Local Post Office Welcomes Ottawa's First Woman Mail Carrier
Sheila Woolman becomes Ottawa RFP 1's first female mail carrier. She trained as a substitute this week under Larry Wright, adjusting to the carrier case and driving from the middle of the seat. Originally from Kansas City Kansas, she worked for the FAA in Olathe and has over a decade in government service. She will fill in only during Wrights vacations or sick leave after training.
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Ottawa
Sheila Woolman
RFP
Kansas City, Kan
Woolman
Federal Aviation Administration
Olathe
House Drops SST Project as Senate Rejects Plan
Washington AP In a move ending the supersonic transport debate House leaders and backers declare the SST dead. Conferees will accept Senate rejection 58 to 37 while weighing termination costs between 85.3 and 155.8 million. Congress canceled funding March 30 but later revived burial money. Fifty eight senators opposed federally subsidized production of the craft, while 37 supported it, arguing for U.S. aviation leadership.
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Washington
House
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Congress
Reds Gain Key Outpost
In southern Laos the Royal Lao Army abandoned Houei Kong on the Bolovens plateau, giving North Vietnam new supply routes toward Cambodia and South Vietnam. The retreat follows the capture of Pak Song and Ban Houei Sai with heavy casualties reported against defenders. U.S. B52 raids continued on the Ho Chi Minh trail as a Cambodia drive opened further toward a sea supply route.
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Saigon
Bolovens
Laos
North Vietnam
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Vientiane
Houei Kong
Pak Song
Ban Houei Sai
Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Third Indochina
Phnom Penh
US and Soviet move toward ABM and SALT limits
President Nixon said the United States and the Soviet Union would work this year to limit antiballistic missiles and offensive nuclear weapons. He described the move as a breakthrough in stalled SALT talks begun in 1969, with no details on specific concessions. Talks continue in Vienna under high authorities on both sides.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Finland
Vienna
Nixon Not Off The Hook Yet In Foreign Relations
The Senate rejected Mansfield’s 50 percent cut proposal for Europe, 61 to 36, leaving Nixon’s foreign relations authority challenged in Congress. The defeat ends a major side issue in haste to extend the draft beyond June 30 and precedes broader bills to curb presidential power to deploy forces without a war declaration.
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Nixon
Washington
Senate
U.S
Europe
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Public views sought on Ottawa new fire station plan
The Ottawa City Commission called for public reaction on a proposed new fire station and discussed funding options. Mayor Stephen V. Ralph ruled out a special election but considered bonds. current station dates to 1869 with rebuilds. The panel also addressed purchasing a fire truck, speed limit changes in annexed areas, recreation bonds, and waste hauling enforcement.
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Ottawa
Herald
City Hall
Stephen V. Ralph
Ralph
Kansas City Power and Light
Courthouse plan eyed with federal funds aid debate
County commissioners favor matching federal funds for a courthouse project if no federal rules apply. At a noon joint city county session with Steve Deere of the governor’s criminal investigation commission, officials discussed using a $3,900.52 planning grant and potential 76 percent matching funds. A jail facility was cited as part of phase one, with court facilities in a second phase. no final decisions were made due to an absent county commissioner and ongoing deliberations on law enforcement headquarters joint ventures.
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Water and Light Fund
State Highway Commission
17Th
Gibson’s Discount Center
State Commission
Seagrade
Clinton
Wis
Commission
State Board of Tax Appeals
Edward McGrath
Board of County Commissioners
Governor’s Commission On Criminal Investigation
Steve Deere
Deere
Hays
Goodland
Fort Scott
Emporia
Ottawa
Stephen V. Ralph
Lee C. Nichols
Floyd H. Coffman
Sadat Restates Conditions To Reopen Suez Canal
BEIRUT AP Anwar Sadat told the National Assembly in Cairo that reopening the Suez Canal requires Egyptian troops crossing to the canal east bank and an Israeli withdrawal with a defined timetable from all 1967 territory. He opposed an open ended cease fire while any Israeli soldier remains on Egyptian land.
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Beirut
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
National Assembly
Cairo Radio
Sadat
East Bank
Egypt
William P. Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Donald C. Bergus
U.S
Cairo
United States
Israel
Ottawan Sees Fashion Cycle From 1920s To Today
Harry Worthington of Wassmer's Men’s Clothing notes styles repeat from the 1920s with belts half belts and by swing coats returning, flared trouser cuffs and color trends shifting. He recalls silk shirts costing up to 18 dollars, hats losing popularity, women buying men’s clothes, and youths shaping trends as young as five to eight choose their outfits.
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Dan Mullen
Harry Worthington
Wassmer’s Men’s Clothing
Worthington
Main
Cayat’s
Davis and Wassmer’s
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Moore
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J. Leland Hysom
Washington, D. C
Lamar Phillips
S. Hickory
Jo Ann Cearfoss
Ottawa Junior High School
Comedy Row
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George Atchison
Fredric B. Zook
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