No Hope For 79 On Plane
A Mexicana de Aviacion plane crash near Monterrey left 79 aboard with no survivors expected. Among the victims were tennis star Rafael Osuna and political figure Carlos Madrazo as bad weather forced a return to Mexico City before the crash eight miles from Monterrey in Friars Mountain. A patrolman reported all wreckage burned with no signs of life while Coast Guard helicopters and four parachutists worked the site.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Mexican Airlines
Mexicana de Avicion
Mexico City
Rafael Osuna
Australia
Carlos Madrazo
Friars Mountain
U.S. Coast Guard
Brownsville
Tex
Mexicana de Aviacion
Fernando Garcia
Visiting Navajo students share life with Ottawa teacher
Wilbert Nez and Benson Roan, Navajo youths studying under Mrs. Pat Wigglesworth, visit Ottawa this week. They describe daily life on the Greasewood Arizona reservation, lambing, sheep herding, and family roles while Mrs. Wigglesworth details Navajo culture, language study, and teaching challenges on the reservation.
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Wilbert Nez
Benson Roan
Greasewood
Ariz
Pat Wigglesworth
Ottawa
Wilbert
Benson
Wigglesworth
Ft. Sumner
N. M
United States
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
Talks at Paris accuse Nixon of escalating Vietnam war
North Vietnam blasts the Nixon administration at the Paris peace talks session while South Vietnam presses for Saigon participation. U S envoy Lodge questions Viet Cong withdrawal and international supervision as Hanoi and the NLF push for unconditional US troop pullout and a coalition government in Saigon. Pham Dang Lam insists Saigon's role is essential for any settlement.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
United States
Ha van Lau
Laos
Cambodia
Lodge
NLF
Thieu
Saigon
Lau
Pham Dang Lam
Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Lam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
Nguyen Thi Binh
KU Mum On Penalties For ROTC Disruption
Kansas University will not release names or penalties of students from recent disciplinary hearings linked to the May 9 ROTC review disruption at Memorial Stadium. 33 of 71 involved students received one semester suspensions, while 17 charged onto the field before the event was canceled by Chancellor Wescoe to avoid violence.
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Lawrence, Kan
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
W. Clarke Wescoe
Ottawa Considers City Manager Form of Government
Ottawa commissioners unanimously back placing the city manager government question on the ballot amid a meeting crowded with complaints. Mayor Phillips and others support letting residents vote, with finance chief Cearfoss favoring the next general election for time to inform voters. Also raised were a mobile home permit dispute and a traffic visibility hazard at Eleventh and Mulberry, with actions promised to verify signature dates and possible soil adjustments.
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Ottawa
Commission
Joe Pyne
Lamar Phillips
Alden Cearfoss
Harry Murphy
Lewis Hearne
Cheney
Wakefield
R. L. Underwood
South Oak
Orlin Smith
Underwood
Eleventh and
Mulberry
Ottawa man killed in US-59 crash near Douglas County
Floyd Broomfield aged 40 of Ottawa RFD 3 died at the scene when his northbound pickup collided near a bridge with a southbound beer truck driven by Russell B. Hoffer of Topeka RFD 6. Hoffer survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized for cuts and shock.
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Franklin County
Pleasant Grove Hill
Douglas County
Hoffer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Expert Leads Discussion On Water Pollution In Ottawa
About 50 eastern Kansas residents gathered at Ottawa Masonic Temple to hear Dr. Oscar G. Rasmussen discuss health risks from natural water pollution affecting livestock and humans. The talk covered rising nitrates and nitrites, state nitrate standards, and treatment via super chlorine to reduce nitrites while preserving nitrates.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Masonic Temple
Oscar G. Rasmussen
Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Tobbier
Lawrence
Tobler
Dr. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
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Ottawan
Reynolds Shultz
Lawrence Republican
Ned Cushing
Board of Regents
Rosie Lister
Verne Wadkins
Public Works Department
Kenneth Fisher
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