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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1966
Page
7
Adv yard sale listings with times and locations. Big back yard sale at 318 W. 5th with Fri and Sat 8:30 to 5:30. Ottawa High Cheerleader Car Wash priced at $1.00 Thu and Fri. Piano tuning line and missed Ottawa Herald contact details included.
Hospital admissions list includes Ralph Jones Ottawa RFD 3 Robert E Sloan 618 S Elm Johnny Johnston Pomona Mr Jay Brown 1114 N Cherry Mrs Dora Shaffer Williams burg Claudia Shields Wellsville Diane Seaton 634 S Sycamore Glenn Ware 220 West 10th Wednesday Dismissals list includes Mrs Elmer Gilliland Ottawa RFD 4 Carol Underwood 1534 Apple Lane Dale Bones Princeton Tuesday Mrs Pete Hintz 609 W 19th Owen Burk Lane Rachel Vinning Richmond Wednesday
Debra Harger, 10, and Kenny Harger, 6, were found safe late Tuesday night after wandering from their farm home five miles northeast of town. The sheriff's office said they had disappeared at 7 a.m. and were reported missing after noon. Max Gilmore spotted the siblings crossing a road near their home at 6 p.m. and officers returned them to their parents.
Last night thieves broke into Royal-T Lanes bowling alley and stole about 150 dollars. Manager Cecil Wolgast found the establishment pried open this morning. A pinball machine opened but contained no cash due to being out of order. Police reported the front door had been forced.
Manila AP reports 17 year old Peter Macker, war correspondent and Serra High School senior, flies back to the United States to attend school. He spent five days in Vietnam with his father Ken Mackeer, publisher of the Philippines Herald, covering the war as an accredited reporter for El Padre.
A cow south of Selma in southern Anderson County was killed after a car struck it Tuesday night. The vehicle was driven by 19 year old Thomas Moody of rural Kincaid. The cow belonged to John Smethers, a Kincaid farmer.
Sgt Richard Halvey of the Air Force based in Abilene Texas died August 16 from an accidental gunshot the day before. Funeral service will be in San Antonio with his widow Marjory Lady of Ottawa and son Forrest. Mrs Hulvey was raised in Ottawa by Mrs Marie Kidwell who moved to Topeka. Address details listed for the Hulvey family. Amy Turner 66 of Overbrook RFD 1 died at University of Kansas Medical Center after a month as patient. Services Friday at Towner Chapel with burial at Union Cemetery Centropolis. She was born January 20, 1906 in Donaphin Missouri, lived in Centropolis since 1934, and worked as a telephone operator in Centropolis and previously Dawson Nebraska. Surviving spouse W L Turner, brother J R Best, several nieces and nephews.
Cpl. Ronald Vaughan, 20, of Garnett, was wounded by shrapnel in the right hip last Thursday while serving in Viet Nam. His condition is listed as good. A 1963 Garnett High School graduate, Vaughan has been in service three years and stationed in Vietnam since last April. He described life there in letters to his mother, noting extreme heat and water shortages that limited baths to once a week.
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Virginia McGhee who died Aug 14 at Towner Chapel with Rev Roger Greenslade officiating. Pallbearers included Jim Rodgers Byron Faden and others. Burial followed in Hope Cemetery. A double funeral for Harry W Day and Jack D Day, who died Aug 13, took place Aug 16 at Dengel and Son Mortuary with Rev. Harvard Wilbur officiating. Pallbearers included Larry Day and Reid Harder. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
AP dispatch reports wholesale eggs by grade with large eggs at 80 percent A and mediums at 80 percent A. butter unchanged. Cattle numbers 1,500 with steers steady to 25 higher, prime 26.50-27.00, good to low choice 23.50-25.50. cows 18.00-19.50. Hogs 2,500 with barrows and gilts 25-50 higher, sows steady to 25 higher. Sheep 400 steady, spring lambs 24.75-25.50, shorn ewes 5.75-7.00.
The report lists Leslie N. Leslie, 56, of Po mona, charged with speeding in the 800 block of West 7th, Vincent L. Bulgarelli, 32, of 415 Beech, cited for speeding in the same block, Gary R. Bolt, 22, of Ang ola, charged with speeding in the 800 block, and Richard H. Larkin, 28, of 931 Cypress, charged with running a red light at 2nd and Main on Tuesday.
Fort Scott Kansas AP district engineer Col W G Kratz said the Marmaton River project six miles southwest of Fort Scott is in preconstruction planning and may start in 1968 if funds are approved. The nine unit Osage Marais des Cygnes flood control plan could include navigation study on Arkansas River to Tulsa and Wichita with Verdigris and Grand Neosho tributaries.
Los Angeles AP reports Judy Garland is being sued for divorce by her fourth husband Mark Herron who has amended the suit to seek a divorce alleging extreme mental cruelty. Herron, 36, married Garland, 44, on November 14 in Las Vegas. Garland previously wed David Rose, Vincent Minnelli, and Sid Luft.
President Johnson calls for the economic integration of Latin America and a bold push to raise living standards. He proposes a hemispheric summit agenda, highlighting education agriculture and arms limits as priorities while urging unity over isolation and pledging U.S. support.
Detroit Lions rookie Bill Cody, a smiling Auburn native, answers his favorite hobby as football in a preseason questionnaire. Coach Harry Gilmer praises the rookie, noting Cody’s performance in Detroit’s 28 14 loss to St Louis and his potential as a backup to Wayne Walker amid Auburn Alabama rivalry banter. Cody, Defensive Player of the Year in the SEC last season, scored three touchdowns in three games, two via interceptions and one on a fumble recovery.
Kron vall, a 19 year old Swedish student and AP reporter, visits a Peking family. He describes the father's steel mill job earning about 90 yuan monthly, rent at seven yuan, meals at work, and buses at 20 yuan monthly. He recalls wartime hardship under Japanese occupation, factory life, and plans for his son to become a skilled worker. He notes Maoist influence, coupon led food access, cheap vegetables, costly clothes, and limited salary increases. The mother, a nurse, explains medical and dental benefits under union protection, while the daughter wears a Pioneer red scarf.
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