Storm Toll: Five Inches Rain Deluge Hits Ottawa Area
Ottawa saw about five inches of rain since Friday triggering a major log jam on the Marais des Cygnes River and damage to several Central Business District stores. J.C. Penney on South Main suffered roof and merchandise losses while Ramsay's Department Store reported leaks. other firms escaped major damage. City crews battled the log jam, closed gravity outfalls, and faced high water with ongoing assessments and repairs. Electric crews worked overnight to restore service amid downed trees and snapped lines.
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Diane Yeamans
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Bob Moore
Robert Mills
J.C. Penney
South Main
Charles Porter
Tom Porter
Porter
Bob Burney
J. C. Penney
Ramsay's Department
Bennett Building
CPA
Schulte, Klein, Gaeddert and Agler
Rowl
Wayne Lemley
Lemley
Mills
Public Works Department
State Forecast Offers Little Relief
A wet weekend in Kansas left rivers high and flood warnings in effect as more rain was forecast. A 19 year old Ft Riley soldier Willie J Holmes of Dermott Arkansas drowned in Rimrock Creek after being swept into the water while two Army vehicles and three men were pulled from the current. Captain John Firth of the University of Texas Arlington ROTC survived after clinging to a tree for seven hours until rescue Saturday morning.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Ft. Riley
Willie J. Holmes
Dermott
Ark
Holmes
Rimrock
North
John Firth
University of Texas-Arlington Rotc
Firth
Farmers On Wet See-Saw
JOAN ISTAS reports rainfall across Franklin County reaching 4.80 inches over the weekend, ending a drought and stopping the wheat harvest. Much of the wheat is down and harvest will be slower with increased losses and weed growth, while corn milo and soybeans gain a boost. farmers balance higher crop prices against wheat damage.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa Power and Water Plant
Franklin
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
FPC Order Halts New Gas Hookups in Five States
Kansas City AP reports Gas company officials led by Kansas Gas Service President react to a Federal Power Commission ruling that blocks new natural gas hookups in portions of Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and Texas until conservation allows. GM opposed this move saying it preserves supplies for plants. Hospitals schools and nursing homes face lower priority heating. alternatives must be found by winter 1978 79.
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Kansas City
Kansas Gay
Robert Bennett
Federal Power Commission
General Motors
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas
Gas Service Co
Jerry T. Duggan
Gas Service
Pon Postma
Alaska oil pipeline starts moving 1.2 million barrels daily
Arctic North Slope startup of the 7.7 billion trans Alaska pipeline ends nine years of planning with oil set to flow 1.2 million barrels daily to markets. Alyeska president William Darch praised the project and the private industry effort.
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Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Arctic
William Darch
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Missionary youth seek hunger solutions in Haiti project
Mark Royse 18 leads a Kansas East Conference youth group on a 10 day Haiti mission to La Gonave 40 miles off Port-au-Prince. The effort aims to terrace fields replant mahogany seedlings and demonstrate care for hunger-stricken communities. The pilot project plans to curb starvation by empowering locals to chart their own recovery with donor support.
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Diane Yeamans
Mark Royse
la Gonave
Kansas East
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Royse
Wichita State University
Administration of Justice
Oklahoma
First
United Methodist
LaGonave
England
Canada
Royce
Mystery deepens as Amin vanishes after assassination bid
Nairobi Daily Nation reports Ugandan President Idi Amin is missing after a weekend assassination attempt near Entebbe. Ugandan officials call the report false, while a unnamed man at Amin's home says Amin has not been seen since Friday. Some have searched for him at Murchison Falls in northwest Uganda.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Amin
Murchison Falls
Uganda
Nairobi Daily Nation
Bagitabire
Entebbe
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FPC Order Angels
Leeds
Fairfax
Bennett
Robert F. Bennett
Robert Harder
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Dwight Metzler
State Department of Health and Environment
Kansans For Improvement of Nursing Homes
Lawrence
Garnett
Ottawa Herald
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