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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1973
Page
5
The Ottawa High School marching band and Cyclonettes led off Ottawa’s opening home game of 1973. Sixty four band members and thirty two Cyclonettes performed before and during halftime, offering bright spots amid a 27-0 defeat to Salina South Cougars.
Reports from military and diplomatic sources claim government officers were executed for ordering troops to retreat during the Kompong Cham battle. At least 12 lieutenants and captains allegedly faced execution on Sept 7, amid a Communist insurgent assault two miles north of the city.
Washington AP report says a ten percent income tax surcharge is not being actively considered by the Nixon administration despite a White House hint. Treasury aide William E. Simon says Shultz not leaving post, and tax proposals remain debated with no planned action.
Detroit AP reports Chrysler halted production of 1974 cars and trucks after a 113,300 member United Auto Workers strike across US and Canadian plants as contract talks failed to yield an extension. 56 plants closed, 14,200 workers kept on in Chrysler outside auto production. others at Kokomo, Van Wert, and Fostoria. Overtime demand and retirement pension issues key topics amid a long road ahead.
Col. W. R. Needham says Melvern Reservoir on the Marais des Cygnes River is 87 percent complete with final filling planned to raise elevations to 1 036 by 1975. Pomona Reservoir performed well this spring, with over 1.2 million visitors and more than 5.6 million dollars in flood-damage prevention. Hillsdale Reservoir is planned on Big Bull Creek with a 12,000 foot dam and 51 miles of shoreline pending federal and state water contracts.
The Cost of Living Council will raise price ceilings on gasoline diesel fuel and home heating oil where dealers justify rises. Council director Dunlop said detailed cost data will be reviewed after a Sept 25 meeting and that increases will hit consumers promptly.
Atty Gen. Elliott Richardson will allow a federal grand jury in Baltimore to review material from the Agnew investigation to consider possible charges. Officials say no indictment decision yet and no date for completion. Dale Anderson, the first Maryland official charged, pleaded innocent to bribery and conspiracy. Justice Department spokesmen declined comment. Anderson is free on recognizance pending trial January 7.
Washington AP reports ten opponents at the final confirmation hearing for Henry A. Kissinger to be secretary of state labeled him a war criminal and a racist. They also attacked Nixon era Vietnam policies as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to vote Tuesday on his nomination to succeed William P. Rogers.
In Santiago the military junta says Marxist President Allende failed to stop thousands of extremists from infiltrating Chile, blaming him for the coup that toppled his government and left Allende dead. Bonilla cites 10,000 foreign extremists among those allowed in. thousands jailed or seeking asylum as chaos and censorship continue.
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