Beautiful Babies Steal Show At County Fair Finale
Ladies and Babies Day at Franklin County Fair drew 58 babies across seven classes. Winners included Benjamin Heinlein, Jay Hook, Owen Watts, Showndie Nichols, Melody Turley, Alicia Burgess, with Wendy Sue and Lisa Marie Taylor winning the twins drawing. Experts demonstrated kitchen appliances before announcing table setting winner Mrs. W. H. Williams.
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County Fair
Joan Istas
Franklin County
Showndie Rene Nichols
Stanley Nichols
Ottawa
Melody Gay Turley
Franklin Turley
Wellsville
Alicia Burgess
Don Burgess
RFD
Wendy Sue
Lisa Marie Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Few Consumer Complaints On Freeze
New York region Office of Emergency Preparedness reports few complaints about the Nixon price freeze. A Queens shopper alleged a cigarette price hike. a shopper noticed a two cent rise on a soft drink. Most inquiries involve questions rather than violations.
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New York
Adiner
Queens
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Nixon
John F. Sullivan Jr
Fire Aboard Ferryboat Dumps 1 000 Into Adriatic
A ferry carrying more than 1,000 aboard caught fire in the Adriatic while en route from Greece to Italy. At least 30 people perished, 850-870 survivors rescued, bodies believed still in the water. The Heleanna burned for over six hours, capsizing lifeboats and sparking panicked evacuations near Brindisi. Survivors were ferried to Brindisi and Monopoli. ships from Lebanon, the Soviet Union, and a U.S. plane aided in rescue.
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Brindisi
Italy
Adriatic
Greece
Col
Vincenzo Gasperini
Taranto
Heleanna
Athens
Patras
Corfu
Ancona
Monopoli
Michel Benoit
Here
Maddalena Toscano
Milan
Miss Toscano
Universe Defender
Svoboda
Grumman
U.S
Grain Block Aid Urged By Wheat Growers Chief
Gene Moos president of the National Association of Wheat Growers urged President Nixon to end the West Coast dock strike and deter threatened walkouts on the Gulf and East Coasts. The NAWG meeting directed Moos to consult management and labor to gauge impact on farmers and the economy. A spokesman said the stoppage harms markets and balance of payments, noting Japan has begun buying wheat from Australia and Canada.
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Denver
Gene Moos
National Association of Wheat Growers
Nixon
Gulf
East Coasts
NAWG
Moos
Japan
Australia
Canada
County Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies And Showers
The county forecast calls for cloudy conditions through Sunday with scattered showers. Saturday highs in the 80s, overnight lows near 60, and Sunday highs near 90. Record highs and lows noted from 1913 and 1916. Hourly temps run through 8 a.m. with brief, unclear readings following.
Welcome For New Teachers In Ottawa Community
Ottawa's Chamber of Commerce opened the new school year by hosting a luncheon for more than 95 people including USD 290 teachers and Ottawa University faculty. Rev William Weber gave the invocation as Allen Loyd presided and Marvin P Forker introduced the newcomers. Dr Peter Armacost presented Ottawa University faculty. Speakers included Lee Hysom Rev Robert Bechtel Robert Bozworth Robert Hill Dr Andrew B Martin and Ralph Dennis.
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Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce
USD
Ottawa University
William Weber
Allen Loyd
Marvin P. Forker
Peter Armacost
Lee Hysom
Robert Bechtel
Robert Bozworth
Robert Hill
Ottawa Industrial Development
Andrew B. Martin
Ralph Dennis
Pomona Reservoir
Teachers Still Face Freeze and Conflicting Views
Kansas educators face uncertain salary raises as regional OEP director Francis Tobin says wages are frozen under the price freeze, while Kansas officials and NEA rebut. Dr Melvin Neely and Dr C Taylor Whittier challenge the interpretation, urging adherence to the Cost of Living Council guidelines.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Francis X. Tobin
Tobin
Cost of Living Council
Melvin Neely
The
Kansas National
Neely
OEP
Washington
Heavy Rains Hit Coast As Doria Loses Punch
Tropical storm Doria battered the East Coast with flash floods and property damage as it moved through New York New Jersey and Connecticut. The storm’s center lingered in western Connecticut midmorning and forecasts said it would diminish in strength.
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Associated Press
Doria
Seaboard
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
National Weather Service
Maryland
Maine
North Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Bennett Cerf Dies at 73 Publisher of Random House
Bennett Cerf, 73, famed Random House founder and longtime TV panelist on Whats My Line, died of natural causes at his Mount Kisco home. He built Random House into a top publisher with authors like Faulkner and Stein, and hosted Try and Stop Me. His wife Phyllis Fraser was with him.
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Mount Kisco
N.Y
Bennett Cerf
Cerf
Random House Publishers
Phyllis Fraser
New York
Cerfboard
Random House
Eugene O'Neill
Robinson Jeffers
William Faulkner
Sinclair Lewis
Quentin Reynolds
Gertrude Stein
S. J. Perelman
John O'Hara
W. H. Auden
Motorcycle Crash Fatalities In Topeka Intersection
Donald Heberling, 16, of Topeka, died about four hours after his motorcycle collided with a car at an intersection on Interstate 70 in Topeka, authorities said.
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Topeka, Kan
Donald Heberling
Topeka
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Rene Nichols
Owen Wayne Watts
Benjamin Todd Heinlein
Jay Hook
Wendy Sue and
Internal Revenue Service
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Manhattan
Phil Drury
Arnold Gordon
Piraeus
Bridgeport
Conn
Morehead City
N.C
Chesapeake Bay
Onslow County
Chesapeake
Herald Tribune
Boni & Liveright
Horace Liveright
Modern Library
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Donald S. Klopfer
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