Conservation Expert Receives 30 Year Service Pin
Lelan E. Davis a conservation technician with the Soil Conservation Service received a certificate and pin for 30 years of federal service Orville W Love presented the award today at the conservation office in Topeka Davis began federal work in 1935 with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Marion He later worked on a CCC project near Ottawa and in 1941 moved to the Soil Conservation District in Franklin County He has spent 27 years at his Ottawa position designing layouts and supervising construction of conservation practices on local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelan E. Davis
Soil Conservation Service
Orville W. Love
Topeka
Davis
N. Mulberry
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Marion
Ottawa
Soil Conservation District
Franklin County
Southwest winds bring warm clear conditions through Friday
County forecast shows southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. High Friday near 90, low tonight around 60. Precipitation chances: tonight 10 percent, Friday under 10 percent. Yesterday's stats include Wednesday high 85, today low 50, year ago high 74, year ago low 61, record high 96 in 1964, record low 35 in 1940. Hourly temperatures end at 8 am today.
Polls Show Johnson Popularity Slipping Amid Costs and Vietnam
Washington AP report notes President Johnson faces declining public approval due to high living costs and Vietnam War woes. Louis Harris cites a 214% year in the White House with 55% rating excellent or good, down from two months ago. Gallup shows a tighter Nixon-Johnson race with 54% for Johnson and 36% for Nixon. Johnson says he wants to deescalate Vietnam and out of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Louis Harris
White House
Harris
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Viet Nam
Troops Move To Aid Americans In Hue Vietnam
In Hue a battalion of South Vietnamese troops entered to protect the U S consulate and other American buildings after student protests. The U S Information Service building was set ablaze by about 200 demonstrators as clashes and a Buddhist funeral march drew national attention to the anti Ky regime unrest.
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Hue
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S.L
Saigon
U.S. Information Service
United States
Mguyen Cao Ky
Ia Drang Valley
U. S
City May Annex Area East of Lincoln
Ottawa city commission weighs annexing Sunnyside Addition platted in 1917 near Lincoln Street between Seventh and Ninth. Resident Isabel Espinosa seeks sewer service. health officials gave 15 days to fix septic issues. Officials favor studying the whole area before extending services. Also reports on snorkel fire truck issues, downtown mall plans, and partial paving bids for Cypress and Eleventh Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Black
Ottawa
City Commission
Sunnyside
Frankelin County Register of Deeds
Lincoln Street
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Isabel Espinosa
Lincoln
Espinosa
Vern Wadkins
Laurence Wightman
Charles Williamson
Harry Gilliland
Gilliland
Seagraves Corporation
Commission
Alpha
Walnut Street
Main Street
Williamson
Steve James
Cypress
Eleventh Streets
Cypress Street
Ninth
Tenth Street
James
Eleventh Street
Cedar
Mulberry Street
Ottawa Area Memorial Day Services Planned in Ottawa
Memorial Day events in Ottawa include VFW Post 5901 and auxiliary ceremonies at Highland Cemetery at 9 a.m. and American Legion Warren Black Post at 10 a.m. Rev. Ned Roberts will speak. Legion members will place flags on graves at 2 p.m. on May 28, with public invitation and city office closures. Flags displayed along Main Street. citizens urged to display flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5901
Auxiliary
Highland Cemetery
VFW
Flanders Field
Warren Black
American Legion
Ned Roberts
First Christian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Gold Star Mothers
Army Mothers
Legion
Main
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa Father of Eight Killed in One Car Crash Near Olathe
Max D. Likes, 33, of Ottawa, died at Olathe Community Hospital after his car overturned twice on K-7, four miles north of Olathe. A passenger, Franklin D. Franks, 25, of Ottawa, treated for facial cuts and released. Likes was a Beets Motor Car Co. mechanic, survived by wife Carol Radcliff and eight children, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Ottawa
Olathe
Olathe Community Hospital
Max D. Likes
S. Walnut
Franklin D. Franks
Likes
Towner’s Chapel
K.7
Johnson County
Korean GI Turncoat Arrives From China
Korean War turncoat Clarence Adams arrived in Hong Kong with his Chinese wife and two children, leaving two of 21 former American POWs still in Communist China. Adams, from Memphis, crossed the border with his family after U.S. consular officials met him, saying authorities expected his departure May 9. He said plans shifted and he would fly to the United States once travel documents and funds were available.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
China
Adams
Memphis
Tenn
Lowu
Louis
Della
Nicholas Platt
U.S
Red Cross
Howard Adams
Clarence
Corsicana
Tex
James Venerts
Hawethorne
Calif
Europe
Morris Wills
Fort Ann
N.Y
Veneris
Foreign Language Press
Peking University
United States
Mansfield
Western
Senate Poll Signals Europe Troop Reduction Debate
AP survey shows 44 senators favor eventual withdrawal of a large portion of U S forces in Europe with 15 open to token level of one division. McNamara notes public burden limits. Debate cites NATO commitments, France withdrawal, and economic costs. 29 favor gradual troop reductions.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Associated Press
Iron Curtain
Mike Mansfield
Western Europe
Pentagon
Europe
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Wayne Morse
Oregon
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Abraham A. Ribbott Sparkman
Alabama
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Mansfield
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Bulletin
U.s.ls
Hue University
U. S. Office
U. S.S Army
Thich Tri Quang
Don Hamilton
Light and Water
Hamilton
Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa Police
Ottawa University
Eleventh
Centennial Hall
Ottawan
NATO
France
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Peter H. Dominick
Colorado
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Gruening
Aiken
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