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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
6
Ottawa gains a new weather observer Carl Nutt of 545 Birch takes over duties at City Water and Light plant. He will report weather readings gathered from power plant equipment, with first results expected after the weekend as former observer John Kelsey retires due to ill health.
A storm system unleashed tornadoes and high winds across southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. In Joplin at 7 am CDT, the city suffered extensive damage with fatalities and many injuries. Reports from Carthage Webb City Fidelity Duenweg and Parsons St Paul Erie noted damage and injuries as mobile homes were heavily affected.
Palestinian guerrillas from Syria shelled a northern Lebanon border post at Arida before dawn. Lebanese troops returned fire as thousands of guerrillas moved back into Syria. The army reported no Lebanese casualties and said the border post endured an intensive rocket and mortar attack before the withdrawal. An army spokesman provided the update.
Trustees authorized a change in the hospital and boiler house floors from five to eight inches with steel reinforcement, adding about 10600 dollars to costs to prevent future settlement due to recent heavy rains. Architects recommended the upgrade as a precaution against soil shrinkage beneath the floors.
James W. McCord Jr testified under oath that he would not have joined the Watergate plan without approval from Attorney General John N. Mitchell. He said G. Gordon Liddy claimed Mitchell received logs of wiretapped conversations and urged the June 17 arrest, with further entries into Democratic headquarters. McCord’s statements, from April 30 and May 1, are part of the Democratic suit for damages.
Former Atty. Gen. John F. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans deny charges they conspired to obstruct justice and defraud the United States during Nixon reelection. Indictments allege Vesco funded the campaign with 200000 dollars to influence an SEC probe. Vesco and Sears also charged. All four face May arraignment and potential prison terms up to 50 years for Mitchell and Stans.
The House voted 219 to 188 to reject President Nixon's request for more bombing funds in Cambodia and 224 to 172 to ban using any part of a 2.8 billion supplemental appropriation for bombing. The 284 to 96 overall bill then went to the Senate as antiwar sentiment grew on Capitol Hill.
White House says Henry Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho will hold three to four days of talks in Paris next Thursday to discuss implementing the Indochina peace accord. Kissinger just returned from Moscow and London.
Alice Crawford, director, leads 19 Head Start children on a fall hay rack ride and spring pony rides at Camp Chippewa. Olin Wollen and Pete Kinnison host riders Goldie, Princess, Cracker, and Pepper. The day includes a hike to view rocks and a hoped for snake, lunch, teepees, and wagons, with future helicopter rides planned.
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