Four Escape Blaze Guts 70-Year-Old House On 3rd Street
Noon fire gutted a two story house at 314 E 3rd, four people saved including three children Darren and Eric Green and Angela Adams. Firefighters spent about 20 minutes on active blaze and longer for precaution after a 11:45 call. Cause unknown. furnace off. neighbor reported explosion.
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E. 3Rd
Effie Stansbarger
Ralph O. Wilson
G. A. Diamond Jr
Fire Department
Richard Ledom
Nire
Diamond
POW Groups Defeating Own Purposes in Release Effort
Washington AP A House panel heard that disjointed private and government POW MIA groups waste effort and duplicate work. Rep G V Montgomery urged a House Senate committee including families of the captured to coordinate actions. Rep Clarence Miller proposed a presidential commission to unify groups as families press for action and more government leadership. Mrs Kenneth North urged timely action after years of pilot husband captured in North Vietnam.
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Washington
House
Indochina
House-Senate
Clarence Miller
Ohio
Kenneth North
North Vietnam
Legislative luncheon in Ottawa with Winter Wingert talks
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Saturday noon luncheon at the House of Douglas. Senator Winton A. Winter and Representative George Wingert will discuss the Kansas Legislature's current session. Former legislator Robert Pinet serves as moderator.
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House of Douglas
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Winton A. Winter
George Wingert
Kansas
Robert Pinet
Red Buildup In DMZ Sparks South Vietnam Reinforcements
In Saigon the South Vietnamese government rushed reinforcements to the northern front as Allied commands reported a buildup of North Vietnamese troops and long range artillery in the demilitarized zone. U S forces announced 2% American fighter bombers attacked a new North Vietnamese surface to air missile site Thursday in the Laotian panhandle.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
North
U.S. Command
Laotian Panhandle
Eleven subpoenaed for grand jury in election irregularities
Eight persons were subpoenaed and three appeared voluntarily Thursday before the county grand jury investigating irregularities in last November's general election. By Thursday’s fourth session, 29 people had appeared, including Lee Nichols and Bruce Spears, with Steve Lott among voluntary attendees.
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Lee Nichols
Franklin County
R. Michael Latimer
Bruce Spears
Warren D. Skiles
W. 15Th
Helen Butell
W. 11Th
Amanda Rosenquist
S. Hickory
Mabellé Blair
S. Main
Betty Wittmeyer
Ash
Nellie Burlingham
Willow
Edith Frogeatte
S. Maple
Robert L. Pinet
Steve Lott
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lawrence H. Kramer
County Forecast Cloudy And Warmer For Weekend
Cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday with southerly winds 8 to 20 mph. Tonight low 33 to 40, Saturday high 65 to 73. Thursday high 35, today low 32, a year ago high 52, low 29. Record high 1910 is B9, record low 1955 is 4. Precipitation trace in past 24 hours. Barometer 30.20.
Final Vote Looms On State Welfare Assistance
The Kansas Senate moved a welfare bill to final roll call, proposing to cap general assistance to residents and limit benefits to 90 days a year while tying payments to a modest national average. The chamber also advanced a public defender pilot and discussed a cabinet style Department of Administration, with debate continuing.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Department of Administration
Robert Docking
Sen
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Administration Department
Docking blasts legislature over budget cuts in Kansas
Democratic Gov. Docking accused Republican leaders in Topeka of over-reacting to his budget proposals. He said they will slash essential government services while avoiding tax reform, calling the plan austere but inadequate. He warned of a potential taxpayer revolt if lawmakers ignore public needs.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas Press Association
Kansas
Watershed Plan Vote Looms In Pottawatomie Creek Basin
Residents in the Pottawatomie Creek watershed head to the polls Tuesday to vote on approving a watershed plan aimed at reducing flood damage. Board secretary Dale Fooshee cites annual losses to crops, property, roads, land, and indirect impacts, with historic floods in 1967 illustrating the cost of inaction.
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Pottawatomie Creek
Dale Fooshee
Fooshee
Frog Creek
Coffey
Osage
Soil Conservation Service
Tom Benton
Benton
Harris
Eldon Good
Bill Graham
Carl Sobba
Roy Davis
Corps of Engineers
State Water Resources Division
State Board of Agriculture
Anderson
Franklin
Miami
Linn
Kansas Secretary of State
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Four Escape Blaze
National League of Families of Prisoners and Missing In
Southeast Asia
Eecrity
Seattle
Lowell Mickelwaite
Boeing Company
Congress
Pottawatomie Creek Watershed
Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Linn and
Miami Counties
Pottawatomie
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