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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1970
Page
8
AP report from Fort Benning says Lt. William Calley shot a white robed monk and a child after two civilian groups were killed at My Lai. Radio operator Charles Sledge testified Calley ordered “to waste ’em” as they approached villagers.
National Cambodian forces reported heavy losses after a day of clashes with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops protecting Peam Chikang district headquarters, 37 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Communications and helicopter resupply failed as air support struggled to reach the defenders.
A white University of Kansas senior, 22 year old Harry Kirke Snyder of Topeka, was shot during a confrontation with two black youths defacing the Watson Library steps with the word strike. Snyder was hospitalized with unknown condition as witnesses described a scuffle and the suspects fleeing. police details were not released.
After 48 years in Ottawa the Towner family sells part interest in Towner's Funeral Chapel at 626 N Main to Paul Damron of Burlington. The chapel will be renamed Damron-Towner Chapel Inc with Towner staying on a few years. Damron, his wife Janice, and associates bring a Burlington lineage and prior mortuary experience to the business.
In Rio de Janeiro terrorists armed with automatic weapons abducted Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher as he traveled to the embassy. A Brazilian guard was shot three times. the operation lasted two minutes and leaves the diplomat missing amid a history of recent political kidnappings in Brazil.
Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday with a low around 30s and a high in the 60s. Weekend readings show a 48 high Saturday and 44 Sunday with a 17 overnight and a 24 today, plus a record high 74 in 1967 and a 1960s low. Hourly temps through 8 am list 26 to 42 and barometer 30.23. Electricity in Pomona to be off 2 to 8 hours Tuesday afternoon December 8 weather permitting.
Dedication for Canterbury Court, a 72 unit Episcopal Church housing project in Ottawa, is set for 4 p.m. Friday with Rt. Rev. Edward C. Turner and Rev. Leopold Hoppe in attendance. The FHA approved the project, with Kencraft Inc. as general contractor and Capital Federal Savings and Loan providing a 1,068,100 loan. Eight four bedroom, thirty three, twenty two two, and twelve one bedroom units will be available, many ready by Jan. 1.
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