Feud erupts as Franklin County road clash escalates
Commissioner Don Yockey declares control of the road program in his district, countermanding the county engineer and pressuring road superintendents. The dispute widens with threats, walkouts, and calls for board unity as Lister resists district takeovers.
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Robert Wellington
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Don Yockey
Yockey
Robert Lister
Lister
Lee Nichols
George Atchison
William L. Clark
Centropolis
Franklin County
Clark
Nichols
Atchison
Kansas
Nixon Signals Pullout Timeline and Ongoing Bombing Policy
President Nixon announced a plan to withdraw 20,000 U.S. troops by July 1 while continuing air and naval bombing of North Vietnam until Hanoi halts its invasion of the South. The move would reduce U.S. forces in the region to 49,000, less than 10 percent of the 549,000 authorized since 1969, as he urged national support and warned against negotiating failures in Paris. Separately, two charges against W. R. Thompson of Ottawa for tax and registration violations were dismissed in Franklin County Court, following an IRS directive.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
W. R. Thompson
Ottawa
Apollo 16 Returns Home From Moon Mission
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II splash down aboard USS Ticonderoga in the Pacific ending an 11 day lunar voyage They bring back about 245 pounds of rocks and data and report potential volcanic features observed on the lunar surface in an earlier telecast from the Casper the command ship The recovery near Christmas Island Hawaii followed a 4000 degree reentry and a controlled descent tests show 1 2 million mile voyage nearing completion
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Ticonderoga
Earth
Pacific Ocean
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Christmas Island
Hawaii
Mission Control
Young
City makes appointments to seven city boards
City commissioners in a special meeting appointed and reappointed members to seven city boards. Airport Advisory Board members Music Speer Kramer Pankratz Kille Watson Shields replace Olmsted Green Underwood. Library Board reappoint Winter four years. Memorial Auditorium Patty three years. Recreation Commission Cearfoss four years. Parks Board Followell Jones Bennett Gilmore three years. Planning Commission Grogan Brown Cook reappt. Zoning Appeals Pinet three years. Ottawa Herald named official city paper for one year. Code committees to be named soon.
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Dr. L. N. Speer
George Kramer
Walter Pankratz
Tom Watson
Jack Kille
Bob Shields
Lee Olmsted
Robert Green
Glen Underwood
Winton A. Winter
Library Board
Jack Patty
Memorial Auditorium
Recreation Commission
Chandler
Ottawa Herald
Official
Major North Vietnamese attack on Quang Tri prompts naval shelling
Northern Viet Namese troops and tanks launch a major assault around Quang Tri, as U S ships in the Gulf of Tonkin shell North Vietnamese positions and air raids continue. U S commander notes the offensive’s scale while reports of tank and infantry battles emerge near the city.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
U.S
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Quang Th
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Oklahoma City
Richard B. Anderson
Gurke
Hanoi
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Dmz
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Weather County Forecast Clouds Drift In Cool Rain Likely
Cloudy and cool with a chance of rain tonight, lows mid to upper forties. Southeasterly winds 10 to 25 mph shift to northwesterly tonight. Rain ends Friday with cooler conditions. Friday highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Precip chances 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Friday. High Wednesday around 40, today’s low 47. Record highs and lows noted for the date. 24 hour precipitation 0.38 inch. Hourly temperatures ending early today listed.
Secret Talks Hint at Vietnam War Progress in Paris
Hanoi deputy chief delegate Nguyen Minh Vy called secret talks on Vietnam war "probable" after a first Paris session in five weeks. Le Duc Tho may arrive within a week, meeting Kissinger last year. delegates plan to meet again Thursday amid U S demands to end invasion and withdraw troops.
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Paris
Hanoi
Nguyen Minh Vy
North Vietnam
Politburo
le Duc Tho
Tho
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
U.S
United States
South
Xuan Thuy
Vietnam
William J. Porter
South Vietnam
Beauties Prepare for Ottawa Miss Pageant and Parade
A pageant in Memorial Auditorium will crown Miss Ottawa with 10 contestants judged on talent, poise, and beauty. A parade along Park Street and a tea at Mrs. Winton Winter’s home precede the event, featuring Miss Kansas Sandy Rings and other local notables, with Beta Sigma Phi Exemplar Chapter organizing the tea and Miss Kansas em-cee Vicki Fincham conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Lee Selby
Ottawa High School
Ottawa
J. W. Selby
Ottawa Rfd 1
Ottawa University
Susie
Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa Jaycees
Winton Winter
Miss Ottawa
Miss Kansas
Fred Hunter
Topeka
Ron Brower
Pittsburg
Margaret Frink
Judy Buzzi
Lawrence
Ron Hastings
Independence
Beta Sigma Phi
LeRoy Teter
Allan Sleeth
Mike Silsby
Pete Cullen
Jaycee
Park Street
Ottawa Co-Op
Carole Marie Smith
Cindy Wheeler
Vicki Fincham
Miss Rings
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County Commission
Appanoose School
Richmond
Appanoose
Howard McCurdy
Us-59
LeLoup
Commission
Earl Higdon
s.O.b
Higdon
Don
Bob
Congress of
Apollo 16
Pacific
Moon
the Space Center
Duke
Mattingly
Wa.m
Nam
Sandy Rings
Law
The
National Guard
Ottawa Fire Department
OHS
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