Ottawa District 290 school taxes rise sharply for coming year
Ottawa District 290 adopts a 33.20 mill levy up from 22.69 with a hearing set for Aug 7. Superintendent Marvin Forker cites $1,639,587 in next year expenses and a district enrollment of 2,650. Funding comes from ad valorem taxes, county and state school funds, with a four mill building levy partly carried as a sinking fund.
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Ottawa
Marvin P. Forker
Forker
Recreation Commission
Commission
County Forecast Weather Update
Partly cloudy warm and humid through Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms mainly tonight. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph through Wednesday. Low tonight in the 70s, high Wednesday in the lower 90s. 20 percent rainChance. High Monday 97, low today 69. Precipitation 0.37 inch in 24 hours ending 7 am. Hourly temps ending 8 am.
De Gaulle’s Quebec Visit Sparks National Tensions
In Montreal the French president cried Vive le Quebec libre prompting protests across Canada. Prime Minister Pearson convened Cabinet to weigh the political implications while opposition leader Diefenbaker called the remarks an intrusion.
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Montreal
Charles de Gaulle
Quebec
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Quebec Province
Ottawa
Pearson
Warren Allmand
de Gaulle
John Diefenbaker
Rueral
Quebec City
Bazaar Tomorrow Opens Ottawa Sidewalk Event
Ottawa prepares for the 11th annual Sidewalk Bazaar with merchants placing wares outdoors and slashing prices. Free town parking is offered for the all day event as churches clubs and 4-H groups set up food stands while the Plaza Theatre offers 15 cent matinee admissions.
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Ottawa
Plaza Theatre
Chamber of Commerce
Riots Leave City Aftermath Weighs Heavily on Victims
National summer of racial violence drives victims to assess losses and plan futures as preliminary damage tops 169 million dollars. Newark accounts for 15 million and Cincinnati 3 million. Tampa 1 million and Buffalo 250 thousand. Insurance argues claims will rely on homeowners polices. federal aid is unavailable. Local officials project ongoing costs including police overtime and vehicle damage.
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New York
Detroit
Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Buffalo
N.Y
Seven year old Sertoma aid helps deaf boy hear again
Rick Parker, nine, totally deaf in one ear and severely impaired in the other, gained about 66 percent normal hearing with a hearing aid donated by the Sertoma Club at a North American Hotel meeting. The gift was presented by Charles Murdock Jr. of Acme Hearing Aid Co after tests at the University of Kansas Medical Center confirmed his condition.
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Serstoma Club
Rick Parker
Rick
Sertoma Club
Edward Parker
S. Mulberery
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kanesas City
Kan
Joedith Harris
Franklin County
Harsris
North American
Charles Muredock Jr
Acme Hearing Aid Co
Official Requests Return To Work
DETROIT AP moving swiftly on orders from President Johnson tough Army paratroopers clamped an armored lid on Detroit today and calm returned after 48 hours of killing pillaging and burning Cyrus Vance special assistant in the Defense Department said there was an apparent riot aftermath that laid huge sections of the city to waste and claimed 23 lives He urged businesses to reopen and citizens to return to work in a city paralyzed by terror since a police raid in a Negro area Sunday touched off what could be one of the nation s costliest riots.
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Detroit
Johnson
Cyrus Vance
Defense Department
Troops Trained In Riot Control In Detroit Crisis
Army paratroopers trained for riot control, including bayonet use and mob psychology, were sent to Detroit by President Johnson. The 4,700-strong force, from 82nd and 101st divisions, joined 7,000 police and National Guards in coping with sniper fire and widespread destruction as curfews and fuel shortages persisted.
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Washington
Detroit
Pentagon
82Nd
L01st Airborne
Michigan
Johnson
George Romney
101St
82Nd Airborne
Vietnam
John Throckmorton
Rioting Flares in Pontiac Michigan After Market Attack
In Pontiac a wave of violence left 17 year old Alfred Taylor dead and police officer Santiago Serna wounded by a sniper. State Rep. Arthur J. Law fired a shotgun at youths raiding a market in his mostly Negro district prompting calls for martial law and tougher crime penalties.
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Pontiac
Mich
Rottern
Detroit
Arthur J. Law
Law
Alfred Taylor
George Romney
Santiago Serna
Negro District
Carmichael Destined for Havana Conference Appearance
Stokely Carmichael, Black Power advocate, plans to attend the Havana conference as an observer, saying Cuban victory is their victory and pledging unity with Cuban revolutionaries. OLAS hosts leftist figures from Latin America, while Carmichael has been traveling via London and Prague amid rumors of plans to head to Vietnam.
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Miami
Fla
Stokely Carmichael
Havana
Carmichael
London
Cuba
Latin- American Solidarity Organization
OLAS
United States
Britain
Prague
North Vietnam
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N.J
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Morris Spielberg
Newark Businessmen’s Emergency Committee
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Boston
John S. Collins
Roxbury
George Keller
Casal
Murdock, the Parkers
Vance
Jerome Cavanagh
Cavanaga
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