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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
7
EHU and the Homewood Friendly Club co hosted a potluck event in the Homewood Community Wall Wednesday evening. About 60 people attended including 11 new families, highlighting a friendly welcome for arrivals in the area.
Ruth Alma Lee 83 of Cedar House Nursing Home died Wednesday. Funeral Friday 2:30 p.m. at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial Highland Cemetery. Born November 9 1889 Bethany Missouri. Survived by three sons, a brother, seven grandchildren. Also noted Wilbur G Tackkett found dead in Garnett Hotel.
Stanford California AP. California inventor Ralph Heintz accuses American automakers of ignoring his 1950s antismog engine. Heintz says Honda now uses a similar stratified charge design to meet 1975 emission rules, while the EPA grants a one year extension to U.S. manufacturers. Heintz argues engines with single carburetors waste fuel and cause smog.
James Cole, formerly a Prairie Village police sergeant, serves as chief investigator for the office of Margaret Jordan, Johnson County District Attorney. A Princeton graduate, he lives at 624 8 Mulberry with his parents Mr. and Mrs. FF Cole and brothers Kenneth and Gerald, while sister Mrs. Larry Collins resides in Pomona.
Williamsburg High students presented their first public fashion show in the old auditorium. Fifty home economics students modeled garments they made this year while ten modeled pieces from Ottawa shops. Five boys and sixty girls participated with four seasonal scenes and a piano interlude, drawing about 110 attendees.
Garnett city leaders discuss diesel fuel shortages as Standard Oil reaches quota and considers more supply. City officials weigh camper site redevelopment for a ballfield amid a growing recreation program with 25 confirmed teams and 400 participants. Debates arise over funding for nonresident participants and a Parks and Recreation Commission study is ordered. Bond approvals follow for several local officials and tradespeople.
La Donna Harris, founder of Americans for Indian Opportunity, told the House Indian Affairs subcommittee that old prejudices and injustices will no longer be tolerated as Native Americans pursue self determination. She addressed hearings on BIA takeovers and Wounded Knee, highlighting a shift toward heightened self esteem and citizenship within the Native American community.
The noon Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.76 to 968.17 amid continued good first quarter reports and hopes Nixon will curb inflation. NYSE issues favored advancers 706 to 479 as speculation grows over government policy and inflation control. A separate report quotes Mrs. Harris criticizing federal Indian policy and stereotypes, linking it to historical discrimination and ongoing struggles with assimilation. A burglary at Gulf Station is noted, with $300 stolen after a forced entry, while Kansas State University announces summer and fall editors for the Collegian.
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