Holiday miscellany and odd tips from Hal Boyle
AP columnist Hal Boyle shares a holiday collage of trivia and quips from U.S. history and folklore. The notes cover Jefferson’s 75 cent turkey, Roosevelt’s Christmas tree stance, misused remedies, superstition, and cultural odds about marriages, with a final quip about actor Robert Preston’s preferred dessert, New Orleans pecan pie.
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New York
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Lin Yutang
Earth
Samuel
Robert Preston
New Orleans
GIs Learn Vietnamese Fare From Former Saigon Actress
Fayetteville AP report describes Lan Nam a glamorous former Saigon actress teaching U S soldiers bound for Vietnam how to eat ca gio and other Vietnamese dishes. Her husband Nguyen Minh Tri a 25 year old Vietnamese language teacher says soldiers inspired them to open a Vietnam se restaurant in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville, N.C
U. S
Vietenam
Lan Nam
Fayetteville
Nguyen Minh Tri
Tri
Pasadena Playhouse
California
Saigon
North Carolina
Today in History and World News Snippet
Today is December 19, 1966, a Monday, the 353rd day of the year with 12 days left. Notable items include Paine’s Crisis quotation, the 1907 Jacobs Creek coal mine disaster, Green’s AFL presidency, and Eisenhower’s 1950 European command appointment. The piece also covers a Vietnamese restaurant venture tied to the Army Special Warfare School and cultural notes, ending with Mark Twain on human brotherhood.
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Associated Press
Jacobs Creek
Penn
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Fort Laudersdale
Fla
Adolf Hitler
Field Marshal
von Brauchitz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Austria
United States
Ngoan van Dao
Vietnam
Saigon
Ottawa Kansas Adopts Codification Ordinance 2290
The 1966 ordinance adopts the Code of the City of Ottawa Kansas and sets publication and repeal dates. It details what ordinances are preserved as not of a general nature and lists categories excluded from repeal including property, streets, taxes, bonds, contracts, and city limits.
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Ottawa
Kansas
City of
Otetawa
City of Ottawa Kansas Ordinance on Code Repeal and Validity
The ordinance preserves rights and liabilities under repealed ordinances for enforceable matters and states that severability applies if any portion is declared unconstitutional. It clarifies that headnotes and footnotes are for convenience and not part of the ordinances, and sets the effective date and continuance of force.
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City of
Ottawa
Kansas
City of Ottawa adopts 1966 city code provisions
Probate court notice warns all interested parties of Everett G. Clark executor seeking sale of estate realty Lots 187 and 139 on East A Street Pomona to pay debts taxes and administration costs. Defenses must be filed by December 28, 1966 at 10 a.m. in Ottawa Franklin County Kansas court.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Court House
Ottawa
State of Kansas
Said
Vernon
Blank
W. K. Blunk
Verna O. Blunk
Winton A. Winter
First National Bank Bldg
Everett G. Clark
Sarah E. Clark
Pomona
Guardianship and Conservatorship Petition Pending in Ottawa KS
Max Pierson, guardian for Adda Abbie May, seeks court order to sell Lots 13 and 15, Block 1, Atkinson's University Addition, Ottawa Kansas to fund care and medical expenses. Notice requires written defenses by December 27, 1966 at 10:00 a.m. in Franklin County Court.
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State of Kansas
Max Pierson
Adda Abbie May
Atkinson’s University
City of Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Ottawa
Notice to Vacate Road in Franklin County Kansas
Public notice states a petition dated November 28 1966 by sixteen residents of Anderegon and Franklin Counties asked the Franklin County Board of County Commissioners to vacate a road between the counties. A meeting is set for December 28 1966 at 10 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas to hear objections and discuss damages. George Atchison chairs the board with Bruce Spears as County Clerk.
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Anderegon
Franklin Counties
Board of Coune Ty Commissioners
Franklin County
Kansas
Township
Range
Board of County Commissioners
Frankelin County
Ottawa
George Atchison
Public Sale Near Pomona Kansas Auction Location
A public sale will be held at a public auction site located one mile south one percent west one south one west one south east of Pomona Kansas. Details follow in the notice.
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Pomona
Kan
Farm Sale Catalog Items Include Cattle Machinery Antiques
Thursday December 22 1966 sale starts 12 30 p m featuring 2 roan cows 6 year old springers red cow 3 year old springer 2 black cows 4 year old springers calves by side several roan cows 3 year old fresh in spring plus 5 coming yearling steers 4 coming heifers plus Farmall F 20 tractor J D 2 bottom plows hay baler corn picker side rake and more antiques including wagonload of hand tools and various farm articles and household goods
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Sh.c
J.D
A.C
I.H.C
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Thomas Paine
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
King
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Ufe
France
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Special Warfare
The
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Special Forces
Chagio
Hong Kong
South Pacific
Mark Twain
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Joe Ferns
City
Charles Williamson
Artest
State of
Gleason
Duty and
Logan Attorneys
Adda
Abbie May
Gleason, Doty and Logan
Guardian and Conservator
Attest
Bruce Spears
Porter-Spears
Agency
Main
Tom Porter
George Spears
S. Main
E. E. Marshall
Myers Bros., Auct
Citizens State Bank
Libby
N. Main
Tra
Town & Country
Meadow
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