Commission OKs City Budget with One Attendee
One resident attended the public budget hearing on the proposed 4.7 million 1969 city budget. The session ran about 20 minutes as J. B. Hillebrand urged publishing monthly expenditures to improve transparency. The budget totals 4,697,112.44 with a 2 cent property tax rise per 1,000, plus a county and school tax increase, boosting the total to 95.12 mills. major outlay includes 1.43 million for sewer improvements that may not be spent in 1969. The FAA cut federal funds for Ottawa Airport projects, delaying the contract stage.
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Rosie Lister
J. B. Hillebrand
S. Cedar
Hillebrand
Hilebrand
West Fifteenth Street
Don Capper
Capper
Ottawa
Federal Aviation Authority
Kansas
Junior Diamond
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
Fifteenth Street
South Hickory
South Walnut
Nixon Starts Campaign Trail On West-East Swing
Nixon expands campaign from San Diego into a two day route to New York with appearances in Lansing Harrisburg and Springfield He meets with crime advisory committee and other GOP leaders as he seeks party unity and broad public support for the presidential bid Senator Morton joins as traveling adviser to help unify the Republican team coast to coast.
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San Diego
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York
George Romney
Michigan
Lansing
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Herbert G. Klein
Springfield
Ill
Klein
Dist
Atty
Evelle Younger
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Thomas Reddin
Big City
George Murphy
Rep
Bob Wilson
Murphy
Wilson
Senate
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Morton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washed-Out Bridge Triggers Watershed Improvement Debate
A bridge west of Centropolis was washed away in a flash flood raising calls for watershed protection. Franklin County engineer Bob Lister notes high water likely lifted the bridge off its foundations and cites erosion and damaged roads as evidence. Local Soil Conservationist Emmett Richter explains how watershed projects work and steps to establish them, with Tally Creek area planned for study and possible steering committee tonight in Marion Spring School.
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Centropolis
Bob Lister
Franklin County
Appanoose Creek
Lister
Soil Conservation Service
Emmett Richter
U.S
Tally Creek
Douglas County
Appanoose
Eight Mile Creeks
Pomona
Richter
Eight Mile Creek
Marion Spring School
Worden
Eight Mile
Osage
Coffey County
Frog Creek
Demos Face Growing Split Within Banks
New York AP reports growing splits in the Democratic Party as Humphrey pushes an open convention while McCarthy supporters voice concerns. Open convention plans include limited passes and barriers at Chicago, with a legal challenge alleging free speech and assembly rights are harmed. Humphrey promotes a streamlined gathering amid intra party tensions.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Lawrence O’brien
McCarthy
Chicago
Allard Lowenstein
Coalitior
Humphrey
National Party
John Bailey
Prague Hails Romanian Leader Amid Axis Shift
Prague welcomed Romanian Communist Party chief Nicolae Ceausescu as he renewed the Romania Czechoslovakia friendship pact. Ceausescu backed Dubcek and opposed Moscow pressure, bringing top aides including Maurer Bodnaras Apostol Trofin Stoica and Manescu. He warned Warsaw Pact powers against using force in member states' internal affairs.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nicolae Ceausescu
Belgrade
Bucharest
Ceausescu
Romania
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Emil Bodnaras
Gheorghe Apostol
Virgil Trofin
Trade Union Council
Gheorghe Stoica
Central Committee
Corneliu Manescu
Tito
Kremlin
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Bomb Agreement Needed Says Defense Chief In Washington
Secretary of Defense Clark M Clifford said the United States will not ease bombing of North Vietnam without a security pact protecting American servicemen near enemy territory. He linked the March 31 restriction to the demilitarized zone and noted the U S awaits a clear Hanoi signal.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
United States
North Vietnam
Clifford
Johnson
Ottawa to hold public hearing on zoning update
A Sept 3 7:30 p.m. hearing will consider an ordinance to adopt a city zoning re classification plan aimed at updating codes for consistency with decades of growth. The proposal expands heavy industry areas, opens more land for retail and service use, tightens duplex limits, and introduces nine districts with rules on height, parking, signs, and a Board of Appeals.
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City Planning Commission
Oblinger and Smith
Budge Reusch
Don Capper
Vern Wadkins
Wadkins
Board of Appeals
County Forecast: Partly cloudy with storms possible
Weather forecast for the county: tonight partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and cooler, less humid conditions on Friday. Low temperatures tonight around the mid 60s, Friday highs in the lower 80s. Friday should be clearer to partly cloudy with a little cooler and drier air.
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