Parallel Parking Approved On Main In Ottawa
Ottawa will adopt parallel parking on Main from the Marais des Cygnes River bridge south to Fifth Street after a Sept 1 governing body vote. Mayor Ralph ordered signs and preparations. chamber survey favored parallel parking though a minority preferred current angle parking.
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Edward McGrath
City of
Ottawa
Stephen V. Ralph
Robert W. Mills
City Commission
Marais Des Cygnes River Bridge
Fifth Street
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Amchitka blast sparks protest over nuclear test plans
Critics protest the Cannikin test set for Saturday arguing it could trigger earthquakes and radiation leaks. The Amchitka site 1,400 miles west hosts a Spartan anti missile device test with a 5 megaton yield. Protests cite nearby wildlife nests and regional seismic risk while officials stress secrecy and defense needs.
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Federal
Amchitka
Atomic Energy Commission
Russian
Japan
China
United States
Soviet Union
AEC
Defense Department
Ottawa Herald front page notice November 4 1971
The Ottawa Herald issue dated Thursday November 4 1971 from Ottawa Kansas is a ten cent, ten page edition. It marks volume 75 number 263 and presents the standard daily newspaper content of that era.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Kansas
Helicopter strike hits North Vietnamese depot in Laos border area
U S helicopter gunships destroyed a North Vietnamese truck depot in the northern South Vietnam region near the Laotian border, wiping out 10 trucks and killing 11 enemy soldiers. The attack involved the 101st Airborne Division amid talks by Defense Secretary Laird with Ambassador Bunker and General Abrams on troop cuts and pacification. There were no U S casualties, while weekly totals showed two Americans killed in combat and 63 wounded, with South Vietnamese forces reporting 269 KIA and 562 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Maj
Richard Gardner
A Shau
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Gardner
101St Airborne Division
United States
House Backs College Aid Bill
Washington AP reports the House backed a major new general aid program for colleges and universities that could cost $1 billion annually, defeating attempts to kill it 310 to 84. The measure is the costliest item in a five year, $21.7 billion higher education bill awaiting House action. The program proposes operating funds to help colleges meet rising education costs despite administration opposition and constitutional concerns.
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Washington
House
Reward Fund Grows for Maude Richardson Case
The Maude N. Richardson Reward Fund rose to 260 with a $50 Ottawa Rotary Club gift approved after a Wednesday directors meeting. The fund, started by the Ottawa Jaycees with 50, sits in escrow at Peoples National Bank to aid information leading to arrests in Mrs. Richardson’s Sept. 25 stabbing death at 1116 N Poplar. Contributions may be sent to the bank. tips may be directed to Ottawa Police, Franklin County Sheriff, Franklin County Attorney, or Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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Ottawa Rotary Club
Peoples National Bank
Richardson
N. Poplar
Maude Richardson
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Franklin County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Foreign Aid Fight Continues as House Pushes Bill
Washington AP report on House leaders moving to keep the Nixon administration foreign aid program alive while Senate foes plan to slash and overhaul it. Secretary Rogers testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but conflict remains after last Friday’s rejection of the bill extending the aid program. Rep. George H. Mahon leads Republican resistance in Texas.
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Washington
House
Senate
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Rules Committee
District of Columbia
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
Rogers
POW Letters Highlight US Concern Over Prisoner Mail
The United States charged North Vietnam with sharply restricting prisoner mail. Porter cited an 85 percent drop in letters since last year, with fewer than 50 of 339 prisoners allowed to write. No letters have arrived from 200 missing Americans believed held by Viet Cong in Cambodia.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
William J Porter
Vietnam
Porter
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon Reports 0.1% October Drop in Wholesale Prices
The Nixon administration announced a 0.1 percent decline in wholesale prices in October, the second monthly drop in a row, with consumer finished goods rising 0.2 percent mainly due to a 2.1 percent jump in food items not subject to the freeze. Excluding foods, consumer goods fell 0.3 percent while industrial commodities were flat.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Retail Committee
Ralph
J. Leland Hysom
Fredric B. Zonk
State Highway Commission
Zook
Mills
Main
Kurt T. Weigand
Weigand
J. C. Smith
W. 7Th
J.B. Mickey
W. 5Th
Commission
Mickey
Carol Laux
East Central
Planning Commission
Killough-Clark Inc
W. Tecumseh
South Cedar
Eugene Flaherty
W. Wilson
Jaycees
Lamar Phillips
Washington, D. C
Bureau of the Budget
Melvern Reservoir
Phillips
Spartan
Pacific Ocean
South America
Alaska
Aleutians
Kansas City
University of Kansas Medical Center
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Howard E. Vanderman
Interstate 35
Berger Cartage Service
Laird
Maude N. Richardson
Ottawa Jaycees
Fulbright
Agency For International Development
Win
Bam
Tom Vain
Ipm
Dan
Apis Agny
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