National Hunting and Fishing Day events noted countywide
The Williamsburg Ottawa Wildlife Club will dedicate a memorial for Clyde Phillips who died in 1970 at 2 30 Saturday with Boy Scout Troop 76 Ot tawa attending. Army Corps of Engineers lakes in the Kansas City District host open houses with Col W R Needham present to answer questions. Lake Pomona is among 11 lakes involved.
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Williamsburg- Ottawa Wildlife Club
Clyde Phillips
Phillips
Boy Scout Troop 76
Ottawa
Army Corps of Engineer
Kansas City
Col
W. R
Tractor Pull Still Bugging Fair Board
Franklin County Fair Board reviews the 1972 fair results and the tractor pull payment dispute involving Henry Moody of Iola, with discussion of higher fees, carnival contracts, and scheduling changes for the 1973 fair. The board approved rodeo tweaks, watermelon feed success, armory hours, and weed spraying under the bleachers.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County Fair Board
Gene Mohr
Henry Moody
Iola
Kansas Tractor Pulling Association
Mohr
Moody
Fair Board
Paul
Damron
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
Andy Duffle
Don Averill
Duffle
Warren Wakeman
Minings in South Vietnam waterways to slow North Vietnamese flows
U S military officials disclosed that American airplanes have laid mines in rivers and canals in the northern South Vietnam sector, the first reported mining of waterways inside the country to interrupt supply lines to North Vietnamese army units in Military Region 1 near Quang Tri.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Military Region 1
County Forecast: Fair Tonight Then Sunny Mild Thursday
County forecast notes fair and mild conditions with lows 50 to 55 and northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight. Friday promises sunny, mild weather with highs in the lower 60s and near zero precipitation chances.
Booby Traps Spread From Israel to Africa
The Associated Press reports a plot to kill Israelis via booby trapped mail expanded to Africa as bombs were found in North America and Europe. Israeli officials say they will toughen action against individuals seeking vengeance on Arab terrorists. Three envelopes with bombs were found in the Kinshasa embassy delivery box before detonation.
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Associated Press
Africa
North America
Europe
Kinshasa
Zaire
Belgium Congo
Search continues for Ottawa kidnapping case
The intensive manhunt ended earlier this week but the search for Mrs Delainne Heckman of Pomona continues. Franklin County sheriff's office Ottawa police department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are still active in the case. Heckman was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint Monday afternoon in Ottawa and released. the suspect remains unfound after a nearly 12 hour manhunt.
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Delainne Heckman
Pomona
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa Police Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Heckman
Ottawa
United Nations panel backs Bangladesh bid despite China veto
The 25 nation steering committee voted 17 to 4 with 3 abstentions to recommend a General Assembly debate on Bangladesh joining the UN. China warned of a second veto if the issue returns to the Security Council, citing noncompliance with repatriation and troop withdrawal resolutions.
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United Nations N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Bangladesh
China
Security Council
Huang Hua
Council
Assembly
Huang
Yugoslavia
Jacob Malik
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Soviet Union
India
Kurt Waldheim
Agnew Sees Election Decided on Principle Not Party
Vice President Spiro Agnew told the Ohio Republican Convention that the 1972 race will hinge on principle rather than party as McGovern positions move left and McGovern argues the Vietnam War remains the central issue. McGovern spoke in Philadelphia on war policy while Judge Richey allowed Democrats to amend a civil suit against Republicans to add Maurice Stans and others as defendants.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
McGovern-Shriver
Kennedy
Agnew
Ohio
Columbus
McGovern
Philadelphia
Southeast Asia
Maurice Stans
Stans
Nixon
Commerce
Vern Miller visits Franklin County Democratic HQ fundraiser
Vern Miller stopped by the Franklin County Democratic Headquarters in Ottawa on Wednesday night en route to Garnett for a fund raising event. Attendee Mike Manning campaigns for secretary of state while county chairman Dan Lickteig reports a successful bake sale raising almost $100. HQ hours are 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Sundays and Wednesdays evenings until the election.
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Democratic Party
Irving Niles
13Th
Jim Richardson
Franklin County
Vern Miller
Joe Ferns
Ed Seyler
George Wingert
Mike Manning
Democratic
Ottawa
Dan Lickteig
Special-Use Permits Halted in Ottawa Housing Plan
Ottawa city commission halted the last two special-use mobile home permits while planners draft an orderly growth plan. A rezoning denial for three lots near 10th and Main failed 4-3, with a 16 day wait before action on the Matney request. The panel approved Pence's zoning change to retail on Main between 13th and 15th. Proposals for annexation, private club hours, and parade authorizations were also set, with Peanut Butter Sunday urged by the Ottawa Jaycees for Cerebral Palsy camp funding.
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Ron Womble
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa
City Commission
Planning Commission
Larry Matney
Frankie Ellis
10Th and Main
Matney
Robert Pence
Wakefield
Bohn
Citizens For
The
Harold R. Bennett
Bennett
West 19Th
Kansas Municipal Power Agency
Ottawa High
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Ed Gardner
Ottawa Postal Service
Robert L. Roberts
Kan
Gardner
Ernest Watkins
M. Os Sp
Peking
Korea
Wald
Heim
U.S. District Court
Charles R. Richey
Washington
McGein
Vern
Garnett
Loren McCurdy
Lincoln Street
10Th
11Th
Paul Damron
North Hickory
Logan
Powhattan
Conoe
Ransom Memorial Hospital
23Rd
Princeton
Helen G. Karigan
Osawatomie
Charles W. Bumgardner
W. 2Nd
Ottawa Farm Implement
Kansas Highway Patrol
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