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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1971
Page
6
President Nixon boosted May to December troop withdrawals by about 100000, lifting the monthly average to roughly 14300 and reducing U.S. forces to about 184000. He declined to set a final disengagement date, urging accountability and signaling a residual force below 50000 by 1972.
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said President Nixon told congressional leaders a fixed date to end U S involvement in Indochina depends on North Vietnam freeing prisoners of war. Scott stressed no date was given, but implied Nixon faces accountability in the 1972 election if no end comes. Critics called the speech disappointing.
The Corps of Engineers invites all interested to a 7:30 p.m. session at Garnett High School to discuss the Garnett Lake project. The reservoir, authorized in 1954, is under re study to assess economic, industrial, recreational and environmental impacts and to determine the best dam site location near Pottawatomie Creek. Lt Col Robert G. Bening leads the Kansas City district.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas House approved a 10 percent tax on tobacco products and sent the bill to the Senate as the first in a revenue package for the 1972 fiscal year. Attempts to raise the rate to 20 or 40 percent failed. the measure is projected to raise about $600,000 annually.
Gary Jordan, bloodmobile chairman, called Tuesday’s Red Cross visit a success despite 130 pints against a 1438 quota. Previous visit yielded 169 pints and county exceeded its quota by 26 pints, keeping average toward target. Next visit set for June.
The Herald added two 4961 Compugraphics computers, built in Wilmington Mass, to its production line. The changeover from the IBM Selectric system aims for completion by May 1 and will affect all news matter legal notices classifieds outlines some headlines and ads. Two Automix keyboards generate paper tape to drive the new equipment.
The Kansas Senate voted 31 to 8 to send a conference committee report on a bill legalizing nonprofit bingo games back to the House, with aims to legalize by statute games like bingo and comparable activities for religious, charitable, fraternal, and veteran groups, while removing calcutta pools. Senator Steadman Ball said the bill could be deemed constitutional by the State Supreme Court, though lotteries remain banned by the state constitution.
The U S Command reports 88 Americans killed last week in Indochina the highest weekly toll in nine months. Airstrikes target North Vietnamese forces besieging Fire Base Mary Ann near Da Nang while Cambodian and Vietnamese forces clash along routes from Phnom Penh to the coast. 347 Americans wounded and 22 dead from nonhostile causes push total U S casualties to 44 876 killed and 297 258 wounded.
Winds gusting 25 to 45 mph from the southwest this afternoon shift to northwest this evening as the cooler air moves in. Clear to partly cloudy through Friday with cooler nights and Friday highs in the 60s. Today’s high 72, low 49. record high 91 in 1905. record low 25 in 1923. Barometer 29.85.
Ottawa officials considered replacing the Fire Department’s 1957 truck with a new model. Proposals will be presented next week. the old truck may be kept as a reserve if a new one is purchased. The seven minute meeting also noted a swearing in and public hearing on CATV franchises.
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