Ottawa's Patience Tested On Hotel Redevelopment
Ottawa City Commission revisits a 25 unit elderly housing hotel project with a $525,000 estimate, after receiving a $300,000 CD grant and facing rising costs due to elevator upgrades, labor, inflation, and grant delays. HUD backs an innovative approach though review shifts to February, while funds may be redirected if the project stalls.
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Jewel Scott
Ottawa City Commission
Federal Housing Administration
Robert W. Mills
HUD
Mills
Ottawa
Deceiving Calm In Topeka
The Kansas Legislature closed day nine of the 1976 session with limited votes and active behind the scenes work shaping next week hearings. Senate Public Health and Welfare will discuss medical malpractice while Judiciary will hold capital punishment hearings. Governor Bennett faced a setback on state cutbacks as he backed ending statement inspections and shifting duties to federal agencies. House Speaker McGill sent the bill to interim study for 1977 to push facility upgrades for federal standards.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Bennett
Duane McGill
House
Truce in Lebanon Shaken by Beirut Clashes
Beiruts eastern outskirts saw heavy fighting between Moslem and Christian militias threatening a Syrian sponsored truce. A joint force of Syrians, Lebanese and Palestinians halted clashes between Ein Rummaneh and Chiyah as both sides claimed defense of territory amid rocket and mortar fire. Palestine Liberation Army troops patrolled western Beirut in the renewed conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ein Rummaneh
Chiyah
Palestine Liberation Army
Kissinger To Seal US Pact With Spain
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger arrives in Madrid to sign a bases treaty with Spain for continued U S use of four military bases in exchange for 1 25 million dollars in aid. He meets King Juan Carlos and expected to sign before returning to Washington.
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Madrid
Spain
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Juan Carlos
Kissinger
Barajas
Jose Maria Areilza
Washington
U.S. Senate
Progress by OPD in 75 shows higher clearance rate
Ottawa Police Department yearly crime and accident statistics for 1975 report 526 incidents including one homicide 335 thefts and 141 burglaries 35 percent cleared vs 18 percent in 1974. 69 personal injury accidents 99 injuries, 231 property damage 103 hit and run. 725 hazardous moving violations 93 percent convicted.
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Ottawa Police Department
The
Police Department
Mississippi Democratic caucuses sharpen challenge to Wallace
Campaign activity heats Mississippi as four candidates challenge George Wallace in precinct caucuses while Terry Sanford withdraws to resume Duke presidency. New Hampshire gears to early primary with Humphrey and four Democrats pledging critique of Ford. The scene features Carter, Bentsen, Shriver, Harris in Mississippi and Nashua audiences.
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Associated Press
South
Mississippi
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Sargent Shriver
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Sanford
Duke University
New England
New Hampshire
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Cranston
H.L
Humphrey
Nashua
N.H
Ford
Birch Bayh
Gerald Ford
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Hillsboro County
Sen
Bayh
MPLA Forces Seize Nova Rodonda Advancing Toward Huambo
Soviet backed MPLA troops have captured the key Atlantic port of Nova Rodonda in Angola and push toward Huambo, UNITA’s capital. Cuban mounted, Soviet artillery and heavy rocket launchers support the offensive, with Caninda road bridge seized and forces crossing to threaten Alto Hama as UNITA reportedly holds pockets with South African armor.
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Associated Press
Popular Movement
MPLA
Atlantic
Nova Rodonda
Luanda
Novo Rodondo
Lobito
Angola
Benguela
Huambo
Caninda Road
Queve
Telegraph
UNITA
Alto Hama
London Financial Times
South Africa
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Paul Brannan
Warren Black
N. Reno Construction Company
Jeff Guyett
S. Cherry
Tony Walker
Pomona
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Ently
Brezhnev
Europe
NATO
West Germany
Hans Dietrich Genscher
Mamie
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
OPD
South Main
Cogler
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