Summer school cuts likely in Ottawa district
USD 290 assistant superintendent William E. White says about 150 of roughly 275 elementary students may be turned away from the summer program due to stricter Title I regulations. Classes will be held only at Eisenhower with busing from Lincoln Hawthorne and Eugene Field. funding remains around 11,000 federally and 53,631 for Title I.
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Edward McGrath
Ottawa
William E. White
USD 290
White
Garfield
Eisenhower
Eisenhower School
Lincoln
Hawthorne
Eugene Field School
Welfare Department
Public Meeting on Plans for New Hospital
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Directors invite members and the public to a noon Friday meeting at the North American Hotel. Architect Don Depew will present plans for the new Ransom Memorial Hospital with hospital administrator Steve Lott as assistant. Robert Clogston will moderate.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
North American Hotel
Don Depew
Topeka
New Ransom Memorial Hospital
Steve Lott
Robert M. Clogston
Depew
Ekdahl Davis & Depew
Allen Loyd
Chamber
Lebo Area Boy Killed In Farm Accident
Lincoln Dee Hodges, seven, of rural Reading, died after being trapped between a backing truck and a building wall on his parents farm near Lebo. The truck, driven by his mother, injured him Tuesday evening and he was rushed to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, where he died shortly after arrival. The Hodges home lies about 4.5 miles west of Lebo.
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Lebo
Kan
Lincoln Dee Hodges
Reading
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Hodges
Rogers Fawzi hold friendly talks on Suez Canal peace path
Secretary of State Rogers met Egyptian Prime Minister Fawzi in Cairo for a cordial session aimed at reviving Arab-Israeli talks and reopening the Suez Canal. He said the meeting was useful and plans a Thursday briefing with President Sadat before moving on to Israel.
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Mahmoud Fawzi
Egypt
Rogers
Israel
Suez Canal
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Mahmoud Riad
East Bank
Jerusalem
Israeli Galili
Beirut
William Brock
R-Tenn
Nixon
United States
Justice
KCC Renews Railroad Plea Across Kansas to Denver
Topeka AP Dale Saffels chairman of the Kansas Corporation Commission renewed a plea for a National Railroad Passenger Corporation service linking Kansas City Missouri to Denver via Topeka Manhattan Junction City Salina and Hays. He said there is no service between these regions and offered passenger statistics and Union Pacific data to show demand and need for the route as support for the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 and criticized current eastern coast to Midwest service as inadequate.
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Topeka
Dale Saffels
Kansas Corporation Commission
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Kansas City
Denver
Colo
Manhattan
Junction City
Salina
Hays
Saffels
Roger D. Lewis
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Union Pacific Railroad
East Coast
Midwest
North Vietnamese retake Muong Phalane Laos base
Muong Phalane, an eastern Laotian base on Highway Nine, fell to North Vietnamese forces for the second time in 24 months. Government troops, outnumbered about two to one, withdrew under heavy attack after about 1,500 to 2,000 attackers. Laos air force supported the retreat as 40 government casualties were reported. U.S. positions in Vietnam saw two rocket and mortar strikes near Da Nang with light damage and no casualties.
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Saigon
Muong Phalane
Namese
Highway Nine
Vientiane
Laos
Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Dan Nang
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Nixon Enters Fray To Save Lockheed
President Nixon moves to back $250 million in federal loan guarantees to avert Lockheed Aircraft Corp collapse. Bipartisan support surfaces in Congress is unsure and divisions emerge over how to implement aid while guarding against broader bailouts. Senate critics push for general agency oversight rather than case by case relief.
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Washington
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Capital Hill
House
Senate
Mansfield
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Lockheed Loan Guarantees
Protesters March On Congress After Massive Arrests
Washington AP reports antiwar demonstrators, thinned by 10 000 arrests, gather for a Capitol march led by Rennie Davis and others. Police block White House access as protesters rally near Lafayette Park and plan actions against the Justice Department, with GOP senators praising police restraint.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
White House
Federal Employer For Peace
Lafayette Park
Paul McCloskey
Rcalif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Justice Department
Rennie Davis
Beauty Pageantry Returns To Ottawa
The Miss Ottawa Pageant resumes after a 1969 discontinuation with new leadership. Exemplar Beta Sigma Phi sponsors plan the Mini Miss Ottawa Pageant for June 5 at Memorial Auditorium for Franklin County high school graduates 18 by Sept 1. Applications via Mrs. Alan Whitacre or Mrs. Frank Yates. auditions include talent, evening gown, and swimwear with judges including Miss Kansas Pageant field reps.
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Ottawa
Lions Club
Beta Sigma Phi
Memorial Auditorium
Franklin County
Alan Whitacre
Frank Yates
Pratt
Dick Williams
Bud Wheeler
Whitacre
OU Begins Campaign In County
Ottawa University kicked off its annual county wide support drive with a luncheon of the advanced gifts committee. The goal is 50000 dollars, up from last year, with Dr. Peter Armacost noting the greater need to fund quality education.
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Ottawa University
Advanced Gifts
Alien Loyd
Howard Doyen
Advance Gifts
Peter Armacost
Jack Patty
Patty
Governor Improving From Traction At St Francis
Governor Robert Docking shows signs of improvement after pelvic traction at St Francis Hospital. The physician attending him reports reduced back pain and notes a suspected sacroiliac pinched nerve. Docking remains hospitalized for several more days and state business continues with staff handling duties. John Ivan attended dedication for the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association headquarters.
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Docking
John Ivan
The
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Kansas Teachers Warn of Facing Boards in Confrontation
Dr. Melvin E. Neely, executive secretary of the Kansas National Education Association, warned of possible serious clashes between school boards and teacher groups. He cited boards’ failure to negotiate in good faith, delaying tactics, and refusal to share budget information as pushing teachers to unprecedented actions across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas National Education Association
Boards of Education
Melvin E. Neely
Kansas
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