Ransom Memorial Hospital Fixes Room Rates for 1978 Costs Rise
Ransom Memorial Hospital board approved a 1978 budget and raised room charges. Semi private rooms go to 76 per day and private rooms to 85 per day while nursery stays at 13.50. Also noted were wage hikes, unemployment insurance, Social Security increases, and efforts to cut costs. Hospital expenses total 2,811,000 with 2,343,000 expected from operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Steve Lott
Lott
Hostages Overpower Gunman At Subic Bay Bank
In Subic Bay Philippines a Filipino gunman seized a bank inside the U S Naval Base, threatening to burn a pregnant woman and blow up the building. Male hostages overpowered him after hours of danger. he died at the base hospital two hours later. Two hostages were injured. All 14 hostages were Filipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subic Bay
Philippines
U.S. Naval Base
Cmdr
Michael Sherman
Navy
Sherman
U.S
Ernesto Venturina
Philippine Police
Nicomedes Villaluz
Corinthia
Carabejo
Manila
The
Prudential Bank and Trust Co
Christmas Week Ad Briefs From Local Shops
Local ads announce store closures and holiday hours across Ottawa area. L& L Cafe and Davis Paint Store observe Dec 24 26 closures with partial reopenings. L&M Buffet operates Christmas Day 11 to 2 30, then closed 26 27 28. Noritake china sale at 30 percent off. Village Shoppe sportswear sale. Gardner centers close for Christmas break. Drs offices and clinics note holiday schedules. Ottawa Country Club hosts New Year Eve dance 9 pm to 1 am with reservations. Young Place marks red tag markdowns through Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L&m
Ottawa Country Club
Call Club
Dog Calf Shooting Leads to Two Citations in Ottawa
Two residents, Lindel Chism and Charles Holt, were cited after a Wednesday morning shooting related to a dog chewing a calf. Chism faced charges for discharging a firearm and cruelty to animals, while Holt was cited for permitting a dog to run loose. Also noted are bridge replacement plans on K 68 near Pomona with an $880,000 price tag and local holiday closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindel Chism
N. Cherry
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Charles Holt
110 Mile Creek
Pomona
Kansas Department of Transportation
Chism
Christmas Gifts That Don’t Cost An Arm Or Leg
SEATTLE AP Buck bought 60 items for 4.24, proving many gifts cost a dime or less. Budget finds included a tiny clamshell a stick pin a lucky donkey bead a candy stick a tree shaped butter cookie and more. A 47 cent haul added a party popper bulbs postcard and bow while a $3 parking ticket reminded of meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Richard Buck
The
Seattle Times
Buck
Death Notices from Ottawa Franklin County Kansas
Obituaries and notices for Katherine Strafuss Alma Ratliff Harold Slifer list services burial, birthdates, addresses and survivors. Events include Rosary at Lamb Roberts, cremation alternatives, memorials to American Cancer Society, and local callers with funeral home details in Ottawa Franklin County Kansas.
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Alma K. Ratliff
N. Cedar St
Ottawa
Cedar House Nursing Home
Robson-Towner Funeral Home
al Polen
Evergreen Mound
American Cancer Society
Slifer
Harald W. Siiter
North Mulberry
Stormont Wall Hospital
Topeka
Kansas
Dengel & Son
William Weber
Intermont Antioch Cemetery
Homewood
Katherine F. Strafuss
Katherine Frances Strafuss
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Gerald Sheeds
Miss Strafuss
Wenseel Carl and
Anna (Hauptman) Strafuss
Franklin County
Lamb-Roberts
Alma Katheryn Ratliff
N. Cedar
Robson- Towner Funeral Home
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Harold W. Slifer
N. Mulberry
Stormont-Vail Hospital
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Antioch Cemetery
Marion
William
Susan (Meyers) Slifer
Hutchinson
Bessie May
Sacred Heart Catholic
St. John’s Catholic
Lamb- Roberts
Sheeds
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Kall
Ad Briefs
L& Lcafe
Robson-Towner
Noritake China
China Hutch
S. Main
Gibson
Pamida
Clio Church
Davis Paint
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Green Acres
Pizza Shack
Dundee
Keith Sheffer
Dale Laird
Young Place
Keith Sleichter
Kenneth W. Sleichter
7Th
Okinawa
U.S. Marine Corps
12Th Marines
3Rd Marine Div
Rein
FMF
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Area Strike Office
Princeton
Robson
North Main
Towner
Violet Robson
Rena Towner
Dorothy Reams
Jerry Robson
David Bunch
Joe Ferns
Memoriam
Dang Jon
the Daily Report
Anton J. Strafuss
Hickory
Frank Strafuss
Mrs. Ratliff
Decatur County
George and
Stephanie (Bader) Standfast
Charles Ratliff
Princeton Road
Earl Ratliff
S. Sycamore
Alvin Ratliff
Brighton
Colo
George Standfast
South Gate
Florence Pearson
Ukiah
Emma Russell
Kansas City
Nora Gillispie
Sepulveda
Elizabeth Stoffer
J. T. Morrisey
S. Mulberry
Orville Garrett
Wellsville
Alex Jones
Pine
Herman Hefley
William Payne
Jamie McDaniel
W. 2Nd
Raymond Cox
Lyndon
Mattie Perry
Charles Bien
Poplar
Sheriff's News
Randy Scott
David Sellens
Bath
Strafuss
Funeral Home
Ourle
First United
Spriccear'al
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