Ottawa May Join Area Power Agency For Bulk Power
Ottawa City Commission tentatively approved joining the Kansas Municipal Power Agency to study wheeling power and bulk power options among eastern Kansas plants. The $100 annual fee funds membership. withdrawal is allowed. Ottawa will have Don Hamilton as its KMPA delegate, with position for a second. A parking study for narrow streets and fire access was also approved. Generating changes at the plant may delay service until early December. Christmas lights installation is progressing toward November 29.
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Rosie Lister
City Commission
Kansas Municipal Power Agency
Wheeling
KMPA
Kansas
Don Hamilton
City Water and Light Department
Hamilton
Ottawa
Vern Wadkins
Public Works
Commission
Wadkins
South Locust
East Sixth
Hickory
Oak
General Electric
US Suffers Air Losses In War Near Da Nang
Three U S aircraft were shot down near Da Nang causing eight American deaths and twelve injuries. A Marine CH46 helicopter, an F100 jet, and an F4 Phantom were lost as US and allied forces reported rising enemy casualties while US and South Vietnamese losses fell. The Phantom crew members died. two Super Sabre pilots were rescued.
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U.S
Dan Nang
da Nang
South Vietnam
Cunningham Ranch Under State Probe
Elkhart Kansas AP Glenn Cunningham and wife Ruth met Elk hart Boosters officials for 34 hours to discuss the Cunningham Youth Ranch under investigation by the Kansas attorney general's office. Boyd Reynolds said a booster meeting would be called soon to decide whether to continue the $100000 fundraising drive. Dist Atty Gen Richard Seaton said the health department requested the probe as routine procedure.
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Elkhart
Kan
Kansas
Glenn Cunningham
Ruth
Elkhart Boosters
Cunningham
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Boyd Reynolds
Boosters
St Bernard Cody Gives Birth To Seventeen Pups
In Millard Missouri a 150 pound St Bernard named Cody produced seventeen puppies between Tuesday morning and noon Wednesday. Eleven of the newborns survived. Cody is owned by Gail Cody.
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Millard, Mo
St. Bernard
Cody
Gail Cody
Fire in Mine Trapped Miners Face Dim Hope
In Mannington West Virginia a coal mine fire worsened overnight raising fears for 78 trapped miners. Executives reported the fire spread with smoke issuing from two shafts and carbon monoxide rising as rescue teams withheld entry until containment is possible.
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Mannington
W.va
William Poundstone
Consolidation Coal Co
Ths
John Cocoran
Consolidation
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Mountaineer Coal Co
No. 9
Poundstone
West Virginia State Mine Department
UMW
Boyle
Warning on child safety in car crashes by Scott Payne
A cautionary feature explains dangers of unrestrained children in moving vehicles. At 30 mph a 35 pound toddler can collide with the dashboard with about 30 000 foot pounds of force, risking severe injury or death. The piece urges proper restraints, bassinets, and age appropriate harnesses. It warns against using lap belts for infants and notes seats can become projectiles in a crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Payne
Kansas Highway Commissions
The
Highway Commission
Commission
Money Rescue Makes Headway In France Crisis
Bonn reports a breakthrough as world wealthier nations press to save the French franc from devaluation. West Germany economics minister Karl Schiller notes talks focus on import boosting tax measures, import encouragement, and special Group of 10 credits.
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Bonn
Germany
Karl Schiller
West Germany
Switzerland
France
Britain
Schiller
Clue to Lost Sub May Not Be Related
The metal plate found deep in the Atlantic may not belong to the submarine Scorpion. Navy officials used the clue to steer the search to 400 miles southwest of the Azores, where recovery found pieces of the Scorpion about three to four miles from the plate site. The $40 million sub was overdue May 27 and rests about 10,000 feet down in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Chester L. Buchanan
Naval Research Laboratory
Buchanan
Mizar
Navy
Azores
Norfolk
Mediterranean
Czech Student Sit-In Ends Peacefully After Four Days
In Prague thousands of students carried bedrolls and books as a four day sit in ended peacefully. About 100000 students had occupied classes in Bohemia and Moravia in support of a 10 point reform resolution amid shifts between Communist leaders and a younger generation seeking more freedom since the Soviet invasion last August.
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Prague
Czech- Odovakia
Greater Czech Technical University
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
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Ottawa High
Nelda Bowers
4Th and Main
Vicki Sloan
Chris Selby
Joan Hudelson
Kansas City
Crites
Ottawa Little Symphony
Memorial Auditorium
Frank Rose
Frank
Frank Rose Sr
Franklin County
U.S. 15Th
Tientsin
China
Alben Barkeley
U.S. Senate
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