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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1974
Page
5
Washington reports a ninth straight weaker Leading Indicators reading as November unemployment claims jump 12 percent to 450000, signaling slower business expansion and building activity. The trade balance worsened to a 113 million deficit in November after October’s surplus, contributing to a year-to-date deficit of 2.43 billion.
Snow and freezing drizzle across Kansas and Missouri produced slick, hazardous driving. Up to six inches fell in northwestern Kansas, with icy, snow packed highways and wet spots elsewhere. Temperatures will ease from the 30s to near 40s, with cold nights and a sunny, slightly warmer Saturday forecast.
Franklin County officers pursued a fleeing juvenile and investigated a suspected grand larceny after a Bob's Truck Stop theft. A patrol car crashed on icy roads near I-35, injuring two deputies who were treated and released. A break-in report near East 15th yielded no suspect.
Jack Benny, famed straight man of radio and TV, died of pancreatic cancer at 80 in Beverly Hills. His wife Sadie Marks, a longtime companion and stage partner Mary Livingstone, was at his bedside along with other family. Noted friends and entertainers including Ronald Reagan Frank Sinatra Bob Hope Danny Kaye and George Burns visited his bedside. He began in vaudeville and built a legendary career across radio television and film earning enduring fame for his timing and money jokes. Funeral services were scheduled for noon Sunday at Hillside Memorial Cemetery Culver City.
Washington AP report on closing arguments in the Watergate cover up trial as defense and prosecutors prepare final rebuttal. Jurors to hear Sirica instructed Monday after weekend break. remaining defendants include Parkinson, Mardian, Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Mitchell, Nixon referenced with pardon factors. trial spans 11 weeks with nine women and three men to deliberate.
Relief officials warn hundreds of lives may be lost to cholera or tetanus after Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin. Forty five dead in four hours, 20,000 to be relocated as water contamination and damaged sewer lines threaten health. Emergency inoculation centers opened. rationing and crowding in schools noted. Looting reports prompt arming civilians while an armada of planes aids relief.
Denver AP The head of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union warns an industry wide strike is very likely unless oil firms grant cost of living raises to offset inflation. Negotiations are underway at about 400 locals as contracts expire January 7. The union seeks a 25 percent annual wage hike on a three year deal, plus catch up pay, while offers run 10 and 7 percent over two years. The spread hinges on a proposed cost of living escalation clause the industry opposes. The union already authorized a strike last summer.
About 80 inmates surrendered seven guard hostages at Lorton Reformatory ending a 19 hour takeover. Officials pledged no reprisals and improved living conditions with a no prosecutions policy to be negotiated, and inmates released their hostages unharmed.
In Solomon Kansas the Kansas Jaycees received a brief reprieve as 5000 old hens slated for burial today in a protest over low poultry prices. Bert Wilson owner of B-J Poultry Co will donate the birds to the Kansas Jaycees Cerebral Palsy Foundation for use at their ranch near Augusta to aid developmentally disabled individuals. The plan includes saving a year’s supply and selling the rest to cover processing costs with an Iola processor agreeing to process at cost. Eight to ten Jaycees will help load the hens and they are to be slaughtered Monday.
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