Community and hospital news brief from Ottawa area
WWI veterans meet at 11 40 a m with their wives for lunch and a short business meeting at the L and M Buffet. Ottawa University foreign students interaction event at 7 30 p m in the First United Methodist basement. Warren Whiteford transferred for major surgery to KU Medical Center. Lola Booker recuperating in Anderson County Hospital. Wilfred Bill Pickett dismissed from Anderson County Hospital. Pomona City Clerk asks citizens to limit watering due to one nonoperating well. George Flinsbaugh admitted to ICU at St Luke's Kansas City. Gale Mitchell recovering from back surgery in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Soroptimist Club meets at noon Thursday in First United Presbyterian. Ottawa and Franklin County highway tax distribution totals near 75000 with Ottawa city at 23730 and county at 49446. Bridge winners listed. Funeral arrangements pending for Ruby Frederick.
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Ottawa University
First United Methodist Church
Anderson County Hospital
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Warren Whiteford
Garnett
Broken radar slows flood warning in Big Thompson canyon
A broken National Weather Service remote radar transmitter delayed the flash flood warning for the Big Thompson Canyon. The Denver forecaster, under review by a disaster investigation team, described the issue as contributing to the high casualty toll of at least 89 and over 28 million dollars in damage. Three more bodies were found, 63 victims identified with eight released names. Cleanup by two firms under contract began, with about 134300 dollars allotted. the Red Cross lists around 80 missing persons.
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Loveland
Colo
National Weather Service
Big Thompson Canyon
Rocky Mountain News
Robert Beck
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Limon
Denver
Beck
The
Weather Service
American Red Cross
Graveside rites for Margaret Maichel in Peoria Cemetery
Graveside services were held in Peoria Cemetery for Margaret Lee Maichel stillborn Monday Aug 9 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Rev Earl J Zimmerman officiated with Edward J and Janet Lee Maichel of Wellsville as parents and multiple grandparents and great grandparents named in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Maichel
Peoria Cemetery
Ottawa
Margaret Lee Maichel
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Earl J. Zimmerman
Edward J
Janet Lee (Shaver) Maichel
Wellsville
Harry Shaver
Fay Newton
Pensacola
Fla
Barrett Keirns
Bonner Springs
Jacob Oehlert
Eudora
Maichel
Peoria
Janet Lee Shaver Maichel
The
Faith Cutheran Church
New York Area Survives Belle As Storm Moves North
The New York metropolitan area cleaned up and bailed out from its first major hurricane in over a decade as Belle weakened to a tropical storm. Flash flooding hit Vermont and New England, with up to eight inches of rain in Connecticut and six in Vermont. One fatality occurred when a Long Island woman was struck by a falling tree. The center moved north through the Connecticut River valley with heavy rains continuing.
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New York
New England
Belle
Vermont
Earl Osgood
Civil Defense
Atlantic
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Osgood
Shrewsbury
Rutland
National Weather Service
Springfield
Mass
Tony Gregory
Weather Service
Boston
Donna
Long Island
Connecticut River
Ottawa Club Among Those Penalized
E V D Murphy state director of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced suspensions of 14 private clubs and 11 retail liquor stores for violations of state liquor laws. Among them are private clubs and a list of suspensions with durations and dates for sales to nonmembers and minor drinking.
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Topeka
Kan
E.V.D. Murphy
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Blue Room Lounge, Inc
Wichita
American Legion Club of
Post 863
Colby
Richard Gilbert
American Legion
Melrose Inn Club
Atchison
Shaner’s
Overland Park
Red Shag Club
Leavenworth
Virginia Inn Club
Lawrence
Coach Lite Corp
Kansas City
Kamille Club
Junction City
Lamplighter Club
Hutchinson
Odusty’s
Lack Of Quorum Snags Appeals Board
Five people attended the City Hall meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals but only two were members, so the session was continued to next Monday at 7 p.m. The Bells seek a hardship ruling to ease setback requirements for building on a lot at 15th and Orchard Heights. Chair Jim Grogan expects a quorum at the next meeting, with Jim Pugh also present as planning commission chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Board of Zoning Appeals
Jim Grogan
Jim Pugh
Ottawa
Lewis Bell
15Th and
Orchard Heights
Bells
Zoning Appeals Board
Grogan
GOP Hopefuls Fight For Spotlight
President Ford allies and potential running mates paraded before the platform committee as Ronald Reagan sought to share the stage with Sen. Richard Schweiker. Dole and Connally discussed ticket balance while a proposed rule to bind delegates faced Reagan allies' opposition. Weather and crop notes from Kansas followed, stressing dryness and needed rains.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ford
Republican Platform Committee
Ronald Reagan
Richard S. Schweiker
Robert D. Ray
Town
Schweiker
Republican Rules Committee
Reagan
Loren Smith
Smith
Treasury
William E. Simon
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Platform
Simon
America
Dole
Midwest
Southwest
West
Jimmy Carter
John B. Connally
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Local Youth Missing A Month Now
Eight year old Charles Hahner disappeared a month ago today from Forest Park Swimming Pool. Ottawa Public Safety Chief Oren Skiles says the investigation continues with no usable leads. A man seen at the pool offered yard work money to boys, but no connection found. Pictures and a composite were shared statewide and nationwide, with no evidence tying any suspect to the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hahner
Oren Skiles
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Skiles
Margaret Hahner
Forest Park
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Lola Booker
Richmond
Wilfred
Bill Pickett
Pomona
George Flinsbaugh
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gale Mitchell
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Soroptimist Club
First United Presbyterian Church
Franklin County
Figet
Rose Laird
John Thornburg
Dot Miller
Suzanne Wassmer
Freda Gilmore
Lois Hazlett
Mary Hill
Bob Miller
Ruby Frederick
RFD
the Daily Report
Clifford James
Clifford D. James
Lamb Roberts
Princeton
Paul Lynn
Eldon Rader
Carroll Whiteford
Jerry Hobbs
Bob Knight
Dean Martin
Ballard Wood
Clarence Oswald
Howard Winters
Dale E. Bones
Ray Carey
Richard Foltz
Fred Martin
Clyde Mitchell
Stanley Wood
Mabel Matlock
Joann Rich
Williamsburg
Kenneth Hopkins
Matt Stubler
Belton, Mo
Lee Johnson
S. Willow
Danny Eads Andton
Canterbury Court
Robert MacCulloch
S. Cedar
Otis Miller
N. Main
Donald H. Nichols
Kelly R. Jones
Warren D. Clark
Center
Bonnie E. Kiefer
Linda L. Scott
Probate
Scott Thomas Crocell
Mary Jane Lett
Larry Craig Bussinger
Wanda Jane Becker
Garden City
Public Safety News
Dennis Morelet
Chicago
Chicgo Board of Trade
Belle Bops
Lamb-Roberts
Memoriam
Frederick
RFC
Greenwood
Pearl Melton
Dengelston Mortuary
Ottawa Club
James R. Black
Margaret Ann Steele
John Gillen
Joe A. Parmele
Lewis C.’ Magdalens
Sadie Flynn
Phyllis M. Smythe
Donna Margaret West
Blanche’ K. Binswanger
Kenneth Paul Centlivre
Ronald H. Groves
Quorum Snags Appeals Board
Wormesday
GOP
Flint Hills
Ad Briefs
Democratic Party
Platform Committee
Government
Micheal J. Esser
Addi
Edward D. Jones
Ramsay Department Store
Girdle Sale
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