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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
5
Franklin County Agriculture Extension Agent Robert Bozworth says spring wet weather hinders planting, risking 20 to 30 percent yield reductions for corn and wheat. Farmers report delayed planting across eastern Kansas as back-to-back sunny days fail to appear, with June 15 deadlines for milo and soybeans looming.
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan completed close lunar flyby operations and tested the lunar module in the moon environment. They photographed landing sites studied landmarks and practiced navigation as they prepare for the return journey. Mission Control offered extra sleep but the crew rose early and tackled a jammed camera. They expect to splash down in the Pacific near Pago Pago Monday after a 54 hour return.
Twenty Ottawa High School boys who just finished a three bedrooms home say class time spent building offers practical learning. One student notes you can think while you work and you don’t have to sit still. The project blends education with real world activity as the home heads toward market availability.
Students in special projects and advanced drawing at the high school built a three bedroom home in the 1000 block of Olive Street. Instructors Gary Newmaster and Ronald Spencer oversaw 850 hours of student work plus 550 hours by the teachers. Open house is set for Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. The home is appraised at 17,500 with build cost about 12,500.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, convicted assassin of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, reached San Quentin Death Row after an early dawn transfer from Los Angeles. He joined 77 condemned inmates in Cell 33 near the gas chamber, with execution years away at best given past delays.
Volunteers will be on hand Saturday to complete the city wide Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up pickup drive around town. Originally scheduled for a week ago the event was called off by rain. City trucks did pick up some items Monday put out by residents. The trucks will pick up whatever items Ottawans put out on the curb Saturday.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions on Saturday. Low tonight 50 to 55 and high Saturday in the lower 70s. Thursday high 54 and today’s low 50, year ago highs 60 and lows 53. Record highs 93 in 1939 and record low 37 in 1923. Trace precipitation in the last 24 hours. Barometer 30.25.
Kansas general fund will gain about $500000 yearly as fuel taxes rise to seven and eight cents for gasoline and special fuel. The 1969 law shifts top deductions, reducing distributor shrinkage from 3.5% to 3%, boosting state revenue and reallocating funds to highways, counties, and a new freeway construction fund.
U S Air Force says Sgt. Paul A. Meyer took a C130 Hercules from Mildenhall after a night of drinking. The 60-ton transport is presumed down at sea after fuel ran out. Meyer, 23, called his wife in Virginia during the flight and later refused to speak to authorities. No crash reports or radar contact since 7 a m British time.
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