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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1969

Page

7

Revaluation On Four Kansas Firms By Board of Tax Appeals

Rulings by the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals affect pipelines telephone and electric firms. The five member board kept reductions for Natural Gas Pipeline Twin Valley Telephone Cunningham Telphone and Kansas State Telephone while denying or dismissing 17 other appeals. The panel declined to rehear cases and will seek authority to rehear future matters.

Topeka Kansas Board of Tax Appeals Natural Gas Pipeline Co Twin Valley Telephone Co Cunningham Telphone Co

Rains Boost Western Kansas Crops and Seedings

TOPEKA AP Weather boosts surface moisture for fall wheat seeding across western Kansas after last week's rains. Some southwestern counties still lack moisture. Corn maturity edge tightens from 15 to 14 percent. dough and dent stages rise to 84 and 39 percent, versus 81 and 49 percent a year ago.

Topeka Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service

Violence Death Rate Rises in Kansas City

AP reports police data show a 23 percent rise in violent deaths in Kansas City through August 25, totaling 63. Mayor Elza Hatfield notes shootings stabbings and beatings account for all. The tally rivals or surpasses homicide totals from 1963 1964 1966 and 1967, with 1965 at 78 and last year marking a record 108.

Kansas City Elza Hatfield Crimes Against

Four die as Prague protests mark invasion anniversary

Prague and Brno saw deadly protests on the Soviet invasion anniversary. Government reports four demonstrators killed and 277 wounded, with 246 troops and police hurt. About 1,898 arrested and 1,797 questioned, including 78 foreigners and 19 Americans. U.S. envoy sought word on detainees but got none.

Prague Czechoslovakia Bohemia and Moravia Slovakia Brno U.S Malcolm Toon Foreign Ministry

Britain Offers Mediator Over Ulster Gas Riots

London proposed sending a chemical warfare experienced medical officer to Northern Ireland to check reports that CS riot gas caused diarrhea vomiting and abdominal pain among victims including babies. Authorities plan a court of inquiry and Oliver Wright begins as Ulster adviser amid volatile sectarian clashes.

London Northern Ireland Londonderry United Kingdom British Defense Ministry Ulster Britain Oliver Wright Belfast Foreign Office Ian Freeland Wee Freeland Royal Ulster

Major Revisions Seen For LBJ Highway Program

Washington AP reports Nixon aides are reviewing Lyndon B. Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act page by page. Antibillboard provisions face collapse as Volpe notes signs extend beyond 660 feet and favor large businesses over small. Congress trimmed extensions. final fate unclear amid spending pressures.

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