Wellsville District 289 hears cost and plan for high school addition
At a Wellsville public meeting fewer than 40 residents heard experts explain losses since a failed 1.48 million bond and a new plan for a 997000 addition to the present high school. Architects estimate monthly delays cost about 10000 plus interest, while the board backs a 16 year bond to cover construction and equipment costs and room for future expansion.
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Wellsville
Glenn Horst
Horst and Terrill and Karst
Topeka
Wellsville High School
Horst
Galen Kelly
State of
Kansas
Kelly
Board of Education
24 Civilians Die As N Vietnam Attacks Village
AP reports 24 civilians killed and 6 wounded when 200 North Vietnamese troops attacked Mai Linh village 12 miles southwest of Quang Ngai. 170 houses destroyed and militiamen defending the village also lost three. Allied forces report multiple clashes nationwide with American casualties and a planned U.S. troop withdrawal by November.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Delta
Names Of KU 21 Released To Schultz
KU officials complied with a subpoena to reveal the names of 2 students who sought private discipline after a ROTC review disruption last May. Senator Schultz urged public release, while Dean Balfour urged confidentiality, noting private hearings were chosen by 21 students amid varied disciplinary outcomes and probation periods.
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Schultz
Topeka
University of Kansas
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Senate State and Local Affairs Committee
Reynolds Shultz
R-Lawrence
William Balfour
Balfour
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
2nd Street Water Closure After River Rise
2nd Street West Second Street leading to the city disposal area was closed at 1:30 p.m. today due to rising waters from the Marais des Cygnes River. The river continues to rise and the road is expected to remain closed until early Wednesday afternoon per public works official Mette Wadkins.
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West Second Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Mette Wadkins
Public Works Department
Ottawa enrollment hits new high at 2732 students
Ottawa schools set a record with 2,732 students this fall, up 26 from last year. Superintendent Marvin P. Forker submitted figures to the State Board of Education, noting gains in the senior high offset elementary losses. Enrollment by school and grade shows shifts, with junior high rising and senior high stable. The prior spring record stood at 2,717.
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Ottawa
Marvin P. Forker
Forker
State Board of Education
Eugene Field
Garfield
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Weather County Forecast Shows Clouds and Cooler
Considerable cloudiness and cooler tonight and Wednesday with light northeast winds. Low around 6u. Monday high 73, today’s low 63, last year’s high 82 and low 65. Record highs and lows for this date are 100 in 1931 and 40 in 1934. 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a.m. was .27 inch. Hourly temperatures end at 8.
Moon Men Toasted as Nixon Eyes Mars Mission
Congress erupted in a standing ovation for Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins. Nixon endorsed a Mars goal with a task force report urging a 1980s landing while a new Congressional Space Medal of Honor was approved.
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Washington
Congress
America
Moon
Nixon
Mars
Neil A. Armstrong
Senate
House
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Aldrin
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
White House
Armstrong
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon to Withdraw 35 000 U.S. Troops by December
President Nixon announced at least 35,000 more U.S. troops will be pulled from Vietnam by December 15, raising total withdrawals to about 60,000 since July. A White House source cautioned the final figure could be 36,000 or 37,000. The plan accompanies efforts toward a peaceful settlement with negotiated cease-fire terms.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Gulf
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
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Rosie
Unified
Wellisville
3Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
1St Infantry Division
Ed Reilly
R - Leavenworth
Dean Balfour
New High
A.m. Sah
P.m. Tener
A.m. Eves
Eriet
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Weather Bureau
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