Rockin Readin at Ottawa Library Launches Summer Program
Ottawa Library begins the Rockin Summer Read-In on May 30 with rock music, games, magazines, and posters. The Downstairs becomes an instant rap corner for four to six year olds and readers of all ages can enroll with no age limit. Participants track books read. ten books earns a day glow sticker and one book earns a mini poster. The program runs through August 5 with hours 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Mon-Sat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Ostmeyer
Ottawa
James Dykstra
North East Kansas Library System
Sarah Bennett
Mer
Dykstra
Ottawa University
Nixon Brezhnev sign arms pact in Kremlin summit
Nixon and Brezhnev signed a defense missiles treaty and a five year offensive missiles accord in a Kremlin ceremony. The pacts set equal defences sites while giving the Soviets a long range advantage in offensive missiles as diplomacy continues amid Vietnam and Middle East concerns. An Ottawa man, Thomas John Hickman, 25, was injured in a single vehicle crash on West 15th Street near Eisenhower Road, treated then transferred to Kansas City with a lacerated left hand. vehicle destruction noted.
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Nixon
Brezhnev
Senate
Leningrad
Vietnam
Middle East
Ottawa
University of Kansas Medical Center
West 15Th Street
Thomas John Hickman
Maple
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Kansas City Hospital
Hickman
Medical
Eisenhower Road
Sand pile, flag girl draw Ottawa motorists along I 35
Travelers on I 35 near Ottawa notice two sights, a 35 000 ton sand pile for paving and Tarrie Bilous, the flag girl directing traffic near the K 68 interchange. Sand hauling from Lawrence continues daily as Clarkson Construction prepares 140 000 tons for 31 miles of road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mullen
Ottawa
Emporia
Loyd Tahoman
Clarkson Construction Company
Kansas City
Lawrence
Clarkson
Tahoman
Ransomville
J. H. Shears and Sons
Hutchinson
Tarrie Bilous
Tarrie
Women's Liberation
C Of C To Help At Fair At Franklin County Fair Displays
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce directors approved a request to assist in promoting exhibits by local firms for the Franklin County Fair August 22 through 26. President William Bowers said local companies would be contacted before the next board meeting. The downtown improvement committee agreed to switch to wide angle parking with two hour limits in prime city lots, awaiting city timing and ordinance changes. Directors also discussed National Farm City Week participation, and a screening committee for the chamber manager received 13 applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Bill Ransom
Glenn Underwood
Chamber
William Bowers
Kontum Battles Rattle South Vietnam Fronts
South Vietnamese forces repelled a major North Vietnamese assault on Kontum, with heavy street fighting at dusk. U S jets and helicopters struck tank columns defending Kontum and northern fronts near Hue, while other airstrikes hit a railroad bridge linking Hanoi to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Kontum
U.S
Hue
North Vietnam
Hanoi
China
Highlands
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Rockin
Lia
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Hiroshima
Kremlin
Ottawan
Berometer
Us-50
C of
Bowers
Long
Giai
Osburn
East 8Th
Kaw Valley Parachute Club
Antique Airplane Association
Municipal
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