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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
5
A humorous yet vivid note on crowded shelves at the Carnegie Free Library. Readers squat and crawl to see bottom shelf titles as space grows tight with 1,500 new books yearly. Suggests ladders and rearranged shelving as possible fixes while inviting patrons to browse tonight.
Hollywood AP report notes Wendell Corey died after a liver ailment at 64 in Woodland Hills after illness extending two weeks post European film shoot. The versatile actor starred on stage film and TV and held public offices including Santa Monica City Council and Academy leadership. He leaves widow Alice and five children.
An earthquake struck western Turkey with shaking felt from Istanbul to Bandirma near the Dardanelles. Kandilli Observatory described the quake as of medium intensity and said no serious damage or casualties were reported.
The Ottawa Post Office will be closed all day Monday for Veteran's Day. No rural or city carrier service. Regular holiday services for perishables delivery and special delivery mail will be in effect.
AP reports Democrat James DeCoursey appears to have won Kansas lieutenant governor as final absentee totals in four counties show DeCoursey leading John Conard 397,88 to 394,932. County tallies reveal DeCoursey strong in Wyandotte Sedgwick Johnson Shawnee with margins and background noting Docking’s aid. Conard, 47, is editor of Kiowa County Signal and Haviland Journal.
Paris AP dispatch reports Hanoi rejects Thieu plan to exclude the National Liberation Front from independent status in four-party talks. Thieu seeks two sides with VC limited role, while Thuy defends four delegations and a square table. U.S. diplomats see possible breakthrough in days.
Variable cloudiness and warm tonight and Sunday. Low tonight mid 30s. High Sunday in the 50s. Past data show Friday 39 high and today 29 low with year ago highs 66 and lows 42. Barometer 30.05. Precipitation trace in last 24 hours. Hourly readings mixed with incomplete entries.
U S Command shifts 18 000 man division from the northern frontier to the Cambodian border northwest of Saigon to root out 15 000 to 20 000 enemy troops massing for an offensive. Division to be fully operational by midmonth in Tay Ninh Binh Long and Phuoc Long provinces. US casualties and enemy losses reported as clashes continue around War Zone C and along the Mekong Delta. A separate report notes a North Vietnamese gun downed an unmanned recon plane south of Hanoi. Political note: Truong Dinh Dzu, former presidential runner up, moved from Saigon prison to an island 150 miles from the capital in the South China Sea.
CAPE KENNEDY FL. AP three astronauts near approval for a 250000 mile Christmas season moon orbit mission. If green lighted they will launch December 21 at 7 51 am EST aboard Saturn 5 on a free return path looping around the moon for ten orbits over about 20 hours and return to Earth with a Pacific splashdown after 89 hours.
A midwest tremor struck around 11 06 a.m. CST affecting Missouri Tennessee Illinois and Ohio with unconfirmed reports of two collapsed buildings in St Louis. The Missouri Highway Patrol said the quake lasted ~30 seconds and caused downed utility lines in St Louis.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Sen. Edmund S. Muskie arrived with families for a 10 day vacation staying at Caneer Bay Plantation on St John Island after brief talks with reporters at Harry Truman Airport on St Thomas. The group plans swimming fishing and rest.
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