Three killed in Ottawa area in double murder investigation
Franklin County officials say three people Hazel Avery 53 Lawrence Steven Avery 22 Iola and Gary Longfellow 23 Lawrence were found shot to death in Mrs Avery’s car two miles south of Ottawa after midnight Tuesday. All were shot more than once at close range with a larger caliber weapon. motive not robbery. Investigators search the scene and nearby creeks while seeking the gun. reports point to ties with a paternity case in Jefferson County and the guidance of the KBI and FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Scott
Here
Hazel Avery
Lawrence
Steven T. Avery
Iola
Gary O. Longfellow
Franklin County
Robert L. Pinet
Avery
Longfellow
Steven Avery
Pinet
Franklin
Anderson
Allen
Douglas
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
FBI
Herald
Lawrence School of Hairstyling
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Feem Products Inc
Richmond
Delbert G. Longfellow
Douglas County
McLouth
Bell Pleads Guilty in Abduction and Rape Case
Randall E Bell, 24, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court to nine counts including kidnapping, rape, robbery and burglary tied to the abduction and rape of two Olathe women. Judge Harold Riggs ordered an evaluation at the Kansas State Mental Hospital in Larned pending sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Randall E. Bell
Kansas City
Johnson County
Bell
Harold Riggs
Kansas State Mental Hospital
Larned
Franklin County
Nixon Bends To Outcry Over Spiraling Meat Prices
President Nixon imposes a ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices effective immediately as he seeks a permanent cure for rising food costs. The move follows housewife frustration and meat counter boycotts and is met with mixed Congress reactions and continuing consumer protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Congress
Cost of Living Council
Weather County Forecast Intermittent rain may cause flooding
Intermittent rain tonight and Saturday with locally heavy downpours raising flood risk in low areas. Lows tonight near 40s, highs Saturday in the upper 40s to low 50s. North to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances 90 percent tonight, 60 percent Saturday. Temperatures today show 52 high, 42 low with prior records of 62 and 14 in 1943 and 1964 respectively. Barometer 29.94.
Revolt Leaders Plan Week-Long Action Despite Ceilings
Leaders of the housewives' revolt say they are not satisfied with Nixon's meat price ceilings and still plan a week long consumer action. They expressed pleasure with the Thursday night announcement but remain committed to their protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinue
June Donovan
Los Angeles
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
William Gillen
Associated Press
Nixon
Wounded Knee in hands of agency on its last legs
The American Indian Movement in Wounded Knee meets with the American Indian Task Force of the Justice Department as Frizzell extends the unit’s life beyond April 15. Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee residents plan grievances hearings while a meat price ceiling spurs farmer protests and a national buyers’ strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Indian Task Force
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Justice Department
Frizzell
Washington
Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge Reservation
Wounded Knee
Faith And Hope Amid Hanoi POW Ordeals Told By Survivors
POWs freed from Hanoi and Viet Cong camps share memories of torture starvation and sleep deprivation. They describe beatings, isolation, and painful reeducation efforts while maintaining discipline and a code among prisoners. Notable accounts include Jeremiah A. Denton Jr and Robinson Risner detailing torture and solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Washington
Pentagon
Clark
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
Elon College
N.C
Denton
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Diana Blakesley
Welda
Highway Patrol
KHP
Sheriff
Rock Creek
Sen
William Proxmire
Dwis
House Agriculture Committee
W. R Poage
Dtex
M.D
U.S. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Dennis Ickes
National Farmers Organization
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Denver
Fight
FIT
John Trotman
Cattlemen’s Association
White House
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Okla
Air Force
Joseph Milligan
Annandale
N.J
Milligan
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