Imperial Couple Views Americana
Japan's Emperor Hirohito begins a U S visit with a horse drawn carriage ride to an historic building in Williamsburg to hear about its role in the War of Independence. The trip includes a Washington meeting with President Ford and unprecedented security with hundreds of guards.
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Williamsburg
Japan
Hirohito
United States
Nagako
Virginia
America
Washington
Ford
Norfolk
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Walk Sharing Groups Named for Walk for Mankind in Ottawa
Eleven local and county groups are designated sharing groups for the annual Walk for Mankind on Saturday. Roy Sullivan of the Ottawa Jaycees says walkers may designate 20 percent of net proceeds to a chosen sharing group, with the rest to Project Concern. Groups include Homebase, Ottawa Meals on Wheels, Ottawa REACT, and more. Forms available at Didde's Office Supply, the Ottawa Library, the Chamber, and Cable TV. signups and checkpoints at Forest Park Saturday morning.
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Roy Sullivan
The
Ottawa Jaycees
Project Concern
Worldwide Health Services
Ottawa Meals On Wheels
Ottawa React
Kansas Jaycees Cerebral
Boy Scout Troop 77
Williamsburg Kayettes
Ottawa Junior High Kayettes
Sertoma Special Fund
Ottawa Jaycee Special Project Fund
Ottawa Kiwanis Club
First Assembly of God Church
Sullivan
Didde
Ottawa
Greater
Make-Believe theme tops OU Homecoming 1975 events
Ottawa University outlines a Make-Believe themed homecoming from Thursday to Sunday. Events include a 6 p.m barbecue at the mall, pep bands without instruments, a 9 p.m coffee house, a 2:30 p.m Friday talk by 1955 OU graduate Howard Machlan, coronation at 6:20 p.m., a 4 ticket dinner theater, soccer at 10 a.m., football at 2 p.m., girls volleyball at 6:30 p.m., alumni coffee after the game, an upstairs Union dance, and a Sunday 11 a.m. worship service in the OU chapel.
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Ottawa University
Carol Staley
Marilyn Croston
Howard Machlan
National Bureau of Standards
Ford urges lawmakers to extend revenue sharing program
President Ford met with 33 Midwestern mayors in Skokie urging strong Congress action to extend the general revenue sharing program, noting it funds billions to state and local governments and expires next year. A separate security scare outside the hotel preceded his second day of Midwest travel.
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Skokie, II
Ford
Congress
Senate
White House
Ron Nessen
Thomas Weber
Nessen
Weber
Skokie
Philip O’keefe
Secret Service
Chicago
Lyman Parks
Grand Rapids
Hearst's Superattorney Keeps Stiff Upper Lip
In San Francisco AP report on F Lee Bailey defending Patricia Hearst in federal bank robbery charges. Bailey cites rabbit-out-of-a-hat metaphor and says trial possible but depends on Hearst mental state and competence to cooperate. Hallinan Knutson say Hearst vacillates with parents and lawyers. psychiatric tests may set trial date.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Sam Shepard
Ernest Medina
Bailey
Miss Hearst
Terence Hallinan
John Knutson
Officials Pay Hike To Polls
A petition calling for a special election on a $3,071.52 total monthly salary increase for county officials was deemed valid. Roy Swank and Bill Rice filed it. Laura Sutton confirms sufficient signatures for a 2 percent voting-base petition. The 5.5 percent raises apply to commissioners, clerk, attorney, sheriff, register of deeds, and treasurer, with totals and costs outlined. The county has 30 days to set a date, and the election must occur within 90 days. projected costs are not estimated, with past elections costing about $13,000 to $22,000.
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Roy Swank
Bill Rice
Laura Sutton
Register of Deeds
Sutton
Local Theater Faces 1.5 Million Suit In Fatal Car Crash
A $1.5 million damage suit has been filed in Jackson County Missouri against Commonwealth Ottawa Theater Corp and its parent Commonwealth Amusement Corp. Danny Gene Hensley of McLeansboro Illinois claims injuries from a Oct 7 1973 collision on Eisenhower road near Ottawa. Hensley suffered severe injuries including amputation of a leg after being struck by a Waddell driven car while repairing a stalled Volkswagen. Waddell, a Commonwealth employee, is not listed as a defendant and no longer resides in the area.
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Commonwealth Ottawa Theater Corp
Commonwealth Amusement Corp
Kansas City
Danny Gene Hensley
McLeansboro
Inl
Hensley
Eisenhower Road
Ottawa
Benjamin Waddell
Commonwealth
Hillcrest Drive-In
Waddell
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Olathe Millbrooke
Americana
Mrs. MacArthur
New York
U.S
Patrick Henry Airport
Williamsburg Inn
Tye
Omaha
Neb
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Train
Mideast
Mllinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
California
Hearst
Patty Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Jackson County
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