School Head To Retire From USD 290 After 9 Years
Marvin P. Forker USD 290 Superintendent, in Ottawa since 1964, will retire when his contract ends July 31, 1973. He plans to announce early to allow the board to select a successor. Forker, 64, and his wife Pauline live at 1445 S Elm. Their son is a cardiologist in Lincoln, Nebraska. He praised nine years of progress and capital improvements while noting the district met its goals. The board has begun accepting applications for a new superintendent.
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Ron Womble
Marvin P
Barney” Forker
USD 290
Forker
Pauline
S. Elm
Ottawa
Lincoln
Neb
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Geneseo Public Schools
Burrton
Pretty Prairie
Kingman
Nixon Tops $1.75 Million At Los Angeles Fundraiser
Republican fundraisers draw large crowds as Nixon touts a major campaign haul at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. McGovern trails with a separate high-dollar event, while Shriver presses urban crime causes in Milwaukee. Nixon highlights four year term goals and warns of spending prompts. McGovern plans urban policy reforms and redirects federal funds from Vietnam.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Los Angeles
Nixon
Century Plaza Hotel
America
George McGovern
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Milwaukee
Shriver
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Raid Reduces Hanoi Area Military Depot
US jets from three Thailand bases struck a northwest Hanoi depot complex. The raid hit more than half of the 70-building storage facility with laser guided bombs and fragmentation bombs. Across North Vietnam, over 400 tactical air strikes were reported, with continued heavy bombing for the third straight day. In Saigon a grenade killed a civilian and wounded four, aimed at a South Korean jeep in the Chinese quarter. Communist attacks persisted in Quang Ngai province near Da Nang.
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USS
Thailand
Hanoi
Air Force
U.S
Quang Ngai Province
da Nang
Kissinger Returns as Vietnam Peace Talks Plague Rumors
Washington reports Kissinger back from two days with North Vietnamese negotiators amid denials of any peace settlement. Paris says rumors of a three segment neutral Saigon regime and October cease fire are unfounded. Thuy and Binh urge patience as talks remain far apart and bombing continues.
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Henry A. Kissinger
United States
White House
Paris
Kissinger
Nixon
Saigon
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Henry Kissinger
Viet Cong
Nguyen Thi Binh
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Released POWs Reach Copenhagen After Hanoi Flight
Three American pilots Lt Norris Charles Lt Mark Gartley and Maj Edward Elias arrived in Copenhagen from Hanoi via Peking and Moscow in good shape after years as POWs. They urged Americans to press for more repatriations and an end to the war while Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag welcomed the humanitarian release as a potential step toward peace talks.
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Copenhagen
Norris Charles
Hanoi
New York
Charles
North Vietnam
Navy
J.g
Mark Gartley
Maj
Edward Elias
Air Force
Denmark
Moscow
Peking
U.S
Gartley
Elias
Jane Fonda
George McGovern
Jens Otto Krag
Norris Charies
Adolph Dubs
Dubs
William Sloane Coffin
Yale University
China and Japan to end war and normalize ties
Premier Chou Enlai announced the two nations will establish diplomatic relations and terminate the state of war. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka said normalization is the first step and praised the talks as a success. A joint communique will be signed Friday in Beijing.
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Peking
Chou Enlai
China
Japan
Kakuei Tanaka
Asia
Tanaka
Taiwan
Chou
Great Hall of the People
Aid Ohio Township Protection Princeton EHU Joins Forces With Firefighters
Ohio Township Fire Department and Princeton Workers EHU join to prep residents for fires. Stickers with the fire number mailed to 190 Ohio Township families along with a guidance letter. The project aims to speed reporting, reduce delay, and improve alert activations amid a grass fire incident history.
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Joanistas
Princeton
Ohio Township
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Betty Kimball
Fam
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Lam
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Tam BP
Bam
EHU
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Bronson
Princeton Grain Co
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