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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1973
Page
1
Mills notes that thawed ground makes dirt streets very soft and impossible to patch. Water fills buckholes and hides their size. City will delay patching until surfaces dry, then compact, grade, and gravel. Revenue-sharing funds will fix the worst holes.
The Saigon government cited a drop in cease-fire violations to 209 in the last 24 hours, down from 311 and 426 earlier, while heavy clashes persisted in Quang Tri province and the central highlands. Casualties rose with 673 Communist and 138 government troops killed, and 563 South Vietnamese wounded. Col. Truman R. Boman was slightly wounded in the central coast. Agnew and Thieu planned a possible Honolulu meeting with Nixon. ICCS observers face delays without North Vietnamese and Viet Cong support as a four-party commission progresses without clear results.
Morgan Williams, state director of the Farmers Home Administration in Kansas, pushes a publicity push at taxpayer expense to keep FmHA and his name in front of Kansans. He argues for direct communication, notes minimal PR costs, and cites media cooperation as essential.
Occasional showers and a few thunderstorms tonight with a cooler spell late. Lows mid 30s to mid 40s, showers end Thursday forenoon, then decreasing clouds and slightly cooler highs mostly around 40s. Winds southeast to south 15 to 30 mph today, shifting to north tonight. Precipitation chances 70 percent tonight, 30 percent Thursday. Tuesday high 45, today’s low 37. Hourly temps end at 8 am.
Randall E Bell 24 of Kansas City pleads guilty to nine counts of rape kidnapping robbery and burglary for attacks on two Olathe women December 20 and January 2. A defense bid for separate trials and psychiatric exams was denied. He faces additional charges in Ottawa and is jailed on 100000 bond.
Kansas Department of Economic Development Director Terry Scanlon told a Country Club meeting that Kansas benefits from high productivity and strong morals but suffers an image problem fueled by TV portrayals. He urged better advertising and industrial outreach while noting budget cuts and the need for local support to fund promotions and higher salaries.
President Nixon announced plans to send Henry Kissinger to Hanoi to open direct talks with North Vietnam and discuss an Indochina reconstruction program seen as a peace investment. He also said he would meet South Vietnamese President Thieu this spring at the Western White House, and stressed the importance of frank, direct communications with Hanoi while aiming for a long period of peace.
United States Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, a key Senate figure and strong military backer, was in very serious condition after being shot twice in a homefront holdup. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center doctors reported guarded chances of recovery and noted he remained conscious and resting comfortably following extensive surgery.
A Sacred Heart Church social concerns group advances a plan for a non profit boys group home focused on behavior modification. A steering committee led by Bob Pence includes Rev Henry Roberts and others. The program, modeled after Achievement Place in Lawrence, seeks community support, volunteers, and possible government grants to fund a six to eight bed residence with house parents and academic supervision at the University of Kansas.
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