Windstorm Rips Through Ottawa and County Area
A severe thunderstorm with extreme winds struck the Ottawa area early morning, halting power to about half the city. It damaged hangars and planes near LeMaster Aerial Spraying, knocked out long distance phone service to several towns, and downed signs and mailboxes beyond Ottawa. Rain totals reached 2.52 inches. hospital power briefly failed but auxiliary systems operated, enabling a baby delivery and emergency care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
LeMaster
Lane
Centropolis
Greenley
Westphalia
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
David Capper
Willow
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Garnett
Duds ’N Suds Laundromat
Us~59
Presbyterian Church
Garnett Aireport
Anderson County Sheriff's Office
Morrison
Colony
Hangar Collapse After Midwestern Thunderstorm
Ottawa records show a severe storm at about 2:30 a.m. toppled a 40 by 90 foot corrugated hangar, crushing one Piper Cherokee and tossing another into a pond. Affected area included 250 blocks without power until about 4 a.m. as lines and poles suffered wind damage. Local deaths or injuries not reported beyond a 16-year-old boy’s wrist injury at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck LeMaster
Ottawa Rfd
LeMaster
Ottawa
Ottawa Water and Light
Don Hamilton
15Th
Muleberry
4Th Street
Hamilton
17Th Street
Park Creek
Kansas
Princeton
Richard Cowdin
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Birds Die in Storm's Wake in Franklin County
Fred Young of Williams burg found a grim aftermath of high winds in Franklin County. He collected 54 dead sparrows within minutes on his patio and by noon had found 18 more, adding to the damage from the storm that also toppled trees and damaged farms and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Fred Young
Williamsburg
Annual Swim Program Opens At Ottawa Pool Forest Park
The Ottawa Recreation Commission launches family night swimming at 7:30 p.m. at Forest Park pool. Orris Cox notes weather cancels the event if rain. Performances begin with first and kindergarten classes, followed by older students at set times. Junior Lifesavers demonstrations and Red Cross tests conclude the evening. Harvey Drake oversees the program with 13 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Ottawa
Forest Park
Weather County Forecast Shifts To Warm Humid In Weekend Thundershowers
Partly cloudy and warm with high humidity tonight and Saturday. Isolated thundershowers expected Saturday evening. Winds light and variable. Lows around 60s tonight and near 90 for Saturday. Record highs and lows noted. precipitation totals 2.52 inches in the past 24 hours.
Rotary Sets Australian Tour For Six
Ottawa Rotarians seek two young businessmen ages 26 to 36 who are not Rotarians or relatives to join a six man group study exchange trip to Brisbane Australia in March and April 1968. Applications deadline September 1 1967 with early local submissions by August 4 or 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Australia
Rotary
Brisbane
H. P. Peffly
Rotary Foundation
Ottawa
H. P. Peffley
N. Oak
Kansas
Airborne Pull Out Of Detroit
Army paratroopers withdraw from Detroit streets after five days of rioting and looting. 4800 troops to be held in reserve. withdrawal to continue in a phased, slow manner as federal and local leaders seek to restore order after the city’s worst violence in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Cyrus Vance
Johnson
George Romney
Jerome Cavaenagh
Michigan National Guard
Vance
Air National Guard
101St
82Nd Airborne
National Guard
Near West Side
Cavanagh
Leathernecks Enter DMZ Again In Vietnam War
U S Marines crossed into the southern half of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam for a second time this war. They aimed at mortar and artillery sites shelling Leatherneck posts just south of the zone. The U S Command reported a MIG21 likely shot down in a dogfight over North Vietnam and seven American plane losses previously undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Leatherneck
North Vietnam
North
9Th Marine Regiment
Air Force
Hanoi
Unification in Miami County consolidates districts
Consolidation of Miami County schools into three unified districts was completed this week with the attachment of the Wea Rural High School District to Unified District 416 in Louisburg. Wea District patrons voted to close the high school, and the board petitioned for final approval. The merged area adds over 11 sections with an assessed value of about 700000. The three active districts now are Louisburg 146 Osawatomie 367 and Paola 368.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami County
Wea
Louisburg
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Osawatomie
Paola
County, City and Hospital Board Weigh Ambulance Plan
Lawrence and Ottawa would host two Belote ambulances under an $18,000 yearly county subsidy. The plan proposes 24 hour service with three trained staff, ambulance radio links, and standard rates of 17 for convalescent calls 22 for emergencies plus 50 cents per mile outside Ottawa with extra charges for oxygen or resuscitation. Funeral directors say federal wage and hour rules Medicare requirements and losses force quitting Sept 1, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Chuck Belote
Citiens
Lawrence
Olathe
Belote
Ottawa
Robert Clogston
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Clogston
Charles Williamson
George Atchison
Board of County Commissioners
Robert B. Wellington
Wellington
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Piper Pawnee
LeMaster Aerial Spraying
Orris Cox
Commission
Ned Hiatt
National Red Cross
Harvey Drake
Dmz
al County
Lawrence Man
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