Famous Envoy Nomura Dead at 86 in Tokyo
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Japan’s ambassador to the United States at Pearl Harbor, died at 86 after a long illness. He faced a famous diplomatic confrontation on December 7, 1941 with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, amid Japan’s attack and rejection of a U.S. peace plan. Nomura denied advance knowledge of the attack and was seen as a proponent of peace who avoided prosecution as a war criminal.
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Kichisaburo Nomura
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United States
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State Department
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Hull
Washington
U.S
Navy
Wellsville PTA Completes Funded Fans For Schools
Wellsville area notes show eighteen electric fans bought for over 300 dollars by the Wellsville PTA for schools. Money came from a PTA carnival and bazaar last fall. Mrs. H E Stonequist leads cancer fund canvass with assistants Ms Willa Coughenour, Mrs John Reeves, Mrs L D Cole, and Mrs George Sherman. Rural Life Sunday and 4 H Sunday observed at New Hope Baptist Church May 3. Mother Daughter Banquet sponsored by Wellsville PTA at high school gym on April 30.
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Bernice Holden
Wellsville
Parent - Teacher Association
H. E. Stonequist
Franklin and Hays Township
Willa Coughenour
John Reeves
L. D. Cole
George Sherman
Cancer Fund
Stonequist
New Hope Baptist Church
Rural Life
Parent
Teacher Association
Bids Open May For Southeast Kansas Road Resurfacing
Kansas Highway Commission Director Addison Meschke said bids will open May 21 in Chanute for 201 miles of maintenance resurfacing across multiple southeast counties. Bids also seek six miles of grading and a K47 bridge project from Fredonia east.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Addison H. Meschke
Chanute
Kansas
Fredonia
Alaska Rebuilds After Great Earthquake Obvious Hope
Alaska rises from the Good Friday disaster with plans to relocate damaged cities and repair lifelines. Officials cite $750 million in damage, 115 deaths, and federal aid sought as Anchorage Seward Valdez Kodiak brace for a long reconstruction.
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J. C. Penney Department
4Th Avenue
Anchorage
Kenai Peninsula
Seward
Railport
Valdez
Uncle Sam
Statehood
Congress
William A. Egan
Egan
Army Corps of Engineers
Kodia
Resurrection Bay
All-America Mom Bundle Of Energy
Mrs. Cora Hjertaas Stavig named 1964 America Mother of the Year by the American Mothers Committee. Born in Myville North Dakota she wed Dr Lawrence Stavig of Augustana College and raised four sons. She hosts visiting lecturers and serves as a marriage counselor while urging strong family values. Her sons include Lt Col Paul Stavig, English professor Richard Stavig, industrial engineer David Stavig, and postdoc researcher Mark Stavig.
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Pierce Lehmbeck
New York
Cora
Hjertaas Stavig
America
American Mothers Committee
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Lawrence Stavig
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
Hong Kong
Sierra Leone
Stavig
Paul Stavig
Air Force
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Richard Stavig
Kalamazoo
Mich
David Stavig
Mark Stavig
Harvard
Business Seems On LBJ's Side
In Hot Springs Virginia AP reports business leaders at the Spring Conference say President Johnson has won greater confidence from corporate America. Republican industrialists praise his willingness to listen and his early tax cut and budget moves. Many attendees note his openness to business advisers and the importance of profits for growth. Johnson had invited industry leaders to the White House dinner last week.
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Business Council
Johnson
Council
White House
President
Industry
Finance
Notes From Lane Area: Birth and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Larry Davis welcomed a son named Daniel Dean born April 30 at Miami County Hospital Paola. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roland Mitchell and Mr and Mrs Earl Davis. Mrs Donald McDougal led a Sunday school movie trip to Garnett. Fourteen children and nine mothers attended a well child clinic at the church annex sponsored by the VFW Aux. The Bump family reunion gathered forty five relatives at Garnett Lake Shelter house with dinner, fishing and photos. Senior Class traveled to Busl Shoals Lake Arkansas for activities including water sports and a Southern Four quartet entertainment night.
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Gailchambers
Larry Davis
Miami County Hospital
Paola
Daniel Dean
Roland Mitchell
Earl Davis
Donald McDougal
Garnett
George Johnston
Ed Cooper
Well Child
Church Annex
VFW Aux
Bump
Shelter House
Garnett Lake
Busl Shoals Lake
Mountain Home
Ark
Hawkins Grange Open House Leads to Program and Plans
The Hawkins Grange held an open house and supper on Wednesday with group singing a duet and piano solos. Gerald Reed showed UN trip photos. Plans were made to clean cemeteries for Memorial Day. A vote approved buying paint for Louis Bibler. Kathleen Keening and 4 H Club members from Kansas City applied.
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Hawkins Grange
Gerald Reed
United Nations
Louis
Bibler
Kansaside Briles School
Grange Meet
City
Kathleen K. Keening Place
4-H Club
Kansas City
Baker Adds Two Faculty for 1964 65 Year
Baker announces two new faculty hires for the 1964 65 year. Robert P. Schesvold will join in September as instructor of social science, with degrees from Buena Vista College and the University of South Dakota. He previously taught at Stout State College and is married with four children. LaMonte I Lauridsen becomes physical science professor, holding a B S from Gustavus Adolphus College and an M S from Missouri, after seven years teaching mathematics physics and chemistry at Alden High School. he is married with three sons.
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Baker
Robert P. Schesvold
Schesvold
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Iowa
University of South Dakota
Stout State College
Menomonie
Wis
LaMonte I. Lauridsen
Lauridsen
Gustavus Adrophys College
University of Missouri
Alden High School
Alden, Minn
Job Opportunities Rise as Temperature Climbs in Ottawa
Cal Ewing of the Kansas Employment Service Ottawa office notes improving job opportunities nationwide. April placements rose, with four teen agricultural postings and other openings more than doubling since March. Construction, yard work, and cleaning jobs are available as high school testing expands in Ottawa Paola Louisburg Spring Hill. Initial unemployment claims hold steady, total weeks claimed down in April. An auto mechanic course will be offered in Topeka in June for unemployed male heads of families. May is Senior Citizens Month to promote hiring older workers.
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Cal Ewing
Ottawa
Kansas Employment Service
Paola
Louisburg
Spring Hill
Topeka
Ewing
Mame
Khrushchev Arrives in Cairo for High Profile Visit
Security tightens for Premier Khrushchev with Egyptian troops and plain clothes agents guarding. Up to 200 Soviet security staff accompany him, special Moscow contact lines linked from Cairo and Aswan, and two Soviet planes ready for troop transport. Khrushchev to meet Nasser, tour factories and the Aswan Dam, with rest periods and a Red Sea fishing day planned.
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Cairo
Khrushchev
Moscow
Aswan
Alexandria
Port Said
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
City Records 12 Fire Calls in April
Ottawa Fire Department logged 12 calls during April per chief Harry Gilliland. Incidents included gasoline spill cleanup, grass and trash fires, a lawn mower fire, a leaking carburetor, and a lighting strike. Damages ranged up to 350 dollars with several cases causing no damage.
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Ottawa Fire Department
Harry Gilliland
Fiue
S. Cedar
Lincoln
S. Sycamore
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