City Signs For A New Sewer Study
City commissioners signed a contract for an $840 study of flow at the municipal sewage disposal plant to meet the State Board of Health. City Manager Mills noted progress in sewer renewal after a health warning over river discharge, and urged citizen cooperation amid a cleanup push and increased vehicle violations noted downtown.
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Edward McGrath
State Board of Health
Robert W. Mills
Board of Health
Marais Des Cygnes
Mills
Stephen V. Ralph
Ralph
Fom
Concordia
J. Leland Hysom
City Planning Commission
White Motor Co
S. Hickory
Patterson Chev.Olds
S. Main
Ray Brown Ford Inc
Ward
Killough-Clark Inc
W. Tecumseh
Ash
Forest Park
Rule & Shrum Construction Co
N. Oak
Kansas City Power& Light Co
Ottawa
Floyd Minnick
South Cedar
MillerCriticizes Kansas Bingo Law In Speech
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller denounced the bingo law as vague while addressing the American Association of Accountants Topeka Chapter. He urged scrutiny of gambling statutes and pledged continued action against related games, slot machines, and “Las Vegas type” gambling, while not predicting marijuana legalization.
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Topeka, Kan
Vern Miller
Miller
American Association of Accountants
Topeka
Allen County District Court
State Supreme Court
High Court
Robert Docking
Docking
Las Vegas
Iola
Great Bend
Kansas
Noise tactic blamed on Viet Cong coverup near Saigon
Saigon officials say four Viet Cong regiments ordered to harass allied positions in 11 provinces around Saigon to "make noise" covering North Vietnamese setbacks along the Cambodian border. The units total up to 2,800 local forces. No major battles expected. attacks focus on small outposts and a shelled airfield near Trang Son.
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Saigon
le Trung Hien
Trang Son
Tay Ninh
Hien
No News In Slaying: Mrs Richardson Stabbed at Home
No new information available in the killing of 85 year old Mrs Maude N Richardson of 1116 North Poplar Franklin County. Prosecutor R Michael Latimer said no further details emerged. A nightgown was the only missing item from the scene.
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Maude N. Richardson
N. Poplar
Franklin County
R. Michael Latimer
Richardson
Walnut huller monster roams Pomona farmlands discovery
A portable walnut hull er dubbed a monster sits before Gingerich Fertilizer Co in Pomona. George Gingerich brought the huller from Hammond Walnut Co Stockton to boost local harvests. The biennial crop yields large crops every other year, not this season, making pickups sporadic but profitable at four cents per pound. The Hammond company aims to buy 20 million pounds of walnuts, with Gingerich targeting 200 to 300 tons this season, working Saturdays at 8 am or by appointment.
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Joan Istas
Pomona
Gingerich Fertilizer Co
George Gingerich
Gingerich
Hammond Walnut Co
Stockton
Walnut Company
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
Bozworth
Boy Scouts
Wanda Petroleum rollbacks propane price hikes under pressure
Wanda Petroleum of Houston agreed to roll back about 6 million dollars in propane price increases, the largest cut since Nixon froze wages prices and rents. The action could trigger a 100 million dollar broader rollback by seven other oil companies as the Cost of Living Council and IRS probe possible violations.
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Washington
Texas
Nixon
Wanda Petroleum Co
Houston
Internal Revenue Service
Cost of Living Council
Lee Plant Pondering Expansion in Ottawa
H D Lee plans a one third expansion of its Ottawa plant at 221 W 17th if local labor is adequate. Current 305 workers would rise by 125, with payroll up over 365000. A floor space increase is planned. a one week labor survey and interest applications will be available October 28 29 and 30 at company offices the Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas Employment office.
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H. D. Lee
Ottawa
Earl Guist
W. 17Th
Guist
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
County Forecast Weather Update
Light drizzle ends and clouds thin this afternoon. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cooler with light westerly winds. Friday, partly cloudy with little temperature change and highs 65 to 70. Tonight and Friday precipitation chances low. Wednesday high 61 and today’s low 56. Year ago: high 71, low 44. Record high 90 (1944), record low 23 (1917). 24 hour precipitation end 8 a.m. 0.6 inch. Hourly temps end 8 a.m. today.
Nobel Peace Prize praises Brandt for east west rapprochement
Western European leaders and papers hailed Willy Brandt for seeking reconciliation with the Soviet bloc after Oslo awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize. Prime ministers from France Britain Denmark Sweden Italy Norway and Canada voiced praise as East Bloc media offered cautious or minimal response.
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London
Europe
Willy Brandt
Soviet Bloc
Moscow
Pravda
Jacques Chaban Delmas
France
Edward Heath
Britain
Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
Olof Palme
Sweden
Emilio Colombo
Italy
Trygve Bratteli
Norway
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Chaban Delmas
Heath
Krag
Soviet Union
Brandt
Nixon to name two Supreme Court nominees tonight
President Nixon has chosen candidates to fill two Supreme Court vacancies and will unveil them in a live nationwide TV and radio address at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The White House acted soon after the Washington Post reported the American Bar Association committee withheld endorsement from two frontrunner nominees.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Washington Post
American Bar Association
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
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Cambodia
Pace
U.S
U.S. Army
Monster
Texas Oil Company
Arnold R. Weber
Council
C. Jackson Grayson
Southern Methodist University
School of Business
New Price Commission
William Proxmire
Dwis
Joint Economic Committee
Proxmire
House Banking Committee
Treasury
John B. Connally
Senate Finance Committee
Weber
Wanda Petroleum
Ashland Oil Co
Ashland
Lee
Communist Party
East Germany
Poland
Oslo
Palme
Brattell
Trudeau
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