheryl Campbell
Melanie Phares
Marsha Stevens
Connie Welton
Dalene Waymire
Nancy Burlingham
Cheryl Dewald
Oinemakers of America
Cheryl
Donna Bones
Jane Feuerborn
Margaret
Ottawa High Future Homemakers of America
Library Notes
Harley Finch
Rantoul
Ransom Memorial Hospital
E. V. Gibson
Pallas Krist
Mildred Ross
Nelson Hotel
United States
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Immigration Service
Robert B. Wellington
THE
Associated Press
McGuire
Fuuaba
Amily
City Shoe Shop
S. Main
TG Lat Hutt As
Spiral
Trey
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