Hospital Notes and Local Obituaries Highlight Small-Town Life
The report lists several hospital notes including dismissals, births, and an emergency case, plus an accident on North Main involving two drivers. It covers a death notice for James P. Haggard of McPherson with burial in Wellsville, and funeral details for Cecil Frances Mathias in Ottawa with services at Towner's Chapel.
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North Main
Robert L. Hummer
Williamsburg
Floyd
Holland
Scranton
Hummer
James P. Haggard
McPherson
Church of the Brethers
Wellsville
Haggard
Santa Fe
Princeton
Ottawa
Sue (Dixon) Haggard
Paul L. Haggard
Pine Bluff
Wyo
Neal E. Haggard
Cavecreek
Ariz
Cecil F. Mathias
Towner’s Chapel
Cecil Frances Mathias
Jerrald R. Harnden
J. M., Kilgore
Marilyn Noah
Alfred Nilges
W. E. Ruckert
Robert Lingard
Tharan Phillips
Charles Edwards
Conrad Hermrick
Buriss
Highland Cemetery
Square Dance at Lat. 27 Ottawa High School
Bill Abbott calls the square dance at Lat. 27 Ottawa High School with Adv Rex's TV channel 2 2700 listed for more information. The brief notes the event and contact details.
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Ottawa High School
Bill Abbott
Rex’s
Illinois man charged in three murders
Kenneth Rogers, 2%, arrested in Covington Tennessee after waiving extradition while treated for a self inflicted wrist injury. Authorities say he killed his wife Wilma, 19, her companion Barbara Case, 25, and Lisa Levering, 14, with the trail er housing his bride and Case found near Carterville and Levering found December 1 on a rural road near Carbondale. A note in Case’s car claimed the killings and the suspect’s illness.
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Covington
Tenn
Wilma
Barbara Case
Lisa Levering
Carbondale
Carterville
Ill
Miss Levering
Illinois
Tennessee
Richard Richman
Jackson County
Jerry Simmons
Miss Case
Ripley
Lewis Mitchell
Lauderdale County
Barb
Fatal Maplewood apartment fire claims four lives
Four people died in a late Friday night blaze in a Maplewood, St. Louis area apartment building. Fire crews found the bodies after entering the heavily damaged three story brick structure. The fire began in the basement and spread upward. seven residents were rescued and about 12 families evacuated. Identification of victims followed initial reports of a woman, Mrs. Clare Middicombe, 8.
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ST. Louis
Maplewood
Clare Middicombe
Five Israeli Gunboats Missing in Norway Controversy
Paris AP report says Norway’s Defense Ministry confirms five gunboats ordered by Israel were purchased by a Norwegian oil shipping service, while Norway’s Foreign Ministry denies knowledge of the deal. Gunboats left Cherbourg under the Norwegian flag. Israel says they were sold or renounced its interest.
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Paris
Defense Ministry
Israel
Oslo
Norway
Cherbourg
France
Wall
Charles de Gaulle
Five Day SDS Meeting Opens in Flint
SDS leaders launch a five day session in a north Flint ballroom to map next year’s antiwar strategy. The ultramilitant Weather Underground faction leads the event with 500 to 1,000 expected. newsmen face $25 entry and cameras are banned. Protests against ROTC programs and support for the National Liberation Front in Vietnam are on the agenda.
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Flint, Mich
Students For A Democratic Society
U.S
Ultramilitant
Weatherman
SDS
Flint
War Council
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Blaze Fatal Fire Claims Bluff City Woman
Lois Drehmer, 47, died in a Friday night blaze that swept her three room Bluff City home. Neighbor Mrs. Harry Misak raised the alarm. the body was found in a kitchen corner. Coroner Dr. J F Duffy says death appears by asphyxiation. Bluff City, population 150, lies in Harper County near the Oklahoma border.
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Bluff City
Kan
Lois Drehmer
Harry Misak
J.F. Duffy
Harper County
Oklahoma
Rock Festival Halted By Cold And Fog In Florida
Hollywood officials halted the three day Hollywood Music Festival three hours after midnight. About 2,000 fans gathered as temperatures dropped to the low forties. The program included Billy Graham and acts like The Turtles The Amboy Dukes The Grateful Dead and B B King. Police set up bus shuttles and patrolled grounds as organizers expected up to 35 000 attendees in the 72 hour event.
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Brav
Billy Graham
The
Turtles
Amboy Dukes
Grateful Dead
Vanilla Fudge
Canned Heat
Paul Buterfield
Johnny Winter
B.B. King
Ed Stack
Johnson
Inflation Woes Plague Most American Families in 1969
University of Michigan survey shows most families feel hurt by inflation, with greater perceived damage among lower incomes. Morgan Guaranty Trust warns consumer apathy signals 1970 recession risk, while industry leaders predict slower growth but solid auto sales and lingering steel demand dips in the coming year.
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University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Morgan Guarantry Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
Roy Chapin Jr
American Motors
Morris makes nonreferential art at Corcoran Gallery
Washington AP report on Robert Morris and his minimalist sculptures. Works span plywood to earth works using dirt asphalt and mirrors. Outside the Corcoran a steam sculpture forms colored vapors. Morris, 38, moved from painting to sculpture in 1959 with many solo shows. exhibit travels to Detroit after Washington.
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Washington (Ap
Robert Morris
Morris
Washington
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran
White House
Detroit
Manson Prepares Album to Aid Murder Trial Defense
Charles Manson, 35, the cult leader, records a self composed singing and guitar album to raise funds for his defense against murder conspiracy charges tied to seven killings. The album contains songs he wrote prior to arrest in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Manson
Storms Hit East Coast
A major storm battered eastern areas with heavy snow rain and strong winds. Snow depths exceeded two feet in New York state and northern New England with Montpelier Vermont at 39 inches and Albany New York at 29 inches. A second storm was forming in the Southwest as snow spread from the Rockies to the Plains and mid Mississippi Valley.
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North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Central Appalachians
New England
New York State
Montpelier
Glen Falls
N.Y
Albany
Weather Bureau
Rockies
North
Central Plains
mid-Mississippi Valley
Pro American Vote Seen In Japan Election Outlook
Japan's national elections showed a light turnout as voters weighed Prime Minister Hisaku Sato's pro American stance. The Liberal Democrats aimed for a majority in the 486 seat House of Representatives, with polls predicting 270 to 280 seats. A 65 percent turnout, lower than the 74 percent last January, marked the day before New Year holidays.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hisaku Sato
Liberal-Democratic
House of Representatives
Diet
Liberal Democrats
Sato
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Okinawa
Drapan
Satd
Middle Road
Komeito
Clean Government Party
Soka Gakkai
Communist Party
Call End To Hospital Strike Ends in Memphis
A 12 week strike against St Joseph Hospital is ended by union leaders with the rank and file voting to return to work Monday morning. Rev Ralph Abernathy announced the strike’s end at the Criminal Courts Building after four ministers were released on $1 bond each. The dispute arose from disagreement over which nonprofessional employees should vote in a union representation election. most strikers were Black.
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Memphis, Tenn
St. Joseph Hospital
Ralph David Abernathy
Criminal Courts Building
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Safe Too Safe causes bank cashing delay
In Youngstown Ohio Home Savings and Loan Co borrowed from Union National Bank to cash checks after its vault timing device failed to open on time for the holiday period. A spokesman attributed the issue to improper sequencing of the timing apparatus.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Home Savings & Loan Co
Union National Bank
Flu Epidemic Hits London Hospitals on Red Warning
London hospitals moved to full emergency status as a flu bronchitis surge overwhelmed beds. On Christmas Eve 186 flu and bronchitis admissions were recorded and 107 on Christmas Day, with a Dec 16 yellow alert preceding today’s red alert. The government reported 294 deaths in Britain in the week before Christmas.
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London
Britain
Injured Boy Dies After Robbery in Kansas City
George Thurston, 7, succumbed Friday to a ruptured liver from a beating by two robbers. He told police he was assaulted Wednesday night as intruders robbed his apartment. Neighbors heard moans Thursday noon, finding him on the kitchen floor amid a ransacked home. It marked the city’s 110th homicide of the year.
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Kansas City
George Thurston
Thurston
Trains end service between Omaha and Kansas City
Two Burlington Railroad passenger trains Nos. 15 and 16 will make their final runs between Omaha and Kansas City on January 4. Train 15 leaves Kansas City at 8:45 a.m. daily and train 16 departs Omaha at 3:20 p.m. daily.
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OMAHA
Burlington Railroad
Kansas City
Moscow Next On Perot Trip
VIENTIANE Laos AP Texas industrialist H Ross Perot said the Soviet Union is weighing his plan to fly to Moscow with gifts for U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam after North Vietnam rejected his Hanoi flight request. He will seek approval in Bangkok and if approved Soviet postal officials would deliver the gifts to Hanoi.
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Vientiane
Laos
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Perot
Hanoi
Bangkok
Snow delays Roanoke ski lift opening due to 15 inches
Roanoke could not open the citys new ski lift at Fishburn Park as planned because 15 inches of snow blocked access. Workmen could not reach the site to complete final preparations.
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Roanoke
Fishburn Park
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