Area Students Hear Concert By Carrie Feinstein
More than 1,300 Franklin County grade school students attended the Ottawa Little Symphony Youth Concert in Memorial Auditorium. Symphony director Williams Kloster narrated each piece and invited students to hum along during a Strauss waltz. Diana Berlind, violin soloist, performed Mendelssohn with Carl Bobbish at Ottawa University in May. about 1,200 people attended the evening show.
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Carrie Feinstein
Franklin County
Ottawa Little Symphony
Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa
Willams Kloster
Talas
Vienna Woods
Strauss
Symphony
Diana Berlind
Mendelssohn
Ottawa Little Symphony Youth Con
Memorial Cert
Franklin Auditorium
County Bankers Association
Franklin County submits unified plan to state for approval
The Franklin County Planning Board sent a four district unified plan to the state department of public instruction. Final boundaries await Adel Throckmorton's decision. The plan groups Pomona Williamsburg, Joint 10 Richmond-Prentoul, Wellsville, and Ottawa areas under local control of four district boards. If approved, a June 2 election will finalize unification. if not, a new plan and September election follow.
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Franklin County Planning Board
State Department of Public Instruction
Adel Throckmorton
Lauren Gaddis
Franklin County
Throckmorton
Gaddis
Franklin County Board
Lin County Planning Unit
Pomona Williamsburg
Richmond - Princeton - Rantoul
Wellsville
City of
Ottawa
Don McKelvey
Planning Board
McKelvey
Osage
Miami
Anderson
Linn
Truce fragile as new fighting looms in Cyprus
In Kuma tensions persist as Greek and Turkish Cypriots clash, British forces rush a platoon to Mallia to curb further violence. Talks to restore peace expected to begin today with U N appeals from U Thant. Casualty counts report two Turkish dead and 18 wounded, one Greek killed and 13 wounded, amid a 12 hour battle.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Kuma
Mallia
Mediterranean
Makarios
Fazil Kuchuk
U.N
U Thant
Greece
Turkey
FHA Backs 150000 Loan For Rural Water District
The FHA in Topeka backs a 150000 loan to build a water distribution system for 108 families north and west of Ottawa. Construction could start mid-June. The project costs about 175000, with each family paying 175 before work begins. Water will come from Ottawa’s plant, with two standpipes planned near K 68 and I 35 and in LeLoup.
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Federal Housing Administration
Topeka
Ottawa
Paul Archer
Archer
K-68
I-35
LeLoup
Leloup East Logan
Ottawa City
LeLoup-East Logan
Ja'bank
Curby Files for Ottawa City Commissioner Seat
Curby of 609 Elm has paid the $5 filing fee for Commissioner of Streets and Utilities on the Ottawa City Commission. He is the second candidate to file for the office now held by James Grogan.
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O. C. Curby
Elm
Ottawa City Commission
James Grogan
Floods, storms sweep Midwest and East as deaths mount
The worst floods in years driven by March rains force evacuations across the Midwest and East. Heavy snow and winds add to the brutal late winter pattern with at least 13 deaths reported and millions in damage. Ohio River floods threaten record levels as evacuations spread through Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Red Cross and Civil Defense mobilize in Pennsylvania as Susquehanna flood risks grow amid a broad regional weather disaster.
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Associated Press
Midwest
United States
East
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Louisville
Busi
Foul Weather Impacts New Hampshire Presidential Primary
Snowstorm and write ins cloud the leadoff primary as Goldwater leads with seven votes and Lodge Nixon Rockefeller new margins. Early returns from Dixville Notch Hart's Location Ellsworth show Smith on ballot with all eight votes as write ins for vice president.
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Concord
N.H
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Lodge
Mountain Hamlets
Johnson
Goldwater
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. ‘Rockefeller
Dixville Notch
Hart
Ellsworth
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Smith
Rockefeller
U.S
South Viet Nam
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Nashua
Norman Lepage
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Weather Forecast For County Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight then cooler on Wednesday. Low tonight in the upper 20s to 30s, high Wednesday expected in the 40s. Historical highs and lows for this date noted, with barometer around 29.96 inches.
Senate Rights Bai Heads For Filibuste
Washington AP reports the Senate civil rights battle is underway with Southern senators vowing no compromise and launching a slowdown ahead of a full filibuster. Debate enters a second day as Southerners indicate lengthy speeches will block movement on the House civil rights bill.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Man
House
Unemployment Statistics Shift Reveals Hidden scope
Washington based Labor Department figures, presented with President Johnson’s manpower report, suggest unemployment may exceed official 4.5 million. The data include those not in the labor force, highlighting age education gaps and indicating the unemployed are most concentrated among less educated groups. Wirtz notes the figures are preliminary and lack reasons for nonparticipation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Johnson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Muslims Clash Over Interfaith Tensions
A fragmented report notes frictions between Muslim groups in a community, with tensions mounting as disagreements escalate. Authorities urged restraint while noting protests and small clashes occurred without reports of serious injuries.
Black Muslims Split Over Violence
In Phoenix Elijah Muhammad predicts the Negro will not turn to violence in the quest for equal justice. His former top aide Malcolm X breaks away from the organization. Malcolm X says the action aims to convert the 22 million nonMuslim Negroes from nonviolence to active self defense against white supremacy.
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Phoenix
Aziz
Elijah
Muhammad
Malcolm X
Nun Trick Trips Robbers at Maryknoll Seminary
Frances Anderson disguised as a nun acted as a decoy at the Maryknoll Seminary post office while over 60 officers waited in hiding. When the gang demanded stamps and cash, a hail of gunfire erupted, wounding three robbers. four were captured and five guns found. a lookout escaped toward Ossining.
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Maryknoll
N.Y
Frances Anderson
Maryknoll Seminary
New York City
Ossining
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Jean Lieblius
Finland
Sibelius
FHA
LeLoupe East Logan
Lee Nichols
Lee
Main
Curby Files
John W. King
Kennedy
King
Bai
Mrs. Anderson
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