Waste Study Urges Sanitation Dept and Private Contractor
A Kansas study by Ross McKinney urges Franklin County to form a Department of Sanitation to manage solid waste, with a five year private contracting option for collection and processing. The plan lists annual costs around 294 900 dollars, urges mandatory collection, and notes exemptions for farmers. A public hearing is set for May 16 at 7 30 p m in the courthouse.
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Joan Istas
Ross McKinney
University of Kansas
Franklin County
Department of Sanitation
McKinney
Ottawa
Sanitation Department
Pc Asked To Halt Curbs On Food Prices
Washington AP report says the Agriculture Department urged the Price Commission not to tighten controls and that the worst of this year's food price rises may be over. Asst. Secy. Richard E. Lyng testified that prices may rise about 4 percent this year, with meat likely to fall and eggs and broiler chickens to rise. Farmers need higher earnings, and extending controls to raw farm products could disrupt essential food supplies. Butz was in Moscow and did not testify.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
The
Price Commission
Richard E. Lyng
Lyng
Lyn
Undersheriff Candidates File For Franklin County Sheriff
James Richardson filed this morning for the Franklin County Sheriff Democratic ticket, challenging incumbent Ferns who will not seek re election. Ferns, 58, has served ten years and plans to pass the post to a younger man. Richardson, 49, has been undersheriff for three years and brings a background in law enforcement plus wartime service. He is a Fort Scott Ottawa native with a family of four and a residence in Fort Scott.
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James Richardson
Franklin County
Fee
Joe Ferns
Ferns
Richardson
Sheriff’s Department
Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Fort Scott Junior College
Army National Guard
Europe
127Th Artillery
Hazel
N. Poplar
Pam
Carolynn
Debbie
Fort Scott
Dennis
Ottawa junior high student injured in hit and run
An Ottawa Junior High student was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital after a bicycle crash with a hit-and-run car driven by a female juvenile. The collision occurred at Park and Main around 8 30 this morning. the rider was treated and released with hip pain.
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Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Park and Main
Jimmie Bass Jr
Jimmie R. Bass
S. Poplar
Main
Young Bass
Miss Ottawa Pageant Date Move Up
Miss Ottawa pageant contestants will compete April 28 at Memorial Auditorium at 8 p.m., not May 29 as previously listed. The Herald regrets the error.
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Ottawa
Herald
Memorial Auditorium
the Herald
Provincial Town Repels Reds An Loc Hangs On
AP dispatch reports An Loc under siege with 20 000 government troops stalled 15 miles south after heavy bombardment. Reinforcements 2 000 helicopters in, fighting persists around Bastogne and Dong Ha River front, while central highlands and Mekong Delta see intensified clashes.
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Saigon
An Loc
Hue
Bastogne
Quang Tri
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha River
Chon Thanh
French Appeal To Resume Talks
Paris reports the French government urging the Vietnam peace conference to resume without delay to reach a political solution. The appeal follows a demand from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong that talks resume Thursday, with similar notes sent to the United States.
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Paris
United States
Washington
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Pleas Entered For 16 In Ottawa Cockfight Case
Sixteen defendants arrested Saturday night northwest of Ottawa pleaded innocent Tuesday in Franklin County Court to charges of betting on cockfights. Their attorney, Hugh H. Kreamer, asked for jury trials and the court ruled the 16 would be tried together with a single trial date set for April 18 at 9 a.m. Bonds of $500 each were continued. one defendant, Robert E. Dale, was not present.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
Hugh H. Kreamer
Donald L. McGinnis
Rantoul
McGinnis
Kreamer
Donald L. White
Robert E. Dale
Olathe
Unpopular Move As 100 U.S. Soldiers Refuse Forward Post
About 100 American troops from Charlie Company 196th Brigade balked at manning a forward defense position near Phu Bai Vietnam calling it too dangerous. After Lt Col Mitchell urged movement and senior leaders pressed, all but one platoon boarded trucks to reach the U.S. compound amid hostile terrain and media presence.
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Vietnam
da Nang
Phu Bai
Frederick P. Mitchell
OU Student Helps Sell Custom Made Sandals
Ottawa University junior Terry Evans runs a campus leather shop making custom sandals and accessories. He traces feet, selects straps, and fits three times before finishing in seven to eight hours. He uses back leather, nails soles, and offers brown shades with limited dyeing control.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa University
Terry Evans
Evans
Chetopa
Kansas
East Coast
Texas
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Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Highway 13
George Pompidou
France
Leo Hamnon
U.S
Mitchell
Mona
Kansas Highway Highway Patrol
Aews Cautio Hg
ARME
Kansas Highway Patrol
Third and Main
Highway Patrol
Henry Perez
Earl Rocker
Garnett
Kansas Force
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