Alumni Banquet Highlights OU progress and fund drive
Peter Armacost, OU president, praised the university at the Alumni Reunion Banquet while reviewing a 5.7 million dollar fund drive. Enrollment rose 3 percent as staff expanded advising and interdisciplinary units. He noted tennis team success, a sportsmanship award, and active community service programs. A Title II grant funds program expansion, with a June 1990 budget shortfall. Remodelling Wilson Field House, new auditoriums, campus beautification, student aid, endowment, and faculty and program enrichment are planned.
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Wilson Field House
Gov Bennett Autographs During Capitol Tour Of 4-Hers
A busload of Franklin County 4-H youths, over 70 strong, toured the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. They viewed the dome, murals, and a famous pastoral scene, then met Governor Robert Bennett for autographs and photos. Lunch on the capitol lawn, a Kansas Historical Society visit, and a stop at Gage Park's zoo capped the day.
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Ottawa University honors five at alumni banquet
Ottawa University awarded Edna Amstot Mowbray an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for 50 years of support including Mowbray Scholarships and the Mowbray Reading Room. Trustees emerita served from 1945 to 1970. Four others received distinguished service awards to Eldon and Dorothy Addy Lettie Archer and Hattie Price. OU President Peter Armacost recognized Bill Frear for 20 years as athletic director.
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Hal Germer
University
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OU Board of Trustees
Eldon Addy
Ross Industries of
Wichita
Dorothy Addy
Friends University
Lettie Archer
Hattie May Price
Bill Frear
Ford wraps Salzburg talks with plan for Mideast peace formula
President Ford and Egypt's Anwar Sadat concluded intensive talks in Salzburg and said a Middle East peace seeking formula would be unveiled within a month. Kissinger called the talks promising while Sadat welcomed Ford to Cairo, and Israel announced partial withdrawal gestures at the Suez Canal amid regional truce efforts.
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Ottawa plans 701 project to shape future growth
Ottawa outlines a two year progress on its 701 Comprehensive Community Planning Program. Officials present background, population projections, economic opportunities, land use and housing, CBD and street plan, community facilities, and subdivision regulations as part of a public hearing and informal questions session at City Hall.
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