Local News Briefs Highlight KU Events and Community Ads
Jan Wittmeyer chairs University of Kansas Spring Fling sponsored by dormitory associations. Adv notices include Ottawa Herald carrier needs in Princeton and Linda Davies named secretary of KU Collegiate 4-H Club. Thrift Shop closes Dec 23 and 30. Christmas at Baker University starts 4:35 p.m. School resumes Jan 4. New Ottawa Lodge No 18 A F and A M officers installed led by R Lee Finch. Pomona Gift Center open until 9 p.m. this week.
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Jan Wittmeyer
A. H. Wittmeyer Jr
Maple
University of Kansas
Linda Davies
Osage City
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
A.F
A.M
R. Lee Finch
Walter L. Dengel
John W. Taylor
Clarence E. Rea
W. Whit McCracken
Howard Smith
Ray A. Talbott
David Miller
Richard Maxwell
Tyler
Holiday sale notices and shop openings in Franklin County
Open tonight for snow tires and Christmas trees from Firestone on Island Main and Adv Fresh. Joe's Rail Shop at Main and Beech features piano tuning and various tools. House of Douglas announces Sunday hours Christmas Eve with closure Christmas Day. County Clerk Bruce Spears invites dealers to pick up 1968 game licenses at Franklin County Court house. Spears stated.
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Firestone
Island Main
Adv
Bruce Spears
Franklin County
Spears
Mailman and Soldier Frye to receive state honor
Lyle V Frye of Route 1 McLouth will be honored February 10 by Gov. Robert Docking at halftime of the Wichita State Louisville basketball game for the Citizen-Soldier Outstanding Achievement Award. The 44 year old has served as a Lawrence mail carrier for 11 years and as a first sergeant with the Army Reserve Center. His military service began in 1943 with artillery duty in Puerto Rico and Trinidad, including time with the military police in the British West Indies.
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Lawrence
Kan
Lyle V
Docking
Frye
Army Reserve
National Guard
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Puerto Rico
Trinidad
British West Indies
Santa And The Pigwidgen Part XVI Race To The Rainbow
The Pigwidgen lifts another challenge after losing a drinking contest. Claus rides a flying reindeer to the rainbow’s end to outpace the magic boots and win the box of sorcery, which may be the North Pole itself, as a mysterious standoff unfolds.
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Pigwidgen
Claus
Pairlock Tweedieknees
Tweedieknees
Elf
Patrick Tweedie
North Pole
Mobile homes taxed under new Kansas law
Franks in County Treasurer Velma Powers announced the 1967 Kansas legislature mobile home law requires title and license for mobile homes camping trailers and pickup truck campers. Fees include $10 to $15 with a $5 decal for living quarters trailers. Noncompliance may incur up to $5 monthly penalty.
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Franksin County
Velma Powers
Kansas
New Mexico Junior College Snow Dance Held
Hobbs New Mexico AP reports the NMJC snow dance was finally held Tuesday night after a postponement due to snow last week.
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Hobbs
N.M
New Mexico
Nice Future For Housing Industry
The piece notes housing, despite population and income growth, faces short term money constraints and rising costs. November starts rose to 1.556 million but higher mortgage rates and prices threaten momentum. Strong demand from postwar baby boomers could push future housing to about two million yearly by early 1970s.
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New York
America
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Flaherty To Play Scrooge For Christmas Spirits
Ottawa city notes report by Eugene Flaherty, police chief, on drunken driving as an unpleasant subject. Officers will not patrol for intoxicated drivers, but will act if accidents occur or complaints arise. HUD funds may help Boys' Club facility with two thirds of construction costs, but income limits in service area are stringent. City officials look into East Central Community Action Program and require a full project plan and low income eligibility to qualify. Commissioners informed Boys Club leaders of findings and potential further inquiries. City delays tennis court bids until $86,000 federal match for pool funds arrive.
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Rosie Lister
Eugene Flaherty
Commission
Boys’ Club
Housing Urban Development
HUD
Don Capper
Capper
Ft. Worth
Ottawa
Indi
Cated
East Central Community Action Prosegram
Franklin County
Boys Club Board
Guy Briscogs
Ronnie Johnson
N. Cedar
Forest Park
Local police court notes and obituaries from Daily Report
Thomas Brink Haus 18 Shakopee pleaded guilty to loitering sleeping in a laundry and received 30 days in jail. Marc Cornell Cecil 18 Henderson Nevada pleaded guilty to loitering sleeping in a laundry and got 30 days. Orval Tucker 75 Elm forfeited 25 bond for improper lane change. Anna L Cook 67 Main continued for arraignment January 4 for driving after dark without headlights. Dennis N Grqui 18 Pomona RFD 1 forfeited 50 bond for drunken public. Harry E Van Valkenburg 25 Kansas City Missouri forfeited 10 bond for speeding 30 in a 20 mph zone. Bob Merscham 30 Locust assault warrant dismissed at witness request. Allen V Pratt 20 Sycamore pleaded guilty to excessive exhaust noise and fined 25. Lydia M Stewart 72 Otetawa RFD 4 pleaded guilty to disobeying red signal and fined 10. Ernest E Shepard 44 Atchison pleaded guilty to being drunk in public and fined 50. Resisting arrest and disturbing the peace dismissed. Deaths Harley Blackstone 67 Mount Hope Community northeast of Princeton died at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Services Sunday at Ruhamah Baptist Church. Burial Ruhamah Cemetery. Born Jan 15 1900 Mount Hope, married Vena Tucker 1920. survived by daughter Gerald Ball, son Leo Blackstone, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, sister Elson Long.
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Thomas Harold Brink
Haus
Shakopee
Minn
Marc Cornell Cecil
Henderson
Nev
Orval
Tucker
Elm
Anna L, Cook
Main
Dennis
Griqui
Pomona
Harry E. van Valkenburg
Kansas City
Bob -Merscham
Sycamore
Lydia M, Stewart
Otetawa Rfd
Ernest E, Shepard
Atcchison
Harley Blackstone
Mount Hope
Princeton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ruhamah Baptist Church
Henry G. Duerksen
Ruhamah Cemetery
Wallace and
Anna May (Welton) Blackstone
Ottawa
Vena Tucker
Ottawa Steel
Franklin County
Gerald Ball
Rantoul
Leo Blackstone
Elson Long
Prescott
Ariz
Local market prices and obituaries from Hardin area
Local market figures show oats barley and wheat with soybeans valued at M42. Admissions list names Mrs Mary Kramer Robert Carey Mrs Minnie Clemens Nancy Jones. Dismissals include Mrs Jose Mora Harley Davis and Mrs James Price. Funerals for Ray W Johnson and Mrs Georgia Willeford noted with service times and burial details. Kansas City reports wholesale eggs butter cattle hogs and sheep prices and movements for the week.
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Mary Kramer
N. Mulberry
Robert Carey
WU. Low
Minnie Clemens
Jose Mora
King
Ben Nitcher
Pomona
Harley Davis
Tremont
James Price
Petition Circulating for Judy Rural Water District
Citizens circulate petitions to form the Judy Rural Water District serving about 275 families. The district would extend from two miles south of Wellsville to Garnett area, touch the Miami County line and reach two miles east of US 59. Water would be bought from Rantoul. Franklin County commissioners are asked to form the district with FHA financing.
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Rantoul . Judy Rural Water District
Wellsville
Garnett
Miami County
Us.59
Rantoul
Franklin County
State Dept Denial Powers Over Passports Narrowed
Washington AP reports a court ruling limits the State Department by allowing passports to accompany travel to Cuba and other restricted nations if the holder does not use the passport to reach the off limits country. The ruling focuses on intent and use, not mere possession of a passport.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
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