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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1973
Page
1
Ninety degree heat thinned crowds at the Princeton Festival on Saturday as children endured the hot pavement, a sunny afternoon scene marked by high temperatures and weekend turnout.
A Spanish Caravelle crashed near La Coruna's Alvedra Airport in heavy fog. Unofficial reports mentioned a survivor, but Aviaco officials said all 85 to 90 aboard perished or were feared dead. Reports cited Montrove fatalities and two empty houses hit, with witnesses noting three landing attempts before impact. An earlier ground casualty count differed between agencies.
Franklin County commissioners formally approved the 1974 budget after a back to order August 8 meeting. The ambulance service levy was deleted from the published budget, a mill levy cut totaling 13.38 mills for 1974. Commissioner Nichols clarified remarks about supporting the local ambulance service and responded to a public complaint.
US Attorney’s Office readies to review subpoenaed files on Spiro Agnew spanning 1962 onward as part of a Maryland political corruption inquiry. Records sought include campaign materials from his 1966 gubernatorial run and 1968 1972 vice presidential campaigns.
A head‑on collision on US 50 near the Ransomville curve southwest of Ottawa left five hurt, two critically. Norman G. Hildebrandt, 43, and Phillip S. Higginbottom, 32, led both vehicles into the crash, with Hildebrandt and his wife Lois and Higginbottom and his parents all hospitalized for serious injuries.
The United States enters Phase 4 wage price controls with small and mid sized firms allowed to raise prices for cost increases since late 1972. Big firms must give 30 days notice. exemptions apply to firms with 60 or fewer employees, plus lumber and public service sectors. Gasoline and beef remain frozen until August and September respectively. The regime aims to phase in increases and limit profit, with Phase 4 possibly ending later this year.
Washington AP Phase 4, the latest inflation control step, follows a sequence of measures since 1971. Phase 1 froze wages prices and rents with limited exemptions. Phase 2 thawed wages and prices for 14 months with growth limits. Phase 3 limited enforcement and added health food and construction controls. Phase 34% began June 13 with a second freeze while wages were unfrozen and some food prices capped for up to 60 days.
President Nixon signed a 22.9 billion highway bill to ease urban congestion by opening the Highway Trust Fund to mass transit. The act allows fund use for bus and rail investments and gives states flexibility to set transportation priorities, signaling a bipartisan compromise welcomed at the White House ceremony.
A Lincoln Nebraska federal judge denied an injunction to end the beef price freeze before September 12. The ruling refused dismissal of the suit brought by Minden Beef Co and the Greater New York Association of Meat and Poultry Dealers. A Seattle case by the Western States Meat Packers Association awaits a ruling.
Jefferson County officers dug up a 24th body on a Gulf Coast beach near High Island, with more remains likely. The case involves teen killers Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks amid a three year spree led by Dean Allen Corll, with Henley admitting nine slayings. Houston Police Chief Short to address parents’ charges over police response.
The USD 290 Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. to adopt an out district bus policy, discuss library carpet installation at Garfield and Hawthorne, set lunch and milk costs for 1973 74, consider capital outlay teaching equipment, and give final budget approval.
Washington AP Cox filed a legal brief arguing President Nixon has an enforceable legal duty not to withhold material evidence from a grand jury The brief in U S District Court responds to White House claims that courts lack authority to compel Nixon to obey subpoenas The special prosecutor said the subpoena was properly directed to the President and the court has power to enforce it
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