Mr Recreation Ends Long Tenure at Ottawa Recreation
ANNE WOLF reports Ottawa Recreation Commission director Orlis Cox retired after six years in the full time role. Cox began the program in 1947, expanding summer activities into a full fledged recreation department with seven to 15 year old baseball, swimming, and other programs. He started at Ottawa High School in 1923, guiding athletics 40 years and serving as athletic director before retiring in 1966. Assistant Steve Queen succeeds Cox, who plans to garden and travel before settling into a quieter life.
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Anne Wolf Orlis Cox
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Cox
Ottawa High School
Elk City
OHS
West Second Street
Steve Queen
Factors Are Many In County Upswing Road and Bridge Work
Franklin County accelerates road and bridge programs with a 750000 dollar fund budget. Revenue sharing funds back seven new bridges built by Bushman Construction of St Joseph Missouri at 223059 dollars. County plans eight revenue sharing bridges with bids August 27 and heavy bituminous seal work on 34 miles before season end.
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Jewel Scott
Franklin County
Bushman Construction Company
St. Joseph
Franklin County Commission
Highway Department
Robert Lister
Norwood
Franklin-Douglas County Line
Appanoose Creek
Lister
County Line
John Brown
Board of Commissioners
Emerald Road
le Loup- Baldwin
Rantoul Lane
Berea Road
Greenwood Road
East Fifteenth Street
Pomona
Wellsville
Davis Avenue
Ottawa
Davis
John Brown Highway
Williamsburg I-35
Bell Sentenced In Olathe May Face Trial Here
County Attorney Robert L. Pinet said he presumes Randall E. Bell will be returned here for trial on seven counts tied to abductions of two Ottawa women last fall. Bell, 24, was arrested Jan. 3 after a witness in Olathe identified a car and a masked man. He pleaded guilty in Johnson County to nine counts of rape kidnapping burglary and robbery and received multiple prison terms. A separate Douglas County warrant for kidnapping from a Lawrence shopping center was issued with bond set at $30,000.
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Robert L. Pinet
Randall E. Bell
Ottawa
Bell
Kansas City
Olathe
Johnson County
Lawrence
Douglas County
NCIC Narrows Communications Gap For Local Law Enforcement
Ottawa Police and the Sheriff’s Department rely on NCIC to share crime data with Washington. Kansas relays through Topeka on teletype lines, requiring serial numbers and birth data for entries, and warrants or extraditions for individuals. The system speeds information flow but can overload circuits and occasionally fault.
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NCIC
Bob Hunter
National Crime Informational Center
Washington, D. C
Franklin County
Ottawa Police
Sheriff's
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Topeka
Kansas
Washington
Grand Jury
Ottawa
Weather Outlook for Western Kansas Through Saturday Night
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms were forecast for western Kansas through Saturday night, with sunny and warm conditions elsewhere. Highs ranged from the mid 90s southwest to the upper 60s northeast, and lows in the 60s. Sunday expected to be sunny with mid 90s highs.
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Associated Press
Kansas
National Weather Service
Chanute
Garden City
Coffeyville
Goodland
Russell
Dodge City
Beef Shortage Deepens Rationing and Plant Closures Across U S
Beefs crisis prompts grocers to ration and shoppers to buy ahead as 9,000 workers lose jobs at 100 beef plants amid producers withholding cattle for the Sept 12 end of the price freeze. Restaurants plan cuts, black market activity rises, and lawsuits seek an end to the freeze while retailers impose limits.
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Associated Press
American Meat Institute
Nixon
Meat Institute
Agriculture Department
Herrell DeGraff
Council
William N. Walter
Gwen Brand
Slidell
Schwegmann’s
New Orleans
Atlanta
Ralph’s Grocery Co
California
New York City
Internal Revenue Service
Lincoln
Neb
United States
National Restaurant Association
New York
Brasserie
Nixon proposes banking overhaul to boost home loans
President Nixon unveils a banking package aiming to raise savings deposit rates to a 5 percent ceiling over a year and to ensure steady funds for home mortgages. Officials say the plan targets easing the interest rate crunch and extending tax credits to banks and thrift institutions to encourage home lending.
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Washington
Nixon
Savings and Loan Associations
William E. Simon
Treasury
Justice Douglas Orders A Halt To Bombing In Cambodia
Justice William C. Douglas ordered a halt to U S bombing in Cambodia. The Nixon administration sought to overturn the action. The bombing is set to stop August 15, and the court is in recess until October 1.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
Pentagon
Justice Department
Douglas
Skylab 2 Astronauts Hit Electrical Glitches
Space Center Houston AP report says Skylab 2 crew faced electrical problems disrupting solar astronomy experiments. A master alarm buzzer forced Alan L. Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma from their beds as technicians troubleshoot the issue aboard the orbiting lab.
Youth Charged In Osage County
A 19 year old from Alta Vista was charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated robbery in Osage County Court after an incident at a Melvern restaurant. William J. Eldridge is jailed on 25,000 bond. A motel restaurant employee, 16 year old Joseph Brennan, suffered face and neck injuries from a wire constricted attack and was listed in satisfactory condition. Eldridge was captured after a State Highway Patrol roadblock west of Americus Road on US-56 in Lyon County.
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Osage
Melvern
William J. Eldridge
Alta Vista
Lyndon
Joseph B. Brennan
Brennan
Eldridge
Americus Road
Lyon County
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Orlis Cox
Clyde Johnson
Johnson
Justice Douglas
Osage County
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