Etta Semple Ottawa healer and atheist crusader
This second part recalls Etta Semple a Kansas born reformer who edited the Freethought Ideal and ran a sanitarium in Ottawa helping the sick poor with healing practices. She clashed with Carry Nation over temperance while earning the epithet Good Samaritan. Her 1914 death ended a noted but largely forgotten life.
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Ottawa
Etta Semple
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
Tta Semple
Kansas
Carry Nation
Semple
Ideal
Matt
Ottawa Herald
Midwest
Semples
N. Locust
Locust Street Bridge
Semple Sanitarium
Hostetter Jobe
Wellsville
Etta
Locust Street
Herald
Hope Cemetery
U S Navy sinks Iranian ship amid Persian Gulf mines
The U S Navy exploded charges aboard the 180 foot 1662 ton Iran Ajr and sank it off Bahrain after seizing mines in the Persian Gulf. Defense Secretary Weinberger warned Iran to stop mining as U S officials backed a UN cease fire effort.
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Manama
Bahrain
U.S. Navy
Persian Gulf
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
United States
Pentagon
Washington
Marvin Braman
Weinberger
U.S
Gulf
LaSalle
Defense Department
Iran
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
U.N
George P. Shultz
China
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Security Council
Five Nations
Iraqi Iran clash reports fire across Basra and ships hit
Sela Gulfeer Council resolution pushed for cease-fire and cooperation within the Security Council. Iraqi News Agency in Cyprus said Iranian artillery shelled Basra killing seven civilians. The agency also claimed Iraqi warplanes struck a tanker off Iran and targets inside Iran. IRNA reported no air raids and said an Iraqi plane was shot down in southwest Iran. President Ali urged on Page 3.
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Cyprus
Basra
Iran
INA
Ahvaz
Islamic Republic
Iraq
IRNA
Ali Ued
Ottawa Board of Education Meets To Discuss Policy Revisions
The Ottawa Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 8 p.m. at the district office to discuss a policy revision for the professional council and other agenda items. Topics include review of athletic discipline policy, superintendent goals, audit results, instructional development updates, and a five year planning committee report. A 60 minute closed session will address personnel and legal matters before resuming public session.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa High School
Teachers’ Ottawa Education Association
OBA
Phil Gibson
AIDS Becomes Public Health Enemy No 1 in U S Debate
The six year fight against AIDS grows as authorities report 24 245 dead in the United States and up to 179 000 expected to die by 1991. Bowen and others note progress in understanding the disease while fear and protests accompany the crisis.
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Associated Press
Reagan
Health and Human Services
Otis R. Bowen
Tennessee
Bowen
Rock Hudson
Liberace
Mother Teresa
Elizabeth Taylor
United States
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
World Health Organization
Jonas Salk
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Atheist
Samaritan Bent
Bennett
Sanitarium
Caroline
Sela Gulfeer
Baghdad
RAD
Tetwano
Us.s.a
Gentle Breeze
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Marissa
Geshint
Uae
United Arab Emiranes
Oman
Professional Council
Keith Gaeddert
Agler & Gaeddert Chartered
Nancy Hale
the District
Advisory Council For
Africa
National Cancer Institute
The
Cancer Institute
Everett Koop
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