Odd Characters At Friday Sale Moonlight Madness Winners
Six downtown employees won $5 prizes Friday in three Moonlight Madness costume categories. Most original went to Gerry Didde and Teresa Geist. most unusual to John Gibson and Donna Thornburg. most ridiculous to Mrs. Cleora Burs and Mike Mustain. Ottawa Chamber of Commerce officials called the turnout a good crowd.
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Gerry Didde
Didde Office Supply
Teresa Geist
Kramer Drug Store
John Gibson
Bob’s Squire Shoppe
Donna Thornburg
J. C. Penney Co
Cleora Burs
Woolworth’s
Mike Mustain
Sike
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Apollo 11 Nears Lunar Orbit Sighting Moon Shadowed by Earthshine
Apollo 11 crewmates Armstrong Aldrin and Collins raced toward lunar orbit from SPACE CENTER Houston. They reported the first vivid sight of the moon as they prepared for an engine burn to enter a 69 mile orbit. The crew described a three dimensional view with earthshine illuminating lunar features and a bright solar corona. If ignition proceeded, the craft would loop behind the moon and return to Earth, with a safety option to abort if anomalies appeared.
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Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Earth
Troops Battle Near Tay Ninh in Helicopter Assault
U S troops backed by Cobra gunships and artillery overran an enemy supply headquarters 27 miles north of Saigon near Tay Ninh. Forty seven enemy soldiers were killed and two captured, with no U S casualties reported. The 25th Division also killed 27 more enemy soldiers in a four hour fight six miles northeast of Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
U.S
Chu Chi
Tay Ninh
Nerve gas bombs to be disposed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
The Army will disassemble and detoxicify more than 21,000 nerve gas bombs at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver. About 2,000 tons of liquid nerve agent will be placed in an underground storage area and about 4,000 tons of mustard gas will be burned. A National Academy of Sciences committee recommended the plan on June 25 and the Army expects 18 to 30 months to complete the demilitarization.
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Washington
Colorado
Army
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
National Academy of Science
Weather recap shows warm Friday with 85 high
The high Friday reached 85 with a 70 degree low today. A year ago the high was 89 and the low 72. The record high for this date is 111 set in 1934 and the record low is 49 from 1910. A 24 hour precipitation total ending 8 a.m. was 0.42 inch. Hourly temperatures through 8 a.m. today are listed.
Observers To Honduras Move Under OAS Peace Plan
Military observers from the Organization of American States were set to move into Honduras to police a four point plan ending the Honduras El Salvador war. The cease fire would begin at 10 p.m. Central time with troop withdrawals, an international peace keeping team, and observers to monitor the plan. El Salvador demanded guarantees for Salvadoran citizens in Honduras before withdrawing troops. Casualty figures cited 2,000 Hondurans and about 400 Salvadorans killed, with no Honduran tally available.
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Associated Press
Organization of American States
Honduras
el Salvador
OAS
Washington
Salvador
Francisco Jose Guerrero
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
Fidel Sanchez Hernandez
Julio Gonzalez Palomo
Franklin County 1969 tax roll shows net drop and city gains
Franklin County’s 1969 taxable valuation is 47,765,734 a drop of 68,699 from 1968. City assessed valuation stood at 17,587,215 with a gain of 249,070. Rural townships fell to 24,922,579, down 4,461,354 from 1968. Re appraisal based on 30 percent of justifiable value. Ottawa city total 715,744,578 with real estate 13,153,205 and personal 4,434,010. Corporate valuation 11,779,374.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
County Depends On Storm Team
Franklin County relies on Civil Defense weather watchers to relay tornado sightings to Ottawa Police, with CH 2-1700 as the warning center. Volunteers Kyle and Mrs. Bush monitor cloud formations, report signs of storms, and follow take cover procedures while local officials stress preparedness as a community duty.
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Civil Defense
Weather Bureau
Eugene Bush
Ottawa
Kyle
Topeka Weather Bureau
Jim Kuhn
Topeka
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Apollo
Moon
Mission Control
Creas
Tom Morgan
Greeley
Angus
Tom
Lane Fair
Marla Babcock
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