Christmas Mail Rush Hits Ottawa Kansas Post Office
Postal workers face a surge as Ottawa Kansas handles up to 300 extra incomplete address letters daily and 30,000 pieces of mail per day during Christmas. Fourteen sorting racks, longer shifts, and no extra staff cope with delivering to servicemen by air and keeping Christmas Day operations open.
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George Santarpia
Ottawa
Kansas
Santarpia
Harriet
Ernest Watkins
Bob Hamilton
Clarence Strickland
al Bennett
Watkins
Hamilton
U.S. Post Office
Franklin County Coyote Bounty Ends After Dec 31
Franklin County will discontinue its coyote bounty on December 31, ending the $2 per pair of ears program. Commission officials say many ears arrive decayed or detached from shot animals, and the county budget will save money. In 1968, $1,002 was paid for 501 ears, with $598 more possible if spent, but the change aims to curb the bounty while coyotes remain a localized issue in LeLoup Wellsville and areas south of Williamsburg.
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Spears
Bob Bozworth
County Extension Agricultural
LeLoup-Wellsville
Williamsburg
Ferrel Baxter
Lane
Shriver Seen as Likely U N Ambassador Pick
President elect Nixon appears set to appoint Democrat Sargent Shriver as U N ambassador. Shriver, currently ambassador to France, flew to New York after talks with Nixon and met with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy before returning to Paris. A Nixon aide had earlier said Humphrey declined the post, with a source close to Nixon hinting at Shriver as the candidate.
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New York
Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
France
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Air France
Paris
Kennedy Airport
Kennedy
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.N. Post
Ziegler
U.N
Arabs Hope For Change With Nixon
BEIRUT AP William W Scranton's Middle East tour has raised Arab hopes for a more sympathetic Nixon approach than Johnson. He warned of no immediate policy shift yet urged even handed U S policy across the region. Sources say Nixon's envoy views the mission as a new start independent of Johnson era plans.
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Beirut
William W. Scranton
Middle East
Nixon
Johnson
Pennsylvania
U.S
Allenby Bridge
Israel
Scranton
White House
State Department
Weather Forecast Counts Fair and Mild Tonight
Fair and mild tonight with low 25 to 30. Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday with high 55 to 60. Monday high 48, today low 22, year ago high 37, year ago low 35, record high 66 in 1934, record low 4 in 1917. Hourly temps ending 8 a.m. today.
Tax Forms On The Way For 1969 License Tags
Franklin County residents must reserve their 1969 license tag numbers by December 27. The county treasurer Velma Powers says 1969 personal property tax forms are arriving by mail, requiring proof of payment of the first half before reserving tag numbers. Separate long forms arrive after New Year for personal property self assessment, not for license tags, and enumerators will assist when possible.
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Scott Payne
Franklin County
Velma Powers
Miss Powers
Bruce Spears
State of Kansas
Targets Have Changed VC Say Bombing Increased
Paris AP Viet Cong says after Johnson halted North Vietnam bombing the U S has doubled B52 sorties and tripled strikes in South Vietnam. NLF spokesman Duong Dinh Thao claims over 1000 tons were dropped near Da Nang injuring civilians with chemicals and warns of greater defeats if peace talks fail. He also renewed attacks on Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, comparing him to Hitler as Hanoi envoy talks unfold.
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Paris
National Liberation Front
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
NLF
Duong Dinh Thao
da Nang
United States
Saigon
Thao
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hitler
Clifford Hopes For Withdrawal From Vietnam Talks
Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said he hopes 40 days of Paris negotiations could yield progress toward a mutual withdrawal of U S troops from South Vietnam. He stressed he does not imply an impending withdrawal but wants to create the impression that such progress is possible and desirable.
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Washington (Ap
Clark M. Clifford
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Clifford
Two-Pickup Crash Injures Two Men at City Intersection
Ralph D. Harris and Sam D. Phillips were treated for minor injuries after a two-truck collision at the South Eisenhower and West John Brown intersection at 12 15 p m Monday. Harris and Phillips were discharged from Ransom Memorial Hospital. Stanley A. Wood escaped injury when his corn-filled pickup veered and landed in a ditch. Major damage occurred to both trucks and the glass cargo was ruined.
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South Eisenhower
West John Brown Road
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ralph D. Harris
Kansas City
Sam D. Phillips
South
Eisenhower and
West John
Eisenhower
Wood
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Coyotes
Rosie Sister
Baxter
Jerusalem
Miss Powers and Spears
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Niters
Hanoi
Bethel
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