Music Man opens at Vassar Playhouse in River City
Review notes the Vassar production mirrors Ottawa with a recreated courthouse backdrop and local storefronts. Bruce Rogers designed strong sets and costumes with solid singing and humor, though opening night jitters dimmed the sparkle of this American classic about a traveling salesman who cons parents before falling for a librarian in River City, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lambert
River City
Ottawa
Vassar Playhouse
Midwest
Wassmer
Ralph
Bruce Rogers
Iowa
Vassar
Veda Rogers
Jennifer Warren
Margaret Rogers
Jos Hoffsommer
Jeanne Fridell
Eleanor Richardson
Kevin Fewell
Judi Sterling
Sterling
Annie
Gertrude Stein
Paris
Someone
Fewell
Tom Mitchell
Mitchell
Ottawans
Max Fridell
Charlie Cowell
Dale Fox
Mike Esser
Darrell McCune
Bob Green
Vern Knapp
Lawrence
DINE by candlelight and more at local eateries
A collection of local dining specials and entertainment notices includes DINE by candlelight with ten ounce T-bone or fried shrimp for 2.95 at L and M Buffet and CATFISH with sides for 2.95 at Mike's Kazy Kitchen located north of Ottawa on US 59. The notes also advertise 10 percent off steaks and chicken on Friday and Saturday nights, live music at Saddleback Lounge, A-1 Cab service, and a correction about VFW mountain oyster and steak fry times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L and M Buffet
Mike
Kazy
Ottawa
Us-59
VFW
VFW Hall
Bill Jordan
Marvin Ross
Canal Treaty Opponents Hopeful for Senate Vote
Opponents of the Panama Canal treaty aim to deny the pact the two thirds needed in the Senate. Sen. Strom Thurmond with Sens. Jesse Helms and Orrin Hatch planned to visit Panama to confer with officials including Gen. Omar Torrijos and Maj. Gen. Harold Parfitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Senate
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Thurmond
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
Orrin Hatch
Educators Back Glasser Discipline Approach In LA Workshop
Three educators Jane Feuerborn Ben Moor and Mary Burns voiced full support for William Glasser reality therapy after attending a discipline workshop at the Educator Training Center in Los Angeles The session highlighted teaching responsibility to students and reducing suspensions while boosting teacher morale Administrators from USC 290 heard the findings and teachers will meet Glasser representatives in service training before the new school year starting Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educator Training Center
Los Angeles
Jane Feuerborn
Ottawa High School
Ben Moor
Mary Burns
Garfield
William Glasser
Glasser
U.S.C. 290
Dan Neuenswander
Burns
Obituary notices and local incidents from Ottawa region
Obituaries for Bertha May Carter of Paola and James Oren Burrow of Ottawa are followed by a local theft case, a bomb threat at Safeway, admissions and dismissals at area facilities, a minor traffic accident, Kansas livestock quotes, and notes on military service and community hosts at the Old Depot Museum. The items sketch family links, public safety actions, and small town happenings in Aug. 12 issue style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha May Carter Paola
Bertha May Carter
Ottawa
Geneva Trickett
RFD
James Burrow
James Oren Burrow
Sycamore
Ft. Scott
Robson-Towner
Highland Cemetery
Burrow
Maypearl
Tex
James A
Florence
Bromley) Burrow
McAdoo
Buford Cooper
Portales
N.M
Jana Sue Burrow
Cannady
W. Wilson
Safeway
S. Main
S. Sycamore St
Kansas
Robson- Towner Funeral Home
James McCrossen
Robson-Towner Funeral Home
American Heart Fund
Robson Towner Funeral Home
LABO Children Square Dance Participants In Franklin County
Eight Japanese youths and their sponsor enjoyed a three week LABO exchange square dance at Celebration Hall hosted by the Franklin County 4-H Council. Nagashi Kasuya, 12, stayed with the Chris Dunlap family and missed the event due to mumps. he remains on bed rest and may join the group later depending on a Friday doctor's visit. He enjoys Batman and Godzilla comics, model planes and ships, and Pepsi with extra sugar. The group plans to depart Saturday for Rock Springs 4-H Center then return to Japan after adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebration Hall
Franklin County
4-H Council
Nagashi Kasuya
Nagashi
Chris Dunlap
Ottawa
RFD
United States
Dunlap
Derailment Victim In Fair Condition
GARNETT Kansas A 40 year old woman remains in fair condition at a Kansas City hospital after a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed sending a grain car into her house demolishing it. Fourteen of the sixteen cars left the tracks spilling cargo and damaging gas and water lines while her husband and 11 year old daughter suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Theresa Lickteig
Olathe
Licktieg
Cynthia Hanes
Ottawa
Garnett
Kan
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
James Hiatt
Anderson County Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Hosital
Lawrence Kellerman
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Ad Briefs
Herald
Jimmie Lee
Country Rock Fund
The
Renegades
Dave Marsh
Sun
Saddleback Lounge
Friendly Blue Room Tavern
VFW Mountain
Lacey TV
Benner-Williams
R. Ford
Panama
Carter
Sol Linowitz
Moor
the Daily Report
Public Safety News
Gene Lyons
Princeton
Chris Rossman
Mary Smith
Pomona Rfd
Elva Knight
Blue Mound
Dennis Lickteig
Toby Aguirre
Cleveland
Roger Comstock
Quenemo
St. Lukes
Merritt Ball
Ash
15Th and
Main
Joseph ©. Taylor
RFD 1
Terri C. Horne
S. Cherry
Taylor
Quo
Michael G. Moore
Ronald G. Moore
Baldwin Rfd 2
U.S. Air Force
Moore
Altus Air Force Base
Altus
Oklo
Baldwin High School
Jeffrey Crooks
Myrna Stoneking
Pomona
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Old Depot Museum
James Clark
Tom Adams
Carroll Wells
Nellie Welton
W. W. Dew
Irvin Elder
Robson
LABO
Wonder Woman
Shazam
Isis
Square Dance
Diane Rader
Katsuaki Sokaguchi
Hiatt
Kellerman
Hiatts
Towner
Violet Robson
Rena Towner
Dorothy Reams
Jerry Robson
David Bunch
Doe Ferns
Lamb-Roberts
Dick Stinnett
Chevroler & Olds Inc
Anes
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