The Wichita Beacon du lieu suivant : Wichita, Kansas • 32

I School Children Will Get Rubella Shots in October required of children already in school through the fifth grade THE NEW state law requires rubella immunization for admission to school after Jan 1 1971 Children who are not immunized at school may be immunized by their physicians Dr Donald Wilcox director of the state health department's immunization program said that 80000 Kansas children were immunized against rubella the past school year and that presently clinics are underway in 43 counties Don Biemiller the department's immunization chief said there are three An estimated 60000 Sedgwick County school children will be immunized against rubella (German measles) in October during the Kansas Department of Health's statewide program to control rubella Rubella can cause serious birth defects in newborn babies when a pregnant woman contracts the virus and transmits it to her unborn child As young children are the prime transmitters of the virus the rubella control program is directed toward them CHILDREN from kindergarten through the fifth grade in Wichita public parochial schools and all schools in the county are scheduled to receive immunizations at their schools Oct 3-9 and Oct 12-16 In addition three free clinics have been scheduled to provide immunization to preschool children aged one through five The clinics will be from 6 to 8:30 pm on Oct 8 and Oct 14 and from 10 am to 2 pm on Oct 10 Certificates of immunization will be given to parents for their children's health records THE EVENING CLINICS will be at Horace Mann Junior High School 1243 Market Mayberry school 207 Meridian Mead school 2601 Skinner and the new Community Education Center (the old Mathcwson Junior High School) 1847 Chautauqua The Saturday clinics will be at Trues-dell Junior High School 2464 Glenn Hadley school 1101 Dougherty Jardine school 3550 Ross Parkway and Brooks school 3802 27th St The 1970 state legislature appropriated funds for the vaccine and added rubella to the list of diseases against which children must be immunized before starting school The vaccination also is Staff Photo by Anthony Rood Girl took lonely walk in empty field during this rain Rains have continued across state for several days but was expected to end today Goodbye Summer! Hello Autunm! Raincoats and Paddles Into Vogue types of rubella vaccine and that Kansas is using the type which carries the least likelihood of reactions defined as children who break out with the rubella rash 14 to 21 days after receiving a rubella injection HE SAID the injections should not be given to pregnant women or persons known to be allergic to ducks chickens eggs or feathers Biemiller also pointed out that rubella is an entirely different disease from rubeola (red measles) and that persons immunized against rubeola are not protected against rubella Rl'BEOLA IS defined as measles" which may make a person very ill while suffering the disease In contrast rubella lasts only about three days and the victim suffers only mild discomfort The birth defects may include deafness blindness mental retardation heart and bone malformations and brain liver and spleen damage A national epidemic in 1964-65 killed 30000 babies ana disabled another 20000 Health officials believe another epidemic may have begun last spring and hope that the statewide immunization of an estimated 300000 children will minimize the effects of another epidemic Wichitan 19 Admits Guilt To 3 Charges Special to The Beacon EL DORADO Kan A Wichita man charged in the Feb 8 abduction and bery of a local druggist pleaded guilty in Butler County District Court here today reduced charges and is now awaiting sentencing District Court Judge Page Benson said John Landis 19 pleaded guilty to three charges in amended information New charges to which Landis pleaded guilty are second-degree kidnaping first-degree robbery and burglary Benson said LANDIS AND two other Wichitans originally were charged with first-degree kidnaping first-degree armed robbery auto theft burglary felonious assault and illegal possession of narcotics The charges arise from a kidnap-rob-bery of Teo Wrench 27 Wrench testified in preliminary hearing that he and his wife were awakened about 6 am by two armed men in their bedroom The men bound and gagged Mrs Wrench and forced Wrench to accompany one of them to drug store where some narcotics about $1000 cash and checks were taken ANOTHER MAN allegedly drove a car which followed the one used by Wrench and the bandit who took him to the store Judge Benson said a second defendant John Donaldson 18 is Undergoing treatment at the state mental hospital at Lamed Kan He said authorities in El Dorado still are trying to determine whether a third defendant who is aa juvenile will be tried in adult court Benson said he has ordered a presentencing investigation on Landis He said he will pass sentence after a presentence hearing Oct 20 The Wichita Beacon Wednesday September 23 1970 You Can Help! Transportation is a pressing need of the health and welfare agencies in Wichita If you have a car and some time to give you could transport persons to and from doctor and dentist appointments to therapy treatments as well as to the grocery store These are senior citizens who have given up their driver's licenses Now that school has started many handicapped children will need rides to their special education classes Sometimes transportation is needed when an emergency arises and people are needed to be on call with an agency in order that they may be contacted immediately If it is possible to give some of your time to someone less fortunate who cannot afford transportation please call the Volunteer Bureau at 264-9301 Legislature voted on the change in the Kansas abortion law? A The change in the Kansas abortion law was one small section of the Kansas Criminal Code Bill Therefore the senators voted on the total bill and not just on the changes in the abortion law The only place where there might have been a recorded vote was during committee hearings prior to a vote on the entire bill in the Senate For more information on committee hearings on the bill you can contact the secretary of state for Kansas This office maintains the minutes of legislative hearings Scot Was Tax Where did the term scot free originate? I have heard it originated in Scotland A In medieval England was a municipal tax assessed according to ability to pay To get off scot free was to be freed from having to pay any of the tax The term now denotes -exemption from punishment loss or penalty When you have a question send it to The Answer Man and let us help you Yon have a right to fair treatment and information from government at all levels When you have a problem or question send it to The Answer Man The Wichita Beacon PO Box 820 Wichita Kan Please include your name and address so we can contact you for additional information if needed The Bystander leap One guess is that they climb up the heavy wire sides of the cage There was a skunk somewhere in the vicinity but its cage did not loom into view TWO GRAY WOLVES paced back and forth and let you know they have no use for man One thing about the zoo it presents a number of animals native to Kansas Not every child gets to see a badger although they frequent the state At the Great Bend zoo there is a badger jack-rabbits coons and I guess a skunk A number of exotic creatures are on view Judging from their names they were from Central or South America A peccary or so reminded one of southern Arizona and Texas A coatimundi was reminiscent of World War II The coatimundi is a creature that passes for a coon in Central America It has a long snout big claws and quite a tail SOLDIERS ALWAYS were bringing a coatimundi to Wichita They can tear up the furniture without half trying so most of them ended up in the Wichita zoo Great Bend's zoo has a fine display of pheasants and numerous other birds There is about everything in the bird line from a turkey buzzard to a peacock Some of the most acrobatic monkeys you ever watched are on exhibit Bigger animals range from elk to an antelope from India If there were lions and tigers they evaded us but there were a couple of rattlesnakes If you have an hour to kill fail to see this zoo And don't ask me if it is better than the one in Garden City Talk of the Town Will Return Sept 29 Tennis Activity Among Black Youngsters Causes Some McAdams Recreation Park By GLENDA HOLDER Beacon Staff Writer Fall officially arrived in Wichita at 5:59 am this morning but fall weather has been present in the area for the past several days Heavy rains and cool temperatures have reminded many residents that fall is upon them The heavy rains sent small creeks out of their banks in portions of the state but according to Ellis Pike chief meteorologist at the Wichita Weather Bureau have any problems (in the Wichita area) with the major rivers leaving their However a major flood was reported devetoping on the Marais des Cygnes River from Osawatomie to LaCygne in eastern Kansas PIKE ATTRIBUTED the lack of other problems to the fact that though awful lot of rain has fallen" it has been spread over a tong period of time and the ground has been dry Rains of the three to more than seven inches have fallen over Kansas since Monday Manhattan has received 841 inches of rain this September: This established a 113-year September precipitation record for Manhattan The previous record was 839 inches in September 1866 Northeast Kansas rainfall amounts since Tuesday morning included 370 inches at Niles 184 at Enterprise and 168 at Abilene AMOUNTS OF between two and seven inches were common in the central and south central part of the state Rock southeast of Wichita has reported 733 inches within the last 48 hours Winfield has received 451 Beaumont 401 Eureka 365 and Altoona Park Charles (Goose) Doughty Jr a Elementary School teacher said today The tennis instructor recently completed his second summer of teaching youth and adults the game fundamentals His fall program is being conducted after school THE DIRECTOR said Saturday he was encouraged by the fall program: have begun bringing their children to the program from other parts of the city would stay for tennis after school if they had a way home The bus comes for them at 4 he added have tennis play during the pupils' he said DOUGHTY whose classroom overlooks the newly finished tennis courts (two replaced during Canal Route land acquisition) at McAdams said: hundred and three people enrolled in the tennis program the first year Sixty per cent of them stayed in it the entire summer was beyond my expectations" he added Doughty told The Beacon: a 1969 park department report I recommended construction of two additional courts because of the increased interest among youths and adults FELT this to be one of the most important decisions made to aid tennis and the recreation program at McAdams" the (ffogram director said He was supported by parents Mrs Tommy Morgan Wichita said: try to make this (tennis) a family affair There are seven of averaged 43 people a day through four sessions The courts could not support more than eight people at a Doughty stressed MRS MORGAN spoke for many adults interviewed when she said: more than one light would work we could play longer on the courts Now we have to leave at about 7:30 North High School and Wichita State University tennis courts are the nearest to McAdams' facility Doughty said the kids have taken to tennis well few of them have been called Uncle Toms and criticized for its low popularity Fish Safe to Eat There was recently a large fish kill at Marion Reservoir Is it safe to eat fish caught at the reservoir now? A State health officials have said there does not appear to he any danger from eating fish caught at Marion Reservoir An exact cause for the fish kill has not been determined but there has not been evidence of a large concentration of pesticide or other dangeous chemical in the fish health officials said Tests are continuing In determine the exact cause of the fish kill they said Many Stickers Unlawful Every day or so I see cars with the windows front back and sides covered with various types of stickers Isn't there some type of city law making It illegal to drive with the windows covered with such stickers? A The city code slates: no person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield sidewings side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other papers required to be so displayed by law 99 It is possible that the driver of such vehicles could be charged under the provisions of this section of the code Vote Record Kept but Is it possible for me to find out how the Wichita senators in the Kansas When you have an hour to kill on a bird photographing expedition why not visit a zoo? We did this a few days ago at Great Bend Now I knew that Garden City has a wonderful zoo but I had forgotten all about the one at Great Bend It is quite possible I never knew the city had a zoo It is named the Brit Spaugh Memorial Zoo in memory of the man who tended it many years and who died a decade or so ago We were passing the park with ils proverbial locomotive when the Zoo sign appeared It was too early to head for the Cheyenne Bottoms for pelican pictures so it was decided to kill an hour We almost did not have to go to the Bottoms Right there in the first pond were two beautiful swans They had snow white bodies with coal black necks and bright red beaks How could you beat that for color? THE PHOTOGRAPHER told me lo walk to the end of the pond where the swans were loitering and walk to the fence He figured the birds would swim toward him and he would get a shot in proper lighting The maneuver did not work It was apparent that visitors had been tossing goodies to the swans They swam up dose to me and indicated a handout would be in order There were fine cranes on view A good shot would have been one of sleeping flamingoes standing on one leg in a stiff wind with their heads resting on their backs The high fence blocked the photo The zoo puts on a good bear show There are a couple of polar bears along with a baby polar bear Himalayan bears and just plain old bears The fox exhibit proved a puzzle Each cage had a shelf 10 or 11 fret above the floor Every fox in the zoo was sleeping up on a shelf Puzzle How did the foxes get up there? It would be a tremendous Page 16B 552 inches of rain LaCygne in east central Kansas reported 767 inches Although much of the state received moderately heavy rain the Wichita area has received officially only 71 of an inch at the Wichita Airport The downtown area received 84 of an inch 82 of an inch was reported at McConnell Air Force Base 79 of an inch at Mt Vernon and Oliver 67 of an inch at Seneca at Pawnee and 50 of an inch in the northeast section of Wichita THE KANSAS Highway Patrol reported the following roads closed because of high water: K135 two miles east of LaCygne K31 five miles west of Fulton and K7 at Hardin Two roads that had been closed Tuesday night K101 north of Edna and K65 at Xenia now are open There is little movement in the frontal system that has covered Kansas for the past several days However according to Pike the rain be out of the Wichita area by tonight" He added that there is a possibility of the sun breaking through the cloud cover Thursday afternoon and unknown household superstars like Arthur he said ASHE RECENTLY signed a five-year contract reportedly valued at $750000 He will work for Lamar Hunt a Dallas millionaire and sportsman of the boys have been hurt by the tag some non-players placed on them of 'playing the white game Doughty said As Coach Doughty listened to the perpetual volleys being made by his young team Saturday he spoke about its growth among blacks: BELIEVE this is going to be the game of the He pointed out one of his best players saying: King Wichita was the top McAdams tennis player this summer He beat out many men of the city and other junior assistants are teaching in the tennis program" he concluded Charles Maloney a Woodman Elementary School teacher and Doughty are city-paid instructors in the two-year-program TOM ALLEN deputy director of parks and recreation said: regular city summer program schedule was extended this year for some centers McAdams was one" as far as any other facilities built in that park go none has been planned" Allen added An irrigation setup and paving 15th Street from Ohio to New York (through McAdams Park) as the park roadway is scheduled for 1970 park improvements and part of the Canal Route acquisition improvement project THERE IS evidence of need at McAdams Park" he said are ways in which that can be accomplished will be exploring with the Model Cities people to see if this program (tennis) can be demonstrated in the second year of the recreation official said ALLEN went on to cite three reasons for the city's lack of funding additional park improvements at McAdams: don't have these FORECASTERS SAID the outlook was for more rain elsewhere They said the frontal system which produced the deluges had become largely stationary and that of showers aid thunderstorms were likely into the Slowly decreasing cloudiness and cool temperatures are to prevail Pike said Wichita recorded an overnight tow of 52 degrees Highs across the state will range in the mid 70s Thursday Wichita's expected high Thursday is 75 degrees Grants Announced For Kansas Towns WASHINGTON (UPI) A series of grants loans and fund reservations was announced Tuesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development It included: Water and Sewer Program: Hutchinson Kan $351200 for improvements to the storm sewer system El Dorado Kan $438500 for modernization and improvements of the water treatment plant and water pumping facilities (improvements) in our 1971 park improvements budget people in the northeast area have been resisting the need for facilities just in the McAdams Park have done many thousands of dollars of work in McAdams Park and there are many other areas of he said The total cost of McAdams Park improvements is $267505 Criss Shaw left Arthur Cohee Pupils played at recess By KENNETH ANDREWS Beacon Staff Writer Tennis activity among black youngsters has caused problems" at McAdams Recreation Stiff Pholoi Charles (Goose) Doughty.