Brookside Lane Gets Long-Awaited Paying
Brookside Lane won approval at the city commission meeting as the final petition met legal thresholds with over 50 percent owner signatures. A resolution to order paving will be drafted for the June 12 meeting, outlining options between asphalt or reinforced concrete. If bids are close, officials may consult property owners on preference.
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Rosie
Brookside Lane
City Commission
Attornney
Commission
Lyman Corlis
Vern Wadkins
Wadkins
Bravo
Charlie
Walnut
Hickory
Ottawa
Carl Stone
Princeton
Lamar Phillips
Eugene Flaherty
Robert Docking
Newton
Forest Park
Flaherty
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
Olive Street
Harry Gilliland
Talks Mired In Recess Amid Paris Vietnam Talks
Paris AP reports the Vietnam ceasefire talks stalled in their longest session yet with no concrete progress. U.S. Ambassador Harriman and North Vietnam's Thuy debated deescalation as talks adjourned to next Wednesday. Thuy insisted bombing stop first. Harriman pressed for broader deescalation before limits on U.S. operations.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Harriman
County Forecast Partial Cloudiness With Warmth
The county forecast calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies through Friday with a warm spell and a slight chance of afternoon thunder showers. Lows tonight around 65, highs Friday in the 80s. The Wednesday high is 87 and the today low is 65, with a year ago high of 84 and a year ago low of 68. Record high 98 in 1933 and record low 49 in 1920. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totaled 0.03 inch. Hourly temperatures end at 8 a.m. today.
Gunman Sirhan Calm in Kennedy Murder Case
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a 24 year old Jordanian, is described as calm and closemouthed after allegedly firing a shot at Sen. Robert Kennedy. Authorities say he had an apparent notebook note about assassinating Kennedy before June 5 1968 and a Pasadena red flag file indicating prior bookings.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Samuel W. Yorty
Sirhan
Sen. Kennedy
Pasaedena
Milt Smith
Asst. Dist. Atty
William L. Rizzi
Kennedy
Pasadena
Watch
Russell Stone
Stone
Robert Kennedy Dies After Attacks at Los Angeles
Senator Robert F Kennedy, 42, died at 1 44 a m PDT after being shot at the Ambassador Hotel. He will be buried Saturday in Arlington National Cemetery near his brother John Kennedy. His wife Ethel and family prepared to take his body to New York. a national day of mourning was declared.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
White House
Ethel
Ambassador Hotel
Pierre Salinger
Presiential
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City
Salmeger
Arlington
Potomac River
Washington
John Kennedy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Johnson
Ronald Reagan
California
Une
Siman Bishara Sirhan
Kennesdy
Sen
Kennedy death reshapes race for Democratic nomination
Washington AP reports Senator Robert F. Kennedy's death removes the chief challenger to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. With Kennedy's loss the 1968 race shifts toward an uneven contest between Humphrey and Senator Eugene McCarthy as campaign plans adapt and delegates remain in play.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York
Humphrey
Minnesottan
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
MceCarthy
California
Underground News Sheet Sparks Kansas Conference Debate
An underground newspaper style sheet called The Wind appeared at the Kansas Annual Conference of Methodist Churches urging openness and discussion on financial matters and ministry grants. It advocates youth representation on the World Service and Finance Commission and hints at a new United Methodist Church council to evaluate progress. Charity giving rises while church and Sunday school membership and attendance fall. Rev Ron Starr notes increased giving in World Service and salaries despite declining participation.
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Baldwin
Kansas
New United Methodist Church
World Service and Finance Commission
Ron Starr
Kansas City
Kan
Rick Kellenberger
Sabetha
Barry Hollie
Topeka
Federalist
Nationalist Party
Congress
Boys State Features Electioneering At KU Campus
One thousand one hundred eighty seven Staters including ten from Ottawa High School participate in the sixth annual American Legion Boys State at the University of Kansas. Students form mock counties and cities, elect governors, and debate tax and education policies while undergoing inspections and marching drills.
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Allen Winchester
Lawrence
Ottawa High School
University of Kansas
Boys State
Gib Mantey
Mound City
Legion
Mantey
Kansas
United States
Kennedy
U.S
Legion Department
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Minnesota
Spices Church Conference
Robert Hamerickhouse
Rick Byrd
David Mudrick
Jay Hoglund
Steve Williamson
David Thayer
Don Stevens
Lee van Fossan
Tim McClay
Skip Nesbit
Hoglund
Williamson
Thayer
Hamerickhouse
Byrd
Mudrick
S. Elm
Bill Dieterich
Dieterich
Murphy Hall
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