Dogs Are Mailmen's Occupational Hazard
Part II by Bob Hunter explains dog interactions with Ottawa city mail carriers Shoemaker notes dogs may grow friendly to carriers while spray repellent using capsaicin guards noses and eyes. Nine city routes, nine carriers, park and loop system, trunks hold mail, parcels per carrier run 12 to 15 daily, and city carriers use their own American made vehicles under contract.
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Bob Hunter
Ottawa
Max
Shoemaker
John Parsons
Edgerton
Nixon Warns USSR and China Over Vietnam Arms Aid
President Nixon cautioned the Soviet Union and China that arming North Vietnam and pressuring Hanoi over the cease-fire could jeopardize U.S. relations with those powers. He spoke in a state of the world report to Congress, noting progress with China and Russia and outlining broad themes for foreign policy in Europe, the Far East, and the Middle East. Kissinger briefed reporters on the document, released three months late pending cease-fire results.
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Israel
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Kissinger
Vietnam
Mississippi Drops As It Moves South
The swollen Mississippi River will crest at Quincy Illinois and Hannibal Missouri then recede toward St. Louis with no new rain in the forecast. Crests at 24.4 and 24.2 feet push flood warnings downstream while St. Louis sits at 38.8 feet. Navigation restrictions ease as guardsmen and reservists end duty and 17 miles of river reopen for essential commerce.
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Hannibal
River District
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Iowa
Illinois
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Missouri River
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National
Coast Guard
Mississippi
Nixon
Christopher S. Bond
South St. Louis
Granite City
Tll
Weather county forecast shows fair, mild weekend
A forecast for county weather calls for fair and not so cool tonight with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Saturday will be mostly sunny and a bit warmer with highs in the low to mid 80s and southerly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight to 10 to 15 mph. Precipitation probabilities are zero percent tonight and Saturday. High Thursday 70, today’s low 427, last year’s high 71, low 45. records today 92 high in 1952 and 21 low in 1907. Hourly temperatures end at 8 am today.
Watergate: Attorney General Designate Mulls Special Prosecutor
A Senate source said attorney general designate Elliot Richardson is weighing appointing a retired federal judge as special prosecutor in the Watergate case.
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Washington
Senate
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Cease-Fire Ends Deadly Fighting In Beirut
A third cease-fire at dawn quiets Beirut after two days of heavy fighting between the Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas. Reports say 5,000 PLA troops withdrew from border positions after crossing from Syria, while curfews and roadblocks remain in effect.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Palestine Liberation Army
Syria
Jobless Rate Static and Steady in Month
Washington AP reports the nation's unemployment rate held at five percent with about 4.4 million people jobless and 83.9 million employed on a seasonally adjusted basis. Weekly earnings and the length of the work week rose, indicating ongoing economic expansion after sharp gains earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Second Graders Start Careers Project at Central Heights
Second graders in Pam Howarter and Carolyn Basile's classes at Central Heights explored future occupations by researching jobs, creating reports, and forming six groups to print a newspaper, sew a quilt, make musical instruments, plan a party, compile a cookbook, and craft art frames. The cookie party and recipe cookbook activity accompanied the effort, engaging 45 students who also helped teach kindergartners. the projects aimed to reveal what careers appeal and what they dislike.
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Joan Istas
Central Heights
Pam Howarter
Howarter
Ashe
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