Docking weighs Senate run after five Kansas years
Governor Robert B. Docking, the state’s longest serving Kansas governor, says he could serve Kansas as U.S. senator. He notes similarities between executive and legislative work and says he has not decided on a 1972 bid, timing to follow legislative session. He cites tax reform, highway spending, restraint on taxes, and government reorganization as his major achievements.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert B. Docking
Kansas
U.S. Senate
Statehouse
Docking
Associated Press
George Docking
Congress
U.S
James B. Pearson
5Th
Joe Shubitz
U.S. House
William) Avery
Washington
Humphrey to Run for President Not VP in 1968 Bid
Senate leader Hubert Humphrey announces he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination and will not accept a vice presidential slot. He states he wants to be the top man, aiming for the White House in the forthcoming race.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Philadelphia
Mujib Freed and Nixon’s renomination plan dominate headlines
Bangladesh President Mujibur Rahman was released in Pakistan and flew to London to seek world recognition and UN admission for his nation. In U.S. politics, President Nixon announced plans to keep his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot and avoid active campaigning, while Humphrey mulled declaring for the nomination and George Wallace teased a Florida run.
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London
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Pakistan
United Nations
Sheik
Mujib
West
East Pakistan
Nixon
New Hampshire
Lane Dwinnell
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Chandy tonight and Sunday with showers
Chancy tonight and Sunday with drizzle developing southeast this evening then showers by morning. Colder northwest tonight with lows in the teens northwest to mid Ws southeast. Cooler Sunday except southeast with highs in the 40s to 50s southeast. Friday high 51, today low 33, year ago high 35, year ago low 18, record highs and lows noted. Hourly data through 8 am missing.
Lone Bid Accepted for City Police Vehicles
The lone bid for three police department vehicles was accepted by the city. White Motor Co. at 118 S. Hickory submitted $8,472 including trade-in of three city vehicles at Wednesday's City Commission meeting and was the only bidder.
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Police Department
Robert W. Mills
White Motor Co
S. Hickory
City Commission
Nixon and Sato pledge Okinawa return and hot line
President Nixon told Prime Minister Eisaku Sato he will speed the return of Okinawa to Japan and remove nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons from the island. They agreed to establish a Washington Tokyo hot line to avoid future Nixon shocks, following eight hours of summit talks. A post summit communique offered no concrete economic deals.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Okinawa
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Peking
Sato
Washington-Tokyo
Local Firm Submits Low H D Lee Bid
Loyd Builders Inc. of 2226 S Main submitted the low bid of 411657 for a 39180 square foot addition to H D Lee Co Bruce Division at 221 W 17th. Three bidders opened at City Hall Friday with Triangle Builders Pola at 443760 and Manmac Builders Inc Kansas City at 464090. If accepted work could start late February or early March. The expansion would raise employment from 325 to about 450 and payroll from 1.3 to 1.6 million yearly. Ottawa will issue 700000 in industrial revenue bonds for 13 years to fund the project. Allen Loyd Jr. said bid timing depends on acceptance.
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Loyd Builders Inc
S. Main
H. D. Lee
Bruce Division
W. 17Th
H. D. Lee Co
Earl A. Guist
City Hall
Guist
City of
Ottawa
Triangle Builders
Pola
Manmac Builders Inc
Kansas City
F. J. Bergfelder
Allen L. Loyd Jr
The
Leading Ottawan Is Dead
F Ransom Bennett prominent Ottawa businessman and civic leader died after a four week illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Highland Cemetery. Survived by wife Jane Davis and large family. Bennett directed Ottawa Condensing Co later Bennett Creamery Co and held multiple civic roles including hospital board secretary.
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F. Ransom Bennett
Ottawa
First United Methodist Church
Paul Pentz
Highland Cemetery
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts
Pittsburg
B. D
Myra Ransom Bennett
Bennett
Davenport
Iowa
Ottawa University
Ottawa Condensing Co
Bennett Creamery Co
American Butter Institute
Jane Davis
Denver
Colo
W. 3Rd
Catherine Anderson
Maple
Jack D
Main
Ransom Jr
Rockwood Drive
Rep. H
College
Ottawa Drum and Bugle Corps
Franklin County Hospital Association
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts
Kaw Council
Abdallah Temple of the Shrine
Masonic Lodge
Kansas State Bank
Franklin Savings Association
Heaviest Viet Cong shelling hits Saigon area
Viet Cong forces launched their heaviest six month shelling against U S troops in South Vietnam at a fire base 20 miles from Saigon during dinner. Eighteen Americans and six South Vietnamese wounded. Two other Saigon area shellings reported. North Vietnamese move on Bolovens plateau in Laos. Gen Abrams met Thai leader in Bangkok to discuss stabilizing the region.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Maj
Chester Hanson
Bolovens
Laos
Fiddler’s
North Vietnam
Ban Gnik
Pakse
Bolovens Plateau
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Long Cheng
Creighton W. Abrams
Bangkok
Thanom Kittikachorn
Central Intelligence Agency
Thailand
Apollo 16 launch postponed to April 16 due to tech fixes
NASA moves Apollo 16 from March 17 to April 16 to modify and test three systems the spacecraft separation mechanism lunar suits and batteries in the lunar lander. Astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly remain slated for the mission as Duke recovers from pneumonia and Mattingly marks his 36th birthday with plans to ride a Saturn V to the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly I
Mattingly
Duke
Young
Donald K. Slayton
John
Mysterious Labor Day blast tied to bomb scare sweep
A muffled Labor Day Bank of America blast in San Francisco triggered discovery of time bombs in safe deposits across three cities. Warning letters postmarked Chicago and San Francisco claimed a radical campaign to free political prisoners. Police and FBI involvement followed as authorities traced box numbers and a key to the explosion site.
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Associated Press
Bank of America
San Francisco
Herald
Chicago
New York City
FBI
WS. Treasury
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Control
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Richard Stone
Nixon, Sato
Low H.D. Lee
Loyd
Foodtown
Margaret Kratzberg
Walter D
Irean) Kyle
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NASA
United Nation
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