Miss America Jane Ann Jayroe to Dedicate Ottawa Pool
Ottawa prepares for a Miss America visit with Jane Ann Jayroe and three state queens. A 5:15 PM dedication ceremony at Forest Park features the Ottawa High School band and a public program. A 7:15 PM dinner at Ottawa University, organ music by Randolph Bundy, $2.25 tickets, and a free Plaza Theatre show at 1:30 PM.
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Jane Ann Jayroe
Amereica
Otetawa
Forest Park
Topeka
Marys Kane
Vinessa Howard
Ottawa
Royal Manor
Ottawa High School
Steve Ralph
Pepesi-Cola
Ottawa University Student Union
Randolph Bundy
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Shelden
Don Humsphrey
Shooting Breaks Out Along Border of Syria and Israel
An armed clash on Israel's border with Syria left two Israelis and a Syrian dead as skirmishing continued near Kfar Hanassi. Jordan reported cross border fire over Jerusalem. France urged de escalation while Egypt stood firm amid regional war jitters.
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Syria
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Dayaan
Jordan
Charles de Gaulle
County Forecast Shows Warmer Temps Through Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with warmer daytime highs through Saturday. Variable winds tonight. low around 50. High Saturday near 80. Thursday high 59, today’s low 49, year ago high 81, year ago low 65. Record high 97 in 1911, record low 45 in 1956. Precipitation in last 24 hours trace.
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Ware
Trace
Ambulance funding dispute stirs Franklin County leaders
Franklin County officials and Ottawa city leaders met at the Country Club to resolve the looming ambulance service gap after Sept. 1. Funeral directors cite wage hour rulings and Medicare staffing mandates as why area ambulances cannot continue, with a proposed solution placing service at Ransom Memorial Hospital, county financed.
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Rosie Lister
Franklin County
Country Club
U.S. Department of Labor
Bob Anderson
Lyman Corlis
Harery Murphy
Ottawa
Charles Williamson
Don Capper
George Atchison
le É Nichols
Don Averill
Bob Lister
Bruce Spears
County Attorney In Car Accident in Greenville Illinois
Franklin County attorney Myron S. Steere his wife Jeanne and their three children were in an automobile crash Wednesday in Greenville Illinois. Steere said his car was destroyed and Mrs Steere hospitalized then released. The family was en route to West Point to see Steere's son Myron S Steere III graduate. No other details provided.
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Myron S. Steere
Franklin County
Jeanne
Greenville
Ill
Steere
Ottawa
Five youths die in two car crash near Colby Kansas
The report lists Emory Kyner, 47, Sharon Springs, and his 11 year old son David, Dennis McNeal, 14, Sharon Springs, Leland Heyl, 11, Sharon Springs, and George M Budge, 75, Brewster as victims in a two vehicle collision south of Colby. City and county officials plan a hospital budget meeting with administration, board and possibly medical society members. County hospital budget share is 43,900 with total operating budget 477,641.04. Discussions cover ambulance districts, county vs city service, funding, and staffing options including nurses, college students, and live-in attendants. The date is not set due to Lott's absence.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Steve Lott
Colby Thurseday
Emory .Kyner
Sharon Springs
David
Dennis McNeal
Leland Heyl
George M. Budge
Brewster
Ing
Medical Socciety
Lott
Spears
Ottawa Fire Department
Colege
Corlis
Kansas tax goof misstates 30 000 accounts
State revenue director James McDonald confirmed a Topeka computer error caused faulty second quarter tax statements for about 30 000 Kansas taxpayers. The miscalculation left the second quarter bills at 833000 instead of 2500000, though total liabilities remain unchanged. Corrections will be sent with the third quarter bills.
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Kansas
McDonald
Summer Reading Program Begins At City Library
The Ot tawa P T A Council and Ottawa Carnegie Free Library launch a summer reading program themed Matchless Mountain. Children grade one through six enroll June 5 and aim to read 5 to 20 books, reporting with slips by August 5, with special recognition for completing at least 10 books during Children's Book Week in November.
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Ottawa Carnegie Free Library
Linda Wheeler
T. K. Keelin
P. T. A. Chairemen
Charles Roehl
G. D. Briscoe
Frederick Turner
Joel Nordeen
Jay Todd
Carl Seaton
Summer camp at Mears Park seeks five openings
Ottawa Unified School District 290 offers a coed summer camp for students who have completed grades five through eight. The seven week program runs June 12 to July 28 with a $3 registration fee and activities including canoeing boating riflery swimming tennis hiking crafts and more. About 165 children are enrolled, with remaining openings in an eighth grade week and a seventh eighth grade combination week.
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Mears Park
Ottawa
Unified School District
Allen Unruh
Unruh
Eugene Field School
Dren
Kathy Riney
Ottawa University
Anita Keene
Jim Morris
Arthur Archibald
Yearbook Party Distribution Tonight at Cyclone Room
High School yearbooks will be distributed at the annual Records or Party starting at 7 p.m. in the Cyclone Room. Students who ordered yearbooks must pick them up in person. If unable to attend, pickup is available at the high school office through June 16. Plastic covers will be available.
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Mless
America
Kfar Hanassi
France
de Gaulle
Paris
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
London
M. S
A. C. Richeson
Associated Press
Richeson
the Herald
Herald
Kansas City
James T. McDonald
State Revenue Director
Richard Jones
Mark Jones
S. Oak
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