Local Army battery earns top unit honor in 1972
First Sergeant Robert F. Keefer assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 61st Air Defense Artillery at Ft. Barry California, cited as best active Army battery of 1972 in the U S Army Air Defense Command. Parents listed as Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Keefer, 1047 S. Willow.
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Robert F. Keefer
61St Air Defense Artillery
Ft. Barry
Calif
U. S. Army Air Defense’ Command
A. W. Keefer
S. Willow
Late Christmas At Courthouse Pay Increases Approved
Franklin County Commission approved pay raises effective January 1, 1978 for courthouse employees and road and bridge department staff. The payroll in affected departments is about $40,000 monthly. total countywide increase not yet available. Commissioners George Atchison and Don Yockey approved. Lee Nichols was absent due to illness.
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Franklin County Commission
George Atchison
Don Yockey
Lee Nichols
Truck Tags On Sale Tuesday in County Office
Truck registration plates go on sale Tuesday January 2 1973 in the county treasurer office. Purchasers must bring 1972 tax receipts and vehicle registration card. Mail orders require these documents. Penalty free purchase deadline is February 15 1973. Also listed are monthly salaries for county officials and departments including health and sheriff services.
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Dorothy Thomson
E-State Offers Human Ecology Extension Course
Emporia State University will offer a three credit extension course in Human Ecology next semester. Taught by John Ransom of Emporia State biology, the class meets at 7 p.m. on January 10 1973 in Garnett High School science lab with registration at the first class. Undergraduate tuition is 16 per semester hour. graduate 22 per semester hour. Inquiries go to L H Fritzemeier director of continuing education at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia Kan 66801.
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Emporia State
John Ransom
Garnett High School
L. H. Fritzemeier
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kan
Bank Burglary Probed at Overbrook by FBI
The FBI Kansas City office with Topeka agents investigates a Wednesday morning burglary at Kansas Bank Overbrook. Three or four men reportedly broke into the vault, damaged the lodge hall, and took cash safety deposit contents. insurance covers losses with inventories pending.
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Kansas City, Mo
Federal Bureau of ‘Investigation
Kansas Bank
Overbrook
Topeka
FBI
Overbrook Police
Osage County
Max Friesen
Kansas State Bank of
Obituary notices and birth announcements from local pager
Carrie S Bowers dies at 92 with services at Westminster United Presbyterian Church burial in Highland Cemetery Rev Henry Roberts Jr officiates music by Dr S Martin Brockway and Mrs Bruce Spears pallbearers named Attending are DAR and PEO chapters Lamb Roberts Funeral Home in charge Martha Susan LillyLEbo services at Rosemont Methodist Church Rev Roger Peng music by Duane Young and Laurah Collins pallbearers listed Graveside rites by Sadana Chapter No 194 OES Pleasant View Cemetery Agricola Nellie E Watts services with pallbearers Roy Snyder and others Highland Cemetery Ronald F Haslett 17 speeding transfer to Research Hospital Kansas City Births Terry Shisler and wife welcome daughter weight 8 lbs 1 oz Wednesday
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Carrie S. Bowers
Carrie Sheldon “Bowers
Westminster
United Presbyterian’ Church
Highland Cemetery
Henry Roberts ,Jr
S. Martin Brockway
Bruce Spears
David Bowers
Chris Bowers
Greg Bowers
Barry Bowers
Martha
Lilly Lebo
Martha Susan Lilly
Rosemont Methodist Church
Roger Peng
Duane Young
Laurah- Collins
Max Jennings
Maurice Patterson
Marvin White
David McElfresh
William Ivey
Clinton Fredricks
Sadana
Pleasant View Cemetery
Agricola
Husband and Wife Found in Legal Case Justice Action
Donald W. Kirkland and Barbara Kirkland are referenced in a brief court note. Kirkland received a 90 day jail sentence and a one year stay or condition linked to the case. The document mentions the address 928 N. Kirkland or nearby, with limited context beyond sentencing.
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Barbara’ Kirkland
Kirkland
Garnett City Considers Public Drinking Law and Budgets
On November 8 the Garnett City Commission repealed an ordinance banning drinking in public, approving 3.2 beer in public. A petition prompted no action while officials adopted a revenue-sharing plan funding new street, parks, and recreation staff, and equipment buys including a redder cable.
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Joan Istas Garnett
Parks and Recreation
Man Held on Possession Charge After Farmhouse Burglaries
Rick Bulmer, 20, of 1035 Willow, is held in Franklin County jail on a felony possession charge with bond set at 25 000. Sheriff’s deputies, acting on a McPherson County warrant, searched his home during a burglary investigation and found marijuana and allegedly stolen merchandise.
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Rick Bulmer
Willow
Franklin
McPherson Ebuation
Sheriff's Departments
McPherson County
Itv
Bulmer
McPherson
Yunty
Reminder For Sportsmen Licenses On New Year Begin
Officials warn sportsmen caught fishing or hunting without 1973 licenses will face penalties. The 1973 licenses became available this morning and can be purchased now. A county clerk’s spokesman said more details would be released early next week. Licenses cost 3.25 dollars each, with a 25 cent fee, or 6.25 dollars for the combination.
Soybeans and Corn Swamped by Severe Weather
Washington AP report notes nearly one-fifth of the nation's soybeans completed by Monday amid snow rain and cold hampering field work since last fall. No official crop-loss estimate is due until January 16 with a revised 1972 production report. the Agriculture Department will issue a monthly prices report Friday at 3 p.m. EST focusing on grain and livestock prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Await New Battle In Wienie War
Washington AP reports a new USDA proposal opens public comment until Feb 21 on hot dog labeling. It would drop all meat designations for some products and allow up to 15 percent poultry or non meat ingredients. Byproducts would be forbidden in all meat dogs but allowed in others with plain labeling. Frankfurter and bologna could replace all meat terms, while sausages with additives would require specific labels such as frankfurter non fat dry milk added. The move echoes Nixon era fat limits debates, with past fat caps ranging from 25 to 50 percent and a 30 percent limit adopted previously.
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Nixon
Agriculture Department
White House
Franklin County census and property reporting begins Tuesday
Time near self assessment and census taking in Franklin County starts Tuesday Jan 2 1973. Property owners must report to the assessor's office on the courthouse first floor with items including cars trucks campers boats trailers golf carts mobile homes and farm machinery. After March 1 penalties apply by law. Deadlines extend to April 1 for incorporated merchants and April 15 for unincorporated merchants. Office hours 8 am to 5 pm with noon hour. Census workers listed by precincts and locations include Mrs Homer Kramer Precinct, Mrs Arnold Dodd Precinct 2, Mrs Norman White, Albert Unruh Precinct 4, E G Dick Precinct 5, Mrs Harvey Talley, Mrs John Hamerickhouse Precinct 7, Mrs Glenna Lou Whitacre Normal Prewitt Precinct 9, Mrs Blanche Weatherbie, Mrs Delbert Eichinger Pomona, Mrs C R Donart Jr Princeton, Mrs Pauline Jackson Rantoul, Mrs Vivian Chambers Richmond, Mrs Grace Steen Wellsville, Millard Wren Williamsburg.
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Franklin County
Homer Kramer
Delbert Eichinger
Pomona
C. R. Donart Jr
Princeton
Pauline Jackson
Rantoul
Vivian Chambers
Richmond
Grace Steen
Wellsville
Millard Wren
Williamsburg
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