Century 21 Reading Program Tops Ottawa Fair Theme
The 1962 Summer Reading Program co sponsored by the Ottawa PTA Council and Carnegie Free Library uses Century 21 To The World's Fair Through Books as its theme. The program features a world fair setting with native elements and a model monorail. Children from first through sixth grade may enroll starting June 4, with reading progress tracked by fairground travel.
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Ottawa
PTA Council
Carnegie Free Library
Space Needle and Coliseum
Nell Barnaby
PTA
Frederick Hermreck
Council
Carl Ziegler
Eugene Field School
Jack Sauer
Sacred Heart School
Jack Hadley
Garfield
Marvin Durbin
Lincoln
Edith Hasty
Hawthorne
Irene Keelin
Billy Knoeppel
Addie
Chuck Anderson
Pomona Dam Progress Ahead of Schedule at Pomona Reservoir
Army engineers report the Pomona Reservoir dam work is ahead of schedule with a planned summer closure. Closing the gap involves routing the stream through control facilities and sealing the diversion channel. Once raised, the dam could be used in emergencies for limited flood control while the conservation pool is formed later in 1963.
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Pomona Reservoir
Army Engineers
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Showers and storms overnight likely
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the county with locally heavy storms possible tonight. Lows will be in the 60s and highs tomorrow in the 90s.
Explosion in Plane in Centerville Crashes Jetliner
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators reported an explosion of unknown origin aboard a Continental Airlines jetliner caused the crash near Centerville Iowa. Forty five people were killed Tuesday night in the disaster.
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Centerville
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental Airlines
More Automobiles Than Homes In Franklin County
Census figures from the United States Department of Commerce show Franklin County has 7,110 housing units with 6,546 occupied. There are 7,198 automobiles for 7,110 homes, and only 5,585 homes have flush toilets. Owner-occupied homes number 4,681, renters 1,865, and 564 homes are empty. Median value of owner homes is $7,000. Median gross rent is $59. There are 5,540 televisions, but 5,375 telephones. 5,809 radios, and 5,614 homes have a bathtub or shower.
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United States Department of Commerce
Franklin County
County launches mid June polio oral vaccine program
Franklin County Medical Society sponsors a county wide immunization drive with oral polio vaccine. Clinics will run June 11 to 16 in Ottawa Wellsville Richmond Rantoul Lane Pomona Williamsburg and Princeton. The vaccine costs 50 cents per dose but free or donation options apply for those in need. Exclusions include fever diarrhea or recent tonsillectomy.
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Franklin County Medical Society
David Laury
Ottawa
Wellsville
Richmond
Rantoul
Lane
Pomona
Williamsburg
Princeton
Fly Flag To Honor War Dead
A Memorial Day appeal notes flying the flag honors those who served. The Ottawa Herald offers a 3 by 5 foot flag with mast and bracket at cost, now available for three dollars, to be displayed on Wednesday May 30.
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America
Ottawa Herald
Herald
the Herald
Twister Tip Wins $5 Prize
A Franklin County farmer’s report on a night storm that uprooted trees won the weekly five dollar tip prize for The Herald. Lyndon’s report on her nephew’s school and church attendance ranked a close second, with praise for Mrs. Hay Herring’s tip. Other entrants included Sue Scott and C C McAdoo. Readers may enter by calling CH 42-4700.
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Franklin County
The
Herald
Lyndon
Ralph Turner
Hay Herring
Sue Scott
Tremont
C. C. McAdoo
911 E. Wilson
Casbah of Algiers Faces New Trauma After Attacks
In Algiers Casbah Moslems prepare makeshift hospitals and mourn victims of European terrorism. FLN urged restraint and discipline as crowds chant Kassaman while authorities acknowledge the risk of a broader bloodbath sparked by Secret Army Organization violence.
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Algiers
Casbah
National Liberation Front
FLN
Turmoil in Casbah Amid Terror Threats and Clashing Claims
A chaotic Casbah scene reports European fear and Moslem control as nationalist officials claim Casbah population has swollen to over 150,000. Moslem doctors treat about 20 wounded daily. food is scarce and Europeans fear for safety while posters in French and Arabic urge action against terrorism.
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Casbah
E Ketar
Greater Tasbah
Provisional Executive
Famine drives refugees into Hong Kong border
Two Cantonese men aged 22 and 23 fled Red China after a 93 mile trek through dust and rain toward Hong Kong, seeking food amid famine rumors. They crossed the border, but, after 22 miles of rough terrain, were captured near a police station 300 yards from safety. They said they would try again.
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Fan Ling
Hong Kong Territory
Canton
Red
China
Hong Kong
Red China
Kwantung Province
Honk Kong
Decent Burial For Old Car
In Wick Scotland AP James Cormack a 77 year old man watched his custom built Cadillac plunge from a cliff into the North Sea claiming it a romantic burial after vandals burned his garage last winter He said the car was built in Detroit 22 years ago and he drove it over 200 000 miles choosing a dignified end rather than junk or capture by others.
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Wick
Scotland
James Cormack
North Sea
Cormack
Detroit
Rain Lifts River Seven Feet at Ottawa
The Marais des Cygnes River known as Old Mary rose seven feet after a valley rain of 1.5 to 2.8 inches. By yesterday, Ottawa Main Street bridge readings climbed from below the zero mark to about 5.1 feet this morning, reflecting the rapid rise.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa Main Street Bridge
Tanly's Toot thrills Ottawa youth at library fair
The eager young readers of Ottawa discover adventures at the library while Seattle fair excitement mirrors the atmosphere.
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Ottawa
Seattle
Soldiers admit setting fire at owner's request near Spring Hill
Two 20 year old soldiers Owen Marsh and James McCullough told deputies they burned a farm house near Spring Hill Kansas on the owner's instruction. The owner George Fletcher offered no insurance and supplied gasoline. The pair, stationed at the Gardner missile base, were arraigned in Paola district court with bonds set at 500 dollars.
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Paola
Kan
Spring Hill
Owen Marsh
McMinnville
Tenn
James McCullough
Solomon
Army
Gardner
George Fletcher
Martin Prothe
Fletcher
Deaf Girl Graduates With Honors From Fontbonne College
St Louis AP Dolores Wolters of Effingham Missouri graduates from Fontbonne College with honors after four years as a deaf student who never heard a lecture. She watched teachers and relied on notes from classmates while lip reading and reading textbooks. She won a Wall Street Journal award as outstanding member of her class majoring in business and has volunteered with deaf children at St Joseph Institute.
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ST. Louis
Dolores Wolters
Effingham
Mill
Fontbonne College
Dolores
Wall Street Journal
St. Joseph Institute
Stuck In The Wrong Chimney In Kingsport Police Probe
John William Smith, 33, was found stuck in a chimney in Kingsport Tennessee after a passing motorist alerted authorities. Sullivan County sheriff's office and Kingsport Rescue Squad freed him. He was placed in jail pending burglary investigation.
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Kingsport
Tenn
John William Smith
Smith
Sullivan County
Film Of Carpenter Orbit May Be Ruined By Water
The film record of America’s second manned space orbit was heavily damaged by sea water in the Atlantic near 250 miles from the planned landing area. Kodak crews rushed the 275 foot reel to Rochester where partial salvage may be possible and still photos by Carpenter remained intact.
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Rochester
N.Y
America
Scott Carpenter
Eastman Kodak Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Atlantic
Kodak Laboratories
Kodak
al McCoy
Photo Recording Methods Sales
Carpenter
John Glenn
Russia
Gherman Titov
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Raney
Library
al Knoeppel
S. Oak
Robert A. Anderson
S. Cedar
Lois Smith
Pomona Dam
Health Office
Twister Tip
By Andrew Borowiec
N.M
Rocky Cockerham
South China
Tanly
Missouri-Kansas Line
Kansas City
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