Bomb scare at Ottawa High School turns out to be hoax
A 2:40 p.m. bomb threat to Ottawa High School caused evacuation during a district wrestling meet. A caller claimed a bomb under gym bleachers set for 2:30. Police and fire officials searched the building with no device found. Principal Shepard said it appeared to be a hoax. Chief Flaherty is investigating.
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Ottawa High School
W. P. Shepard
Shepard
Marvin P. Forker
Ottawa Police Department
Eugene Flaherty
Weather Summary for Friday and Today
Weather report shows high Friday at 30 and low today at 8 with a year-ago high of 51 and low of 30. Record highs and lows for this date are 71 in 1904 and 8 in 1907. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totals .02 inch. Hourly temps extend to 8 am with mixed readings through 9 pm and 8 am barometer at 30.13.
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Mso
Pam
Ottawa Police Aid In Douglas County Manhunt
Local law officers from Ottawa Franklin County sheriff's department highway patrols and Douglas County officers joined a Friday night search for a man wanted on a felony warrant. A building at 201 W 2nd was surrounded and second floor apartments searched but the suspect was not found. Sheriff Joe Ferns said Douglas County officials learned the man was in Ottawa and obtained a warrant.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Joe Ferns
Ferns
Percy Stricken During Flight to Chicago
Senator Charles Percy was removed from a Northwest Airlines flight at O'Hare and taken to a hospital after experiencing a back pain described as a pinched nerve or pulled muscle. Aides said he is fine and likely to continue speaking engagements in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Chicago
APF
Charles Percy
O’hare
Percy
Seattle
Wash
Lorraine
Northwest
Gretchen James
Galesburg
Ill
Allies Shelled Near Laos as Saigon Pushes
North Vietnamese gunners opened on allied forces in the northwest corner of South Vietnam near Laos. An American soldier was killed and three wounded at Rock Pile, nine miles northeast of Khe Sanh as mortars hit several outposts. Reports from Saigon noted a large Cambodian border operation with 91 enemy killed in one major engagement and speculation over President Nixon's role. The drive into Laos faced delays from weather and strong resistance, while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces continued patrols and skirmishes along Route 9 near Lang Vei.
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South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Khe Sanh
Cambodia
Cambodian
Nixon
Patriotic Lao Front
Nippon Denpa News of
Tokyo
Phao Phim
Ters
Chup
Kompong Cham
Ent
Michael Putzel
John J. Hill
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Putzel
Lang Vei
Night Of The Fender Bender In Ottawa City
Police logged six ice and snow related crashes Friday night in Ottawa. At 5 48 p m on South Main a two car crash left Frank F Hickman Jr 56 Ottawa RFD 1 and Dennis G Barnes 23 330 S Sycamore uninjured. Other wrecks involved Alden Cearfoss 43 Gerald Didde 21 Henry Hildebrant 30 Edward Ferguson 28 Edward L May 21 Neil Johnson 41 Mary McAuley 16 David Ribeau 19 Thomas Paxson 27 Jeanette Schmoe 22 all with no injuries.
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South Main
Frank F. Hickman Jr
Ottawa
Hickory
Cedar
Alden C. Cearfoss
S. Cedar
Gerald B. Didde
Cearfoss
Didde
Henry A. Hildebrant
Birch
Red Jacket
Sycamore
Edward N. Ferguson
N. Sycamore
Tenth
Main
Edward L. May
Ottawa University
Neil W. Johnson
S. Hickory
South Poplar
Mary C. McAuley
S. Locust
David R. Ribeau
Ottawa Rfd
Apollo 14 climbers halt short of Cone Crater on moon
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell fought exhaustion to climb partway up Cone Crater on Fra Mauro, delaying their return to Antares. They gathered rocks, dug trenches, and sank cores despite stopping about two thirds up the 400-foot slope. They set golf balls and a spear-like probe aloft for fun, while Mission Control urged rest before liftoff.
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Earth
Mission Control
Moon Mountain
Shepard
Mitchell
Antares
Moon
Stuart A. Roosa
Fra Mauro
Home Sweet Home
Referendum on 18 Year Old Vote Appears Likely
Kansas lawmakers pushed to place the 18 year old voting amendment on the April ballot alongside city and school races. The measure faces a final House vote Monday before moving to the Senate and then voters, with potential complications from a Wichita attorney’s challenge and a Supreme Court decision.
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PEKA
Kansas
House
Senate
Wichita
Earl C. Moore
Supreme Court
High Court
Moore
Glee S. Smith
GOP
Smith
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Percy Stricken
Fire Department
Phachanh
PLF
Hanoi
Associated Press
Thomas T. Paxson
N. Poplar
Jeanette Schmoe
Schmoe
Becci Scribner
Houses
Robert Docking
House Roads and Highways Committee
State Highway Commission
State Highway Fund
W.E. Woodward
Richita
Docking
D.V. Kay
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