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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1973
Page
7
The Associated Press reports a global outcry after a Libyan passenger jet was shot down, costing over 100 lives. President Nixon faces widespread censure amid the crisis.
A three vehicle crash on US-59 two miles south of Lawrence killed Dale Lynn Broers 20 of Ottawa RFD 2. Injured were Douglas S. Kramer 18 Shirley L. Marconette 17 and Jerry D. Findley 41. Broers died of head injuries. witnesses cited excessive speed. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home.
President Nixon announced plans for tax reform to alleviate crushing property tax burdens on older Americans. He said reforms would build on 1969 and 1971 measures and would accompany bills to improve unemployment compensation, minimum wage, and private pensions. The speech urged a strict $269 billion spending ceiling, warning higher taxes if cuts are reversed.
The United States and China announce official liaison offices to speed up normalization while avoiding formal diplomatic ties. Kissinger notes full privileges and code communications, with no formal titles. Prisoner releases and Taiwan policy remain under review as Paris talks resume on private claims and assets.
Ottawa commissioners approved a one-year contract for City Manager Robert W. Mills at 19200 dollars with renewal possible by Mills and the commission. Mills, Ottawa's first city manager since August 1971, earned 18000 last year, within the city’s salary range. The panel also authorized an 350000 bond sale for a new fire station near the power plant and awarded an 11700 study of the power plant to A C Kirkwood and Co. The group approved a zoning correction for Lincoln Alexander's Addition and addressed an easement dispute near the Municipal Airport with FAA objections.
The Kansas House voted down Gov. Robert Docking's circuit breaker proposal and sent a bill to the Senate to assume full administration of the state welfare program. Rep. Richard Loux led the motion to keep the circuit breaker alive, but it failed 47 to 71. The welfare measure passed 80 to 42.
Wellsville High School hosts a book fair organized by the instructional media center with over 4,000 paperback titles selected in Topeka by Mrs. K W Adriance and six students. Books span animals sports art ecology sex education religion history and more. The event runs through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. with adults welcome.
Franklin County Commission accepted the jail portion of the county’s new law enforcement center from Southern Steel of San Antonio. The rest of the building should be completed within a week as major contractor Building Systems Inc. cleans up and retouches. Also authorized a negotiated $15,700 diesel dump-bed truck from Sheldon Truck and Tractor Co. for the road and bridge department.
Winthrop Rockefeller former Arkansas governor and one of John D Rockefeller's five children died at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs California He was 60 and admitted a week ago with a chest ailment The immediate cause of death was not announced Doctors suggested the illness might relate to a prior operation last year in New York to remove a malignant cyst on his back
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