Tax rule taxes Ottowa University students in Kansas counties
Kansas attorney general Robert Sonderholm announced a ruling requiring cars owned by out of state OU students to be taxed in the Franklin County county where the student attends school. The change, urged by clarification requests from state officials, applies to about 100 affected students and ties annual taxes to the county where the car is registered on January 1.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University
Lewis C. Carter
State Property Valuation Department
Kansas
Six Businesses Planning Amid Stench Of Fire
Fire on February 5 caused about 80000 dollars in damage to six South Main businesses. The Rohrbaugh building at 232 S Main, owned by First Methodist Church, appears to be gutted and may be rebuilt. Adjusters and church officials will decide the next steps as plans to reopen the affected shops proceed.
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J. W. Dickerson
The
Peoples National Bank
First Methodist Church
Rohrbaugh
Weather County Forecast and Fire Damage Reopenings
Partly cloudy and much colder tonight and Saturday. Highs 44 Thursday and 18 today with a 71 record high and 8 record low dating back to 1903. Fire at 230 S Main damaged several firms in the Rohrbaugh building. Redmond unavailable for comment. Boyer and Jane’s plan to reopen at new locations. Mrs. Boyer and Mrs. Schultz anticipate reopening by late July at or near their previous sites. Eddie's Mildred McKee Steere and others affected. Swift building owner Mudrick plans partial relocation and expansion toward the Litwin Store. County Attorney Steere plans to reopen private practice from the county office. Fire fought by the city’s new snorkel truck for over four hours, first major blaze to employ the vehicle.
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South Main
Rohrbaugh
S. Main
First Methodist Church
Eddie
Case Ual
June
Mildred McKee
Myron S. Steere
Boyer’s Jewelry
R. R. Redmond
Roy C. Boyer
V. O. Schultz
Eddie’s
Steere
Swift
R. E. Sloan
David Mudrick
NAACP Enters Garbage Dispute in Memphis
The NAACP threatens mass protests unless Memphis city directs 1300 sanitation workers, on strike since Monday, to meet demands by Monday. Lead figure Maxine Smith warns of an all-night vigil at City Hall, followed by phone campaigns, marches, and boycotts if unmet. Women stash trash as the city struggles to replace strikers amid rotting garbage and smoky streets.
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Memphis, Tenn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Henry Loeb
City Hall
Maxine Smith
Memphis
The
Herald
Ottawa
U.S. fliers freed and handed to pacifists in Hanoi
Hanoi radio reported three U.S. fliers were turned over to two American pacifists in Hanoi. State Department said the men arrived in Vientiane Laos, with no names given in the first report. Officials assumed they were the same individuals previously named by North Vietnam as to be released.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
State Department
Washington
Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Air Force
John David Black
Johnson City
Howard Zinn
Boston University
Daniel Berrigan
Dellinger
Miss Webster
Zinn
Berrigan
International Control Commission
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Heavy fighting persists at Hue as U S planes lost climb
Heavy combat rages inside Hue's Citadel for the 17th day. U S military says 800 aircraft losses in air war with North Vietnam. Marines and South Vietnamese push along the Perfume River wall. Jordan's King Hussein vows to keep cease fire line quiet after Israeli Jordanian clash.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
Hussein
Jordan
Radio
Amman
Lewis M. Simons
Citadel
Perfume River
5Th Marine Regiment
Week Left For Liquor Petition in Ottawa
Ottawans may force a liquor by the package vote with 1067 signatures. Petitions must be filed with City Clerk Don Capper by February 22 for the April 2, 1968 election. Each sheet requires signer addresses and dates, and signatures must match registration records.
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Ottawa
Ottawans Circ
Don Capper
Post Office To Be Dedicated In Pomona
Pomona to dedicate new Main Street post office at 2 p.m. Saturday. Postmaster James R. Hogue announced. Rep. Larry Winn among dedication speakers. Facility part of Post Office Department lease construction program using private ownership with investment financing.
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Pomona
James R. Hogue
Larry Winn
Main Street
Post Office Departement
Ransom Named President of Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
W G Ransom vice president and farm representative of Peoples National Bank was named president of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce succeeding Charles Gillette. Robert Grabham Marvin Forker elected officers and several directors appointed for three year terms. Plans announced for the Chamber annual meeting at Ottawa University with Dr James McCain Kansas State University as speaker and over 225 dinner reservations received.
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W. G. Ransom
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Charles Gillette
Ransom
Robert Grabham
Marvin P. Forker
Grabham
Gas Service Co
Forker
Ottawa
James McCrossen
James Mce Crea
Guy Briscoe
Richard Skoog
Rod Cupp
Earl Guist
Walt Holliman
Charles Knight
R. B. Wellington
Charles Beeman
W. D. Bemmels
J. R. Cheney
Ottawa Industrial Development
W.D. Bemmels
Richard Fogle
Ray Moline
Chamber
Ottawa University
James McCain
Kansas State University
W.G. Ransom
Bomb threat prompts Fort Scott College evacuation
Fort Scott Community Junior College delayed classes for over two hours as authorities searched for a bomb after an anonymous call. No explosives found and classes resumed at 10 a.m. Students evacuated. police firemen and National Guard aided the search at the 500-student campus.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Fort Scott Community Junior College
National Guard
Lawmakers Tour Wichita for Recess Visit to WSU and Boeing
Most Kansas lawmakers planned a three day recess starting with a trip from Topeka to Wichita. They toured Wichita State University and the Boeing plant, attended a reception and dinner, and watched a basketball game between Wichita State and Bradley. The legislature will reconvene Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita State University
Boeing
Wichita
Wichita State
Bradley
Farmers urged to run operations like business by Missouri banker
Willis W. Alexander told about 880 bankers at a Kansas State farm school that farmers lack essential records projections budgets and performance checks and must accept business discipline to obtain loans. Gene Swackhamer of the Federal Reserve KC warned that 1968 farm income may reach 50 billion while expenses rise 34 percent, leaving net income near 1967 levels.
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Manhattan
Kan
Missouri
Willis W. Alexander
Trenton (Mo
Gene L. Swackhamer
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Governors press for cross-border toll road plan
Missouri Governor Hearnes urged building a north south toll road along the Kansas border as Kansas Governor Docking pressed the Kansas Legislature to approve a Kansas City to Galena turnpike. Oklahoma Governor Bartlett supported highways on both sides with a 30 mile median. the governors spoke at an Ozarks Regional Commission meeting in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Warren Hearnes
Missour
Robert Docking
Kansas
Missouri
Hearnes
Docking
Kansas City
Galena
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Ozarks
Commission
Kansas to create 4830-acre game area at Glen Elder
Beloit Beloit area officials report the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission has signed an interim lease with the federal government to establish a game management area covering 4830 acres around the new Glen Elder Dam Waconda Lake west of Beloit.
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Beloit
Kan
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Glen Elder Dam
Waconda Lake
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