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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1967
Page
2
Salina Kansas five day tax foreclosure sale closed with nearly $86,000 paid for 335 parcels. Total taxes and debts exceeded $300,000. Paul Devers, clerk for the special sale, noted some firms bought back land for less than the taxes owed after Schilling Air Force Base closure in 1962.
About 2,300 residents and visitors crowded Moran Kansas Friday night to greet Debra Barnes, Miss America, returning home for the first time since her title. The crowd overflowed from the grade school dinner to a high school reception as banners, sunflowers, and local townspeople welcomed her before she heads to Pittsburg to continue college work. Debra, accompanied by her father Dwight Barnes and sister Barbara, performed Born Free on stage and recalled hometown ties.
Dr Glenn Beck vice president at Kansas State University adds leadership of the Agricultural Hall of Fame. He becomes president, successor Leo Rothe, and chairman, succeeding Kenneth Anderson. Olivia Mackey first vice president, David Payson secretary, Frank Corbett treasurer. Rothe predicts a 10 year build with $10 million cost.
John William Witten, 36, of Columbus Ohio, pleaded guilty to a bank robbery charge. District Judge Frank Theis scheduled a pre sentence report. Witten faced possible 25 year prison term or $10,900 fine or both after bank employees were forced at gunpoint to surrender about 3600 in cash 17800 in American Express checks and 6425 in U S Savings Bonds.
Paul Aylward, Ellsworth attorney, was elected Friday as the new chairman of the Kansas Joint Council on Recreation. Dr. E Raymond Gelvin of Concordia was named vice chairman. The 15 member council coordinates planning, acquiring and developing land and water areas and recreational facilities in the state. Governor Docking appointed Aylward and Gelvin to represent the public interest on the commission. Most other members represent state agencies with recreation interests.
Thomas Elton Patchett, 21, of Titusville Florida, entered a plea of innocent in U S District Court on four counts of interstate marijuana transport and related charges. He was among five indicted after a July 22 arrest on U S 36 near Belleville Kansas with 336 pounds of marijuana. Bonds set at 2500 dollars. Others previously pleaded not guilty or are sought. The unrelated note mentions a South American horsefish shedding skin like a snake.
Washington AP The stone floor shook as trains rumbled beneath the Cannon Building where Congressman Graham Purcell D Tex has moved into a corner ground floor office. Staffers clock trains from 8:25 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. and recall six trains rattling by before lunch. Built in 1906, the tunnel runs ten feet below, beneath Union Station, and has long shifted the building’s daily rhythm.
The United Nations Security Council stays divided over sending a U.N. representative to the Middle East to push a lasting Arab Israeli peace. A Canadian Danish plan supports withdrawal from captured areas while others favor a broader mandate or principles, as debates resume Monday.
A Baltimore priest and an artist were jailed on federal charges after splashing their own blood on draft board records at a Selective Service office. Two other demonstrators were released after pledging to appear for further proceedings amid protests against the Vietnam War.
Jerusalem AP report notes newly deciphered temple scroll shows that followers of Jesus joined the Qumran community after the crucifixion and influenced purity rules and beliefs. Dr. Steckoll and Prof. Yadin discuss shifts toward Christian doctrines within the Jewish sect and implications for messianic expectations and temple eschatology.
Audivox promotes its computer analysis method as eliminating guesswork in hearing aid fitting. The device lines note licenses under AT&T and Bell Labs patents. City, Btate.
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