Franklin County Rehabilitation Facility launches fund drive
Franklin County Rehabilitation Facility, a non profit center in the former Hawkins School near Ottawa, begins a financial drive to expand training programs. Under director Fred Doyle the center now serves 23 clients and runs six divisions including shop work and sewing. Donations, fees, contracts and state grants support operations as plans include a potential new building and a May benefit show.
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Franklin County Rehabilitation Facility
Hawkins
Ottawa
Fred Doyle
Doyle
Franklin County
Box 151
Bernard Smith
Williamsburg
EHU
Anderson outlines campaign team and strategy for 1970 run
Former Kansas governor John Anderson Jr. announced Ottawa University economics professor Wayne Angell as campaign manager and shared plans for a statewide organization across all 105 counties and college campuses. He named Ray Reed finance chairman and proposed shifts from property to income taxes while criticizing Governor Docking and urging an end to legislative stalemate.
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Topeka
Kan
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Wayne Angell
Ottawa University
Anderson
Robert Docking
Angell
Liberal
Kansas House
Ottawa
Ray Reed
Wichita Investments
Tom Snyder
Independence Community Junior College
Tom Green
Washburn University
Greg Rikeke
University of Kansas
Docking
Angel
Senate
Allies Slowing Red Push B52s Hit Deep in Vietnam War
U S B52 bombers resumed air strikes over North Vietnam for the first time in over four years, targeting around Vinh. South Vietnam reports halting the northern DMZ offensive, claiming to have destroyed about 100 enemy tanks while North Vietnam shows diminished armored strength in Quang Tri Province.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
America
U.S
Quang Tri
An Loc
Highway 1
Dmz
Mu Gia Pass
Hanoi
Utah arrest after $500000 parachute hijack case
FBI told a Salt Lake City magistrate it found 499,970 dollars a parachute and a pistol on the premises of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. amid an extortion parachute hijack allegation. McCoy, a Vietnam veteran 29, was arrested at his Provo home as agents searched for evidence. Separately, a second hijack-extortion plot is noted in the western United States.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
FBI
U.S
United States
A. M. Ferro
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
Laird Announces More Air Naval Forces To Southeast Asia
Secretary Laird says additional air and naval forces will be sent this week to Southeast Asia as part of the U.S. buildup to counter the North Vietnamese offensive. He notes the moves support Abrams in Vietnam while continuing the withdrawal schedule and meeting the May 1 troop ceiling. The Saigon defense along the Cau Viet River north of Quang Tri is reportedly holding, despite weather hampering operations.
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Doyle
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Southeast Asia
United States
Laird
Pentagon
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams
Nixon
Cau Viet River
Quang Tri City
Namese
Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
Raid on area cockfights nets 16 arrests near Ottawa
In a Saturday raid led by Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller and the KBI, 16 men were charged in County Court with betting at cockfights held in a barn owned by William R. Thompson near Ottawa. Among the arrestees were three Franklin County men and 13 residents from other counties. bonds were set at $500 each.
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Miller
Dan Mullen
Franklin
Ottawa
William R. Thompson
Ottawa Rfd
Kansas
Vern Miller
Organized Crime Section
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Shawnee County
Franklin County Sheriff’s
Franklin County
R. Michael Latimer
Associated Press
Latimer
Thompson
Rantoul
South Jackson Road
Tony L. Goudie
Lane
Ronald D. Schulz
Schulz
Ralph E. Eissler
Lyndon
Goudie
Eissler
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Stormont-Vail Hospital
Topeka
Rock Road
Ottawa 290 Board to Discuss Hawkins School Fire Escapes
The Ottawa School District 290 board meets at 7 30 p m to review Hawkins School future and fire escape plans for multiple Ottawa buildings. Representatives discuss Hawkins School use, possible rehabilitation sale, and state fire marshal requests to enclose stairwells at Eugene Field Hawthorne and the Junior High. Board to act on three resignations and contracts for three new teachers and discuss adding an administrative position at the Junior High.
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Hawkins School
Hawkins
Ottawa
Eugene Field
Hawthorne
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N. King
Jeff A. Bolling
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Independence
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Shawnee Mission
Albert Evans
Robert E. Dale
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Omaha
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Attorney General
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Sedgwick
Ottawa School District 290 Board of Education
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