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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1970
Page
6
Local merchants report rising shoplifting during the Christmas rush. Clerks at Gambles Walt'r Hardware Otasco and J C Penney describe countermeasures including more staff low counters and observer walks. Police say most incidents involve small items and may go unreported.
Union leader C L Dennis says a national strike will start at 12 01 a.m. EST Thursday, with four AFL CIO unions planning Capitol Hill lobbying to block Nixon's 45 day delay. Dennis warns a moratorium would stall negotiations and force concessions, while lawmakers propose delaying legislation. Dennis cites potential jail terms and public pressure but says unions will strike.
The Americal division suffered over a score of casualties in two guerrilla strikes south of Da Nang. An armored personnel carrier hit a mine on a dirt road 36 miles southeast of Da Nang, killing two infantrymen from the 47th Brigade and wounding two others. About nine hours later guerrillas fired 10 mortars into the 196th Brigade bivouac six miles southwest of the mining. Field reports indicate some Americans were killed or wounded, though exact figures were sometimes withheld.
Edward McGrath profiles Steve Ralph the long serving Ottawa mayor who keeps a desk at City Hall and uses a red light and siren on his green Mustang for emergencies. He discusses annexation plans, bond sales, budget discipline, and a tense fight over a charter ordinance as the city plans a transition to a city manager form of government. Ralph emphasizes prudent spending, projected police and fire needs, and cautious stance on a future run for mayor.
Unified School District 290 board ruled that students south of the city limits in County Clerk's Plat No 1 would not be bused to city schools after this semester if City Commissioners annex the area. The district noted its policy already excludes city residents from district buses. City officials on Wednesday read first the annexation ordinances for three tracts including Plat No 1 326 acres south of the current city line and Alexander's Addition 80 acres north of Fifteenth and east of Lincoln.
Amid a campuswide strike call by the Black Student Union, KU students continued normal routines and prepped for the Saturday quarterly exams while no pickets appeared. Police issued an all points bulletin for Keith Gardenhire of Wichita in connection with the shooting of Harry Lynder of Topeka, who was shot near the campus library. The strike demand centered on reinstating Gary D. Jackson, a black part time staff member fired.
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