New Year News Briefs From Ottawa Area
Local briefs cover hospital transfers New Year celebrations church services and store openings. Penne and Viola Schwegman are listed among hospital moves and dismissals. City hall hours and New Year observances at the Wesleyan Church are noted alongside openings at Green Acres and Country Kitchen. University of Kansas sorority elects members Debbie Lucas and Marilyn Chrismer. An Ottawa convention hosts H J Weichner of Jehovahs Witnesses with about 1800 attendees expected.
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University of Kansas
Debbie Lucas
Orlan Lucas
Lane Rfd 1
Rush
Delta Delta Delta
Marilyn Chrismer
A. C. Chrismer
S. Elm
Sigma Kappa
H. J. Weichner
Watchtower Bible and ‘Tract Society of New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Ottawa High School
Wayne Bjornson
Thomas Woodman
Bridge winners named at the Fike Club report
The Daily Report lists last night’s Fike Club bridge winners with North and South Mrs. Robert Miller and Mary Hill taking first and Mrs. Jess Gilmore and Mrs. Robert Anderson second in the North South group. East West winners were Bob Miller and Mrs. Lyle Hanes with first and Mrs. F P Hufstedier and Steve Voasler second.
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Fike Club
Robert Miller
Mary Hill
Jess Gilmore
Robert Anderson
Bob Miller
Lyle Hanes
F. P. Hufstedier
Steve Voasler
Many Bills Await Ford Signatures in Washington
President Ford plans to sign the trade bill after a Rocky Mountain ski visit, with a midnight Saturday deadline. Among 115 bills awaiting action, only a few major measures loom, including emergency jobs and unemployment extensions, highway trucking, price supports, a privacy commission, and a national health policy. Ford signed one major bill and vetoed two, while withholding others and aiming for a more balanced environmental energy approach next year.
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Ford
Washington
Rockies
Americato
Ron Nessen
Betty
Veteran Officer Vogler resigns as Ottawa police aide chief
Assistant Chief Fred Vogler has resigned effective January 12 from the Ottawa Police Department after 18 years. He plans to join the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department as Rex Bowling takes office January 13. City Manager Robert Mills says the department’s structure is under study and a successor will not be named immediately. He promised public disclosure once a decision is reached and said the commission will respond to organizational change recommendations.
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Fred Vogler
Robert W. Mills
Vogler
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Rex Bowling
Mills
C. O. Johnson
Ment
City Commission
Police Department
Ottawa teen faces six traffic citations after high speed chase
A 17 year old Ottawan Brian Oakes of 928 N Mulberry received six traffic citations after a high speed chase early Saturday. He was charged in Ottawa Municipal Court with speeding 65 in a 30 zone and failing to yield to red lights. His hearing is set for Jan 9. In Franklin County Court he faces speeding 70 in a 55 zone, failure to yield to red lights and failure to use headlights with a hearing on Jan 7. In Franklin County Juvenile Court a reckless driving petition was filed and continued. The pursuit began in city limits and ended west of Princeton when Oakes and Officer Ralph Ritz failed to negotiate a turn.
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Brian Oakes
N. Mulberry
Oakes
Ottawa
Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Princeton
Ralph Ritz
Ottawa Police Department
Paula Pierson Starts as Ottawa Traffic Enforcement Officer
Paula Pierson, former surgical technician at Ransom Memorial Hospital, begins duty as Ottawa traffic enforcement officer. She will oversee parking meters, two hour limits in lots, yellow and 15 minute zones, direct traffic at accidents, and assist downtown pedestrians. She will wear a blue uniform with badge until new attire arrives and operate a new three wheel white police scooter.
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Ottawa
Paula Pierson
Pierson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Women in 1974 advance in politics law and work
In 1974 women broadened gains from Little League to coal mining. Ella Grasso became Connecticut governor, Mary Ann Krupsak New York lieutenant governor, Janet Hays San Jose mayor, Susie Sharp North Carolina chief justice, and Ada Evans Fairplay mayor. Five new congresswomen. ERA support grows. Supreme Court upholds equal pay and maternity coverage rulings. Banks settle mispractice suit with female employees. Isabel Peron led Argentina. France and Israel see leadership shifts for women.
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Sandra Gittens
Romanwies
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
Mary Ann Krupsak
New York
Janet Gray Hays
San Jose
Calif
Susie Sharp
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Alabama
Supreme Court
Janie Shores
Birmingham
March Fong
California
Ada Evans
Colorado
Fairplay
Colo
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Garnett
Santa Fe Memorial Hospital
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Merle Norman
West
Kansas Veterans’ Commission
Ottawa City Hall
Lawrence
Kan
Country Kitchen
Mile North
Tole
Turner
Tilton
Drake’s Bakery
Green Acres
District Court
Ray Elder
IOLA
Allen County Community Junior College
Lloyd Herbert Bailey
Lane
Karen Leigh Brown
Pomona
William Edwin Hettler
Debra Eileen Higdon
Williamsburg
Debra L. Johnson
Roy Ronald Johnson Jr
Gary Lee Brockus
Roger Duane Dehn
Quenemo
Kathy Leigh Pollom
Vauncele Jean Robrahn
Rosemarie Annette Scheckel
David Frank Kaub
the Daily Report
Belle Clawson
Belle G. Clawson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marville
Paul E. White
Robert English
N. Main
James Scott
Quenemno
Gerald Bail
Rantoul
Melissa McIntosh
Logan
Richard Brockus
Ervin Vandervoort
Willamsburg
Kenneth Bowman
Warren Scott
Overland Park
James Caple
Robert W. James
Richard Cragg
E. Wilson
Charles Terrill
Edgerton Rfd
Vail
Turkey
Cyprus
Probate
Randy Lee Cottingham
LeRoy
Caroline Sue Crawford
Milo Durand Sr
Natalie Lydia Boskopf
Denver
Gary Wayne Daniel
Charlotte Lynn Berr
Park and Hickory
Kansas City
Agile
Ines Bey
Rence
Hital
Ted
OPD
Senate
Mary Louise Smith
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Barbara Jordan
Dtex
House Judiciary Committee
Francine
Netti
United States
League of Women Voters
Isabel Peron
Argentina
Francoise Giroud
Israel
Golda Meir
Kidan Golda
ERA
U.S
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
New Jersey
State Superior Court
Nelson Rockefeller
Happy Rockefeller
Bank of America
Paul Reed
Mgr
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J. W. Selby
S. Willow
Bauder Fashion College
Arlington
Tex
Bauder
Dee Hatin
TV Eye
Kentucky Fried Chicken
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