City Seeks 1000 Signatures for Pool Election Pressures
Ottawa city commission weighs a special vote on a new Forest Park swimming pool. petitions gathered by three women collected 564 names, but officials say 1,000 to 1,500 signatures are needed to mandate a July 1967 election. Mayor Williamson urges quick action as pump failures threaten current pool.
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Don Black
Ottawa City
Commission
Come Mission
Clift Reynolds
College
John Bacon
Mulberry
James Grogan
Popelar
Williameson
Williamson
Jim Kahler
Forest Park
Wightman
Otetawa
Steve James
James
Mickey
Kansas
Walt Dengel
S. Oak
Dengel
Elks Club
Corlis
Johnson faces Hanoi over war crimes trials stance
President Johnson, at a White House news conference, avoided threats of retaliation and warned against war crimes trials for downed U S pilots. He said the American people would find such action revolting and urged calm, while addressing strikes, race relations, and a Red Cross led conference for humane treatment of prisoners.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S
White House
Red Cross
The Inventor Who Chased Bird Flight in the Desert
Victor M. Gonzalez, a 42 year old Los Angeles machinist, studied flight for a decade. He tested improvised wings in the Mojave Desert, faced failures like a broken cable and a gear strip, and pursued the leverage principle with bicycle powered ornithopter designs while rebuilding in his shop.
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Los Angeles
Victor M. Gonzalez
Mojave Desert
Gonzalez
Puerto Rico
Mojave
Weather county forecast Mostly cloudy and mild through Friday
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures into Friday with highs in the upper 80s to near 80s and a low tonight around 70. Today’s high around 88, low 69, with past and record highs/lows noted. Hourly readings end at 8 a.m. with mixed values. barometer at 30.06 inches.
Gemini 10 ASTRONAUTS PREPARE TO DROP HOME
Gemini 10 astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins planned a 3:31 p.m. EST retro rocket firing to begin their fiery descent with a landing in the Atlantic about 550 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy at 4:07 p.m. A Guadalcanal led recovery task force waited in the landing zone as the crew prepared to end a three day mission. They drifted in space to conserve fuel and conducted photographic and scientific work with the hatch open three times. Young said they hoped for five splashdown attempts on the water.
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Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Guadalcanal
Collins
Young
Special Forces Train Medics With Combat Dogs
Special Forces at Fort Bragg use anesthetized dogs in a 40 week program to train medics. Dogs are shot in the thigh and undergo lengthy surgeries to teach wounds, shock, and care. The process ends with the dog being put to death to complete the medic’s hands on experience.
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Special Forces
Bragg
N.C
U.S. Army Special Forces
Viet Nam
Richard L. Coppedge
John F. Kennedy Center For Special Warfare
Ft. Bragg
Madness Tonight Promises Ottawa Sales Spree
Ottawa Herald advertises a Friday Moonlight Madness sale series with shops open 7 to 10 30 p m. Stores close at 5 p m and reopen at 7 p m for the event.
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Ottawa
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa Herald
Moonlight Madness
McClure Vandal Target in Oil and Snakes Incident
Richmond man Herb McClure reports an oil slicked pool, dead snake in his car and damaged home as threats tied to opposition to a $1.14 million school bonds plan. Sheriff Ferns and police investigated prints and footprints while McClure vowed the incident would not slow his stance.
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Herbert McClure
McClure
Richmond
Herb McClure
Franklin County
Joe Ferns
Max Gilmore
Kansas Investigation Bureau
Dave Johnson
Ottawa
Bill Wheeler
Wheeler
Notheng
Ferns
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Aere
Fla
Phere
John W. Young
Navy
Michael Coblins
Air Force
North Carolina
Capt
Urbauer
Wellsville Bank
Wellsville
Sungar
Atlanta, Ga
Sinatra
Mia Farrow
Frank Sinatra
Las Vegas
Macaria Amarao
Chicago
Manila
Red Skelton
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