Ottawa buys $52 000 snorkel fire truck delays mar the debut
Ottawa Kansas, AP reports the two story snorkel truck purchased for 52000 dollars faced repeated malfunctions and delays from Feb 1964 delivery to Dec 3 1964. Tests showed issues with a solenoid and hydraulic valve while the unit eventually became operable but not used during Christmas fires. Fire Chief Harry Gilliland says the team would use it if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Black
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa, Kan
Ottawa Fire Department
Ottawa
Harry Gilliland
Earlton Christmas Guests and Holiday Gatherings
Christmas activities across Earlton and nearby towns feature numerous family visits and dinners. Guests include Brant and Nooteboom families, the Converse and Matlock households, and multiple relatives visiting Chanute and Liberal. Navy brothers Billie and Lester Matlock serve abroad near Vietnam aboard aircraft carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlton
A. R
Dean Dighero
John
Charles
Lamar
Liberal
Beryl Kimzey
Richard Kimzey
Longton
George
Lena Converse
Calvin Cooper
Paul Matlock
Harmon Walkers
Billie
Lester Matlock
Navy
Vietnam
P. M. Braden
Mrs. Heilman
Westminster
Calif
Erie
Chanute
Despite All Laws Children Drink Early Says AMA
Niagara Falls Ontario AP report quotes Dr Marvin A Block of Buffalo head of the AMA committee on alcoholism noting that a majority of U S children begin drinking at age 14 in many suburbs. About 75 percent drink with parental permission and laws are eroded by early use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ont
American Medical Association
Marvin A. Block
Buffalo
Association
U.S
Block
Msgr Dougherty to Speak at St Patrick’s Meeting
The Very Reverend Monsignor Denis Dougherty will address a 6 30 p m covered dish dinner and joint meeting of St Patrick’s Catholic church Men’s Club and Altar Society. He will discuss What Is Your Place in the Church Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Dougherty
St. Patrick’s Catholic
St. Patrick’s
Parsons
Council Grove
Andover
Lyons
Mulvane
Vincent G. Brown
St. Patrick's Parish
Herman R. Honus
T. J. Scott
Erie Area Host and Guest Notes From Local Social Roundup
Tuesday gathering of the Erie Myrtle Rebekahs with sixteen members present presided by Mrs Obed Harmonson and refreshments led by Mrs Jess Ward. The auditing committee met Wednesday with Mrs Robert Hoskins as chair. Several families shared holiday visits across Kansas and nearby towns including Oswego Chanute Bartlesville Pittsburg Parsons and Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Myrtle Rebekahs
Obed Harmonson
Jess Ward
Robert Hoskins
Cecil Hurst
Ralph Stice Sr
Oswego
Hubert van Buskirk
Xenia
Ray Redburn
Milford Hall
Noble Grand Club
Harrison DeHart
Carl Roberts
Chanute
Olen Trent
Emery Johnson
Junior Harvey
Bartlesville
Bill Harvey
Wayland Harvey
Litha Cummings
Los Angeles
Charles Alford
Kansas City
Kiwanis
Erie Record Office
V. E. Richardson
Salina
Sadie Greenwood
Beverly
Richardsons
Robert Overstreet
Girard
Harold
Warning Over Radiation Food Preservation Study
FDA officials in Washington express interest in a Cornell report suggesting food preserved by nuclear radiation might be lethal. Army approval exists for limited uses, but no known commercial irradiation. The Army denies deadly claims while FDA reviews the study and considers related applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Cornell University
FDA
Army
Food Additives Control Section
Food and Drug Act
Holiday traffic toll forecast for New Year weekend
The National Safety Council estimates 360 to 440 people could die in traffic accidents over the 78 hour New Year weekend from 6 p.m. today to midnight Sunday. The figure reflects a baseline of 360 deaths if it were not a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
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Mary Walkley
Edna Scribner
Mrs. Leonard Scribner
Chet Schulz
Julius Hawke
Ed Bradshaw
E. A. George
Kenneth George
Rural
Thayer
Leslie Crow Jr
Wichita
Leslie Crow Sr
Frank Facklers
Byron
Bessie Fackler
Sam Spurling
E. Main
Msgr. Dougherty
Msgr
Faye Reeves
Pittsburg
Merill Byington
Ralph Janssen
John Baker
Clyde Baker
Valley Center
M. L. Alcott
M. R. Williamson
E. O. Janssen
Donald Janssen
Ft. Lee
W. E. Richardson
Leonard Avonhalt
Helen Pierce
Hollis Dunham
Nancy
Ross Pierce
Jim Pierce
Pam
Wilma Highfill
Ben Pierce
Paul R. Marnell
Furth
Germany
Don Lawrence
Sterling
Anita Menandez
Mexico City
Mrs. Lawrence
A. F. Redmond
Alice Hester
Charles Steinman
Albert Beard
T. E. Archer
Inez Ashcraft
Kate Wooster
David L. McCune
Shank
Polestar Brand
Sonatuan
Bos U
California
Cole Slaw
Cello
Boy-Ar-Dee
Sultana
Vienna
Libby
Ritz
Nabisco
Ann Page
Helian
Jon
A&p
Wisconsin
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc
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