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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1971
Page
7
In Toulouse France a four gunman bank robbery held ten hostages including three women. They demanded $54,000 more after grabbing $21,600. A police car arrived triggering a firefight. a lookout was captured while others barricaded inside and telephoned demands. Cashier Raymond Taillefer was released after being beaten.
Indira Gandhi's New Congress claims a decisive victory in India's parliamentary elections. She vows to pursue socialism, unemployment relief, and increased agricultural and industrial production. The party wins 350 seats, far surpassing the two thirds needed for constitutional amendments, leaving no official opposition.
Ron Baxter of the Sierra Club and Rep Joseph Skubitz of Kansas will testify before a congressional committee in Washington to oppose the AEC plan to bury nuclear waste near Lyons in abandoned salt mines. Gov Docking representatives also oppose. Rep Jerry Harper urged Sunday letters to Sen Pasore.
Four people died in Kansas traffic incidents over the weekend. Joseph Jones, 45, of Atchison, and Edward King, 66, of St. Joseph, Missouri, perished Sunday in a two car crash on U.S. 69 north of Pleasanton. Frances Mallette, 5, of Kansas City Kansas, was struck by a hit and run vehicle Saturday near her home. David Willie, 2, died and seven were injured in a two car collision in a Wichita intersection.
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