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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
5
A year after the Aberfan sludge disaster 116 children died and 28 adults. A fund of $5.04 million sits under Merthyr Town Council with disputes over distribution. Survivors seek equal payouts for themselves as plans emerge to remove sludge tips and build a community center and pool.
A Seattle man, Lester Kenneth Price, 40, told police he spent half his life in prison. He attempted to cash a counterfeit $87 money order in a downtown casino drawn on the US National Bank of Oregon. Price claimed he cashed nearly $10,000 in such checks in Western states recently. He remarked that being jailed is better than life on the outside. New York City water reservoirs, when full, hold just under 500 billion gallons.
In Redwood City California Ah Sam the florist won a court order against Robert Ascue’s used car lot to halt bright lights. Ah Sam said the lights disturbed his poinsettias delaying bloom and sought relief in Judge Howard Hartley’s court.
Across the United States student antiwar demonstrations intensified with clashes at Oakland Army induction center where police faced 10 deep lines. Oakland counted about 10,000 protesters at dawn, the largest crowd in five days. Brooklyn College saw hundreds picket after a deadly clash and mass absences. University of Wisconsin faculty backed Chancellor Sewell’s tough stance against demonstrators.
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