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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1974
Page
9
Small town notices list service ads from Raney Reynolds Delivery Pizza Village and Turner's Tele Shop. Events include The Outlaws at Tilton's Inn, a Elbow Lounge dance with The Friendly Persuasions, church suppers, and a Hudson Bay trip slide show. Public notices promote Christmas decor, gifts, and shop openings.
Nine Franklin County Farm Bureau officers directors and committee chairs joined a Second District Leadership Training session in Emporia. Russell Sylvester led a program on achieving Farm Bureau goals focusing on communications. Attendees included Andy Duffle Gene Vining Earl Gilliland Dorothy Gilliland Larry Averill Sandy Sylvester Phyllis Schamle and Helen Feuerborn.
Salina Kan AP The head basketball coach at Salina South High School Jack Dean announced his resignation effective at the end of the period year. Dean, previously at Topeka High, has held the Salina post for five seasons with the team 0-3 to open this season. He is undecided about his future and says he wanted to give someone else a crack at the job.
The United Nations General Assembly adjourned after a stormy, six day debate highlighting Arab and African bloc power. President Abdela Biziz Bouteflika of Algeria wrapped up the session praising a new global awareness while U.S. Ambassador John Scali warned of a looming U.S. public and Congressional backlash. The session featured Yasir Arafat addressing the assembly with an olive branch and a revolver and saw the Palestine question and PLO observer status voted in amid U.S. objections. The body also excluded South Africa from debates and limited Israel’s allotted speeches during the Palestine debate.
The Watergate cover-up trial nears verdict with final arguments set by lead prosecutor James F. Neal. Parkinson testifies last for defense. six character witnesses and two prosecution rebuttals follow. Parkinson, with co-defendants Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, and Magruder, faces conspiracy to obstruct the investigation.
The Ottawa city commission accepted the December planning commission recommendations, approved the 1975 budget expenditures, and renewed 12 cereal malt beverage licenses. Renewals included Ottawa Country Club, The Blue Room, Twilight Retreat, Pence South, Hickory Inn, Spot Tavern, Pizza Village, Pizza Hut St. Joseph, Waymire locations, Elbow Lounge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and others. Next meeting set for 5 p.m. in January.
Steve Lott, administrator of Ransom Memorial Hospital, presented the 1975 hospital budget to the Franklin County Commission. The total budget is 1,908,297 dollars, with 51,000 dollars from a one mill countywide levy unchanged from 1974. The panel approved a motion to retain the clerk in the Kansas State Parole office, sharing costs with Miami and Allen counties. The county share runs about 238 dollars monthly, contingent on co‑funding by the other counties. The commission also approved a health department home health care contract and rented a Zerox copy machine for the new courts building at 135 dollars per month for the first 3,300 copies. Courthouse will close at noon next Tuesday for Christmas and reopen December 26.
The Senate defeated a bid to hold federal spending near 300B for the current fiscal year by 61 to 31. An amendment proposed 2 percent cuts in executive costs and 10 percent in other controllable costs, aiming to save about 11B and trim 5.5B from Ford's 306.8B estimate, with a waiver provision for essential defense projects. Earlier, it approved a 5B supplemental for jobless measures.
Andrew J. Whitcher life long Quenemo resident dies. Funeral at Quenemo United Methodist Church Friday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Ron Sparks officiates. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call funeral home Thursday 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. Friday.
Applications are being accepted to establish a register of substitutes for rural mail carriers. An examination is scheduled, and forms are available at the Ottawa Post Office. Submit before Jan 15. For more information contact the Ottawa Postmaster at 242-2000.
Ottawa Police logged a 1:50 p.m. two-vehicle collision at Fourth and Main involving William Houser and Daniel Kay with no citations. A 17-year-old is in Franklin County Jail over two break-ins, including a Betty Burgoon residence theft of about $300 and a VFW beer theft on US-59. Reindeer theft at 1531 Orchard Drive, value $16.25, plus multiple obituaries and services listed for local residents.
Syria seeks a six month deadline for resumed Geneva talks and conditions progress or risk increased tensions. President Assad told Blitz that tangible progress is needed, with hopes US Soviet and UN mediation aiding peace. Israel’s position was voiced by UN Ambassador Tekoah after returning from New York. In Washington Kissinger hosted a dinner where Mrs Meir urged vigilance and resilience while seeking openings for peace.
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