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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
4
Social Security representatives will be at the Youth Center 115 W. 4th from 9 to noon Monday to assist residents with benefits and information. Mrs. Lola Booker of Richmond was discharged Thursday from Anderson County Hospital Garnett where she had been a patient since November 4.
James H. Edwards, 26, Gardner, formerly of Ottawas, injured Dec. 18 in an Olath e car crash and released from KU Medical Center after facial injuries and leg damage. He had plastic surgery and will stay home about three weeks. Every Day special seven hamburgers to go for $1 at Scotts Drive-In. Dr William Harrin will not be at Ransom Memorial Hospital next Tuesday.
The regular Pomona City Council meeting is set for Monday December 30 at 7 p.m. Also advertised are special New Year prices on RCA and Zenith Color TV sets from Crites Appliance. A dance featuring Bob Moody with Kenny Toumberlin on steel is offered at the VFW Hall Saturday at 9 p.m.
The National Labor Relations Board is examining a petition from Wilber Sarlls of Sunflower to withdraw the union shop clause at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near De Soto Kansas. The effort seeks an NLRB ruling on whether 30 percent of the 2200 workers back a vote on retaining or dropping the clause, while the contract itself stays in force.
Manhattan Kansas Dr Floyd W Smith director of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station has been named acting vice president for agriculture at Kansas State University Approval by the Board of Regents of Smiths appointment effective Jan 1 was announced by K State President James A McCain
A 69-year-old Baldwin farmer, Orta Kretsinger, is in poor condition after surgery for a head wound from a bullet. Sheriff Rex Johnson says investigators have not yet ruled out an accidental discharge from Kretsinger's own .22 rifle. Kretsinger was found unconscious by his wife around 8 a.m. and later died? transferred to the University of Kansas Medical Center for care.
New York AP reports Apollo 8 crews faced the unknown with awe and faith as they penetrated space’s uncharted frontier. The astronauts echoed biblical longing for sight and trust, reflecting a religious awareness guiding humanity’s space ascent led by Col Frank Borman and recalling John Glenn Jr.’s 1962 orbital milestone.
Pittsburgh AP reports that 1968 saw a weaker steel year due to strike fears and rising imports. Forecasts dropped from 130 to 126 million tons, with September shipments at six-year lows. Production rebounded late 1968 with 111 million tons in the first 10 months, third-quarter profits near 715 million, and record capital spending of 2.3 billion. Prices fluctuated amid foreign competition. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem made price moves, industry-wide cuts failing to hold.
Funeral services for James L. Jones age 81 lifelong Franklin County resident who passed away yesterday evening will be conducted from the Mortuary Monday at 2 p.m. Rev. Lewis R. Hearne officiating. Interment Highland Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from Saturday evening until service hour.
Obituary notices for Ralph E Thomas 86 Garnett died Wednesday at University of Kansas Medical Center with services at Coughlin Funeral Home Wellsville burial Rockcreek Cemetery. Also notices for James L Jones 81 Ottawa area died at Crestview Nursing Home with funeral at Dengel and Son Mortuary and Edward L McDonald 67 Garnett with service at Farris Funeral Home.
Hospital notes list several residents and addresses including Perry Porter Ottawa RFD 1 and Walter Dean Weems with Friday and Thursday entries. Births recorded for Mains and Gast and Bond families with infant weights. Ottawa Police report charges against Tillery and Roberts. Car collision at Fifth and Main referenced. Regional market reports and funeral notices for Cook, Sands, Shambaugh with services and survivors.
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