New Cabs Here in Ottawa By Ben Huddleston Opens Flat Rate Service
Suzy Black reports Ottawa gains a second taxi firm, Ael Cab Company, operated by Ben Huddleston. Cabs use a flat 50 cent fare within city limits, no meters. Huddleston, with two 1964 Chevelle cabs, based at North American Hotel, moved from Harrisonville, Missouri, and praises locals and city officials as he builds the business.
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Ael Cab Company
Ben Huddleston
S. Mulberry
Ottawa
Huddleston
Japan
Redoak
Iowa
Harrisonville
Union Pacific Freight Company
Kansas City
Explosion rocks Noel Douglas home. investigators seek lead
Deputy state fire marshal and Ottawa police pursue a probable external blast after a Thursday night explosion ripped the southwest corner of the Noel Douglas residence. No one was home. Damage is estimated at 18000 dollars. Kansas bureau agent joined arson investigator and local police to gather tips. Gas ruled out. debris to be lab tested this week.
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Don Black
Ottawa
Noel Douglas
Lloyd Davies
Douglas
Harry Gilliland
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Dave Johnson
Davies
Bill Wheeler
Ottawa Poice Department
Wheeler
County Forecast Says Mild Week Ahead
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with mild temperatures. Low tonight 35 to 40, high Wednesday in the 60s. Monday high 59, today’s low 35. A year ago today high 44, low 34, record high 81 in 1946, record low 16 in 1944. Hourly readings end at 8 a.m. with temps ranging from 39 to 58 across the day.
South Vietnamese Leader Threatens Action Over Buddhist Protests
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky warned he would take strong measures to halt Buddhist demonstrations in Saigon as 1,000 students protested. Ky said the government would not concede to agitators but pursue civilian rule to restore stability while generals focus on the war. The unrest began in Da Nang and Hue three weeks earlier.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hue
Over 30 Women Have Ugly Knees
Chicago report quotes Walter Holmes a 33 year old designer who condemns American mothers copying youthful knee fashions. He argues knee bearing is for the young and rebels, warns mothers will look ugly and that designers will share blame. He predicts the trend will fade as youths shun adult knee styles.
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Chicago
Walter Holmes
Holmes
Klan Leader Sought in Mississippi Civil Rights Death
Federal and state officers seek Sam Holloway Bowers Jr. a feared Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard described as armed and dangerous in connection with the Jan. 10 death of Vernon Dahmer. Bowers, a fugitive, slipped away after a cafe encounter with FBI agents in Laurel.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
FBI
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Deep South
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Breeding Enters Senate Battle In June Nomination
J Floyd Breeding former congressman from southwest Kansas will file for the Democratic nomination for U S Senate in early June resigning from the agriculture department to run The Draft Breeding for U S Senator committee led by Leonard Pipkin and John Taylor has conducted operations from Topeka Breeding served six years in Congress and headed a farmers group for the 1964 Democratic ticket in the state The piece also recounts 1960s civil rights era events including the Philadelphia Mississippi killings and a separate arson fatality in Hattiesburg Mississippi
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Topeka
J. Floyd Breeding
Democrati
U.S. Senate
Breeding
Agriculture Department
Leonard Pipkin
John Taylor
U.S
Kansas
Congress
Red Tape, Leaders, and Student Loans Highlight Ottawa Meeting
Dr. Howard T. Hill Sr. outlined government red tape at an Ottawa service clubs gathering sponsored by Kiwanis. He cited a 798 page federal structure with 93 bureaus and urged focus on research and student loans over broad scholarships. The event included 245 attendees from six clubs and featured a University concert by the choir under Edgar D. Kerr with soloists Pamela Locklear and Dave Gardner.
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Lois Smith
Howard T. Hill Sr
Ottawa
Service Clubs
Kiwanis Club
Bob Roberts
Hill
Roberts
Gordon Benitz
Harold Shomber
Sertoma
Jack Day
Lions
Robert Shields
Rotary
M. A. Welty
Soropetimists
Grace Bell
Phil McCracken
Rotary Club
Charles P. Knight
Jack Patty
University
Edgar D. Kerr
Pamela Locklear
Dave Gardner
Rabies Case Confirmed in Franklin County
A rabies case is confirmed in Franklin County involving a skunk and a farm dog owned by Ray Reed of Pomona. Dr. H. P. Peffly reports the skunk wandered the Reed yard, the dog chased it and the skunk died. State laboratory confirms rabies. The dog will be put to sleep by the humane society. Rabies appears to be increasing in Kansas, most common in skunks.
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Franklin County
H. P. Peffly
Ray Reed
Pomona
Peffly
Reed Farm
Reed
Kansas State
Humane Society
Kansas
Federal Land Bank Meet Held Monday
An estimated 400 persons attended the annual stockholders meeting of the Federal Land Bank Association in Ottawa at Memorial Auditorium. The event featured a noon buffet, Browning Family entertainment, and remarks by FLBA president Steven P. Russell and James R. Isleib of the Ninth District Farm Credit Board. Directors Donald Steward and George H. Feuerborn were elected for three-year terms. officers and committees were also chosen after the meeting.
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Federal Land Bank Association
FLBA
Otetawa
Memorial Auditorium
Browning
Prairie Village
Steven P. Russell
James R. Isleib
Ninth District Farm Credit Board
Federal Land Bank
Wichita
R. Bruce Crutcher
R. L. Smay
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Donald Steward
Ottawa
George H. Feuerborn
Richmond
Humphrey Son Sets July 9 Wedding Date
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's son Robert, 22, plans to wed Donna Erickson of Hampton, Minnesota, on July 9. Both are students at Mankato State College in Minnesota. She is Catholic and he is Congregationalist.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert
Donna Ericke
Hampton, Minn
Donna
Young Humphrey
Mankato State College
Minnesota
Glatt Reportedly Was Not To Quit
WICHITA Kan AP Carl W Glatt planned to withdraw his resignation as director of the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights after a 3-2 vote to accept the move The decision followed months of political tension with Gov William Avery appointees and supporters saying the motive was political Glatt had said he would resign if he did not receive a clerical helper.
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Wichita, Kan
Carl W. Glatt
Kansas Commission
Clive
Howard K. Brewer
Chester I. Lewis
Brewer
eIt
William Avery
Glatt
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Donald T. Appell
Appell
Mickey Schwerner
Pere Sons
Dahmer
Hattiesburg
Peoples National Bank
Adv
James R. Driver
F. E. Pinneo
Kincaid
N T. Satterlee
Wanda Pederson
Paola
F.E. Pinneo
R L. Smay
Smay
Robert Pence
Apple Lane
Kaw Council of
Boy Scouts
Pence
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