Gas Service Plans New Ottawa Division Office and Center
The Gas Service Company's Ottawa division announces a new Division Headquarters and Service Center on East Logan in Durham's Commercial Park. Loyd Builders Inc. will construct an 8,400 square foot Butler Landmark building on a 1.4 acre lot adjacent to Mount Calvary Cemetery, with completion aimed for April 1972. About 25 of 43 division employees will work there, replacing the long-time 208 S Main location.
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Gas Service Company
Ottawa
East Logan
Durbin’s Commercial Park
Foreign Aid Backers Pick Up The Pieces
Washington lawmakers seek to repair the U S foreign aid program after a Senate vote killed the measure. Sen Gale W McGee expects a continuing resolution through Jan 1 with an interim bill likely focused on economic and social aid to keep personnel paid and the program alive until a major restructure can be drafted by June 30. In the House, Chairman George Mahon aims for a 30 day stopgap to bridge to a permanent compromise as President Nixon calls for a temporary extension of a coordinated aid bill.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
McGee
Foreign Aid Agency
Senate
House
George Mahon
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Texas Democrat
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Nixon
Halloween Quiet Here in Ottawa Police Report
Ottawa Police Department described Halloween as unusually quiet with only a few egging incidents. REACT Club patrolled with eight radios, auxiliary officers assisted, and few calls were received amid unease from a prior 85 year old woman death. A resident reported goblins gave her popcorn balls in lieu of candy while Franklin County deputies investigated an unconfirmed bus damage in Centropolis.
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Ottawa Police Department
Ottawa
React Club
Eugene Flaherty
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Centropolis
Weather Summary From Local Almanac Data
The report lists weekend and recent temperatures with highs of 70 Saturday and 62 Sunday, lows down to 30 and 44, and record values of 64 in 1937 and 19 in 1930. It notes 0.26 inches of precipitation in the last 24 hours and provides scattered hourly readings ending around dawn today, with partial data due to garbled text.
Nixon's Phase 2 Plans Focus On Interest and Dividends
President Nixon's new committee on interest and dividends will target mortgage and consumer credit and other rates affecting families, but expects no mandatory controls. Arthur Burns, Fed chairman, testified to the House Banking Committee. He said standby power over rates is possible yet not anticipated for use, except voluntarily, and a successful wage and price program could lower rates over time.
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Washington
Nixon
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
House
Thirteen US Units Leave War Thirteen US Units Leave War
Thirteen U.S. Army units totaling 1,335 men were phased out of combat as U.S. strength in Vietnam fell to 196,700 last week. Melvin Laird travels to Saigon with plans to speed disengagement, potentially leaving 40,000 to 50,000 residual troops by July 1.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Nguyen van Thieu
Americas
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
UF Starts Stretch Run for 1971 United Fund Drive
The final phase of the 1971 United Fund Drive began as 200 residential-drive workers gathered at the North American Hotel to pick up packets. About 40 Ottawa University students will assist in collecting donations, with Mrs. Sharon Underwood chairing the residential drive.
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United Fund
Drive
Robert Shields
Ottawa University
Sharon Underwood
Prairie Hills Motel Fire Damages Ottawa Area Property
A Sunday blaze at the Prairie Hills Motel west of Ottawa on US-50 caused heavy damage. Owner Glenn Geiss said the center laundry area likely started the fire with no injuries reported. About 100 people aided, including off duty Ottawa firefighters and volunteers from Pomona Waverly and Burlington. Geiss plans to rebuild.
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Dan Mullen
Prairie Hills
Ottawa
Glenn Geiss
Geiss
Pomona
Waverly
Burlington
REACT
Max Montague
Ruskin High School
Kansas City
Ottawa Fire Department
Lewis Ashcraft
Ottawa React
Forest Park Gate Rededicated In Quiet Ceremony
A 35 minute ceremony marked Forest Park gateway rededication with about 200 attendees in cool October air. The Carthage stone gateway rebuilt after five years and time capsules placed inside. Ottawa architect George P Washburn designed the gateway honoring Company K of the 20th Kansas in the war with Spain.
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Edward McGrath
Forest Park Gateway
Carthage
Ottawa
Company K
Kansas Volunteers
Phillipines
Spain
George P. Washburn
Missouri-Pacific
Franklin County
Ernest Rains Nelson
S. Mulberry
Nelson
Pomona
Stephen V. Ralph
J.B. Mickey
W. 5Th
Mickey
Tom Brooksher
Robert Bechtel
Sacred Heart Church
Ottawa High School
Loren Matthews
127Th Field Artillery
Dan Howell
Kansas City
Kan
Forest Park
Progress Lags On Nation's Coal Scene
The nationwide coal strike entered its second month with mounting economic effects in key coal states and no progress in contract talks, as the Associated Press reports.
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Associated Press
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Robert Grabham
S. Main
Mahon
Nation
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