290 Board Forms Policy For Student Suspensions
Ottawa Unified School District 290 board approved a suspension policy for willful disobedience with procedures. Principals must meet with students, notify guardians in writing, and may suspend up to 10 school days or until semester end. Hearings, notices, and possible expulsion proceed with superintendent and board involvement. Additional actions include potential Hawkins School sale study, lounge furnishings budget of 325, blinds replacement at three rooms costing 300, and review of the annual audit.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Unified
Board of Education
Hawkins School
Ottawa Junior High School
Soroptimist Awards Set For Ottawa High Seniors
Ottawa High School seniors may win a $2,500 Youth Citizenship Award from the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas to be awarded in June 1969. two $100 Ottawa club awards also available based on service and leadership. Applications due February 1, 1969 to Harvey Drake or Mrs. Opal Howell or Mrs. Mary Douglas.
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Ottawa
Soroptimist Federation of the Americas, Inc
Ottawa Soroptimist Club
Harvey Drake
OHS
Opal Howell
Hickory
Mary Douglas
House of Douglas
Howell
Douglas
Drake
Soroptimist Federation
Saigon Missing Talks Postponed In Paris
Paris AP report says peace talks delayed due to Saigon government absence. Thieu refuses to talk with the NLF in Paris, embarrassing the U S delegation led by Ambassador Harriman. An NLF delegation arrived in Paris as talks stalled over reconnition and bombing halts.
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Paris
Vietnam
Saigon
NLF
Thieu
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Ident Johnson
Ottawa voters flock to polls amid gloom and chill rain
Ottawa turnout remained heavy as noon reported 1,954 voters at 11 polling places. Compared with about 800 by noon in the Aug 6 primary, lines formed at booths and one station requested more booths. Noon totals ranged from 68 at Kansas Loan office to 323 at Garfield Elementary, with seven hours left until 5 p.m.
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Ottawa
Kansas Loan Office
Garfield Elementary
Nation Goes To Polls At A Remarkable Pace
Washington dispatch reports Americans surged to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, with heavy turnout across states. Voters lined up in rain and city streets as Nixon Humphrey and Wallace quest continued. Agnew and Muskie voted with their families, while pollsters faced uncertainty about outcomes and potential House decision.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
North Carolina
Columbus
Mobile County
Ala
Kansas City
Detroit
Nixon
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
House
Muriel
White Frame
Waverly
Minn
Rain Notches Early Kansas Ballot Surge
In Kansas the rain did not deter voters as turnout for governor, a new senator, and a potential new Congressman looked set to break records. Shawnee county rural precincts and Wichita reported lines up to eight people, Topeka precincts clocked half hour waits, and Kansas City Kansas and Lyon County rural areas showed double or more turnout than the August primary. Hutchinson Dodge City Parsons and Coffeyville also reported heavy early voting.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Shawnee County
Wichita
Kansas City
Lyandotte County
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Parsons
Coffeyville
Ottawa University desegregation seen in daily campus life
Ottawa University with 1,014 students reports minimal overt racism. Black student Maurice Bryan cites subtle attitudinal prejudice, while peers Norman Tate Tanya Smith and Marilyn Osipik describe generally positive relations. The campus Human Relations and Civil Rights Commission works on tutoring, housing, and access, promoting unity through nonviolent action.
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Joanna K. Wiebe
Ottawa University
Maurice Bryan
New York
N. Y
Ottawa
Bryan
Tate
Tanya Smith
Washington, D. C
Marilyn Osipik
Shawnee
Kane
Malcolm Robinson
Chicago
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Nation
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Jane
South Grammar
Waterville
Maine
Earshot
Spiro T. Agnew
Judy
Randy
Susan
Annapolis, Md
Agnew
Norman Tate
Ill
Fred Gibson
Sarah Schendel
Robinson
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