Iran Premier Escapes Assassination During Funeral Escort
Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and Cabinet members narrowly escaped a grenade and gun attack while attending Gen. Mohammad Wali Gharani's funeral in Tehran. Guards restrained an air force uniformed assailant. a second man was reportedly arrested. A secret group Ferghan claimed responsibility, citing Kurdish killings and Shah Pahlavi collaboration.
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Tehran
Iran
Mehdi Bazargan
Air Force
Bazargan
Ferghan
Sanandaj
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Gharani
Forghan
Funeral services for Floyd M. Hughes in Waverly
Floyd M. Hughes 53 died Monday at Topeka. Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Rev. Joseph Dearborn, burial in church cemetery. Prayer service 8 p.m. Wednesday. Born Jan. 10, 1926, he married Betty L. Plain Nov. 18, 1944. Survived by eight sons, a daughter, a grandson, and a wife. Memorial for Waverly schools. Contributions to Jones Funeral Home.
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Floyd M. Hughes
Daryl L. Hughes
New Orleans
Leslie R. Hughes
Topeka
Allen E. Hughes
Dalai
United Arab Emirates
Joe EB. Hughes
Spring Hill
Harold G. Hughes
Patrick A. Hughes
Emporia
Michael
Daniel Hughes
Susan B. Hughes
Kansas City
Waverly
Jones
Local Ad Briefs Feature Sales and Events in Ottawa
A compact Ottawa Herald advertisement roundup lists SAVE money on golf at Silverlake, studio hours at Wright's Studio, Cloud Nine Bridal Shop opening May 3, and Turbo Brush Car Wash. It also promotes Merle Norman cosmetics demos, dog foods, a travel film fundraiser, a children’s charity walk, graduation photo reminders, and weekly Mexican meals. Additional items include nurseries, sales at Metzger Salvage, beauty appointments, a May reopen, church programs, thank you bouquets, door to door cancer fund packets, thistle control chemicals, reduced vegetables, a pre season garden center sale, tax free municipal bonds offer, and agents from Edward Jones.
Franklin County Unit forms new ACS leadership
The Franklin County Unit of the American Cancer Society elected executive officers at its first meeting after reorganization. Betty Kimball is president, Joan Cook vice president, Leona Jones secretary, Lola Pinder treasurer. Board members include crusade chairmen Jerry Robson and Jane Kramer and memorial chairmen Mary Morsbach and Jeanie Yost along with services chairmen Marlin Kimball and Mary Louise Risdon. The group reports $400 in special event funds and $887 in memorials for the year and plans a door to door fundraising crusade starting Wednesday in Ottawa and the county. 23 directors will serve two years each under a bylaw range of 10 to 30 members.
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Franklin County
American Cancer Society
Betty Kimball
Joan Cook
Leona Jones
Lola Pinder
Jerry Robson
Jane Kramer
Crusade
Mary Morsbach
Jeanie Yost
Marlin Kimball
Mary Louise Risdon
Kimball
Ottawa
The
Cancer Society
Clover Leaf
Bridges May Be Replaced In Franklin County Plan
Franklin County commissioners named three candidate bridges for replacement with federal funds. Two closed, one open to light traffic but may close by year end. KDOT says enough money this year to replace at least one bridge in each county, with 80 percent federal funding and 20 percent local.
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Franklin County
Kansas Department of Transportation
K-Dot
Kimball
Lane
Douglas-Franklin County
Red River Flood Worsens as Rains Hamper Dikes
Heavy rains intensified the Red River flood threatening Grand Forks North Dakota and East Grand Forks Minnesota. About 700 flood fighters worked through a cold night to shore up dikes while a 10 foot hole in a secondary dike raised flood risk for Riverside Park. Damages in North Dakota and Minnesota top 26 million dollars as 270 homes flood and 2,000 residents in East Grand Forks await relief. Volunteers from nearby towns aided sandbagging as officials reported no fatalities or mass evacuations.
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Michael Kuchwara
Associated Press
Grand Forks
N.C
East Grand Forks
Minn
Red River
Bob Nordlund
National Weather Service
Civil Defense
Riverside Park
Bill Owen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
North Dakota
Minnesota
Jim Braatz
Corps
Point
Texas
Neches
Beaumont
Devil Oaks
Hillabrandt Bayou
Louisiana
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Abbas
Amir Entezam
the Daily Report
Ralph Green
Quenemo
Pearl Lewis
N. Cedar
Ida Graffham
N. Locust
Public Safety News
Leonard
Logan
Hubbard Lumber
King
Sheriff’s News
Gary D. Parks
Richmond
Garnett
Anderson County
Ronald D. Speer
Cedar
North Main Street
Michael E. Scott
Elm
15Th
Willow Streets
Jacqulyn L. Busey
S. Ash
Ottawa Co-Op
Ad Briefs
Silverlake
Wright
Cloud Nine Bridal Shop
West 2Nd
Merle Norman
Husky Strongheart
Bing-Go
Metzger Salvage
Phil Enloe
First Assembly of God Church
13Th and Mulberry, Wed
Treland
Municiple Auditorium
Butler's Music
Walk For Mankind
Eisenhower School
Sacred Heart Church Building Fund
OHS
Ottawa Herald Ad Department
Miss Thomas
L & M Buffet
Nadine
Rick Sparks
Fri
Church of Christ
W. 2Nd
Franklin County Chemical Warehouse
Humane Shelter
19Th St
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones and Company
Box F
Kansas
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Forest Park
ORC
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Ottawa Srs
E. End
Eight Mile Creek
Centropolis
County Line
Franklin City-County Planning Commission
Bob Bozworth
Commission
Bozworth
New Ambulance
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Ron Henry Ford
Lindsay
Dunk
Ecodyne
Lindsay Division
St. Paul
Memoriam
Houston
Randy A. Houston
Highland Cemetery
Jim McCrossen
Dengel & Son
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Pomang
Pomona, Kansas
N.D
East
Red
Orley Gunderson
Larry Poague
Merrill Lynch
Poague
Ottawa Library
Ottawa Record
Ottawa High School
National Scholastic Press Association
Carol Dengel
Record
the Herald
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