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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1973
Page
8
A local church announces the Union Chapel United Methodist Church will not hold Sunday school or worship services this coming Sunday.
Daily brief lists admissions for several residents including Mrs. James Baldwin and Ira W. Happy, dismissals for Donna Lloyd and Luke Hunziker, a birth at Sunrise Mobile Home Park, a marriage license for James Pike Earnshaw and Janet Rhea Andrew, and a long slate of traffic citations with fines. Also notes a 1973 MG collision on Main Street and a public intoxication citation in Kansas City. Local livestock and market figures follow with cattle hogs and sheep updates and Friday estimates.
Caution was the word on Wall Street as prices stayed near Wednesday levels. The noon Dow fell 0.98 to 901.04 as losers outpaced gainers 615 to 469 among 1,459 NYSE issues. Amex down 0.01 to 23.26. Major movers included Deere rising 1 after announcing a 20 million expansion, Magnavox sliding amid denied rumors, and Homestake Mining dropping 2 as gold prices fell.
President Nixon has secluded himself at Camp David to prepare a public Watergate response while Senate Watergate committee lawyers pursue a lawsuit to force Nixon to surrender subpoenaed tapes and documents. The panel aims to file the suit today, mirroring a similar action by Archibald Cox, as Nixon resists subpoenas.
Skylab 2 astronauts report Arabella the space spider adapted to weightlessness spinning a normal circular web after an initial disorientation. They plan to reward her with filet mignon and proceed with a photo survey of earth resources over western Canada and eastern United States. A Lexington Mass. student, Judith Miles, suggested the experiment and the crew are in excellent spirits.
Garnett City Commission discussed the pool closure last Thursday due to personnel consuming cereal malt beverages. The lifeguard in charge was dismissed, pool manager Pat Waring was not on duty, and the pool reopened Friday morning. The meeting also covered city finances, road funds, and personnel changes including a new city attorney.
Franklin County Commission passed two resolutions on parking restrictions and erecting a stop sign at Stuckey's exit. No parking is designated north side of the public road Tunning east and west of Section 34, Township 15, Range 21, near Wellsville. The panel also discussed financing for a second floor of the proposed court facility, with support for adding district court space if funds allow. They denied raises for assistant civil defense director Jean Phares and other departments. Further steps involve creating a Stanton Cemetery district via a formal request process, but timing misses the 1974 budget. The body also heard a directive to mark aerial photos of agricultural lands to standardize assessments, due by Sept. 1.
The Ottawa Fire Department unveiled a communications package for the new station including a radio tower a dispatch room monitor and handicom devices. Chief G A Diamond Jr said the system solves gaps when fires involve upper levels enabling ground crews and ladder crews to communicate directly. He noted off duty firefighters serving as parking meter attendants can be reached quickly via handicom in emergencies.
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