Fire Station Opening Delayed By a Month in Ottawa
Ottawa fire chief G A Diamond Jr says the new West Second Street fire station will miss Thanksgiving, now slated for completion in mid December. The 338000 dollar facility houses four engines, a boat, station wagon and van, with advanced doors and a 28 foot drying tower.
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Don Lambert
Ottawa
G. A. Diamond Jr
Diamond
West Second Street
Hugh Morgan
Pittsburg
Morgan
Kansas
Kissinger Warns Soviets On Responsibility
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger warns Washington that U S Russian relations could worsen if Moscow does not act responsibly. He states the warning in Washington under AP reporting.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Former Ottawan Charged With Rape and Aggravated Robbery
Aaron Suits 21 of Kansas City Kansas is charged in Oskaloosa with rape aggravated kidnapping aggravated sodomy and aggravated robbery arising from the assault on a 22 year old Olathe woman last Thursday. He is held on 75000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for 930 a.m. Monday in Jefferson County Court. The suspect was arrested Sunday in Wichita after being identified from the victim’s car. Authorities noted Suits previously lived near Ottawa and Kansas City with schooling in Shawnee Mission. Separately Henry Kissinger urged detente with firm Middle East policy in a Senate comment on the war. He defended U.S. balance and warned against global dominance.
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Oskaloosa
Aaron Suits
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa
Jefferson County
Olathe
Ash
Suits
Eugene Field
Hocker Grove
Shawnee Mission
Middle East
Kissinger
U.S
Senate
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Israel
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Israel escalates war with sweeping air raids on Damascus
Israeli jets bomb Damascus heavily damaging the Syrian Defense Ministry and a government radio station, as ground fighting rages along the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Reports say Israeli armor crossed into Lebanon while Beirut fears addition strikes, and a Norwegian UN observer was killed in Damascus. Cairo reports tanks pushing back in Sinai.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Middle East
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Cairo
Israel
Syrian Defense Ministry
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Marta Servic
Sinai
Homs
United Nations
Jerusalem
U.N
Tel Aviv
Ottawa High School Students Push for Auditorium Facility
Ottawa High School students urged the U.S.C. 290 Board of Education to fund an auditorium to relieve crowding and support activities. They cited Kay-Kayette conference, debates, forensics, drama, music, and city events as benefits, noting acoustics, vendor costs, and a potential bond issue. The board discussed plans, budget asks, and related facility upgrades.
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Jewel Scott
Ottawa
U.S.C
Board of Education
Gordon Thayer
Vanessa Wigglesworth
OHS
Wiggles
Kristi Kloster
Hileen Meade
Bev Hughey
Thayer
Dan Winter
Howard Doyen
Cliff Reynolds
John Wassmer
Dan Neuenswander
Wassmer
Neuenswander
County Forecast Alternative Weather Outlook Tonight and Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight in the 60s. Highs Wednesday in the 70s. Southerly winds 18 to 30 mph this afternoon and 15 to 25 mph tonight. High is 86 today with a 69 low, 76/51 from a year ago. Record high 89 in 1923 and record low 25 in 1908.
Dirty Tricks Failures Highlight Nixon Campaign Efforts
Washington AP John Buckley known as Fat Jack testified before the Senate Watergate committee claiming he photographed Muskie campaign documents and fed them to Nixon re election HQ. GOP members warned dirty tricks efforts had fallen flat with few witnesses planned to testify about sabotage impact.
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Washington (Ap
John Buckley
Fat Jack
Muskie
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
GOP
Patrick J. Buchanan
Donald H. Segretti
Kenneth Reitz
Nixon
Buckley
Reitz
House Labor Committee
Office of Economic Opportunity
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