Five Inches Of Snow Fails To Halt Business As Usual
Ottawa officials report five inches of snow but say business continues with low accident rates. Police handled four minor crashes by midmorning while city crews plowed and added traction. Schools and deliveries proceed, buses normal, and county roads expected to be cleared in two days.
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Ottawa
E. W. Flaherty
Seventh
Main
Steve James
Co. C. Adamson
Marvin P. Forker
Quenemo
Scranton
Princeton
Richmond
Melvern
Pomona
Lyndon
Burlingame
Carbondale
Overbrook
Franklin County
Kansas Highway Patrol
John Doolin
Bell Telephone Co
State Holds Request For Election
TOPEKA RP A Franklin County school district seeks permission to hold a $777,000 bond election for a new high school but the vote is delayed until a territory dispute with Miami County is settled. Throckmorton notes 13 land sections vote to join Miami district. moratorium on new construction bonds remains unless a building is destroyed or population surges.
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Topeka
Franklin County
Adel F. Throckmorton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Throckmorton
Miami County
Throckemorton
Weather County Forecast Cold and Cloudy Through Saturday
Cold and mostly cloudy through Saturday with northerly winds to 15 mph tonight. Lows near 10 to 15, high around 30 on Saturday. Thursday high 27, today’s low 21, year-ago high 54, low 26. Record highs 68 in 1946 and 2 in 1898. 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am 0.37 inch. Snowfall 5 inches. Hourly temperatures ending 8 am.
FBI arrests in Mississippi tie to civil rights slayings
The FBI rounded up 21 men including Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Sheriff deputy Cecil Price plus five Klansmen in Meridian in the slayings of three civil rights workers in which James Chaney Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman disappeared. The arrests target conspiracy to injure oppress threaten and intimidate. possible murder warrants will be pursued.
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Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Meridian
Edgar Killen
Roy Moore
Jackeson FBI
Price
Here
Rainey
FBL
Post Office Set For Xmas Rush
Washington AP reports the Post Office braces for the peak mailing period of the Christmas season with new facilities in Chicago, 145000 Christmas assistants, and deadlines to ensure timely delivery. The department hopes for smooth operations despite weather and transportation risks.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Chicago
John A. Gronouski
United States
Students freed on 72000 bond at UC Berkeley protests
Hundreds of demonstrators ar tested on the University of California campus and jailed protesters were freed in batches after posting 72000 bond. The Free Speech Movement pressure on campus rules caused turmoil over political activity and discipline for four students amid a campus strike threat.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Clark Kerr
Alameda County
Youth Waits On Death Row
Preston Cobb Jr on death row for 1961 killing faces new trial after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court citing racial jury exclusion. On his 19th birthday Cobb spoke of hope, education, and his plan to return to school if freed, as prosecutors vow to appeal.
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Preston Cobb Jr
Cobb
Don McKee
Reidsville, Ga
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Oreleans
Frank Coleman Dumas
Eatonton, Ga
U.S. Supreme Court
Preston Cobb
Solicitor General
George Lawerence
Lawrence
Dumas
Reddaville State Prison
Cobb Gail
Students Cited For Hitching Behind Cars In Ottawa
Fourteen University students were cited by Ottawa police for clinging to moving vehicles Thursday afternoon. Names include Jim Ebersol and Larry Zook among others. arraignment set for December 10. Police chief called the act a dangerous practice with past injuries including a lost leg from such actions.
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Ottawa
Jim Eberssol
Larry Zook
Charles H. Parkhaurst Jr
Robert Califano
Michael G. Ritzel
Edward Viola
Barry Aebischer
Joe Czirsky
Joseph Chapin
Bonnie Schuth
Gary A.germond
Kenneth Steve Taylor
Kipp S
Pope Appeals To End Arms Race in India Visit
Pope Paul VI urged nations to halt the arms race and divert defense spending to a world fund aiding developing nations. He spoke after weeping for India's poor, calling for peace and frugal aid for nutrition clothing shelter and medical care.
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Bombay
India
Paul VI
World Fund
Pontiff
Stores Open Later on Weeknights in Ottawa
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee urges stores to stay open until 8 30 p m from December 14 to December 23. Some merchants plan to keep Saturday hours until 8 30 p m. An ad on page 8 lists the stores open Saturday night.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Today’s Herald
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