Card Burners Beaten At Boston Draft Card Protest
A mob of about 200, mostly teens, attacked seven antiwar demonstrators after four burned draft cards on the courthouse steps. Two men beaten inside the courthouse. two youths named David Benson and David Reed had burned their reclassification notices earlier. Susanne Williams was struck as she stood nearby.
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Boston
David Benson
Morganetown
W. Va
David Reed
Voluntown
Conn
David O’brien
John A. Phillips
Susanne Williams
Ameherst
Mass
South Boston District Court
22 Year Old Officer Proves His Worth in Viet Nam
2nd Lt. Daniel Kapica, 22, of New Britain Connecticut, led a battered U S Army cavalry company in a stand against a thousand North Vietnamese troops near the Chu Phong Mountains just south of the Cambodian border. He took command after his commander was wounded and the executive officer killed, earning deference from seasoned lieutenants for having survived three prior Viet Nam actions.
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Chu Phong
South Viet Nam
Harvard Business School
U.S. 1St Cavalery
Daniel Kapica
New Britain
Kapica
12Th Cavalry
Highlands
Shaw Receives Support On 238 School Bonds Sold
District 288 moved toward a $1,140,000 school complex by accepting the sole bid from Everett S. Stephenson Jr. and 20 underwriters. The average net interest rate was 4.1863 percent, with projected sale around 3 percent under normal conditions. Financial adviser Bob Bundy of Bee croft Cole and Co. commented the market is the worst since 1934, but the bid was considered relatively good given current circumstances.
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Richmond
Everett S. Stephenson Jr
Fourth National Bank and Trust
Wichita
Kansas City
Topeka
Bob Bundy
Beecroft, Cole and Co
Kansas
Bundy
Walt Cole Jr
Ottawa city rejects fire rating drop and weighs bonds
Ottawa commission refused to accept the Kansas Inspection Bureau's move to drop the city from 6th to 7th class fire insurance. They discussed bonding and licensing contractors and heard about a $150,000 fire station plus $20,000 in salaries to regain the 6th class rating, with mixed views on funding and growth needs.
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Ottawa City Commission
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Ottawa
Clanton
Corlis
Wightman
Williamson
Gilliland
County Forecast Varied Clouds Turn Cooler Friday
Weather forecast notes variable cloudiness tonight becoming mostly fair and cooler Friday. Tonight's low mid 40s, Friday high in the lower 70s. Notable figures include today’s high 80, today’s low 39, last year’s highs 65 and lows 30, record high 86 in 1940, record low 19 in 1935. Barometer 29.74.
Refugee clothing drive from Ottawa to aid South Viet Nam
An Ottawa Kansas editorial thanks local residents and organizations for sending 920 pounds of clothing to 40,000 Vietnamese refugees via San Francisco and United Van Lines. The piece highlights community generosity, the backing of Ottawa Transfer and Storage and local volunteers, and the emotional impact on Mrs. Robinson and others in Washington and Bangkok.
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Zeke Wigglesworth
Fellowship of Man
Kansas
South Viet Nam
Agency For International Development (Aid
The
Herald
Lewis Robinson
Viet Nam
Robinson
Ottawa
Robeinson
Ambassador Lodge
Carl Seaton
Ottawa Transfer and Storage Company
Seaton
United van Lines
San Francisco
Ernie Watkins
Davis Paint
Clevenger
Burrow
Franklin County
Lew Robinson
Bruce Company
Ottawa United
R. L. Gibson
James L. Gibson
Oklahoma City
Topeka
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
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Ottawa High
Ottawa University
College of Emporia
Cook Field
OHS
Russell Daugharthy
Wendell Carpenter
Dudley Calder
Harvey Nicholson
Dan Griffin
Ottawa Herald
1St Cavalry
Kaspica
Shaw
By Don Black
Janet Hamilton
Lawerence Wightman
Lyman Corlis Jr
Charles Williamson
Co. N. Clanton
Inspection Bureau
Don Capper
Harry Gilliland
Capper
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Ceceil E. Vining
Ben Chrisjohn
Lane
Robert Shaw
Chrisjohn
Myron Steere
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