Breath of Spring shines in local comedy at Memorial Auditorium
British author Peter Coke’s Breath of Spring lights Memorial Auditorium as Community Theater Players present a witty farce. Dame Beatrice Appleby leads lively lodgers in a Robin Hood fur heist, with Brigadier Albert Rayne steering the caper. Strong turns by Mildred Jamison, Daisy Shull, Betty Knoeppel, Dora Carpenter, Rosemary Ralston, and Burt Brewer buoy the comedy, though first night attendance was small. Curtain 8:15 p.m. Tickets from cast, Gas Service Co., or auditorium.
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Peter Coke
Memorial Auditorium
Community Theater Players
T Inc
Beatrice Appleby
Mildred Jamison
Robin Hood
Albert Rayne
Jack Kille
Dame “Bee
Bertie
Daisy Shull
Alice
Betty Knoeppel
Hattie
China Mender
Dora Carpenter
Lily
Rosemary Ralston
Nan
Burt Brewer
Pape
Scotland Yard
Burt
Keystone Cops
Ruth Lathrop Kirven
Gas Service Co
J.D.D
Want Stricter Liquor Law In Kansas House
AP report from Topeka says a Kansas House panel advanced a bill to curb underage drinking. It would make possession of liquor illegal for anyone under 21 and prohibit minors from attempting to buy or buying liquor. It also targets adults over 21 who procure liquor for minors.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Brighter Outlook for US Economy Gains Cautious Support
The administration unofficially raises 1963 national output to a range of 578 to 580 billion dollars, signaling a modest improvement that could curb jobless growth but not reduce unemployment below about six percent. Dr. Walter Heller hinted at this shift, while the expected gain remains too small to trigger tax-cut pressure in Congress.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Magazine Publishers Association
Heller
Kennedy
Congress
Kansas House considers 22.2 million general fund bills
Bills totaling 22.2 million from the general fund and 2.6 million from the institutional building fund were introduced in the Kansas House for institutions under Institutional Management and for the State Board of Health. The measures align with Gov. John Anderson’s recommendations, with minor deviations for Osawatomie State Hospital and a Norton tuberculosis sanatorium review ongoing.
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Topeka
State General Fund
Institutional Building Fund
Kansas House
Division
State Board of Health
John Anderson
General Fund
Anderson
John Conrad
House
Ways and Means
Norton
Estes Could Get 25-Year Sentence
Estes could face up to 25 years in prison after a federal jury found that fraud was part of his farm finance operations. Judge Thomason said sentences would be handed down in about two weeks, with appellate courts remaining a potential avenue. The verdict ends nearly a year since Estes was arrested at his Pecos home, aftermath shaking his business empire.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Pecos
West
Texas
Miss Ottawa Pageant Expands to 16 Candidates
The Miss Ottawa Scholarship Pageant will span two nights with preliminaries May 3 and finals May 4. Dr. Don McKelvey, general chairman, announces a Pepsi Party for contestants and staff at 7:30 p.m. April 3 hosted by A. M. Harvey. Ottawa Lions Club sponsors. Pepsi-Cola plant awards scholarships. winner advances to Miss Kansas in Pratt.
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Ottawa
Don McKelvey
Ottawa Lions Club
Pepsi-Cola Plant
Miss Ottawa
Pratt
Petition to Oppose Willow Street Widening
A remonstrance petition against paving and widening Willow Street from 7th to 15th Street was received at city hall. City clerk Don Capper said it will be reviewed by city commissioners next Wednesday and referred to the city attorney to check sufficiency, requiring signatures of resident property owners over 50 percent of the assessed cost area.
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Willow Street
7Th Street
15Th Street
Don Capper
200 Students In Concert Tonight At Ottawa Junior High
The Franklin County Music Festival closes with an 8 15 pm concert at Ottawa Junior High Gym featuring Williams burg Princeton Pomona Richmond and Lane high schools. Darrell Barkdoll coordinates with guest conductors William Kloster and Robert Schaaf. Kloster is Ottawa University music professor. Schaaf studies at Kansas University. Approximately 200 students perform band and chorus selections with no admission charge.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Williamsburg
Princeton
Pomona Richmond
Lane High
Darrell Barkdoll
Williamsburg High
William Kloster
Robert Schaaf
Kloster
Ottawa University
Instrumenta
Schaaf
Kansas Univesity
Hymn of Freedom
Es Firework Music
Handel
Rhumbango
Minelli
King Cotton
Sousa
Mozart
Coleman-Leigh
Michael
Weill Anderson
Judy Sutton
Elmer Sutton
Bonnie Goodwill
D. I. Goodwill
Sharon Bulmer
Drexel Bulmer
Michigan Valley
Sharon
Pomona High
Herald
No More Flubber For Sale In Ottawa Kansas
The Kansas State Board of Health ordered Ottawa stores to stop selling Flubber a pliable toy due to dermatitis cases. Health officials reported 60 to 80 Kansas cases though local nurse Rosalie Osburn says no reports came to her department. Some merchants had already removed the product after nationwide dermatitis concerns.
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Gary Bitts
Ottawa
Woolworth
Kansas State Board of Health
Herald
Rosalie Osburn
Franklin County
Board of Health
the Herald
State Food and Drug Division
The
Kansas
Saturn Boosts U S Space Lead In Ongoing Test
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP The Saturn rocket may soon surpass the Soviet lead in rocket power as it nears a major propulsion breakthrough and the potential to place a 33 000 pound satellite in orbit The test phase completed with four straight successes and one engine failure simulated the system auto redistributed propellant among seven engines keeping mission integrity intact
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Saturn
Tension in Cuban Crisis Eases After Cuban Admission
Washington says Cuba's government told the United States the MIG jets fired in error at the U S ship Floridian and had no intention to shoot. Havana sent two messages claiming they were seeking a suspect boat and nearly apologized, easing the Caribbean crisis.
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Washington
United States
U.S
State Department
Lincoln White
Havana
White
Fidel Castro
Castro
Russia Demands Damages for Cuban Exile Raid
Moscow demanded the United States pay damages for a Cuban exile commando raid that crippled the Soviet freighter Baku and threatened further steps to shield Soviet shipping from anti Castro guerrillas in Cuban waters. Moscow called the attacks deliberate provocations directed from a center on U.S. soil and reiterated accusations of U.S. support for the exiles.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Baku
U.S
Ottawa Sees Warm Day and Record Heat Minima
Ottawa recorded an 84 degree high yesterday just shy of the record 85 set on March 28, 1910. Despite strong winds the city did not cool, posting a record high minimum of 67, beating 61 from 1896 by six degrees.
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Ottawa
Kennedy calls security meeting over Cuba crisis
President Kennedy convened the National Security Council executive committee as tensions rise over Cuba. Key items include a Floridian incident with two unidentified jets, slow Soviet troop withdrawal, and anti-Castro exile raids. Washington vows action against any vessel or aircraft attacking U S interests in international waters. Soviet troops continue to leave Cuba with hundreds observed departing and the Baltika reported among transports.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
Cuba
U.S
Miami
United States
Defense Department
Caribbean
Explosive Shells Fired By MIGs Off Cuban Coast
The Floridian, a merchant ship, was fired on by two Soviet built MiGs about 20 miles off Cuba. Capt. Curtis Olson reported 15 to 30 explosive shells above the water during three strafing passes, with a distress call sent to the Miami Coast Guard. U.S. Navy jets arrived 55 minutes later to escort the vessel.
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U.S
Ala
Florida Straits
Cuban
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Key West
Norman Teeples
Dania
Olson
Harold Keane
Philadelphia
Mate
Washington
Four Die In Boston Hotel Fire
AP reports a predawn blaze at the Sherry Biltmore Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue killed four people and injured at least 25. Firemen carried about 75 occupants down ladders. Cast members from The Sound of Music attended a party on an upper floor and escaped via a window onto a ledge, awaiting aerial ladders. Two men and two women died. three injured remained on danger list, others treated and released.
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Boston
Traffic Toll Topeka Map Fails To 1963 Pattern
AP report from Topeka Kansas notes 24 hour traffic death log through Friday showing March 23 figures for 1963 to 1984 with a comparison to 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather and market brief with a correction
Fair and cooler tonight and Saturday with lows in the 40s and a high near 60. A correction notes a banana price listing from last night’s paper.
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Os Ib
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