Stag power unit under way in Ottawa project
The city of Ottawa installs a steam turbine and gas STAG unit at the West Second Street power plant in a turn key project costing about 1.76 million dollars. Water and Light Plant chief Don Hamilton explains the unit will add capacity to meet demand and reduce outages. Delays from a GE strike pushed completion toward early September with a 175 dollar daily penalty if contractors miss extended deadlines.
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Rosie Lister
City Commission
People of
Ottawa
West Second Street
Pomona
Don Hamilton
Hamilton
Come Mission
Kansas City Power and Light Company
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
KCPL
G. E
Docking to study Pike Leaders' request for special session
Governor Docking said he wants to review the Kansas Turnpike Authority letter asking a Finance Council special session before deciding on a call. The panel would consider funds for a prospectus and a feasibility study for a Kansas City to Leavenworth turnpike project.
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Peka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Turnspike Authority
State Finance Council
Turnpike Authority
Kansas City
Kansas City-side Continent International Airport
Leavenworth
Docking
Finance Council
Weather County Forecast for the Week
Generally fair and warm through Wednesday with southwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph. Tonight’s low in the mid 50s, Wednesday highs in the 80s. Monday high 83, today’s low 52. Last year on this date high 81 and low 74. Record high 93 in 193, record low 37 in 1923.
Secretary slain in Senator Carlson's Washington office
Judith K. Robeson, 24, an attractive research assistant in Senator Frank Carlson's (R-Kan.) Washington office, was found strangled in her sixth floor apartment near the Capitol. Police called the case wide open. she was discovered at 10:45 a.m. by the building manager after failing to report to work. Robeson, a Kansas University graduate from Mission Hills, had worked about three years for Carlson and was the daughter of Mark Robeson, an executive with Yellow Transit Co.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Capitol
Judith K. Robeson
Miss Robeson
J. Anthony Armenta
Kansas University
Mission Hills
Kan
Kansas City
Carlson
Mark Robeson
The
Yellow Transit Co
Arson Suspected in Brussels Store Fire
Arson suspected as cause of Brussels department store blaze. About 200 people reportedly missing. 21 confirmed dead and 100 injured according to fire brigade officials.
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Brussels
Fire Brigade
Israelis Vow To Fight If Egypt Blocks Port
BEIRUT Lebanon AP Egyptian President Gamal Abe del Nasser threatened to close Israel s Gulf of Aqaba waterway restricting Red Sea access for Israeli ships and goods Israel vowed to retaliate if the Eilat route is blocked. U S officials warned Americans to depart and discussed UN and Anglo-American responses as tensions rise.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Gamal Abedel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Nasser
Sinai Desert
Israel
Red Sea
Eilat
Washington
State
United States
U.S
U.N
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf
Iran
Egypt
Aqaba
U Thant
New York
Cairo
Thant
Arthur J. Goldeberg
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Roger Seydoux
Lord Caradon
United Nations
Civil Defense Plans Fallout Shelters in New Buildings
Washington AP Civil Defense officials warn about 70 million Americans unshielded in a 1972 nuclear attack and push a direct mail campaign to persuade architects and builders to add fallout shelter potential to new projects. They aim to integrate design features at little to no extra cost, noting 158 million shelter spaces exist in large buildings but are not always near where people live. Beginning next month, the effort targets owners and architects of about 3,000 projects in seven states.
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Washington
U.S
China
United States
Office of Civil Defense
Civil Defense
Burglars Fail at Wellsville High Office Safe
The Franklin County Sheriff reports burglars attempted to break into the Wellsville High School office safe last night but failed. They rummaged several rooms and stole seven to eight dollars in change after gaining entry through an unlocked window. Sheriff Joe Ferns provided the details.
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Wellsville High School
Franklin County
Joe Ferns
Unc
Entire District At Stake Central Heights Election Set For Thursday
The first Kansas style district wide school election in Unified School District 288 Central Heights is set for Thursday. Bruce Spears Franklin County Clerk calls the election after petitions from more than 20 percent of 288 voters. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Martin Community building near Richmond with two boards handling results. If dissolved the state superintendent will determine asset and student disposition.
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Zeke Wigglesworth
Kansas
Central Heights
Bruce Spears
Franklin County
Spears
Martin
Richmond
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Central
Martin Community
Kindere
Brink’s armored truck robbed in Brockton haul
Thieves using machine guns seized a Brink’s armored car outside a Brockton bank and fled with about 700000 in cash. Frederic L. Lincoln of First County National Bank and Reginald Cole, bank president, offered estimates. the loot includes 460000 from the Campbello branch collected from Monday night receipts at Raynham Dog Track. One guard and a bank employee entered the bank while a second guard remained with the truck.
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Brockton, Mass
Brink’s Inc
Frederic L. Lincoln
First County National Bank of
Brockton
Reginald Cole
Lincoln
Campbello
Raynham Dog Track
East Side
Cole
Ninth Miami County Traffic Death At Deadman's Curve
The ninth fatality of 1967 in Miami County occurred Saturday after a three car crash on Deadman's Curve two miles south of Paola on US 169. Plas Smith, 63, Osawatomie, died when his 1964 Ford hit a 1948 Chevrolet driven by Lorita Cannon, 17, then collided with a 1959 Ford driven by Sherman Barrett, Osawatomie. Barrett and Patricia Daily, 21, Kansas City, received hospital treatment and were released. No injuries in the Cannon car.
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Miami County
Paola
Plas Smith
Osawatomie
Loreta A. Cannon
Sherman Barrett
Smith
Barrett
Cannon
Patricia M. Daily
Kansas City
Richmond Nursing Home Plans Seek Final Approvals
Final approval for a 52 bed Richmond nursing home is expected from the State Board of Health and State Fire Marshal in Topeka later this week. A federal loan of 287000 dollars was approved in March by HUD. Construction could begin as early as July 1 if agencies approve, with the project planned on the south end of Richmond near the housing addition.
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Richmond Nursing Home
State Board of Health
Topeka
Federal
Department of Urban Housing
Richmond
Herb McClure
Richmond Developers Corporation
City of
Richmond Developers
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