Halloween pranks clue the town’s mischievous kids
In Ottumwa a local warning notes Halloween mischief as kids plot UNICEF themed food drives and prank ideas. Pranks include tire deflation, soaping car windows, shelling houses with eggs, smashing cookies, door damage, and pumpkin destruction with firecrackers. Households are urged to be generous and cautious with jack o lanterns.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pathfinder Club
Winifred Wells
Shondi Cole
Gerald Cole
S. Sycamore
Unicef
Londerholm backs new property values topeka kentucky?
Attorney General Robert Londerholm said officials in 2 counties may use reappraised values for this year’s taxes, and urged compliance with 30 percent against justifiable value. Clark County faces suit over applying new values. Other counties listed: Butler Chase Edwards Elk Greenwood Haskell Jewell Kingman Logan Lyon Marion Neosho Norton Osage Osborne Ottawa Pratt Republic Russell Scott Stevens.
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Topeka (Ap
Robert Londerholm
Clark County
Sonderholm
Counties
Butler, Chase, Edwards, Elk
Greenwood
Haskell, Jewell, Kingman
Logan, Lyon, Marion
Neosho
Norton, Osage
Osborne
Ottawa
Pratt
Republic, Russell, Scott and
Stevens
McCarthy Endorses Humphrey while Criticizing Democrats
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy announced support for Hubert H. Humphrey for president in a statement that also assailed Democratic leaders and the Chicago convention. He indicated he might leave the party or run under another banner if he seeks the Senate again in 1970 or a future presidential bid.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chicago
Humphrey
McCarthy
Senate
Democratic Standard
US Steps Up War Activity In Vietnam Panhandle
US warplanes and ships attacked North Vietnam in the southern panhandle with the heaviest blows in a month. Air Force Navy and Marine jets flew 139 missions, destroying trucks and supply boats, striking storage facilities and bunkers, and dropping two bridges. Thirty B52 bombers dropped 90 tons on gun positions near Con Thien and Gio Linh, with six miles penetration into North Vietnam and noted secondary explosions.
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Saigon
New Jersey
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Con Thien
Gio Linh
Ballots and officials bustle in county clerk office
County Clerk Bruce Spears describes a busy week before election day with ballots to print absentee ballots mailed 290 to out of county voters and the sick and new 45 day ballots. A four woman crew aids Spears in duties including appointing 275 election workers for 27 precincts and replacing resignations. He emphasizes timely sample ballots school training for officials and ongoing end of month tasks as election night approaches.
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Spears
Dorothy Thomson
Lora Sutton
Lettie Louderback
Dorothy Espinosa
Santa Claus Special Ready For Loading
The 1968 Santa Claus Special will sail from Oakland in late November as a joint Pentagon Post Office effort to ship Christmas gifts to U S troops in Vietnam. The fast cargo ship carries parcels marked Santa Claus Special and will stop at Da Nang Cam Rahn Bay and Saigon, taking about three weeks to cross.
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St. Nick’s
Vietnam
Pentagon Post Office
U.S
Oakland
Calif
da Nang
Cam Rahn Bay
Saigon
Ernest Watkins
Ottawa
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Londerholm
Johnson County
District Court
Minnesota
James Seyler
Bill Brittingham
Ottawa Rfc
Lawrence Speedway
Seyler
Brittingham
Vaughan
County Clerk’s Office
Bruce Spears
County Court
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