Ottawa 290 Board OKs High School Parking Lot Lighting
The Ottawa Unified School District 290 board voted to install steel light poles with underground wiring and electric eyes for the new Ote tawa high school parking lots, rejecting wooden poles and city rental lights. Terrill estimated $3,000 purchase cost with annual operating costs of about $176, plus $14.80 monthly operations, yielding a potential monthly saving of $56.72 if bought. tennis court lighting was noted as pricier, with plans to install conduit and leave future lighting options open.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Terrill
Bec
Paper Clip Saves Plane in Bold Air Force Rescue
Edwards Air Force Base California reports a research bomber narrowly saved from breakage when a paper clip bypassed a bulky relay panel to free a stuck nose gear. Pilot Al White and Col. Joseph Cotton credit the improvised fix with preventing a devastating landing failure.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Joseph Cotton
al White
North American Aviation
Cotton
Turkeys Displaced By Squares At Ottawa Farm Hall
The Square Teens, a 112 member junior high to college square dancing club, transformed a former turkey barn owned by Mr and Mrs George Antone into a paneled, tiled hall at Memorial Auditorium era. They funded a concrete floor with 300 dollars from candy sales and plan further expansion. Sponsors Mr and Mrs Hewitt note the group dances twice monthly September through May and has ambition to travel to national conventions with four squares in special costumes.
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Don Black
Ottawa
George Antone
Richard Hewi
S. College
Mrs. Hewitt
Hewittts
Memorial Auditorium
Turkey House
Hutchinson
Hewitt
Fayetteville
Ark
Dallas
Tex
Red River Valley
Virginia
Turekey House
Antones
Famed Local Rockhound Dies at 85 in Ottawa
Albert C. Carpenter, 85, founder of the Lesh Oil Company, died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after 21 years of declining health. He lived in Ottawa 53 years, led local oil and civic groups, chaired church boards, and was known as the dean of Kansas rockhounds. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home with burial in Highs Cemetery. memorials may go to Ottawa University Chapel window fund. He leaves his wife Hilda Jones Carpenter, a brother in Chanute, and several nieces and nephews.
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Albert C. Carpenter
East 11Th St
Lesh Off Company
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb Funeral Home
Roger Greenslade
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Highsand Cemetery
Ottawa University Chapel
Carpenter
Ottawa
New Lancaster
Kan
John Mason Carpenter
Mary Adelaide (Lewis) Carpenter
Proctor
Paola
Ottawa University
Maud Carpenter
Hilda Jones
Emporia
John Carpenter
Chanute
Max Ward
Raymond Schmidt
Russell Crites
Summer School Fees Dropped by School Board Action
The 290 board of education Monday night dropped all summer school fees except book rentals. Superintendent Marvin P. Forker said contracted teachers reacted with mixed emotions while noting Title I will cover 60 percent of the program this year, down from full district funding last year. Air conditioners are being installed in rooms across schools and salaries are split between district funds and Title I, with nine teachers funded by Title I. Courses include English, typing, speech therapy, Spanish, driver's education, math, and experiments in advance, with junior and senior high classes available for credit if desired.
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Board of Education
Marvin P. Forker
Adance
Kennedy urges sweeping review of policy toward China
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy calls for a special commission to reassess U S policy toward Communist China. He proposes experts to lead the panel and examine informal contacts, UN representation, trade embargo adjustments, and China’s role in arms control, urging persistent engagement despite possible initial rejection.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
DiMass
U.S
China
Johnson
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Milton 5. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins UN
Red China
United Nations
Kennedy
Mainland
Formosa
United States
Water District urges Franklin County signers to join
The Chippewa Water District last calls charter signers for the Franklin County district today and Wednesday. Residents seeking water must sign at Homewood Community House from 6:30 to 9. The unit must be subscribed immediately to access available funds. Current district residents may pay the remaining water right balance of 200 dollars. The rural district covers southwest Franklin County and northwest Anderson County.
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Chippewa Water District
Franklin County Water District
Homewood
Tomore Row
Franklin County
Anderson County
Poles Celebrate Church Start in Czestochowa
In Czestochowa Poland more than 100000 people witnessed Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski bear the Black Madonna image around the monastery ramparts for Christianity's 1000th anniversary. Police harassed the crowd while Father Melchior Krulik lamented the absence of Pope Paul VI as officials barred foreign church dignitaries who had not cleared the event with authorities.
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Czestochowa
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Melchoir Krulik
Paul VI
County Weather Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with southerly winds of 10 to 15 mph. Low tonight 45 to 50, high Wednesday in the 70s. Monday high 73, today’s low 44. Year ago high 77, low 63. Record high 92 in 1952, record low 30 in 1007. Hourly temps ending 8 am today show 54 at 9 am and rising to 68 by noon, with barometer at 90.36.
Grandma in Rock History Elva Miller Sells Big
Elva Miller of Claremont California becomes a pop sensation with the LP Mrs Millers Greatest Hits released by Capitol on April 11. The single Downtown and A Lovers Concerto top Billboard charts as she signs for Ed Sullivan show May 22.
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New York
U.S
Elva Miller
Claremonth
Calif
Los Angeles
Billboard Magazine
Florence Foster Jenkins
Ed Sullivan
Bankers Call for Cuts in Domestic Spending at Chamber Meet
Archie K. Davis head of the American Bankers Association urged the federal government to curb its spending as a curb on inflation. Gardner Ackley warned that rising prices and profits could spur a risky boom and called for tighter restraint including price cuts where possible. The debate dominated the 54th annual U.S. Chamber of Commerce meeting with 4,500 delegates.
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Washington
American Bankers Association
White House
Archie K. Davis
Winstone Salem
N.C
Bankers’ Group
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Gardner Ackley
President
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Chamber
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Ash Street
Kansas Oil Men's Association
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa Rotary Club
Kansas Academy of Science
Federeated Church
Kanesas Rockhounds
Ted Kennedy
Pat
Chiena
Yahoo
Miss Ottawa
Joy Varner
Joy
Baker University
Lee Varner
Arlington
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