Ottawa population figures raise questions over 796 missing people
Franklin County records show Ottawa at 11,552 in 1967, down from 12,348 in 1966, with officials citing self census errors and oversights. A door to door census is planned to verify counts for state district distributions, while county and city clerks debate whether the downtown sign should be altered.
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Rosie
Ottawa
Marins Des Cygnes River
Franklin County
Peresons
Spears
Pete Smith
Smith
Sedgwick
Wichita
Overland Park
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Overeland Park
Hutchinson
Salina
Prairie Village
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Johnson
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Reno
Saline
Montgomery
Douglas
Butler
Crawford
Cowley
Barton
Riley
Harvey
Lyon
Lacbette
Sumner
McPherson
Cherokee
Ford
Ellis
Franklin
Pittsburg
Great Bend
Emporia
Shawenee
Coffeyville
Junction City
Newton
Garden City
Olathe
Dodge City
Liberal
Arkansas City
Hays
Paresons
Atchison
el Dorado
Freeport
Administration Fixes List of Budget Cuts
The Johnson Administration plans specific spending cuts to bolster support for a proposed tax surcharge. The House Ways and Means Committee begins closed meetings on a 10 percent tax rise, with Mills signaling action hinges on recommended reductions. Budget Bureau chief Schultze says civilian cuts must come from controllable $20 billion, excluding veterans benefits debt interest and legally mandated spending.
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Washington
Johnson
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Budget Bureau
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
Vietnamese Politician Receives Jail Time For Checks
South Vietnam presidential runner Truong Dinh Dzau is sentenced to six months in prison shared on two counts for writing a bad check and illegal transfer of funds. He also paid a $27,711 fine and was acquitted on a third charge. Dzau, a lawyer, had acted as attorney for Americans jailed on currency charges earlier this year. He led a bid against Thieu Ky and later formed a militant opposition front with other defeated candidates. He defended the San Francisco bank transfer explanation citing education payments for his children.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Truong Dinh Dzau
Dzu
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
ThieueKy
Thieu
Bank of America
San Francisco
Vietnam
University of California At
Los Angeles
Stanford University
Rotary Inernational
Huck Boyd challenges Docking Vietnam War claims
Topeka AP report notes Huck Boyd, Kansas GOP national committeeman, says Johnson administration and Gov. Docking misstate Vietnam progress. He cites a House subcommittee finding that only 168 of 12,537 hamlets are fully under government control and fewer than 2,000 are under partial control, disputes Docking’s figure of 4,500 secured hamlets.
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Topeka
McDill Boyd
Republican National Committees
Kansas
Johnson
Robert Docking
Vietsnam
House
Boyd
Docking
Vietnam
Congressional
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
House Committee On Government Operations
Furethermore
Weather Topeka forecast for football day weekend
AP weather forecast for Topeka calls for pleasant weekend football weather with clear to partly cloudy skies. Saturday highs in the 80s, tonight and Saturday mild with light variable winds, low 50s tonight, 80s Saturday. Record highs and lows noted. precipitation 1.02 inches in the past 24 hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ed Johnson Seriously III Ed Johnson 60 Hospitalized After Stroke
Ed Johnson 60 vice president and general manager of Ottawa Steel Products Inc is hospitalized in Bemidji Minnesota after a stroke during a fishing trip. He is in a coma and not expected to live. Johnson associated with Ottawa Steel since 1947. His wife and two children are at his bedside.
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Ed Johnson
Ottawa Steel Products, Inc
Bemidji, Minn
Johnson
Ottawa Steel
Ottawa
W. F. Kramer
H.D. Rowe
Daybrooke
Graham Replies To LBJ Morality Remark
Kansas City AP Billy Graham challenged President Johnsons morality claim during a Mun municipal Stadium crusade. Graham cited pornography illegitimacy and venereal disease as evidence of declining national standards and warned youths must uphold high moral values to avert societal danger. He said sex is not a sin but misuse is and temptation is to be resisted.
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Kansas City
Lyndon B. Johnson
Billy Graham
Police Chiefs’ Convention
Graham
Municipal Stadium
tAnyone
Daneer
County sued for $35,000 over road chuckholes
Elmer L. Rhodes and his daughter Linda Dianne Rhodes filed two suits in District Court seeking $25,000 for the daughter and $10,000 for the father. The petitions accuse Franklin County Commission and county engineer Bob Lister of negligence for two chuckholes on the Rantoul Road two miles south of K-68, alleging they caused an August 12 crash when a pickup overturned after losing control. The complaint cites prior knowledge of the holes and a nearby tractor blocking one lane.
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Harrisonville
Franklin County Commission
Elmer L. Rhodes
Rantoul Road
Rhodes
Linda Dianne
Bob Lister
Beulah Churns Up Water Heads Toward Gulf Coast
Beulah, a killer hurricane, churns toward the Gulf of Mexico threatening western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula while Doria, a weaker storm, hovers southeast of Nantucket with winds near 90 mph. The systems occupy the Caribbean and Atlantic, prompting warnings from Miami and New England beaches.
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Beulah
Gulf Coast
Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Doria
New England
Cuba
Atan Peninsula
Havana
Nantucket
Mass
Centropolis School land sells at auction for 520 dollars
John Moses of Centropolis bought the Centropolis School property at Thursday night auction for 520 dollars. The land reverts to original owner Mrs. Harry McNish of Centropolis as part of the sale. Sentiment seemed to be mixed among local residents as details emerged.
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John Moses
Centropolis
Harry McNish
United Fund Sets Its Goal for This Year
A $27,568 goal is set for the United Fund Drive with Oct 26 as the advance gift launch. Chairs include Mrs. Bill Wright and Bob Clogston. downtown Oct 9-13 led by Dick Skoog and Hugh Didier. fair share Oct 16-20 led by Harold Gahagan and Allen Loyd. residential Oct 23-27 led by Mrs. Winton Winter and Mrs. Milo Hewitt. A general meeting for all chairs will occur at month end.
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United Fund
Bill Wright
Bob Clogston
Clarence Hegberg
Dick Skoog
Hugh Didier
Harold Gahagan
Allen Loyd
Winton Winter
Milo Hewitt
Wright
No. 1
Pomona Youth Group Banquet For Fund Drive
Pomona Unified School District 287 group hosts a fundraising banquet at Pomona Methodist Church Fellowship Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Supper costs $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. Reservations via Mrs. Leland Fisher or William Meier. Donations of pies or scalloped potatoes requested.
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Pomona
Fellowship Hall
Pomona Methodist Church
Leland Fisher
William Meier
Shaw Faces Jury Trial In Anderson County Case
GARNETT The second jury trial in nine years is set for Robert Shaw former superintendent of Central Heights Unified School District 288. He faces shoplifting and speeding 100 in a 70 mph zone charges in Anderson County August 24. Judge Charles W. Lybarger named 18 residents at random. County Attorney Wayne Loughridge and attorney Richard Skoog will select the six jurors from those names.
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Garnett
Anderson County
Robert Shaw
Foremer
Central Heights Unified
Shaw
Charles W. Lybarger
Wayne Loughridge
Richard Skoog
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LBJ
Com
Peoples National Bank
Adv
Phillip Arnett
Unified School District
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