Bids Fall Below Estimate For New High School Project
District 30 officials celebrate base bids under the $1.18 million bond goal as seven contractors submit offers for the new high school with three firms leading the race once extras are factored. The board plans a May 31 meeting to award contracts and set completion by mid July 1966.
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Terry Murphy
Beelow
Horst and Terrill
Bowers
Topeka
Foy
Hutchinson
Hunter and Lundberg
Manhattan
West Third
Anchor Savings
Ottawa High School
District 30 Board of Education
Elizabeth Spencer
John Huderson
Carey's Bid Low On Power Work
An Ottawa contractor is the apparent low bidder for the mechanical portion of the new high school. Carey’s Plumbing and Heating bid 223,400 for mechanical work while Norris Brothers of Lawrence is the apparent low electrical bidder at 88,600. Other mechanical bids include Norris 232,300 and Gough 270,000. Other electrical bids list Huxtable 92,600 Wiggins 94,586 Koeppen 97,500 and O. K. Johnson 104,590.
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Ottawa
Carey’s Plumbing and Heating
Norris Brothers
Lawrence
Norris
Gough
Huxtable
Wiggins
Koeppen
O. K. Johnson
Commencement Tonight for Ottawa High School Class
Commencement exercises for the 1965 graduating class of Ottawa High School will be at 8 p m at Memorial Auditorium. Dr John King president of Emporia State Teachers College will speak.
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Ottawa High School
Memorial Auditorium
John King
Emporia State Teachers College
Bad Battery Cell Delays Gemini 4 Flight Postponement
A faulty battery cell forced postponement of a rehearsal for the Gemini 4 mission at Cape Kennedy. Officials warned the June 3 launch could be delayed. Mission director Kraft said a final decision would come after battery changes and test evolutions, with tests continuing through the weekend.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
Christopher Do. Kraft Jr
McDivitt
White
Pentagon Seeks Bonuses To Retain Skilled Military
The Pentagon proposes a special bonus to lure skilled personnel into reenlistment. Aimed at highly trained specialists, the plan could pay up to 6300 dollars, stacked on existing reenlistment pay, and applies to the first reenlistment only. Congress previously rejected a similar plan, but officials push for approval amid retention challenges across services.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services
Congress
Senate
House
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Defense Department
Copters Collide in Saigon. Nine Americans Die
Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed in flames at Bien Hoa Air Base killing nine Americans and injuring two. Earlier, six miles west of Chu Lai, Viet Cong guerrillas and U.S. Marines fought a grenade battle. one Marine was killed, ten Marines were wounded, and six Viet Cong bodies were found with one wounded guerrilla captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Chu Lai
Explosion in Indian Coal Mine Kills 200, Traps Hundreds
A predawn explosion at a Dhanbad coal mine in Bihar state, India, killed about 200 workers and potentially as many as 400 missing. Officials said coal dust likely caused the blast during shift change, with the Hokk aro Ramgarh group mine producing 20,000 tons annually for Bokaro steel mill.
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New Delhi
India
Dhanbad
Ministry of Mines
Hokk
Aro Ramgarh Group
Bokaro
United States
Bihar
Calcutta
Salaries Rise as Census shows income gains in 1964
A Census Bureau report notes about 464,000 American families crossed the $3,000 income line, reducing poverty. The number with $10,000 or more rose by 1.4 million, while the median income increased from $6,249 to $6,569, a 5 percent rise from 1963. Purchasing power rose 4 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
County Forecast Weather Details
Forecasters call for fail and cool conditions through Saturday with northerly winds easing tonight. Low tonight mid 40s, high Saturday near 70. Thursday high 66, today’s low 43. Year ago: high 70, low 50. Record highs 100 in 1895, record low 34 in 1947. 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am trace.
Races At Garnett Move To Fall Grand Prix Planned
The Garnett Racing Association, led by president elect Jim Cooper, scheduled a fall race around the lake north of the city after two July Fourth riots. The event, tentatively set for October 23, would require city permission and is backed by the Sports Car Club of America Kansas City chapter. Officials note only two similar courses exist in the United States.
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Sports Car Club of America
Kansas City
Garnett Racing Association
Jim Cooper
Colege
Sports
Ponca City
Okla
Cooper
United States
New York
Wisconsin
Ottawa K-68 hearingHearings split on route through Ottawa
A state K-68 relocation hearing in Ottawa drew 84 attendees with 16 speaking for the new diagonal from Oak to Keokuk and 5 objectors. Proponents urged moving K-68 off Logan to Main while opponents pressed to keep the current line with overpasses or westward realignment. Community groups, lawyers, business leaders and officials voiced positions, citing costs, right of way, and access impacts.
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Oak
Keokuk
Logan
Main
C. H. Vincker
Chanute
D. E. Dugan
State Highway Department
Dugan
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
City
Nugent Creek Bridge
William Bowers
Owen Shofner
City Planning Commission
Locust
Forest Park
Shofner
Jim McCrea
Kiwanis Club
Richard Skoog
Olive Basile
Skoog
Clifford Stipp
Stipp
Kenneth Andrews
Andrews
Logan and
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B.A. Green
English
Bauman
Gehring
Constant
Lundgreen
Watson
Carey
Marvin P. Forker
District 30
Glenn Horst
Joe Terrill
Board of Education
Dhane
Herald
Garnett
Monte
Robert Wellington
Winton A. Winter
H. R. Williams
Logan and Main
Winter
Ks 68
A. E. Kohler
E. Logan
Pomona Lake Realtors
Wayne Angell
Earl Richardson
Board of County Commissioners
Laurence Wightman
Lewis Irwin
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Shelden
Chamber
George Lister
Ottawa Development Inc
Marvin Forker
Russell Crites
Osage Lakes Development Association
Robert Pence
Ottawa Lions Club
Clarence Hegberg
Ottawa Rotary Club
Earl Guist
Bruce
H. D. Lee Inc
Ben Park
Franklin County Historical Society
Howard J. Doyen
Franklin County Realtors
Honda
Brown
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