Side Swipes and Local Events From Ottawa Area
A photo story on Interstate 35 construction by J. B. Mickey appears in multiple languages including Polish and Russian. An effort to fund a varsity honor student tour reached halfway with $165 raised. 38 students will travel to Kansas City by bus for events, with a $7.50 per pupil cost. Miss Ottawa contest proceeds include a $200 scholarship and a chance to compete in Pratt. Also in brief: parakeets used as bail in London. a flood rescue by Sgt. William W. Heiden in Kentucky.
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Ottawa
J. B. Mickey
Ross Construction Co
Popular Mechanics
U.S. Information Service
Mickey
al Hyat Fi America
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa High
Kansas City
First National Bank
Ford Assembly
Country Club
Memorial Auditorium
Pratt
Ottawa Lions Club
Outward Bound Play Set for OU Campus May Day
Ottawa University students present the Sutton Vane drama Outward Bound in the Administration Building auditorium on the OU campus May 1. The production promises a suspenseful atmospheric tale with a campus stage crew and cast working to bring the mystery to life.
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Sutton Vane
Ottawa University
Protesting Plato Book Sparks School Board Row
Houston AP Faye Seale, 35, will protest Channelview School Board over a library book about Plato in her son’s junior high. She cites Living Biographies of Great Philosophers and blasts its content as obscene. The issue follows earlier objections to Living Biographies of Religious Leaders.
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Houston
Tex
Faye, Seale
Channelview
Sentavana
H. €. Schochler
Garden City Books
Doubleday & Sons
Garden City
Nlw
Flood relief in Ottawa tied to Army engineers project
Flood warnings ease as Marais des Cygnes River recedes in Ottawa. Officials say channel enlargement reduced water levels by 2.8 feet at Main Street bridge and 1.7 feet inland, though incomplete levees leave gaps. Project aims to prevent future floods, aided by Pomona and Melvern reservoirs to guard lower valley lands and Ottawa against historic flood levels.
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Marais Des Cygney
Ottamwa
Army Engineer
Ony
Andrew Hollins
Corps of U. S. Army Engineers
Kansas City
Ottawa
Main Street
Army Engineers
Pomona
Melvern
Tunisian President Bourguiba Recovers, to Leave Washington
President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia has completely recovered from bronchitis and will depart Washington on Wednesday, according to an embassy spokesman. His illness caused him to cancel a planned weekend trip to the Tennessee Valley and Dallas, Texas.
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Washington
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Tennessee Valley
Dallas
Tex
Longtime Lincoln teacher Mrs Wilson retires after 26 years
The Lincoln School P T A and faculty host a tea at 4 p m tomorrow to honor 26 year veteran teacher Mrs Addys E Wilson who retires at term end She taught 11 years before her daughter was born and returned teaching in two half day periods across grades She pursues Latin American geography and history studies and plans more time with family in Kansas City.
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Addys E. Wilson
Ith
Lincoln
Wilson
Atong One
L. A. Wilson
Russell
Wilson Topeka
Kansas
Eugene Field School
North American
E. E. Haley
Uader
Ottawa
Robert A. Anderson
J. F. Barr
Ransom Bennett Jr
Dean Berlin
Guy Briscoe
Neil Bullock
Randolph Bundy
R. M. Clogston
Lee Casida
J. R. Cheney
Henry Colby
Harold Crawford
Russell Crites
Red Cupp
Gordon Doughwarthy
Paul Gaynor
W. E. Gilliland
C. W. Hegberg
Milo Hewitt
Robert Hill
Lee Hysom
Cleanup Starts No Additional Rain Forecast
Flood cleanup begins in Ottawa as the Marais des Cygnes retreats within its banks. The crest reached 27.8 feet at the Main Street bridge, with eight states hit by storms and hundreds displaced. SBA loans available. Red Cross aid assists a few families. West 2nd Street to be temporary dump area. Volunteers and National Guardsmen aid sandbagging. statewide relief efforts continue as weather clears.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Middlewest
Kenneth Andrews
Small Business Administration
Kansas City
Don Capper
Red Cross
Robert Lister
West 2Nd Street
Missouri Line
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Santa Fe Caravan Pauses At Olathe
The Santa Fe Trail caravan halted in Olathe during its 800 mile Kansas Centennial trek to Santa Fe. A 16 mile route through Mission Merriam Shawnee and Overland Park drew about 14000 spectators. Three parade injuries were reported including 70 year old Herless Abernathy thrown from a wagon, 11 year old Martin Ward with a leg injury from a Boy Scout float fall, and 13 year old Valaria Van Walleghem with an arm injury after a horse toss. The caravan continues to Baldwin and then Overbrook for an overnight stop.
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Mission
Merriam
Shawnee
Overland Park
Herless Abernathy
Larned
Kas
Martin Ward
Valaria van Walleghem
Olathe
Baldwin
Overbrook
NATO Urges Portugal to Revise its African Policy
Oslo AP reports NATO ministers pressed Portugal to rethink its colonial policy in Africa amid Angola bloodshed and rising African nationalism. Britain France and others urged terms with emerging native governments rather than defending past colonial stances.
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Oslo
Norway
Angola
Noguera
Britain
France
Juts
Halvard Lange
Herold Macmillan
Africa
Ugi Lange
U.S
Dean Ta
Weather County Forecast Fair Warm Moderate Tonight
Fair with rising temperatures this afternoon through Wednesday. Highs this afternoon 65 to 70. Lows tonight in the 40s. Highs Wednesday 75 to 80.
Rebel Refusal Clouds Laos Peace Talks
Rebel officials refused to deal with the International Control Commission at Hin Heup. The move clouds the outlook for the 14 nation conference in Geneva. Royal government officials said the rebels had no instructions and would not recognize the ICC, complicating cease-fire verification ahead of the talks. The ICC officers planned to report to Indian chairman Samar Sen.
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Vientiane
Laos
International Control Commission For
Hin Heup
Geneva
ICC
Udon Sanani‘Kone
Royal
Three-Nation Commission
Commission
Samar Sen
Truce Commission
United States
Britain
France
New Foundation For Bank Falls In Beverly Hills
A $13.5 million bank building on Wilshire Boulevard collapsed during foundation work, dropping scaffolding and concrete into an excavation for an underground parking lot. No injuries were reported as police cited ruptured water mains. night watchman warned traffic. Street traffic and onlookers delayed as the site was secured.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wilshire Boulevard
Ray Brock
C California Bank
May 6 1961 Comparable 1960 Period
A fragmented log item notes a 24 hour span ending at 9 a.m. Tuesday and references May 6 in 1961 with a comparative note to 1960 period figures. The readable fragments point to a time-based comparison record.
Nixon Critiques Censorship Idea On Press Freedom
Detroit AP reports Nixon during a Topeka tour criticized President Kennedy for urging self restraint in news coverage. He called secrecy a misunderstanding of a free press role after a two vehicle crash on U S 75 injured Northrup of Scranton and detailing injuries from last week.
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Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Topeka
William J.J
Northrup
Scranton
Detroit Press Club
Demon Edge
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Hyland
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Fort Knox
C. A. Woosley
William W. Heiden
Toledo
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Ak Bwsa
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Tom Prior
Linda Marshall
Melissa Smith
Ann
Henry
Voumses
Fletcher Bray
Seale
Frank McNamar
Nancy Haley
Cliveden-Banks
Lin-viriue Ida Welsh
Midge
Prior
Bob Smith
Lingley
Steve Reddy
Allen Pixley
William Duke
Frank Thomson
Katharine Pappas
University
Addys Wilson
Coffeyville
Oklahoma
Iinois
Arkansas
Ponca City
Great Lakes
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Santa Fe
NATO
Portugal
Bank
Keokuk
Malin
North Main Street
Jail Burgoom
Dale Goforth
Nixon
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