City Pool Profits Rise in 71 Season and City Actions
Ottawa municipal pool posted a 55.75 profit after a summer with 37,605 total attendees, receipts 11772.84 and expenses 11754.13. Concession gains 6520.70 against 5783.66 in costs, leaving 1791.45 in pool funds, while other items cover ordinances on public intoxication and property destruction, a Pizza Hut malt beverage license, and a recodification project with Kansas league of municipalities plus a university land lease. Soccer Week honors Ottawa University's NAIA tournament participation.
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Pizza Hut
West Fifteenth
John L. Richeson
Kansas League of Municipalities
Kansas State University
Max R. Gilmore
Shrine Club
South Main
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Welfare chief urges summit on social welfare duties
State welfare director Robert C. Harder called for a summit with Congress governors and the President to delineate responsibility for welfare. Speaking at an Ottawa Rotary Club luncheon he urged federal guidelines and argued that state and local agencies must share roles amid rising caseloads and public concern.
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Edward McGrath
Robert C. Harder
Congress
Harder
Ottawa
Rotary Club
Clarence L. Harder
S. Mulberry
Merwin A. Welty
S. Maple
Social Welfare Department
Nixon's Extension of W-P Control Nearer
Washington AP report on House Banking Committee moves toward a bill parallel to the Senate version extending President Nixon's wartime wage and price powers. Debates over retroactive pay raises and stricter interest controls continue amid GOP and administration concerns.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Senate
House
Banking Committee
Organized Labor
Butz Wins Senate Confirmation as Agriculture Secretary
The Senate voted 51 to 44 to confirm Earl Lauer Butz as Secretary of Agriculture. Debate highlighted fears for small farmers and hunger programs while supporters praised Nixon’s pick and predicted strong leadership for the administration's farm policy.
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Washington
Senate
Earl Lauer Butz
Nixon
Purdue University
George McGovern
D- 8
Butz
America
McGovern
Robert Dole
Brian
Dole
Conferees Approve 15.8 Billion Tax Cut Bill
Washington AP conferees approve a 15.8 billion tax cut after deferring the controversial presidential campaign financing plan until after the 1972 elections. The measure strips most large revenue-losing provisions Nixon objected to and preserves business and individual tax benefits.
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Washington
Senate House
Conference Committee
Nixon
Senate
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Breakthrough In Monetary Crisis In Rome
Finance ministers from the G10 achieved a breakthrough toward resolving the international monetary crisis. For the first time in three months the United States signaled willingness to consider devaluing the dollar. The three day Rome talks end with plans to resume in Washington December 17 18. The shift in U S stance reverses pressure on Washington and changes the bargaining dynamic with key trading partners.
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Rome
Group of Ten
United States
Washington
U.S
America
Indian Air Strikes Agartala Prompt Border Clash Claim
The Associated Press reports Pakistani planes attacked Agartala in Tripura as Indian forces prepared to cross the border in what New Delhi called defensive action. Civilians were killed or wounded as shelling across refugee camps intensified. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi urged Pakistan to withdraw from East Pakistan and from India's western border.
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Associated Press
India
Tripura
East Pakistan
New Delhi
Agartala
Dacca
Mukti Bahini
Indira Gandhi
To Locate SS Branch Office Here
Social Security will open a seven-employee Ottawa office serving Franklin Miami Anderson and Linn counties in a four county area. The move, announced by SSA commissioner Robert M Ball to Rep Larry Winn and Senators Dole and Pearson, depends on Ottawa space. the Ottawa branch will report to the Kansas City district run by Elie Hedrick and replace the current weekly field visit from the Youth Center. The office will handle aged blind survivors retirement Medicare and nursing home complaint clearinghouse functions under federal jurisdiction.
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Ottawa
The
Social Security Administration
Robert M. Ball
Larry Winn
Robert Dole
James Pearson
Kansas City
Kan
Elie Hedrick
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Linn
County forecast shows continued cold and light snow
Continued cold with occasional snow this afternoon and tonight in the county, with light snow possible in northern areas. East to northeast winds 10 to 15 mph tonight, lows in the upper 20s. Friday brings decreasing cloudiness and near 40s highs, with a 30 percent precip chance tonight and 10 percent Friday.
Cambodian Forces Abandon Baray Amid North Vietnamese Attacks
Cambodian forces evacuated Baray 60 miles northeast of Phnom Penh after heavy fighting with the North Vietnamese 9th Division. Sources say troops retreated 12 miles north to Taing Krasaing while Kompong Thmar faced fierce hand to hand combat and likely abandonment. The retreat marks the worst Cambodian defeat in the 20 month war, observers say.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Baray
Taing Krasaing
Kompong Thmar
ASCS Leaders Favor Joint Projects In Franklin County
State ASCS officials Frank Mosier and Lester Branson visited Ottawa to review the Leo Ferguson joint road fill and stock water dam project. They note several counties have used REAP aided joint structures and discuss funding, maintenance, and the risk of REAP funds being impounded, with county officials seeking to complete approved projects by December 31 to avoid shortages.
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Joan Istas
County
Farmer
ASCS
Frank Mosier
Lester Branson
Think
Ottawa
Leo Ferguson
Ferguson
RFD
Jefferson County
Branson
Board of County Commissioners
Bureau of the Budget
Nixon
Congress
Franklin County
Jim Pugh
Pugh
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Orris Cox
Cox
Commission
Robert Harder
Sherwood Construction Company Inc
Vogler
Pakistan
Mosier
Franklin Countiaes
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