Kansas Day Celebration at Field marks state’s 119th birthday
About 440 students from Hawthorne and Eugene Field schools gathered at Field School to celebrate Kansas Day. The event marked Kansas’s 119th anniversary, with a program of western storytelling, square dancing, Indian heritage, and country music led by Field’s Wanda Dykstra and Ottawa High students. Students crafted Jayhawks, placemats, and sunflowers across nine art centers, then shared a mass sack lunch.
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Jay Bemis
Kansas
Hawthorne
Eugene Field
Field
Buffaloes
Hawthorne and Field
Wanda Dykstra
Ottawa High
Ottawa University
David Starr
Whiteford
Hawthorne and
Jayhawks
Barry Robinson
U S diplomats slip from Iran on false Canadian papers
Six American diplomats who hid for 12 weeks at friendly Tehran embassies fled Iran using fake Canadian passports. Canadian sources say Ottawa blocked its Tehran mission as the diplomats left under cover of these documents. State Department officials declined to name other embassies involved citing risk of reprisals. Weather records show Ottawa area temps from 43 high to 11 low with light snowfall.
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Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
State Department
Ottawa
National Weather Service
U.S
Canada
Ken Taylor
Global Islamic nations urge Afghan withdrawal and boycott
Thirty four Islamic nations and the Palestine Liberation Organization call for immediate Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and seek peaceful U.S.-Iran settlement. They suspend Afghanistan, back Afghan rebels, urge Moscow Olympics boycott, cut ties, aid refugees, and resist threats. Egypt’s Sadat supports the Carter Doctrine and offers facilities to U.S. forces.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
United States
Iran
Palestine Liberation Organization
Moscow
Organization of the Islamic Conference
Syria
South Yemen
Uganda
Upper Volta
Guinea Bissau
Egypt
Israel
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Draft Plan For A Struggle On Standby Draft
Washington AP reports President Carter faces stiff Congress opposition to a standby draft plan. The bill would revive registration for males 18 to 26 and may include or exclude women. Congress must approve about 10 million dollars for implementation. February 9 decision looms amid feminist pressure for inclusion and counterpressure to exclude women.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
Marymount College Must Forfeit Eight Wins in NAIA Case
NAIA orders Marymount College to forfeit eight basketball victories won since December 28 due to an ineligible player. The letter directs letters of forfeiture to all opponents Keith Robinson played against. The National Eligibility Committee will review the case, with possible reprimand or probation, over about two weeks. Marymount, ranked No. 7, had defeated Ottawa University last week as part of the forfeits.
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Salina
Kan
Marymount College
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Keith Robinson
Elmer Roth
Ken Cochran
Wally Schwartz
NAIA
National Eligibility Committee
Marymount
Ottawa Board of Education weighs budget cuts
Ottawa Board of Education considers trimming its budget by over 109000 with three teaching positions and several supply reductions. The action aims to free funds to augment teacher salaries in spring negotiations while stressing that any cuts are provisional and subject to state aid.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa Board of Education
Ken Woods
Woods
Kansas
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Hawthorne School
Violet Calkins
Hawthhorne
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Wellsville
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