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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1966

Page

6

Witnesses Seek to Represent Themselves at House Hearing

In Washington AP ropes of tension rose as witnesses against antiwar activities said they would act as their own lawyers after marching out with their attorneys. Jerry C. Rubin of Berkeley declared I am my own lawyer and pledged to defend themselves when the committee resumes after setting a noon deadline for new counsel.

Washington House Committee On One American Activities Jerry C. Rubin Berkeley Calif

Air Force Jets Spraying Dallas To Fight Encephalitis

Three U S Air Force planes begin spraying Dallas with insecticide to curb an encephalitis outbreak. A Public Health Service official notes the use of aircraft marks a first in epidemic control. City Health Director Hal J Dewlett says probable cases since July total 57 with two deaths possibly linked to the virus.

Dallas Tex U.S. Air Force U.S. Public Health Service Hal J. Dewlett Dewlett

Mosquito Control Plan Against Encephalitis Surges in Seoul

Twenty deaths this month in Seoul from suspected encephalitis prompt spraying plans using Malathion by three C123 aircraft from Lange ley Air Force Base Virginia. Health officials link heavy rains to the outbreak as Malathion, deemed harmless to people, targets culex mosquitoes carrying St Louis encephalitis in a city of 750,000.

Langeley Air Force Base St. Louis Dallas John Kilpatrick Communicable Disease Center U.S. Public Health Service Atlanta

Ottawa Storm Sets Record For Wide Area

An official rain measurement of 5.85 inches in Ottawa set a three state area record after an early morning storm. Surrounding towns logged varied rainfall with notable gusts up to 40 mph at Lake Pomona. Lightning caused widespread damage to poles, transformers, structures, and telephone lines, with two fire trucks stuck in mud during firefighting efforts and several fires reported but no major property loss.

Ottawa Lyndon Williamsburg Pomona Richmond Overbrook Melvern Osage City Lebo Redding Quenemo Lake Pomona Corps of Engineer Lucille Griffin 8Th Burrough Junior Diamond Diamond Don Hamilton Water and Light Department Ottawa University New Chapel Garnett Roy Stewart

Radium Capsule Lost In Mail Across United States

A small radium capsule, potentially highly dangerous, was lost in rail shipment from Fort Worth to New York City. Physicists warn the public not to touch it and to mark and report any find to police. The capsule is under an inch long and the diameter of a dime.

New York Fort Worth Tex New York City

Ottawa woman improves after Burlington crash

Loretta Day, an Ottawa woman injured when her husband and son were killed in an August 13 automobile accident, is reported out of the critical condition and improving. A nurse at Kit Carson Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Colorado said today, She's sure improving.

Loretta Day Ottawa Kit Carson Memorial Hospital Burlington, Colo

Senate Bill Expands Johnson Power to Call Reservists

The Senate voted 66 21 to empower President Johnson to call up thousands of reservists for possible active duty in Vietnam, tying the measure to the defense bill. The move challenges White House and Pentagon positions and broadens mobilization, excluding those with prior WWII Korea War or over two years of active duty.

Senate Johnson Washington White House Pentagon Viet Nam Army Reserve and National Guard Robert 5S. McNamara George McGovern D-S. D Senate Appropriations Committee McGovern JoOseph S. Clark DePa Gaylord Nelson D-Wis William Proxmire DeWis Stephen M. Young Ohio Strom Thurmond R-S.c

Arizona Rebel Who Blowed His Cares Up

Arizona man Earl L. Francis, self-described rebel against civilization, built a stone cabin on Coronado National Forest land above Oracle. After eight-foot hole to a so called gold mine and lack of a valid claim, forest officials planned eviction. He set a dynamite fuse and blew himself up.

Tucson Ariz Earl L. Francis Francis Washington, D.C Catalina Mountains Oracle Coronado National Forest U.S. Forest Service

Old Rock Creek Schoolhouse Reopens As Meeting Place

Workmen remodel the Rock Creek School building for monthly Eastern Kansas Holiness Association meetings. The Rock Creek Community Club sold it in 1951 52, then declined selling to avoid harm to the community, and in February this year sold it to the association which repaints the exterior and adds a pulpit. A 1916 political handbill urging Wilson for peace was found on site.

Rock Creek Eastern Kansas Holiness Association Rock Creek Community Club Rock Creek School Wilson

County forecast shows scattered nighttime storms

Weather outlook calls for scattered mainly nighttime and morning thunderstorms with mostly cloudy skies otherwise. Friday high mid 80s and tonight low mid 60s with 30 percent and 20 percent precipitation chances. Includes past and record temperatures and a 5.85 inch 24 hour rainfall.

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