Two Ottawa Women Builders Take on Grand Five Level Greenhouse Conversion
Jan Wallace and Gail Smith plan a 2300 square foot Contemporary Old English home from an abandoned greenhouse near Ottawa Country Club. They seek $20,000 loans after using savings, facing local skepticism but earning support from city inspector Laverne Wadkins who praises their plans as complete and sound.
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Kenneth Fisher
Jan Wallace
Gail Smith
Ottawa Country Club
A. L. Cook
Noel E. Douglas
Douglas
Country Club Heights
Jan
Gail
Spruce and Powhattan
Dan
Laverne Wadkins
Ottawa
Weather Snapshot With Temperatures and Records
A fragmented weather review lists highs and lows for Friday with 74 as the day’s high and 68 at noon. It notes today’s high near 60 and an early 90 in the afternoon, plus hourly readings ending at 8am. Record highs 99 in 1936 and lows 41 in 1902 are cited. Barometer 29.86 inches.
County aides raise record cancer fund in Franklin County
Franklin County reported a record 6862.66 dollars for the Kansas branch of the American Cancer Society Cancer Fund Drive ending in May, with over 200 volunteers under Ottawa member Mrs. Budge Reusch. Officials seek a permanent county ACS body to widen education, patient services, and outreach.
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Kansas
The
American Cancer Society
ACS
Franklin County
Budge Reusch
Elm
Ottawa
Alma Benedict
Fort Scott
Franklin
Rosalie Osburn
Benedict
Reusch
Thieu weighs postwar regime with Viet Cong talks
President Nguyen Van Thieu considers a joint government Viet Cong commission to study postwar election procedures. Duong Van Minh would represent the government. Thieu seeks military and political backing, aims for secrecy, and hints at possible land reform and administrative changes, with no firm decisions yet.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Thieu
Duong van Minh
Big Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Minh
Kiem says Nixon will keep U S troops in Vietnam indefinitely
Tran Bu Kiem, leader in South Vietnam's provisional government, told reporters at an airport that Washington plans to retain an American military presence after withdrawing 25 000 troops. He accused the Nixon administration of backing Thieu and vowed continued struggle for independence and peace until victory. Also at the airport were leading North Vietnamese negotiators.
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Thieu
Thien
Nixon
Paris
Saigon
Tran Bu Kiem
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Kiem
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Battle Test for S Vietnamese Troops Rages
Renewed heavy fighting in the central highlands pits South Vietnamese forces against North Vietnamese regulars. In four Friday engagements around Ben Het and Dak To, 60 North Vietnamese and 31 South Vietnamese troops were killed, with 18 South Vietnamese killed and 64 wounded in attacks on South Vietnamese irregulars. U.S. casualties were reported as none. The Ben Het camp and surrounding bases faced ongoing shelling as the broader struggle edge toward an uncertain outcome.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Ben Het
Dak To
Cambodia
Laos
U.S
U.S. Ninth Marine Regiment
Where Have You Gone Bill McKinley 1894 Ottawa Chautauqua
Seventy five years ago Ottawa faced disappointment when William McKinley planned to speak at the 1894 Chautauqua but canceled due to mining industry issues. The event led to alternative entertainment and a postponed G A R Day, with renewed attempts by McKinley to visit Ottawa later that year. he never did.
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Ottawa
William McKinley
Ohio
McKinley
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
G.4.r
Ottawa Republican
Republican
A. W. Lamar
Galveston
Tex
Dixie
Kansas
Frances W. Parker
Local Sailing Club Becomes First El Toro Fleet in Kansas
Lake Pomona Sailing Club gains Fleet 51 status from the El Toro International Yacht Racing Association as Kansas first chartered El Toro sailboat fleet. Members include Ottawans such as Joel Nordeen, who helped organize the group four years ago and serves as club measurer.
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Marla Babcock
Lake Pomona Sailing Club
Kansas
el Toro
el Toro International Yacht Racing Association
Ottawans
Joel Nordeen
1604 Apple Lane
United Arab Republic
Nordeen
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Pomona
Lake
Grand Lake
Colo
Yacht Club
W. D. Bemmels
Rockwood Drive
Lake Pomona Group
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Bemmels
Lake Pomona
Fleet 51
James J. Chandler
A. H. Wittmeyer
Ash
Philip and
Roger
Arthur Markendorf
Topeka
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Bill McKinley
Worldwide Group
Nordeen Said
Canada
Taiwan
Saudi Arabia
Apple Lane
Jim Chandler
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