Clashes Along Cambodian Border Mark End Of Cease Fire
American patrols clashed with North Vietnamese forces near the Cambodian border as the allied cease-fire ended. U S commanders reported 16 enemy soldiers killed, seven Americans wounded, and heavy bombardment by B52s in War Zone C near Saigon. Vice President Agnew departed Vietnam for Formosa after urging peace discussions with Saigon officials.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. BS
South
Vietnam
U.s.command
Spiro T. Agnew
Formosa
Nguyen van Thieu
Agnew
U.S. Command
Local Officers Arrest Four In Independence Raid
James G. Neighbors, 22, and three other men were arrested after Independence police and two Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents raided two homes. Neighbors faces two burglary counts and two grand larceny charges for December thefts at Kramer Drug Store and Professional Pharmacy plus a fifth grand larceny count tied to a November Royal Manor Motel theft. Narcotics possession charges also filed against Harold Barber, Donald Callihan, and Michael Ferguson.
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James G. Neighbors
Independence
Missouri
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Franklin County
Joe Ferns
Clyde Johnson
Neighbors
Kramer Drug
Royal Manor
Harold Leroy Barber
Donald Perry Callihan
Michael Roy Ferguson
County Weather Forecast: Cold with Snow Flurries Likely
Partly cloudy to cloudy and continued cold with scattered snow flurries likely tonight and Saturday. High Saturday 25 to 30. Low tonight to 15. Temperatures show a mix of highs and lows through Thursday and today with a barometer at 30.11. Precipitation totals for the past 48 hours read .02 inch.
FBI Chief Reports On Attacks By Militants
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said Black extremists carried out over 100 attacks on police in the past six months, with at least seven officers killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes with militant Negro groups during 1969. He cited violence by the Black Panther Party and warned of rising Ku Klux Klan recruiting after Robert M Shelton's prison release.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Black Panther Party
Ku Klux Klan
Robert M. Shelton
Imperial Wizard
United Klans of America
County backs culvert entrance for Ottawa Industries plant
The Franklin County Commissioners reversed a prior rejection to allow an 80 foot box culvert crossing into the Ottawa Industries site on North Street. The move enables a truck access into the pending 80,000 square foot plastic products plant, with an easement needed for the private land portion and a projected cost of about 1500 dollars.
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Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Ottawa
Lee Nichols
Nichols
George Atchison
Don Yockey
Atchison
Yockey
Ottawa Industries
North Street
Robert Lister
Agnew Seeks Balance With China And Treaty Unity
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Taipei to assure Nationalist China the U S will honor its treaty commitments while pursuing steps to ease tensions with Communist China. He urged dialogue to permit reduced military spending and noted ongoing U S support for Asia against aggression. He cited Vietnam progress and Thieu’s government as representative, while warning against abandoning U S defense of Asia.
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U.S
China
Republic of China
Agnew
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
C.K. Yen
Taipei
Vietnam
South
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
National Assembly
Nixon
United States
Strait
Chiang
United Nations
Chinese Legislative Assembly
South Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Franklin County Health Department Marks Ten Year Anniversary
The Franklin County Health Department celebrates ten years since opening in a small court house office with key staff including first coordinator Mrs Rosalie Osburn and health officer Dr Joe Henning. Since 1966 the department expanded to 112 W Tecumseh, grew programs from vision and hearing screenings to home health care for Medicare, and added services like TB clinics, nursing home physical therapy grants, and support for unwed mothers and child abuse cases.
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Franklin County Health Department
Court House
Franklin County
Rosalie Osburn
Osburn
Joe Henning
Arla Lickteig
Mary Mickey
R.N
Mardell
Health Department
David Laury
Board of Health
Medical Society
HDU
State Department of Health
Health Office
W. Tecumseh
Nixon Eyes Major 1970 Push On Pollution
President Nixon plans a sweeping antipollution program as a top goal for 1970 warning that New York Philadelphia and Los Angeles could become unfit to live in if no action is taken He signed the decade’s first environmental law and created a White House Council on Environmental Quality during a New Year visit to San Clemente California.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
California White House
Council On Environmental Quality
Congress
Laguna Beach
C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
San Diego
Former Ottawa Man Killed in Connecticut Auto Crash
Carroll D. Paul 37 a U S Navy chief petty officer died from injuries suffered in a two car crash in Connecticut. His wife Jeanette Paul in good condition and two of their three children Steven 12 and Lisa 9 are in critical condition. He was born Oct 2 1922 in Ottawa to Ray and (mrs) Paul. He attended Ottawa High School and worked at Woolworths before joining the Navy in 1952. He married Jeanette Kelley Aug 22 1953 in Waycross Georgia. Survivors include Richard 15 and a son, plus his parents, sister and brother. Local services pending.
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Carroll D. Paul
U.S. Navy
Connecticut
Paul
Jeanette Paul
Steven Paul
Lisa Paul
Ottawa
Ray Paul
Woolworth’s
Navy
Jeanette Kelley
Waycross
Richard Paul
Hickory
Louise Harmon
Kansas City
Kan
Terry Paul
Waverly
Winfield Teens Die in Suspected Poisoning Car Incident
Two Winfield teenage boys died on arrival at a hospital and two others were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after being found in a parked car southeast of Winfield. Samuel Kelly 17 and James Stanley Bass 18 were dead. Dennis Kelly 15 was in serious condition. Jim Ray Frier 15 was in satisfactory condition. Authorities noted the car ignition on and one tailpipe missing with the other burned. The youths had been missing since Thursday evening after planning a New Year’s Eve sleepover. The case remains under investigation by Cowley County sheriff’s deputies.
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Winfield, Kan
Winfield
Samuel Kelly
James Stanley Bass
Dennis Kelly
Jim Ray Frier
Cowley County
Fred Satterthwaite
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Richard D. Cragg
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Kelly Boys
Franklin Saving? Association
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