Patton dominates 43rd Academy Awards with seven wins
Hollywood AP Patton sweeps the 43rd Academy Awards winning seven honors including best picture and George C. Scott for best actor who had pledged to refuse. Glenda Jackson and John Mills win top supporting acting prizes as Goldie Hawn announces the winners amid a 3,000 strong crowd.
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Hollywood
Patton
George C. Scott
The
Movie Academy
Britain
Glenda Jackson
John Mills
Ryan
Helen Hayes
Airport
Franklin J. Schaffner
Los Angeles Music Center
Goldie Hawn
Scott
Gen
George S. Patton
New York
Special Chamber Meeting on Legislature at North American Hotel
A special Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held at noon Tuesday at the North American Hotel to discuss the Kansas Legislature. It is open to the public and features Sen. Wint Winter and Rep. George Wingert to answer questions. Attendees should call by 10 a.m. Monday to reserve.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
North American
Chamber
Wint Winter
George Wingert
Grand jury probes voting irregularities in Franklin County
The 15 member grand jury convened at the Franklin County Court House to investigate alleged voting irregularities in last November's general election. No persons were subpoenaed to appear before the jury. The jury convened at 9 this morning.
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Franklin County Court House
Pressure Mounts Between US And Israel
The United States and Israel face their severest strain since 1956 as public disagreements over Arab territories and the 1967 war test their 22 year partnership. Israel demands to hold Sinai positions like Sharm el Sheikh, while Egypt's Sadat seeks a package deal via U.N. mediator Jarring, risking but not breaking ties due to military aid, political support, and shared interests.
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Washington
Israel
United States
Rogers
J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
America
NATO
Europe
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Sharm el Sheikh
Anwar Sadat
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Allies Operate Again Near Laos in A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese and U S forces launched a new operation against enemy supply bases in the A Shau Valley near the Laotian frontier. The 101st Airborne was flown into Fire Base Fury to prep for South Vietnamese troops. In the central highlands the siege of Fire Base 6 ended as North Vietnamese are said to be fleeing after heavy casualties. three South Vietnamese soldiers and one American adviser were killed, nine Saigon troops wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shau
101St Airborne Division
Hue
101St
Central Highlands
Ngo Dzu
Visitors Praise Chinese Industry in Shanghai Exhibit Tour
A U S table tennis team toured Shanghai's industry, praising the 1955 10 month exhibit housed in a cake styled building. Graham Steenho ven called the site fantastic and noted the big truck Shanghai weighing 22 tons with 400 horsepower and diesel power impressed him. Bufford Harrison of Du Pont was less impressed with the chemical displays.
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Set Eiabete
Shanghai
Bufford Harrison
Wilmington
Del
du Pont
County Forecast: Showers, Cooler Tonight and Saturday
Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue into Saturday. Tonight cloudy and cooler with NW winds 15 to 30 mph. Saturday mostly cloudy and cooler. Low tonight mid 40s to low 50s. high Saturday mid 60s to low 70s. Precip probability 70 percent tonight, 50 percent Saturday. High Thursday 79, low today 56. Barometer 29.80.
Water district in county receives 215000 in FHA funds
Rep. Larry Winn announced a 149000 loan and 66000 grant for Rural Water District No. 5 to bring a 50,000 gallon standpipe and wells plus about 50 miles of pipeline to 96 rural and farm families north of Ottawa. Construction could start this summer with completion within a year.
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Larry Winn
Ottawa
Winn
Farmers Home Administration
House of Douglas
FHA
Paul Archer
Morgan Williams
Williams
Washington
Rep. Winn
Board of Rural Water District No. 5
Franklin-Douglas County
Harold Johnson
RFD 4
Johnson
Russell Wray
Fred Ferguson
Gerald Anderson
Earl Pennington
Rantoul
Neighbors Help Fritts Farm Disced Ahead of Planting
Nelson Fritts of Ottawa RFD 2 is in Leavenworth VA hospital for thyroid surgery while neighbors spend about three and a half hours disking his field. Clarence Keith explains the help, and the Ottawa Co-Op supplies fuel and drinks. Mrs Fritts and family express gratitude for the turnaround in farming plans and morale.
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Nelson Fritts
Ottawa
Wadsworth
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Leavenworth
Fritts
Clarence Keith
Marianne Fritts
Nelson
Stewart Hiatt
Joe
Leon Barnes
Keith
Roger
Kenneth Edwards
Fred Glanville
John Anderson
Victor Warren
Alton Rumford
Harvey Caldwell
Ottawa Co-Op Association
Forrest Kelly
Randy
Leslie Ann
Linda Lee
Albert
Nelson Fritts Farm
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IRS
George
Frank McCarthy
Academy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Daniel Taradash
William P. Rogers
Golda Meir
Strait of Tiran
Elath
Laos
Airborne
Graham Steenhoven
U.S. Table Tennis Association
Chrysler Corp
Steenhoven
S. Main
Chet Bellie
Area Water District
Fritts Farm
By Dan Mullen
Ottawa Cooperative Assn
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