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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1976
Page
7
Federal and state investigators obtained 701 warrants for taps and bugs in 1975, installing in 676 cases, overhearing about 654 conversations per case involving 71 people. About 46 percent were incriminating, totaling 2,234 arrests and 336 convictions in 1975.
Washington AP reports that cities and public districts weigh taking over private hydro plants under a 1920 law. With licenses expiring since 1970, the FPC is understaffed and reviewing renewals year by year while no hearings are set for Santa Clara or Bountiful. The outcome hinges on future precedent and potential commissioner views.
Local notices advertise events and services including a May 6 estate planning meeting at Pomona High School with Judge Mike Nichols, a dance with Bill Jordan and the Country Music Man, a May 4 election of officers for the Eagles, a May 1 dance in Olivet Kansas featuring Mac and Rhythm Ramblers, a Beautyland job start for Debbie Hermreck, and sale offers at Shear Image and Litwin's.
May Day featured massive peaceful marches in Communist Asia and Eastern Europe while Western nations deployed riot police to curb potential violence. In Lisbon a bomb outside the Communist party HQ killed one and injured six. in Madrid police detained hundreds, yet Socialists laid a wreath at Pablo Iglesias’ grave. Big rallies were held in Moscow and other cities, with Prague, Budapest, and East Berlin reporting large civilian or military processions amidst post Moro government tensions in Italy.
May Day actions reach Peking with a day-long Beijing rally reported by Peking radio. In Japan hundreds of thousands gathered at 474 sites protesting Prime Minister Takeo Miki's government amid the Lockheed scandal and inflation. Vietnamese and Laotian crowds marched, curfews were lifted in Saigon and Vientiane, and in Taipei Yen Chia-kan urged workers to heed Chiang Kai-shek's call for self-reliance to boost production.
Graveside services for Goldie Elizabeth Straight, 24, of 831 S. Ash, who died today in Cedarhouse Nursing Home, will be at Highland Cemetery on May 4. Rev. William R. Weber will officiate. She was born November 6, 1891, in Taylor County Iowa, daughter of George Washington Barnes and Deborah Charlotte Hamlin. She moved to Ottawa from Bedford, Iowa. She married Sanford Seymour Straight on August 12, 1913. he died in 1968. They celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1983. She is survived by two brothers, and services are arranged by Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home.
Len Dawson announced his retirement and spoke of a three year NBC broadcasting contract. The Ohio native and Purdue alum played professionally starting in 1957 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and later became a Kansas City sports director.
Teamsters set picket lines as midnight strike shuts down United Parcel Service in 13 Midwest and Rocky Mountain states after stalled talks. About 14,000 UPS drivers and workers impacted, with negotiations resuming Tuesday on multistate contract. Illinois and Indiana crews operate under extension. Anticipated health, pension, and welfare issues.
Tony Armstrong undergoes five hour open heart surgery at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Monday morning. Charles Bryant named Outstanding Young Man of America for Air Force professional achievement and community service. Worden reports 3.98 inches of rain in April, with year to date 5.93 inches. Ottawa University hosts meeting to aid foreign students and seek summer housing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Union. Prairie City Cemetery Association meeting set for 1:30 p.m. next Saturday May 4 at Ives Chapel Methodist Church in Baldwin City. Mrs Ballard Wood of Princeton recovering from surgery at KU Medical Center Room 266 E.
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