Local News Briefs From Ottawa Items and Events
Kansas Veterans Commission will hold Tuesday afternoon visits in Ottawa during May at City Hall. Ottawa University hosts American Association of Teachers of French conference May 3 with La Farce de Maitre Pathelin to follow at 2 pm. Jerry E. Watts, USN, son of Ottawa resident, serves on USS Edson returning from 11 months in Vietnam and Gulf of Tonkin. Edson received Meritorious Unit Commendation. Ottawa University concert choir of 43 performs next Sunday at First Baptist Church, 7:30 pm, after spring tour through several states. Nurses at Franklin County Health Department skip Friday immunizations due to Missouri-Kansas Public Health Association meeting at Overland Park. Obituary: Irving Howard Barrett, 74, Slayton Minn., formerly of Ottawa, died April 21. services April 24 in Slayton. Marilyn Baker of Pomona misses first rating for saxophone solo at Baker University festival.
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American Association of Teachers of French
West Central
Ottawa University
Graduate School of Kansas
la Farce de Maitre Pathelin
Jerry E. Watts
USN
Wylie D. Watts
Ottawa Rfd 3
Edson
Long Beach
Calif
South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Stanley DeFries
First Baptist Church
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Detroit
Franklin County Health Department
Missouri-Kansas Public Health Association
Overland Park
OU Students Welcome Classical Presentation
Ottawa University hosted Karl Herreshoff, classical guitarist and Baroque luteist, in the Concert Lecture Series in the University Chapel. The program spanned four centuries with Weiss, Sanz, Scarlatti, Guiliani, Llobet, and Lauro, ending with a guitar improvisation on a south Indian folk melody. Audiences, including many students, heard a sensitive, orderly performance that showcased both lute and guitar and their contrasting timbres.
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Stanley Defries
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Weiss
Pavan
Gaspar Sanz
Domenico Scarlatti
Mauro Guiliani
Arriby Miguel Llobet
Antonio Lauro
Michael Gurian
Ottawa University
Karl Herreshoff
Iim Off
Porg
San Diego
New York City
Herreshoff
Scarlatti
Law Day Observance At Ottawa Country Club
Visiting attorneys and four district judges from the fourth judicial district attend a 12 30 p.m. luncheon at the Ottawa Country Club as Law Day activities. The public may attend a 2 p.m. program in the Franklin County Court House courtroom. Dean Berlin receives the first Liberty Bell Award for community service. Judge Hotchkiss will speak on changes in criminal law nationwide and in Kansas.
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Fourth Judicial District
Ottawa Country Club
Franklin County Bar Association
Floyd Coffman
Alex Hotchkiss
Robert Stadler
Douglas
Miami
Franklin County Court House
Dean Berlin
W. 6Th
Hotchkiss
Lyndon
Kansas
Nixon Recruits Volunteers to Aid Urban Poverty
President Nixon announced a nationwide program to mobilize volunteers to combat urban and poverty problems. A $1 million effort will create a Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action chaired by Secretary George Romney, with Max M. Fisher named as special presidential consultant.
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Washington
Nixon
America
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Max M. Fisher
Detroit
Romney
Admissions and dismissals in Kansas City AP report
The Daily Report lists admissions Stacy Smith and Luke Pattie among Williamsburg and Pomona residents with dates Tuesday and Wednesday. Dismissals include Phillip Blackmer and son, Robert Steele, Lupton, Clyde Wyatt, and transfers to St Luke's, Kansas City, with Onetta Johnson and others noted. Kansas City market data cover cattle, calves, steers, heifers, feeders, hogs, and sheep with price ranges, followed by wholesale eggs closing Tuesday.
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Stacy Smith
Maple
Henry Jackman
Pomona
RFD
Darreld Goodwill
Williamsburg
Luke Pattie
Phillip Blackmer and Son
Robert Steele
Lupton
N. Poplar
Clyde Wyatt
St. Luke’s
Kansas City
Onetta Johnson
Walton
Lawrence Darrow
N. Cherry
Robert Bays
Poplar
District Court Finds Floyd Lavern Smith Guilty Of Grand Larceny
Floyd Lavern Smith was found guilty of grand larceny after allegedly stealing a 12 foot tandem wheel disc worth 50 dollars from the Frank Brady Farm near Ottawa on March 23. Judge Coffman suspended the sentence and placed him on two years probation.
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Floyd Lavern Smith
Frank Brady
Ottawa
Coffman
Smith
Music Doctor Gets Mild Praise In Debut Concert
London general practitioner and Polish World War II refugee Dr Michael Bialoguski, 52, hired the New Philharmonia and Royal Albert Hall for his conducting debut before 3,000 fans. Critics called it a modest, sympathetic effort and acceptable by professional standards. The 80 musician orchestra cost $6,000 and earned five curtain calls as Bialoguski hopes for further engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Music Critica
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall
Michael Bialoguski
Poland
Bialoguski
Two Kansas City Women Stabbed in Duplex
In Kansas City, two young women Barbara Caughlin and Mary Ann Adler were found stabbed to death in their east edge duplex near the Country Club district. Adler’s fiancé James Dunham said he took her home last night and returned today to take her to work. Neighbors mentioned a third resident, Glenda Burton, hospitalized weeks ago.
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Kansas City
Country Club
Barbara Caughlin
Mary Ann Adler
James Dunham
Miss Adler
Dunham
Glenda Burton
Kansas City De fensive Star Vanoy Signs With CFL Argonauts
Vernon Vanoy, KU standout defensive star, signed to play with the Toronto Argonauts next season per his lawyer Phillip Miles. The 6 foot 8, 270 pound player preferred the Canadian offer even after being drafted third by the New York Giants. The report notes another game result and a boxing match scheduling update.
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Kansas City
Vernon Vanoy
University of Kansas
Toronto Argonauts
Phillip Miles
New York Giants
Jacy Barcelona
Spain
Cuba
Ottawa Savings and Loan Special Meeting Adopts ByLaws
A special meeting of Ottawa Savings and Loan Association members will be held at 9:30 a.m. May 14, 1969 at 109 East 2nd Street Ottawa Kansas to adopt revised bylaws update savings certificate regulations and amend voting qualifications. Chester A Worl secretary.
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Ottawa Savings and Loan Association
East 2Nd Street
Ottawa
Kansas
Chester A. Worl
Marion Roberts Pleads Guilty In Hutchinson Speed Case
County Court records show Marion K Roberts age 22 of Hutchinson pleaded guilty to speeding 75 mph in a 60 mph zone. She was fined 20 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion K. Roberts
Hutchinson
Foreclosure of mechanics lien suit in Franklin County
Harold Brady files in Franklin County District Court a petition to foreclose a mechanic's lien on an Offease. Max Young and others must plead by June 4 1969 in Ottawa Kansas. Attorneys Winton A Winter and Robert W Green for Plaintiff at First National Bank Building Ottawa 66067.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Harold Brady
Max Young
Ottawa
Route 3
Wmbs GU
Pooley
Winton A. Winter
Robert W. Green
First National Bank
Attys
Plaintiff
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Slayton
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Baker University
Marilyn Baker
Jon D. Burghart
Zweibruken
Germany
Col. Meeker
Lt. Burghart
U. S. Army
Emma Lou Burghart
S. Cedar
Law Day
Thomas Young
Ddss
Michael Edward Dodds
William E. Dodds
Highland Cemetery
Lewis R. Hearne Jr
Lamb-Roberts
the Daily Report
Dorothy Seyler
Jerry Seyler
Carla A. King
Wichita
Dennis M. Perkins
West First
Nelle F. Stout
Willow
the Times
San Jorge
West Springfield
Mass
Bob Foster
Andy Kendall
Eastern States Coliseum
Ottawa Herald
Black « Decker
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