Brooms On Sale By Ottawa Lions Club
The Ottawa Lions Club launches its annual broom sale to fund community projects including the Midget League football program and eye equipment for the University of Kansas Medical Center. About 500 brooms plus misc items will be sold through local canvassing and at noon events near Second and S. Main.
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John Lehner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas Foundation For the Blind
Wichita
Lions
Tg&y
Second
S. Main
Lehner
Steve Queen
Kent Lash
Lions Club
OU's Number Is 675 First Session Enrollment
Ottawa University reports 675 students enrolled by Wednesday as the first session opens. OU had budgeted for 671, with 242 new students including 14 from Ottawa High School and 25 from Franklin County. The class features 95 freshmen men, 88 freshmen women, 26 transfer men, 26 transfer women, and seven special students, with 37 Presidential scholars and 86 Church and Campus scholars. Students hail from Kansas, 35 states, and five foreign countries Iran Japan Nigeria Vietnam and the Philippines.
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Ottawa University
Steve Gerlach
Gerlach
Ottawa High School
Franklin County
Kansas
Iran
Japan
Nigeria
Vietnam
Philippines
Middle School Sessions Begin
University of Kansas professor Karl Edwards spoke to Ottawa Junior High teachers and administrators about shaping a middle school program for next year. He linked two revolutions in education science and human relations, noting shifts in priorities and emphasis amid energy and economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lambert
University of Kansas
Karl Edwards
Ottawa Junior High
Edwards
Russia
School rights policy sets student privacy standards
The Board of Education passed a policy aligning with Public Law 93-380 to protect student records. It restricts release of personally identifiable information without parental consent and grants parents access within 45 days, with certain data allowed to be shared without consent. Board member Jack Bushman questioned the 45 day access limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lambert
U.S.C
Board of Education
Comptroller General of the
United States
Jack Bushman
Veto Drama Splits Congress Over Education Funding Bill
The House voted to override President Ford’s veto of a 7.9 billion, 27 month education funding bill covering this year and next fiscal year. The Senate expected to follow, aiming to let the measure become law for school spending. Ford called the bill a budget buster. In a separate veto, Ford rejected a six month extension of oil price controls, saying a sustained veto would stall energy legislation until after the 1976 elections, per Hugh Scott.
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Washington
House
Ford
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
Pomona Lions Seek Stones in Bean Supper Prep
Pomona Lions Club members sort 125 pounds of beans for the annual ham and bean supper at Pomona United Methodist Church. Stones are removed and beans washed before five thirty beans cook over three kettles at City Park while pies, cornbread and other treats are prepared for sale and a $75, $50, and $25 savings bond drawing.
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Big Lion
First Lion
Lion Lindsey
Pomona Lions Club
Pomona United Methodist Church
Lions
Pete Lindsey
Bill Gaynor
Lions Club
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Tummies
Joanistas Pomona
Pomona Lions
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