Restoration Plan Moves Forward for Ottawa Downtown Buildings
Franklin County Historical Society finishes phase one of restoring 13 downtown buildings including the 200 block of South Main and the old Peoples National Bank. KU students presented recovery concepts. aim to have cost estimates by early May and explore grant or local fundraising options.
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Jewel Scott
Franklin County Historical Society
South Main
Old Peoples National Bank
Second and Main
Ben Park
The
Historical Society
State Historical Society
Kansas
Park
Dennis Wellner
Marty Davidson
University of Kansas Architects’ Community Team
Wellner
Davidson
Landmark Committee
Bill Bennett
Society
Park City
Robert W. Mills
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa Planning Commission
Davison
Main Street
Mitchell Denies Link In Bugging
Washington AP Mitchell denies slanderous claims he approved wiretap plans for the Democratic national headquarters. The Washington Post cites James McCord as saying Liddy reported Mitchell approved the 1972 operation while at the Justice Department. McCord also claims Dean Magruder Colson had advance knowledge. spokesmen deny.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Washington Post
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Committee
Nixon
Ervin
McCord
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Liddy
Senate Committee
Senate Watergate Committee
Charles W. Colson
Dean
Magruder
Colson
Five candidates for 290 Board of Education race
A roundup of the five candidates for the U S C 290 Board of Education and their views is on Page 3 of today's Herald. Three of the five men will be elected to the board in Tuesday's general election. A roundup of the Ottawa City Commission candidates appeared in Wednesday's Herald.
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U.S.C. 290 Board of Education
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
P-Tax Lid Vote Called Off
In Topeka the House postponed the tax lid vote while moving ahead with a plan to expand and modernize the University of Kansas Medical Center. An amendment to delete funds for land and hospital construction at Kansas City was offered to test support for the project. Rep Shelby Smith argued against building a new hospital, favoring community hospitals and noting bed expansion does not solve doctor maldistribution. Rep John Branchi emphasized the need for facilities to train medical students.
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Topeka
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Shelby Smith
Wichita
Smith
John Branchi
Overland Park
Nixon Plans Prime Time Address On World Role And Economy
Washington AP report says President Nixon will speak at 9 p.m. EST on America’s Vietnam conclusion and the economy. Ziegler declined specifics while noting the speech will come from the Oval Office and last under 15 minutes. News also touches on Watergate and possible economic announcements.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Ziegler
Senate
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Administration
Three Bodies Found In Car South Of City
Three people, a woman in the front seat and two young men in the back, were found dead in a black blue 1964 Chrysler on a country road south of Ottawa. Officials say the woman had a wound to the hand and the men were shot in the head. the deaths are under investigation with the KBI.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
L.N. Speer
Kansas Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Rex
Johnson
Lawrence
Hazel Avery
Steve
Iola
Gary Longfellow
Richmond
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KHP
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
KBI
All POWs Released at Clark Air Base Philippines
North Vietnam freed its last 67 U S prisoners of war, bringing to Clark Air Base their first stop on the homeward journey. The 67, part of 82 released earlier in the week, included 57 men and 10 others, with one more American civilian to be freed Sunday or Monday.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
Hanoi
Air Force
James W. O'Neill
Las Vegas
Nev
Keith H. Lewis
Goldsboro
N.C
Clark
Viet Cong
Robert White
Newport News
White
Mekong
Saigon
Williamsburg
Vietnam
Clark Field
Cmdr
Phillip Kientzler
Poway
Calif
Paris
Laos
Lloyd D. Oppel
Pathet Lao
End of US Vietnam War Era Signals Complete Withdrawal
The last American troops left South Vietnam ending over a decade of intervention with 46,000 U.S. lives lost. Gen Frederick Weyand declared the rights of the Republic of Vietnam to shape its own destiny while MACV was inactivated. The 7th Fleet kept force in the region as the Joint Military Commission dissolved into a South Vietnam Viet Cong body.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Pentagon
Guam
Thailand
Joint Military Commission
North
Frederick C. Weyand
Republic of Vietnam
Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
Weyand
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Who Leads The Indians In Wounded Knee Clash
Two factions claim representation of the occupying Indians at Wounded Knee as federal officials decide who may negotiate. Rapid City talks stalled over who should sit with militants holding the village since February 27. A late village meeting occurred with six attorneys allowed inside under a court order.
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Wounded Knee
Rapid City
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FBI
Richard G. Kleindienst
L. Patrick Gray III
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