Toy Collector Heads Franklin County Meeting
Jerry Smith of Kansas City will headline the Franklin County Historical Society meeting at the Depot Museum Sunday at 2:30. The car dealer displays 4,000 toys including tin and pedal models, with past showings at Hallmark Galleries, Smithsonian, Arkansas Art Center, and Corning Glass Museum. The exhibit travels to Japan next April. guests and prospective members are invited.
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Franklin County Historical Society
Depot Museum
Jerry Smith
Kansas City
Smith
Hallmark Galleries
New York
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Arkansas Art Center
Corning Glass Museum
Japan
FCHS
Treaty Heats Up The Candidates
The Associated Press reports Nixon and Humphrey clash over Senate ratification of a multination nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Nixon favors ratification with later reassessment of Soviet intentions, while Humphrey urges prompt ratification to build East West bridges. Other notes include Wallace addressing the Legion and Agnew commenting on Communist influence.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Nixon
Czechoslovakia
Humphrey
Wilmington
Del
Charlotte
N.C
Soviet Union
Central
Western
Europe
Washington
Moscow
London
Charlotte Piedmont College
Abe Fortas
New Orleans
George C. Wallace
Wallace
American Legion
Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
Communist Party
America
Agnew
Part Of 15th To Be Closed
East Fifteenth Street from Rockwood Drive to I 35 will be closed and barricaded at 9 am Friday for oil seal application. The road will reopen early Saturday. Residents of Rockwood Acres and Orchard Heights may use the west entrances and travel west on Fifteenth to reach town.
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Fifteenth Street
Rockwood Drive
I-35
Rockwood Acres
Orchard Heights
Fifteenth
City delays bid acceptance for 1968 paving projects
At the weekly city commission, bids for Brookside Lane and North Hickory blocks exceeded the engineer’s $45,670.50 estimate, with Haworth Construction and May-Ransom-Sheetz as top bidders. Action postponed to Sept 18. Also noted were safety honors for Chief Flaherty and park renovations in West Fifteenth Street.
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City Commission
Brookside Lane
North Hickory
Haworth Construction Company
Ottawa
Haworth
Vern Wadkins
Eugene Flaherty
John Ortega
Kansas State Highway Commission
Flaherty
Star Mobile Homes
Harry Gilliland
Don Capper
Divco-Wayne Industries, Inc
Wadkins
West Fifteenth Street
Viet Cong skirmishes slow near Tay Ninh City
Two small clashes reported on Tay Ninh fringes with enemy fire against a U.S. convoy six miles south along Route 22. Allies claim Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltrators pulled back. casualties list 14 enemy and 16 Americans wounded or killed, and Saigon reports overall combat slowed last week.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh City
U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
County Forecast Mostly Fair And Warmer
A county forecast calls for mostly fair skies with a gradual warming trend tonight and Friday. Expect overnight lows around the mid 50s and Friday highs near the mid 80s.
Bleeders Help Meet Red Cross Blood Drive Quota
Franklin Countians donated 207 pints over Tuesday and Wednesday toward a 280 pint goal. The drive drew 256 volunteers, with 46 people rejected for medical reasons.
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Franklin
Red Cross Blood Bank
Fortas Hearing Rift Deepens Over Senate Questioning
Senate foes press Fortas on executive branch involvement while Supreme Court justice as reopened hearings loom. Griffin says Fortas may refuse further questioning. committee to begin Friday with testimony on strip-tease film seizures linked to obscenity rulings. Fortas vacationing in Connecticut. poll shows 46 to 26 in favor, but not enough to end a filibuster.
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Washington
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Griffin
Fortas
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Johnson
Earl Warren
High Court
Senate
Executive Branch
Philip A. Hart
D—Mich
Joseph D. Tydings
D—Md
George A. Smathers
D—Fla
Judiciary Committee
Hart
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Connecticut
Associated Press
Justice Halts Shipment Of Reservists To War
Justice William O Douglas blocked the Vietnam deployment of 113 Army reservists from Cleveland tied to a 1966 act. The 118 men of the 1002nd supply and services company at Fort Meade were ordered to duty May 13 for two years. They challenge the lack of a war declaration or national emergency. The ruling delays a broader mobilization tied to President Johnson’s callup.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court Today
Vietnam
Douglas
Earl” Warren
Hugo L. Black
President Johnson
Cleveland
1002Nd Supply and Services Company
Ft. George G. Meade
Johnson
Ottawa Attendance Officer Keeps truancy in check
Robert E. Hutton, 60, 1121 N. Main, serves as Ottawa school district Attendance Officer. Based at Ottawa Junior High, he monitors daily attendance and contacts parents or visits homes for excessive absences. He notes junior high students face the riskiest phase, while elementary students enjoy school and high schoolers may consider dropping out.
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Kenneth Fisher
Ottawa
Robert E. Hutton
N. Main
Hutton
Colorado Springs
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Tenth Street
Fourth
Cedar
Poplar
Harry Murphy
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Lyman Corlis
Finance
Fifteenth Street Park
Ceereeree
Waeer
Spoeriee
Jpeiteenst
Tam
Seageeanes
Terren Rary
Cess
Abe
Gambles
Adv
Justice
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