Library Offers Fine Free Week After Renovation
Carnegie Public Library designates a fine free week for returns today through Saturday. The library reopens tomorrow after a 10 day closure for renovation work, with painting and cabinets completed though furniture and drapes pending arrival. A reader in Utah State Prison’s Pointer News questions payola in a reader letter, prompting the editor’s wry reply. In Los Angeles, blind bookie Frank Spagnolo, 38, is fined $100 for wagering tax violations, despite managing bets in braille.
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Pointer News
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Los Angeles
Frank Spagnolo
Weather Nasty In March Across Ottawa and Kansas
Drizzle persisted across eastern Kansas and northeast into Ottawa with ice forming in the north half of the state. The weather bureau warned hazardous driving as ice coats roads while conditions improve by Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures edge up tonight, with cold in the eastern U.S. and some warmth edging into the central states. below zero readings persisted in Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Illinois and Indiana.
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Weather Bureau
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Kansas
Gulf
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Eisenhower Returns from South America Tour
Washington AP Ike returns to White House after a 15,500 mile swing through Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay with plans for a 15 minute national report tonight at 6 pm CST. He will address civil rights filibuster and legislative logjam while Republican leaders are called to discuss maneuvers. No news conference planned this week. He arrived at Andrews Air Force Base after stops in Puerto Rico.
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White House
South America
Eisenhower
Senate
Brazil
Argentina
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Uruguay
Andrews Air Force Base
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Weather county forecast drizzle and freezing rain mix
The forecast calls for drizzle or rain with freezing at times this afternoon, continuing into tonight with freezing rain and considerable glaze. Partial clearing is expected late Wednesday, then not as cold tonight. Highs in the lower 30s both today and Wednesday, lows around the freezing point tonight.
Ottawa Teachers Get Pay Hike With Limits
Ottawa school teachers receive a raise short of the requested five percent at the February Board meeting. The March vote set three percent plus increments, with bachelor degree salaries up from 3,800 to 3,900 and top bachelor pay to 5,600 while masters rise from 4,000 to 4,100 and top to 5,800. Administrators and coaches gain a four and seven tenths percent raise. School terms: 180 days, Aug 29 to May 27. Garfield principal replacement named, Lincolns School, fall 1960. High school debate course funded with 300 dollars. half-unit credit offered. Garfield addition bids to open late March after plan approval.
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Ottawa
Board of Education
H. L. Larson
Henry Parker
Kendall C. Hay
Garfield School
Harold Schamann
Lincoln School
Larson
Shaver
Plaza Theater Sale Announced
Plaza Theater here changes hands with James J. Long of Kansas City purchasing the venue. Fox Midwest Theaters Inc. president Richard R. Brous and Long said the sale takes effect April 1, with Long to run Plaza plus Fox theaters in Fort Scott and Iola from Kansas City. Long plans to keep offices there, possibly moving to Ottawa later. Plaza remains a first run house with no immediate operational changes. Gene Sappington will stay as manager until April 1, after which his plans are undecided. Long Enterprises Inc. will own the three theaters, with a $25,000 capitalization.
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Richard R. Brous
Fox Midwest Theaters Inc
Long
Fox
Fort ‘Scott
Iola
Ottawa
Gene Sappington
Long Enterprises Inc
KC Firm Low On Wellsville Bids
R. E. Meekey Co. of Kansas City is the apparent low bidder for Wellsville water storage facilities with a bid of 16990 dollars. Other bids include Zands Construction 14501, George Boyd 15900, William H. Douglas 15900, Braymen Meinking 17230, Tippit Construction 18950. Work covers footing for a water storage tank and related facilities. award hinges on bid study.
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R. E. Meekey Co
Kansas City
Wellsville
Braymen & Meinking Co
Topeka
Tippit Construction Co
Paola
Sys
Offer Made To End Civil Rights Debate
Washington AP Lyndon B Johnson proposed ending nonstop Senate sessions if Southerners consent to civil rights votes. In a clash with Spessard Holland he warned of health risks from round the clock talks, while Holland mocked the move as a surrender. Johnson said a majority would force votes despite GOP leaders.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Holland
Johnson
Sharp-Tongued Jack Paar Returns to TV Show
New York AP report states Jack Paar triumphantly returned to his NBC MBC program after a brief censorship row. He walked off Feb 11 over a five minute cut, then reached a peace with NBC and agreed to omit a short personal reference about Walter Winchell. Fans greeted him at NBC with banners and buttons as he vowed to keep up his sharp TV style.
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Jack Paar
Paar
NBC
Walter Winchell
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Hearst
Tanitrum
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Approve Funds For Area Bases In Missouri And Kansas
The House tentatively authorizes 15.7 million for Missouri and 4.1 million for Kansas in military construction for the year starting July 1, totaling 1.1 billion nationwide. Final funding requires a separate bill. Missouri projects include Ft. Leonard Wood, Support Center, St. Louis Aeronautical Center, Richards-Gebaur, Whiteman, and guardsmen armories. Kansas projects list Ft. Leavenworth, Forbes, Lawrence armory, and Hutchinson air station.
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House
Missouri
Kansas
United States
Armed Services Committee
New Hampshire
Army
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Support Center
Air Force
St. Louis
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Rolla Armory
Springfield Armory
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Ft. Leavenworth
Forbes Afb
New Hampshire Primary Draws Strong Early Voter Turnout
Voters in Nashua Claremont Berlin and Millsfield reported heavy turnout as New Hampshire's first presidential primary of 1969 opened. Millsfield four Republican votes favored Nixon with Powell written in for vice president Hart's Location gave Kennedy four votes with Nixon two. Nashua saw near 1000 ballots in first three hours with Democratic wards leading.
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N.H
New Hampshire
Nashua
Claremont
Berlin
Millsfield
Richard M. Nixon
Wesley ‘Powell
Hart
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
Pay Television Behind Actors Strike in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD AP A star studded actors strike enters a second day as SAG seeks extra pay for post 1948 films shown on pay television The shutdown affects seven studios and thousands of workers including Marilyn Monroe Fred Astaire Bing Crosby Elizabeth Taylor and Alan Ladd Some producers act as both stars and backers while pay TV profits are the core dispute and the guild aims to set a precedent for future earnings
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Hollywood
Television
Screen Actors Guild
Marilyn Monroe
Fred Astaire
Bing Crosby
Elizabeth Taylor
Alan Ladd
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Bank Robbery Report From Valliant Oklahoma
A young bandit armed with a tommy gun robbed Farmers State and Guarantee Bank of about 15000 at 9 30 a m in Valliant Oklahoma Two men were fled the scene Bank Vice President J W Teters estimated the loss pending audit Regional police investigated the crime today
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Valliant, Okla
Farmers State and Gauranty Bank
Valliant
South
Bank
J. W. Teters
No Official Action Yet On Herter Reply
Anti-American sentiment runs high in Cuba after Secretary of State Herter denounces Fidel Castro as baseless and misleading. Officials expect potential rebuke to U.S. envoy Daniel Braddock, while La Coubre blast toll climbs to 52 identified dead with many more injured.
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Cuba
Christian A. Herter
Fidel Castro
Herter
U.S
Daniel Braddock
Raul Rae
la Coubre
Don Chapman
North Bend
Neb
Miami
Castro
Diplomatic clash over Havana blast and Castro charges
In a blunt Oval Office style rebuke, U S secretary of state Christian Herter accused Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro of extreme provocation and irresponsible behavior over Castro's claim that U S officials caused a March Havana harbor explosion. Herter told charge d affaires Enrique Patterson the charges are baseless, erroneous, and misleading and questioned Cuba's good faith in improving relations.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Havana
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Enrique Patterson
Glossary Of What Southerners Are Saying Read Into Record
Washington AP reports Senator Barry Goldwater read into the Congressional Record a tongue in cheek glossary of Southern terms to aid understanding among senators. The list includes Abode wooden plank, A Boot approximately, Ain t sister of one of your parents, Hominy what number, Poet to transfer liquid, Tarred weary, Yawl mode of address used by New Yorkers when visiting the South, and other terms reflecting playful regional speech.
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Senate
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Congressional
Goldwater
North Carolina
N’yawkers
South
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