Dog Issue Roars at Ottawa City Commission Meeting
Ottawa officials opened discussions on dog control after petitions signed by over 1,100 residents and more than 50 letters urged stricter rules. Proposals include licensing, leash requirements, spaying, higher penalties, and funding for enforcement as the city eyes a July 1 ordinance.
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Jewel Scott
Steve Ralph
Ottawa City Commission
New Commission
Carol Laux
Laux
Ex Aides Move Toward Watergate Testimony
Ex aides H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman visit chief Watergate prosecutor Earl Silbert as they consider possible indictments for cover up. They resign and await Senate committee talks while Dean seeks immunity in plea to testify. Krogh also on leave as leak investigations widen.
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Washington
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Earl Silbert
Haldeman
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Silbert
John J. Wilson
Senate Watergate Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington Evening Star
John W. Dean III
Dean
Postal Week Highlights Ottawa Post Office Operations
Part I in a series outlines Ottawa postal divisions with three main areas: postal distribution clerks city carriers and rural carriers. Star Route contracts drive 90 percent of Ottawa mail, beginning at 1 30 a.m. with month end and new month checks and bills spiking workload. Postal changes toward corporate management save money but staffing shrinks from ten to three. zip codes are used by about 15 of letters, and Kansas City will handle outgoing mail beginning in November.
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Ottawa
John Sheldon
The
Herald
Times
City Commission
Allen Loyd
Planning Commission
Quincy Seymour
Ottawa Bible Church
Seymour
Stanley Penney
13Th and Main
Medical Arts
Peterson Drive
Highland Heights
East 15Th
Trinity United Methodist Church
Zook
Bob Hunter
Star
Ed Gardner
Gardner
Star Route
Glenn Howard
Grant
Howard
Parcel Post
Kansas City
Break in Midwest Weather Boosts Mississippi Flood Decline
A tranquil midwest weekend forecast offers a relief window for the Mississippi Missouri and Illinois rivers as crests recede slowly but new upper river crests slow the decline. Forecasters warn two weeks of no rain are needed to drop flood levels, with St Louis at 40.4 feet and expected to ease to 37.5. Winsfield 34.9 rising to 35. Missouri River crests near Waverly to Jefferson City raise near flood stage. Corps has a million sandbags ready. County forecast calls for fair cool tonight and sunny warmer Friday in the 70s. Weather notes include past highs and lows with no rain expected Friday.
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ST. Louis
Midwest
Mississippi
Missouri
Ilinois
River District Office
National Weather Service
Iowa
Illinois
Weather Service
Winfield
Quincy
Louisiana
Hannibal
Corps of Engineers
Waverly
Jefferson City
St. Charles
Population shifts in Ottawa and Franklin County census
1973 census figures released by Franklin County Assessor Russell Wray show Ottawa population down 80 from 10,554 in 1972 to 10,474 in 1973 while the county totals rise from 20,295 to 20,682. City figure includes Ottawa and Williamsburg with a county township rise, despite declines in Williamsburg and Ohio.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Russell Wray
Williamsburg
Ohio
Lane
BO. Pomons
Princeton
Rantoul
Richmond
Wallsville
Nixon tightens wage price controls with delay rule
President Nixon announced stricter wage price controls requiring large firms to notify the government before raising prices by more than 1.5 percent above January levels. The move adds a 30-day delay while the Cost of Living Council reviews compliance. Separately, wholesale food and farm product prices fell in April, but industrial prices surged the most in 22 years, offsetting the relief.
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Washington
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
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Ruth Bobbish
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the Herald
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Riverview Addition
Charles F. Waymire
Watergate
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Mitchell
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Egil ‘Bud’ Krogh
Department of Transportation
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Fhrlichman
Star Routes Heart of Postal Operation
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Otawa
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Aid
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