Fire Chief Seeks New Facilities and Expanded Fire Force
City Commission hearing details a cost analysis for a modern five bay fire station with a training tower and test pit, plus four additional firefighters after annexation. Fire Chief Diamond cites deplorable conditions and imminent Bureau inspection, while Mayor Ralph touts improved finances and future bond issues to fund upgrades.
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Edward McGrath
City Commission
City Hall
Steve Ralph
Ralph
Alden C. Cearfoss
G. A. Diamond Jr
Diamond
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa
Melvern Reservoir
Melvern
Skelly, Cravens Oil Co
Regular
Arco
Standard Oil
Co-Op
Gulf
Bob White Motor Company
Patterson Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
White
Lee Hysom
Olan Mills
Don F. Jones
Park
C. Raymond Smith
Webb City
Proposal To Repeal Kansas Conflict Of Interest Law
In Topeka Sen Frank Hodge introduced a bill to repeal the Kansas conflict of interest law and freeze state employment at current levels. He argued the law harasses officials and hinders capable people from serving on boards. Other action includes a bill to curb disruptions in public buildings and a proposal to freeze fulltime staff at about 30,000, plus moves to reorganize penal institutions and adjust legislative procedures. Senate discussion followed on Docking’s agenda and House committee designations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Senate
Frank
Hodge
Hutchinson
Thomas J. Griffith
Board of Regents
Robert Docking
Wisconsin
Lester C. Arvin
Rose Hill
Arvin
Penal Institutions
Senate
Docking
House
Ottawa teachers engage in first formal salary talks with board
Ottawa Teachers Association and USD 290 officials hold initial negotiating talks focusing on school conditions rather than salaries. Spokesman Harvey Drake says no salary details discussed. meetings scheduled every other Tuesday starting Jan. 26 as district seeks state aid while budget constraints limit mill levy growth.
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Ottawa
Teachers’ Association
The
Board of Education
Ottawa Teachers’ Association
USD 290
Harvey Drake
Drake
Jim Grogan
Betty Moody
Louise Risdon
Bill White
Jim Allen
Cliff Reynolds
State Teachers’ Association
Kansas
Lyndon
Lawrence street people doubt Miller drug crackdown
In Lawrence, Vernon Miller’s pledge to dry up drugs draws mixed views from young longhaired locals. They say business will go on as usual and that Sedgwick County, especially Wichita, supplies most drugs, while some admit users are leaving Lawrence since the war on drugs began.
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Lawrence
Kan
Vern Miller
Miller
Jerry Schwartz
Lawrence Journal-World
Rence
Sedgwick
Sedgwick County
First Baptist Church
Roy Bickerstaff
Franklin County Action Group
Ottawa
First Baptist
Sacred Heart
Westminster Presbyterian
First Christian
B52s Join Effort To Break Enemy Siege
U S B52 bombers join the campaign to reopen Phnom Penh highway to the sea. They pounded Pich Nil and Stung Chhay passes to clear the route for 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops, as North Vietnamese fortifications were described on the heights. Casualty tallies rose with 27 Americans killed and 83 wounded last week, while allied forces reported 1 177 enemy dead.
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Saigon
U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Pich Nil
Stung Chhay
Kompong Som
Indochina
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Variable cloudiness and cold tonight
Variable cloudiness and cold tonight and Friday with low tonight five to ten above and Friday high in the 20s. The Wednesday high was 30 and today’s low 17, with a year ago high of 46 and low of 26. Record high 66 in 1928 and record low 6 in 1916. Hourly temps ending at 8 am show varied values. barometer 30.10.
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Paseo
Dole Vows watchdog role as GOP national chairman
Washington AP Sen. Robert J. Dole says he will watch as Republican national chairman from the Senate floor while supporting Nixon. He will serve without pay, aims to defend the administration, tour for the party, and avoids adopting Agnew’s hardline tactics.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
Senate
Nixon
Kansas
National Committee
Dole
GOP
Hugh Scott
Scott
Congress
Rep
Rogers C. B. Morton
Maryland
All's Quiet In Mideast
In Amman five days of fighting between King Hussein's army and Palestinian guerrillas ended with a cease-fire. Armies began demobilizing in the capital as weapons were collected and stored at joint depots. Aimed at restoring normalcy, the accord limits guerrilla bases immune from attacks.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Foreign Arab Commission
Ahmad Abdul Hamid Hilmi
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Ottawa High School
OTA Negotiate
Marvin P. Forker
Vern
Wichita
Spiro T. Agnew
Mideast
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