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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1968
Page
7
A nearly cremated unidentified man was found in the back of a burned 1962 Ford near Ottawa. Police and KBI investigated a midnight blaze, noting no papers or means to identify the victim. The car bore Nebraska license 280292 and was linked to possible theft. coroner to perform postmortem.
At Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, a B52F bomber with eight aboard disappeared from radar at 11:12 p.m. Wednesday during a simulated bombing run off Matagorda Island. The aircraft had exhausted fuel at 6:30 a.m. and carried no bombs. Six of the crew were Vietnam veterans. The plane was expected to return by 3:30 a.m. local time.
A minute after midnight Citizens Ambulance Co will depart Ottawa and the Franklin County branch will transfer to James H. Raby of 1103 N. Oak. Raby will run three ambulances, with seven to eight staff, repainting them blue and white, maintaining the same rates and $1,580 monthly subsidies, and keeping the same Ottawa and Franklin County coverage. Raby, a Pomona High School graduate and Franklin County resident since 1949, says service will continue as before with the same staff.
The Post Office race narrows to three men for Ottawa postmaster. Max Gilmore deputy sheriff, Russell Saveage, and Ernest Watkins lead after civil service exams. A joint Kansas Democratic committee recommendation will go to the U. S. Postmaster General and then to President Johnson.
President Johnson and Robert S. McNamara concluded seven years at the Defense Department amid elevator malfunctions and a rain soaked farewell. The pair emerged unharmed after 12 minutes marooned inside a Pentagon lift as a 150 member honor guard and 1,000 spectators watched. A planned aircraft flyover was canceled due to low clouds. Johnson spoke briefly via a working PA system, thanking McNamara as Gen. Earle G. Wheeler read a Distinguished Service Medal citation. Clark M. Clifford will be sworn in as defense secretary on Friday.
AP reports the Kansas House, by one vote, approves a Republican highway plan despite Gov. Docking's veto threat. Preliminary approval moves the bill toward a final vote Friday with a tax hike: a one cent gasoline tax rise for two years, funds to cities, and up to 10 million in bonds annually for 10 years to expand highway construction. Docking wants no gas tax increase and favors his own bond plan.
The second bid letting for asphalt overlay at the municipal airport drew only one bid. Hankamer Asphalt Co. of Topeka offered 6714.50 lump sum, which was rejected for exceeding engineer's estimate of 4824.60 and to obtain multiple bids for comparison. The city will wait for more asphalt work before reletting. A health department letter on West Second landfill praised improvements but urged safer solid waste disposal and a prompt move to a conventional sanitary landfill. a trench site near Nuvent Creek should be closed to protect water, with field appraisals offered for possible new sites.
The city debated 1.3 million dollars in sewer system and treatment plant upgrades funded by revenue bonds. Citizens were urged to attend the March 6 meeting to hear details and ask questions about financing and design.
The Weather Bureau predicts clear skies and cold temperatures in Kansas after a cold front moved through Wednesday night. For the county forecast, expect fair and cold tonight with increasing cloudiness and warmer Friday.
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