Four-H Animal Sale At Franklin County Fair Sparks Big Bids
Jack Wilson spent over $800 of Moore Chevrolet money on three 4-H grand champions and reserves at Thursday's Franklin County Fair sale. Bidders from Ottawa to Richmond placed prices from $30 to $75 per hundredweight on Herefords, Angus, and crossbred stock, with multiple named participants and buyers listed across the auction lineup.
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Jack Wilson
Moore Chevrolet
Franklin County
Dick Hull
Ottawa
Wilson
Marcela Poss
Richmond
Farmers Elevator
Angus
Christie Krueger
Wingert Oil Co
Allen Duffle
Pomona
Minnick Motors
Greg Mohr
Sheldon
Ronald Dunbar
Minnsick
Ronenie Stockard
Princeton
Ottawa Herald
People’s State Bank
Larry Poss
First National Bank
Connie Neal
Williamsburg
Pence
IGA
Janice Sylvester
W. H. Hay
Mary Rothwell
Briscoe
Angus Red
Connie Mohr
County Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy and Warm
County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and warm weather tonight and Saturday. Low temps 62 to 68, highs 85 to 90. Thursday high 89, today’s low 59. Record high 107 in 1936, record low 46 in 1958. Hourly temps ending 8 a.m. list readings from 67 to 86 with varied times. Barometer 30.06 inches.
Balloon burst sale halted by county attorney
Russell Crites planned a Thursday balloon break and prize giveaway for a tire sale at his local shop, offering prizes for every 25 dollar purchase. County Attorney Myron Steere reportedly called the plan illegal under Kansas statutes, prompting Crites to cancel balloons and offer a 10 percent tire discount instead. Steere declined to comment.
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Myron Steere
Crites
Ottawa Herald
Steere
Kansas
House Slashes LBJ's Foreign Aid Request
In a marathon session the House cut President Johnson's foreign aid request by 563 million dollars, voting 202 to 194 to approve a 2.8 billion package. Major reductions hit development loans, Alliance for Progress, and NATO funding, with a 33 million cut in technical aid and a Rosenthal amendment banning military aid to nations breaking ties with the U.S. The measure, still larger than the Senate’s approval, awaits a three-house conference.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Chamber
Senate
Alliance For Progress
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
L. Mendel Rivers
Pd Sc
Armed Services Committee
NATO
Benjamin 5. Rosenthal
D-N.y
United States
Melon Thieves Warned by Garnett Farmer
GARNETT Gus Weiss, a 68 year old farmer near Garnett, declared he would shoot intruders after melon raiders struck his 250 acre farm at 12:30 a.m. Hundreds of melons were damaged or stolen, marking the worst raid in 50 years of watermelon growing.
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Garnett
Gus Weiss
Weiss
Ottawa High School Opens Next Week Details and Fees
Ottawa High School begins in six days with Monday and Tuesday registration for seniors juniors and sophomores. Fees for rentals lunches and activity tickets priced at 7.50. Pictures locker assignments schedules and insurance pamphlets distributed. No parking permits unless needed. School calendar lists vacations and key dates through May 29.
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Ottawa High School
Sophos
Woman Has 10 Kids Now
A 34-year-old mother from Florissant, Ruth Fahrenkrog, gave birth at DePaul Hospital to rare boy quadruplets. Attending doctor Dr. Nicholas Correnti reported the quads are in good condition. Father Richard Fahrenkrog, an electrical engineer, predicted all four would be boys and watched television as the births occurred. The first quad weighed 5 pounds 2 ounces and arrived at 1:03 a.m. CDT.
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Louisap
DePaul Hospital
Ruth Fahrenkrog
Florissant
Nicholas C. Correnti
Richard
Fahrenkrog
Correnti
American Nazi Leader Slain By A Sniper
Arlington Virginia police report George Lincoln Rockwell head of the American Nazi party was shot dead by a sniper from a building near the party HQ. Virginia Commonwealth Atty William J Hassan said Rockwell 49 died instantly as his Chevrolet was struck by two bullets. A white man was arrested for questioning.
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Arlington
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Virginia Commonwealth Atty
William J. Hassan
Rockwell
Washington, D.C
Hassan
School Leader Cited For Speed In 100 MPH Zone
Robert A. Shaw, superintendent of Schools for Unified School District 288, Central Heights, was cited in Anderson County Court for driving 100 in a 70 mph zone. He was driving a Central Heights school car followed from a Garnett supermarket by Officer Robert Waite, a deputy sheriff. Shaw lost control on a gravel road near a Richmond service station and ended in a ditch around 6 am.
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Garnett
Robert A. Shaw
Unified School District
Central Heights
Anderson County
Shaw
Robert Waite
Garnett Police Department
Richmond
Pam
Governor backs more bombing in Vietnam, says U.S. winning
Kansas Governor Robert Docking, returning from a South Vietnam trip, told a Topeka news conference he favors increased bombing to cut enemy supply lines. Docking, a Democrat, warned political concerns aside and urged informed citizens. he suggested reporters spend time in the field to see the situation.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Docking
Vietnam
U.S
Edward Fry
Kansas Air National Guard
Stasion
Fry
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Mallett’s Hardware
Matt Rothwell
Safeway, Inc
Billy Lytle
Wellsville
Kansasland Packing Co
Joyce Stinson
Witherspoon Commission Co
Robin Mohr
RFD
Peoples National
Hereeford
Terry Mohr
Coffey County Rea
Joe Stinson
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Carolyn Krueger
Richmond Co-Op
Robert Peine
Heresford Red
Gary Chandler
Witherspoon
Hereford
Rodney Stockard
Minnick
Heresford White
Lori Stockard
Jeannie Poss
Buddy Faber
Russell Crites
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