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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1966
Page
6
In Saigon a 25 pound bomb placed against a U S billet killed a U S sergeant and wounded a Vietnamese woman as the lunar New Year truce passed its midpoint. Two soldiers and several civilians injured. Viet Cong or supporters blamed. but no major combat action reported.
Twenty five thousand Girl Scouts from four Kansas City area councils began the annual cookie sale at 4 30 p m with advance orders through January 31 and deliveries February 13 through February 28 Camp Kivawood development is funded by sale proceeds including a 260 acre site near Ottawa with road dams and facilities set for spring use Santa Fe Trail Council president Dr Marvin E Wollen and council director Mrs Gerald G Green lead the effort with local volunteers assisting The article also explains the commercial baking structure behind the 58 million boxes sold annually by 14 franchised bakeries and outlines the training and sales techniques emphasized for Girl Scouts future community involvement.
George E. McIntosh, 22, of Kansas City, was hospitalized after a crash on I-35 about a mile west of Le Loup exit at 8:40 a.m. His 1960 Pony American Rambler convertible tore through 100 feet of bridge railing and collided with a bridge abutment. He was alone, and reported that something grabbed him before he blacked out. McIntosh suffered exposure and shock. authorities responded.
Washington AP reports Camp Breckinridge Kentucky will switch management from Southern Illinois University to an industrial firm after July 1. The Job Corps center, opened last summer, faces enrollment growth and past riot issues with racial tensions. The project has drawn Senate criticism as a key antipoverty program example.
House Ways and Means reports scattered opposition to President Johnsons 4.8 billion tax bill aimed at funding the Vietnam war. The measure, withholdings and excise changes, may reach the Senate by March 15 for enactment, while hearings and possible revisions continue.
W W Bancroft 83 retired grocer died 1 15 p m Friday at Cedar House Convalescent Home after two years ill. Services 2 p m Monday Lamb Funeral Home Rev Roger F Green Slade officiating burial Highland Cemetery. Born March 21 1882 Wave rly son of William and Aseneth Bancroft. He ran Bancroft Market for 50 years retiring 1965. Surviving wife Dollie Lee Davenport a daughter Mrs Earl Read a son William D Bancroft two grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
MOSCOW AP Foreign Ministry says Newcomb Mott body will go to Moscow for autopsy after U.S. demand for full inquiry into his death on a prison train. Mott, 27, of Sheffield Mass., was jailed for illegally entering the USSR and allegedly died by self-inflicted throat cutting on a train, with U.S. officials seeking thorough investigation and response.
The Information Ministry announced Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was found dead after being kidnapped during a coup. Fear rose that his body discovery and other killings could trigger upheaval with the military in control, as Nigeria awaited official confirmation amid reports denying the death.
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