Controversy Rocks Small Altoona Over Audit and Arson
In Altoona Kansas auditors probe the city finances while law enforcement investigates a September 23 arson that destroyed the Altoona Tribune. Officials say the fire appears arson and may hinge on circumstantial evidence. editors and residents debate motives amid a widening probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hinnen
Kansas
Altoona Chns
Wilson County
Ottawa
Keith Gooddart
Altoona
David K. Clark
Altoona Tribune
Tribune
Gary Stanley
Hubert Harris
Harris
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Clark
Obituary of Aziel Lloyd Pack and related local notices
Aziel Lloyd Pack 57 well known Quarter Horse breeder died of a heart attack at his Princeton home on December 1. Services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Dengel and Son Mortuary with burial at Mount Bethel Cemetery Weston Missouri. Pack, born May 28 1919 in Cross Timbers Missouri, served in WWII, worked as a carpenter, and was active in 4-H and Boy Scouts. He is survived by his mother wife Janice and children Tommy Sue Ellen Cheryl and a grandchild. other survivors listed. Also included are funeral arrangements for Glenn Orville Bible and hospital admissions and dismissals, a birth, small claims, and Kansas City market quotations.
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Aziel “al” Lloyd Pack
Princeton
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Mount Bethel Cemetery
Weston
Pack
Cross Timbers
S. L
Minnie Etta (Mitchell) Pack
Olathe
Northeast Kansas Quarter Horse Association
Franklin
Johnson Counties
Franklin County
Johnson County
Smith and Loveless
Lenexa
Miami
Okla
Janice A. Rees
Doris Jennings
Tommy
Sue Ellen Pack
Cheryl Bruner
Springfield
AL Pack
Aziel L
al” Pack
RFC Princeton
Dengel & Son
Mount Bethel
Missouri
Lane area events and notices Briefs
Local notices list hospital patient Jean Phares in Kansas City and December 6 officers election dinner in Lane. Others include memorials to Ray Simmons, aviation and health committee meetings, Allie Murray now in Richmond, a Baxter Community potluck, a social dance with Blue Rhythm Ramblers, and livestock market quotes with Friday estimates.
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Jean Phares
Ottawa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Greenwood
Blue Rhythm Ramblers
Local Ads Run Weekend Specials and Store Updates
OTASCO opens 1 to 5 p m Sunday. QUEEN S Carry Out closes 8 p m from December 6. BUDGE S Ace Hardware open 8 a m to 8 30 p m until Christmas. MIRROVISION shows Friday Dec 8 at 10 30 am 2 and 4 pm. WEEKEND special 1002 Tbone or French fried shrimp baked potato salad bar 2 05 Fri-Sat 8 30 p m. L M Buffet. EAST Kansas Insulation Service Ben Nitcher owner Wellsville free estimates 1 883 2111 day 242 7659 night. SHIRT and jeans kits sale at Huderson House Pomona QUENEMO Ladies Aid Penny Supper Sat Dec 4 5 30 Church Annex Everyone welcome. SHOP Clothes Hanger this Christmas 20 percent off entire stock through Christmas. Bul Jordan live music Fri night The Friendly Persuasions Sat night Saddleback Lounge. NEW homes in Ottawa upper 208 Good financing Call Ben Nitcher Wellsville 1983 2111 or 863 2104
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L&m Buffet
East Kansas Insulation Service
Ben Nitcher
Wellsville
Ottawa
Call Ben Nitcher
OHS Student Cartoon Published in Senior Weekly Reader
Ottawa High School senior James Bowen sees his political cartoon printed in the school weekly. The piece shows a jackass with Jimmy Carter’s head kicking an elephant with Gerald Ford’s head under the slogan Carter Kicks Ahead. Teacher Kathy Littett had students draw posters after studying candidates.
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Ottawa High School
James Bowen
N. Mulberry
Jackass
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Carter
Kathy Littett
Local Frat House Planned By Kappa Sigma In Baldwin
Kappa Sigma fraternity in Baldwin hires Skidmore and Devore Ottawa architects to design a new one story fraternity house with enclosed courtyard for 36 members to replace the 2017 building destroyed by Aug 29 fire in which five members died. Loyd Builders Inc. Ottawa named as general contractor with site clearing set to start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Baldwin
Skidmore & Devore
Ottawa
Fred Searls
Searls
Loyd Builders Inc
B1 Bomber Gets Go Ahead Amid Cold War Pressure
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld ordered start on B1 bomber production amid outcry over cost and strategic impact. Carter opposes immediate production, while Ford-era officials cite Soviet drive for strategic superiority and $2 billion already spent on development.
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Washington
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Coldest November on record in Topeka since 1887
Topeka weather officials report November 1967 as the coldest since records began in 1887 with an average of 35.4 degrees, 7.5 below normal. The month was the third driest with only .04 inch of moisture, behind 1954 and 1921.
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Topeka
Kan
National Weather Service
Funeral services for Ray H. Simmeans
Funeral services for Mr. Ray H. Simmeans will be held from the Church of the Brethren on Friday December 3 at 2 o clock with Rev Ralph M Hodaden officiating. Interment will be in Appanoose Cemetery northwest of Centropolis. Friends may call at the Lamb Roberts Funeral Home from Thursday noon until 10:00 a.m. Friday and afterwards at the church.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Little Altoona
KBI
Floyd Dibbern
Stanley
City Hall
John Thompson
Pride Committee
the Daily Report
Glenn Bible
Glenn Orville Bible
Lamb- Roberts
Colony Cemetery
Colony
Clifford Burke
Stanley Bross
Mulberry
Mike Harkins
Gerald Smith
Williamsburg
Ruth Johnston
Westphalia
Vera Roberts
Pomona
Robert Richardson
Larry Owen
Melvern
George Beil
Norman Davis
Small Claims
Marcia Yohe
Diane Campbell
Yohe
Vearl Garrison
Jack Comstock
Garrison
Larry Modlin
Lane Fair Board
Odd Fellow's
Lane
Ray Simmons
Church of the Brethren Memorial Fund
Aviation Committee
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Allie Murray
Oak Haven Rest Home
Richmond
Baxter
Ad Briefs
QUEEN
Budge
Ace Hardware
Mirrovision
Turner
West 15Th
Huderson House
Quenemo Ladies Aid
Bul Jordan Fri
The
Friendly Persuasions
Saddleback Lounge
OHS
James
Rumsfeld
Ford
Air Force
Thomas C. Reed
Reed
Lamb-Roberts
Chterry
Memoriam
Deel Fon Mortuary
Kozy Kitchen
Gtowa
Opan
Ottawa University Department of Speech and Drama
Jean Anouilh
Second Street
East Second Street
Nelson Travel Agency
Peoples National Bank & Trust
FDIC
Ottawa, Kansas
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