Tough Row To Hoe Here For Renters
Ottawa rental properties are scarce with agents blaming tight money and high building costs. Howard Doyen cites rising labor and material costs and zoning adding up to $1,000 per home, hurting affordability. Rural landlords report few reliable tenants and many drifters, with owners preferring sale over rentals whenever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Howard Doyen
Alexander-Doyen Real Estate
Doyen
Harold P. Peffly
Joel Towner
Mayor Lamar Phillips Resigns as Ottawa City Mayor
Ottawa mayor Lamar Phillips stunned the city commission by resigning after a regular meeting. Acting mayor Alden Cearfoss will lead until a successor is chosen within 10 days, with the next city election set for April 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marla Babcock
Ottawa
Lamar Phillips
City Commission
Phillips
Citizens
Commission
Finance
Alden Cearfoss
Cearfoss
Harry Murphy
John Richeson
Orlin Smith
Herald
Meeting On Low-Income Homes Soon
Ottawan residents are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting on September 2 at the Anchor Savings and Loan Building to discuss low income housing. Sandy McKaw of the Regional Office of Economic Opportunity will speak on the right to a decent home with slides from Missouri developments. A film Six houses Six homes will be shown and a Q A session will follow. A free Head Start babysitting clinic will run during the event with refreshments for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Collins
Adult Community Action Group
Wadkins
Cypress Street
9Th
John Richeson
Howard Doyen
Housing Committee of Economic Development
Death toll in war subsides in Vietnam week
U S and South Vietnamese reports show a drop in casualties as enemy offensives ease. US deaths 190, wounded 1,367. South Vietnamese 398 killed, 928 wounded. Viet Cong and N Vietnamese casualties 2,757. Total US dead 38,128 since Jan 1, 1961. total wounded 247,096. Withdrawal of 25,000 American troops completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Phuoc Long
Mekong
Air Force
da Nang
South China Sea
U.s.command
Nixon
Land Fill Rates and Hours Voted by City Commission
Verne Wadkins, head of public works, presented proposed hours for a new West Second Street landfill and a scale of charges ranging from 25 cents for cars to 1.50 dollars for large trucks plus 1.50 per tree or brush load. The commission will study the plan after public input, citing operating costs and sanitary rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Wadkins
Public Works Department
West Second Street
City Commission
Lamar Phillips
Wadkins
Commission
Harry Murphy
Streets and Utilities
Alden Cearfoss
Finance
Kansas Board of Health
Ottawa
Air France to allow stewardesses to fly until age fifty
Air France reached a concession to avoid a strike by permitting stewardesses to fly up to age 50 reversing the prior 40 year limit. The Associated Press survey shows mixed male reactions with some defending older flight attendants and others preferring younger staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Air France
Jack Nessel
New York City
Wayne Smith
Atlanta
Bill Wallace
Charles Eastman
Sterling
Colo
John Morgan
Eugene L. Wyman
Beverly Hills
Nicholas J. Nichols
Chicago
Ross Gelber
Washington
Ted Rymar
Detroit
Pete Fountain
New Orleans
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Stuns CC
Wilson Street
Locust and
Cedar Streets
Junior Diamond
Gary Jordan
Eugene Field
Seventh
Maple
Jordan
Laurence Wightman
Wightman
Aviation Division
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas
Airport Board
Ottawa Industries
Smith
Ottawa High School
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