Local News Briefs From the Week’s Community Bits
Cook Beauty Shop has reopened at 521 N. Cherry with contact CH 2-1912. Miss Loraine Ul. Anderson of Williamsburg, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Anderson, will join United Airlines reservations after graduating from Weaver Airline Personnel School in Kansas City and will be based in San Francisco. A sister of Miss Leavey L. Silvey of 715 E Mason, Mrs Floreta Jones of Los Angeles, was not listed among survivors for a death reported Saturday. A four-man team of Central American wheat officials will tour Kansas farms and storage Aug 17-20, stopping in Hutchinson and Manhattan, hosted by Kansas Wheat Commission and sponsored by Great Plains Wheat, Inc. A clarification notes Col and Mrs Filby hosted by Mr and Mrs E E Crawford and Mrs Ned Shull in Pomona. Airman Glenn Ware, son of Frances and Clyde Ware, has completed jet mechanic training at Sheppard AFB and is stationed at Clark AFB Philippines with APO San Francisco address. Homemade ice cream and cake sale on the courthouse lawn Wednesday Aug 13 at 6:30 p.m. hosted by Soroptimist Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine UL. Anderson
Earl Anderson
Williamsburg
United Airlines
Weaver Airline Personnel School
Kansas City
San Francisco
Calif
Central America
Kansas
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
U.S
Kansas Wheat Commission
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Tex
Glenn Ware
Clark Afb
Philippines
Glenn A. Ware
FIS
Apo San Francisco
Ware
Frances Ware
Cottonwood
Clyde Ware
Wellsville
Apollo 11 TV Networks Plan Live Coverage Across U.S. and Abroad
The three major networks will air the Apollo 11 astronauts' activities from the news conference to the Nixon state dinner. Comsat schedules nine hours of overseas broadcasts with over two hours of live U.S. coverage today and Wednesday across Houston New York Chicago Los Angeles and Europe.
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New York
Nixon
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
United States
ABC
CBS
NBC
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
New York City
Kennedy Airport
City Hall
United Nations
Broadway
Chicago
O'Hare
Los Angeles
Europe
Tokyo
Sydney
Australia
First Of Horse Show Series Here Aug. 15
Ottawa Quarter Horse Association hosts the first of 10 straight shows from Aug. 15 to Aug. 24 at the Franklin County fairgrounds arena. 33 events in halter, judging, and timed categories draw youth and open classes, with trophies for top horses and a governor's trophy for overall points. Weldon Rogers will judge. out-of-state officials expected. no spectator charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Quarter Horse Association
Tom Gleason
Ottawa
Mid-America
Quarter Horse Circle
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Gleason
Weldon Rogers
Kansas
Colony
Iola
Beagle
LaCygne
Louisburg
Paola
Garnett
Waverly
Burlington
Ottawa Junior Wranglers
Fairgrounds
Tragic Waverly Area Crash Kills One Baby
A one year old child died Sunday night in a two car wreck about 1/8 mile east of Waverly on K 31. Robin Tyler daughter of Barbara Tyler Emporia died when the vehicle left the road overturned into a ditch and struck a creek bank. Her mother and uncle were injured as they were thrown from the car. Michael Slaven driver of the other car told deputies his brakes locked, causing loss of control. Slaven and Mrs Tyler suffered cuts and bruises. Hess was uninjured. The child died en route to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Robin Tyler
Barbara Tyler
Emporia
Michael Slaven
Newman Hospital
Coffey County
Slaven
Tyler
Hess
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Israeli Air Strike Hits Lebanon Villages and Posts
The Beirut government reported Israeli planes killed one woman and wounded several in three villages Chouba Shwaya and Hammam and several military posts in the Mt Hermon area southeast Lebanon. Israel said seven Arab guerrilla camps were hit in a 30 minute raid and planes returned safely. The attack was said to be retaliation for 21 terrorist acts launched from Lebanese territory in July. Beirut noted napalm bombs were used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mt. Hermon
Lebanon
Beirut
Chouba
Shwaya
Hammam
Pilfering And Plundering Haunts Padre Island Treasure
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler vows to catch pirates looting sunken Spanish galleons off Padre Island. He notes Platoro Ltd seeks title to treasure while a court blocks further salvage. Site shows recent piracy indicators and claims by various parties. outcome pending legal action and investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Jerry Sadler
Padre Island
Sadler
Indiana
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Platoro, Ltd
Gary
Ind
Texas Land Office
Platoro
Sadier
Priest Shannon Remains Catholic Despite Marriage
Santa Fe AP James P. Shannon former auxiliary bishop of Minneapolis and St Paul says he does not dispute the canon that made his ordination automaticly invalid upon marriage. He and Ruth Wilkinson disclosed their 10 day wedding trip, Shannon teaching a summer seminar at St John’s College and set to become a vice president of the school this fall. He regrets cannot continue as a priest but will maintain affiliation with the Catholic Church as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N.M
James P. Shannon
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Shannon
St. John's College of Santa Fe
Library Notes Inspire Fall Reading Selections
A list of approachable books across hobbies and arts invites readers to try new skills this season. Sailing, soul food cookery, interior design, color theory, plant education, yoga, collage, photography, home art and crafts fill a fall library display with practical guides and creative projects for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yves-Louis Pinaud
Inez Yeargen Kaiser
Mabel Goode Bowers
Ralph Fabri
Dorothy Sterling
James Hewitt
Mickey Klar
Thomas H. Miller
Patricia Z. Wittenburg
Spacecraft Launch Aims To Boost Safer Air Travel In 1970s
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP a $12 million multipurpose satellite ATS5 launched atop an Atlas Centaur rocket to a planned 174 hour mission. The probe carries 18 experiments including four extendable booms extending to 253 feet to study safer transoceanic air travel and improved regional TV relay. The orbital plan targets a steady 22 300 mile high position over the equator west of South America with initial earth orbit achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Applications
ATS5
Equator
South America
Space Agency
Centaur
Earth
Optimistic U S corn and crop forecasts released
The Agriculture Department projection for 1969 places corn at 4.31 billion bushels and wheat at 1.46 billion, up from July. Soybeans are seen at 1.06 billion and sorghum at 747.6 million, with declines from 1968 for corn and wheat. Estimates depend on Aug 1 field conditions under government programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Kansas
Missouri
Earthquakes Hit Japan and Celebes Island
A series of severe quakes rocked Japan and Celebes with four foot tides along Japan's northeast coast. The strongest tremor centered four miles east of Hokkaido. aftershocks lasted hours. No casualties reported in this outbreak, though earlier quakes caused heavy losses.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Celebes
Hokkaido
Meteorological Agency
Pacific
Manado
Jakarta
Accident in South Main area injures none
An accident in the 300 block of South Main at 7:59 p.m. Monday involved Clifford J. Spratt of Rantoul and Vicky Van Estabrook of Ottawa. The report also lists various court filings, hospital admissions and dismissals, a series of county court speeding citations with small fines, plus a birth, an injury, and bridge winners from the Elks Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main
Clifford J. Spratt
Rantoul
Vicky van Estabrook
Ottawa
Ethel Wallace
Mulberry
Tina Dyer
Eva Smith
Pecan
Vernon Wilson
Baldwin Rfd
Cassie Coe
Edna Williams
King
Alice Ferguson
Veilaville
Kelly Dawson
Ash
David Kersley
N. Mulberry
Charles Hilliard
College
Ricky Trout
Willow
Ray Taylor
Ray Taylor and Son, Kansas City
Kaw
Lawrence Wilson
Williamsburg
Keith Richmond
Quenemo
George Beatty
Cypress
Ernest Brown
Darby Downard
Eureka
The
Elks Club
George Wingert
Dave Mudrick
John Wassmer
L. R. McClay
Dick Peters
KE. E. Hazlett
Lyle Hanes
Merle Price
John Butcher
Desert Trek Tragedy: Three Die Trying to Reach Civilization
INDEPENDENCE California AP two men and a boy stranded after car breakdown attempted a 20 mile walk to civilization in 12 degree heat with no water. Arnold Dobson age 6 Harold Mast Jr age 16 and Harold Mast Sr age 40 died, found along the route seven miles, three miles and 13 miles from the car. They had intended to return to Irvine and Corona after visiting Bishop and planned to visit El Capitan mine before wandering into Saline Valley. Both men were mining equipment salesmen with desert experience. A spring fed oasis was found a mile from the car but the trio had moved away from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Calif
Civilization
Arnold Dobson
Harold Mast Jr
Harold Sr
Irvine
Corona
Bishop
Eureka Valley
el Capitan
Saline
Portugal calls parliamentary election for October 26
Portugal set Oct 26 for parliamentary elections amid an election with the Union Movement as the sole recognized force. The vote will renew the 180 seat National Assembly in its fourth year under PM Marcello Caetano since Salazar’s departure. Interior Ministry promises free canditates while banning subversive activity and disbanding socialist electoral commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
National Union Movement
Portugal
National Assembly
Marcello Caetano
Antonio Salazar
Interior Ministry
Democratic Electoral Commissions
Butler County man fires on wife then kills himself
In rural Butler County, David Demott shot his wife four times as she arrived with a sheriff in tow to remove belongings after divorce papers were served. He then fled to his car and killed himself with the shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Butler County
David Demott
Demott
Probate Court hearing on Florence Edwards will
In Franklin County Kansas the Probate Court will hear Steve Garrett petition for probate of Florence Edwards 1964 will appointing Garrett as executor without bond. Defenses must be filed by August 20 1969 at 10 00 am in Ottawa Kansas. Failure to do so will lead to judgment. Gleason Pinet Attys for Petitioner Steve Garrett petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Florence Edwards
Steve Garrett
Ottawa
Kansas
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