Ottawa Herald (Newspaper) - November 29, 1975, Ottawa, Kansas News Highlights Of The Week Ford Off To China ascension of King Juan Carlos I to power in Spain was celebrated this week in ceremonies in The king became the head of state upon the death last week of Part of the ceremonies above included the escorting by the Palace Guards Lancers of King Juan Carlos from celebration mass to the National AP Wirephoto WASHINGTON AP President setting off on the first leg of his trip to the Peoples Republic of said today he hopes to foster mutual but is promising the Chinese that we will stand for our own In brief remarks at Andrews Air Force Ford ex pressed thanks that the United States is at peace in Asia and I begin a mission to Asia to consolidate that More than 100 in dignitaries of the Chi nese liaison office and the em bassies of Indonesia and the turned out in the clear weather to see the President Ford and Secre tary of State Henry Kissin both without coats on the Hearing On Plan For Lake Pomona in California got some relief this week after rains helped contain brush fires which destroyed or damaged millions of dollars worth of property and charred 100 acres of a was used to drop water and chemicals on burning brush near Baldy Village where winds of 50 MPH raked the slopes of an area only 35 miles east of downtown Los AP Wirephoto A public meeting regarding the proposed Lakeshore Management Plan for Lake Pomona will begin at II in According to Richard Kansas City District Lakeshore Management Plans are being prepared for all Corps lakes to help the Corps accommodate the rising public use of its lake shorelines and to protect the environment and natural beauty of the At the meeting in Lyndon the publics views will be heard on the proposed plan for Pomona Written comments from the public and other concerned interests will be accepted for 30 days after the Written comments should be sent to the District Kansas City Army Corps of Room Federal 601 12th Kansas All comments will be considered when the final draft of the Lakeshore Management Plan is Curl The final draft is expected to be completed by late Weather Helps Keep Toll Down By The Associated Press The nations Thanksgiving holiday weekend traffic death toll reached 175 Snow slowed highway travel in portions of the the northern Rockies and northern Fog and drizzle damp ened roadways or lowered visi bility in the eastern Plains and the Mississippi windswept shook hands and talked with the officials before embarking on the As he departed on the first long flight of his 10day Ford indirectly appeared to ac knowledge he does not expect the United States and China to see eye to eye on key But he said stability in Asia and international security benefit from the new relationship of mutual respect that we are The accompanied by wife Betty and daughter Su was bound first for Fair and an in tour of an outlying construction site along the oil After an overnight stop in they will leave for arriving Monday after a brief refueling stop near Secretary of State Henry a principal architect of the 1971 arrangement that reestablished official contact between the United States and was flying with Referring to his scheduled stops in Indonesia and the Phil the President As I did last year on my visits to Japan and the Republic of I will reaffirm in the security and wellbeing of That vast region is vital to us and to the Its Not Easy Being Santa In Times Square NEW YORK AP Thirty Santa Clauses lined up In Times Square for final They will man card board chimneys at department stores and busy street corners for the next month collecting money to provide holiday dinners for needy Before dispatching the Santas on Friday to their posts throughout the the Volunteers of which sponsors the annual offered a list of dos and donts for Santa Dont promise children theyll get all the gifts they ask Send them away lean on your eat onions or heavily spiced eat or drink on obstruct traffic in any get into arguments or disputes with visit with friends or other Santa Clauses while on become with people children or leave your Walt for your relief man to take overdo the Be Jolly with says the think The dos on the list Call attention to Wave to Wish everyone a Merry Christmas Mean it pleasant and courteous at all Think your bell so it can be heard A up and down stroke adds a little close to your chimney but dont stand In front of it your Santa uniform your whiskers your boots patient with litle Be courteous with ters officer of the Volunteers of New Cold Spell Is On The Way AP Some intense thunderstorms in a narrow band across northeast Kansas the springlike weather which covered most of Kansas today after a spell of heavy snows and bitter The forecast was for a return to cold weather on and there is the possibility of more precipitation on Monday and The National Weather Service issued a special alert after radar spotted a severe thunderstorm this morning near White about 20 miles south of Junction It was part of a band of heavy storms which reached northeastward across the area between Manhattan and Topeka and into the vicinity of said the system could produce short but heavy gusty winds and perhaps some Wind gusts of 47 miles an hour had been recorded at Topeka and very heavy rain was reported at White Lesser showers persisted over much of eastern It was only partly cloudy in western and it was only in the northwest that tem remained at anything like seasonal the middle Most other parts of Kansas enjoyed the rare phenomena of temperatures rising during the For the overnight low at Dodge City was 43 but by sunup it was At the jump was from 37 to Except for the highs were forecast in the 50s and The rains were expected to end In eastern Kansas and the mercury was expected to dip down into the the teens in the northwest and dive to the low 30s in the Decreasing with highs only in the 20s and was the forecast for Fridays highs were from 42 at Hill City to M at Lows early today were from 22 at Hill City to 57 at The extended outlook in lows Monday morning may be from near zero to 10 above and the highs on Monday are likely to stay in the 20s to low Lows may get up into the low teens and middle 20s by Wednesday morning and highs chould be in the middle 30s to middle COUNTY cloudy turning through of changing to light mow or lowi mid to Mostly cloudy and cold low to mid Probability of precipitation JO par cant Expect Quick Action On SC Pick Three Local Youths Fire Gun In Town WASHINGTON AP The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to quickly schedule on President Fords nomination of Judge John Paul Steveni f Chicago to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Immediate reaction from committee members to the nomination of the 55yearold judge was limited because many lawmakers said they knew nothing of Stevens back in announcing late Fri day his selection of Stevens as successor to retired Justice William said Ste vens has had an outstanding career in practicing and teach ing law as well as on the federal Stevens appeared before re porters in Chicago shortly after the President announced the He refused all comment beyond reading a brief If the Senate finds my qualifications I will begin the new assignment as expeditiously as possible and will do my utmost to discharge the responsibilities of the new office in a manner consistent with the finest traditions of a great Stevens said in his In all I will do ev in my power to render the best possible judicial serv ice of which I am I thank the President for his ex pression of confidence in he Stevens was confirmed by the Senate in 1970 as a judge of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals serving Indiana and His nomination at that time by former President Richard Nixon stirred no con that committee aides could Stevens nomination is ex to receive especially thorough scrutiny from the panel since the vacancy left by the Douglas resignation could tip the courts liberal conservative Those who are familiar with Stevens decisions say he would most likely be a centrist justice who would swing most often to the conservative Judge Stevens is held in the highest esteem by his col leagues in the legal profession and the the Presi dent He called the nomination of a Supreme Court justice one of the most important decisions a President has to make and said that before making a se lection he sought the views of a wide range of Americans in the legal profession and in both public and private Ford had promised to consid er naming a woman to the Three Ottawa youths were taken Into custody Friday afternoon after a shooting incident on Willow Street about 2 Ottawa Police reported this morning the three boys are age and and all are from Names of the three were not according to policy of the Juvenile Court in which names of juveniles are released at the judges discretion after final According to police apparently long were two of them hitting a and two each hitting garages of Elvin 234 and Harley 226 Currant was in his garage at the time of the incident and told police he beard the bullets hitting the side of the After investigation by the assisted by a Sheriffs Department the juveniles were taken Into custody on charges of discharging firearms inside the city limits and damge to The investigating reported it is believed a total of 25 to 30 snots were
