Ottawa High selects senior play Arsenic and Old Lace
Jane Fuerborn announces Ottawa High School dramatics department picks Arsenic and Old Lace as the senior class play to be staged March 22 and 23. Also in brief items Colbern ad notes Dari Treat Drive-In now open with contact number. Police records report petty larceny case and two bounced checks totaling 849.40 involving Jayhawk Equipment Co. in Topeka. Several small notices include rummage sale at Sacred Heart School and local citations for reckless driving and speeding. The Church of Christ at Rock Creek reports a three week revival starting January 22 in Half Way Tree Jamaica. the Hannas helped charter the Rock Creek church.
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Jane Fuerborn
Ottawa High School
Church of Christ At
Rock Creek
van B. Hanna
Half Way Tree
Jamaica
Hannas
City to Invest Idle Funds in Short-Term Securities
Ottawa city officials at a brief city hall meeting placed on first read an ordinance to invest idle funds in short term securities. Tax funds arrive twice yearly and interim periods leave portions unneeded for immediate use, so the measure aims to earn interest by investing those funds for short periods.
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Ottawa
City Hall
Hospital Notes Admissions and Dismissals List
Admissions include Joseph Shipps of Crestview nursing home Karl Mengerhausen of RFD 2 on Wednesday and Mrs Verna Okeson of 428 South Poplar on Thursday Dismissals include Eugene Erickson of 1112 North Main Harry Seevers of 1146 Willow Mrs J S Weethee of 923 North Mulberry Mrs Howard McCurdy of 42349 South Main Mrs Frank Armstrong of 724 North Cherry S A Peace of 604 Beech Lawrence Hall of Topeka and Mrs Maude Cunningham of 509 South Oak on Thursday
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Joseph Shipps
Crestview Nursing Home
Karl Mengerhausen
RFD
Verna Okeson
S. Poplar
Eugene Erickson
N. Main
Harry Seevers
Willow
J. S. Weethee
N. Mulberry
Howard McCurdy
S. Main
Frank Armstrong
N. Cherry
S. A. Peace
Beech
Lawrence Hall
Topeka
Maude Cunningham
S. Oak
Millers Honored At Dinner In Ottawa
Mr and Mrs Leo C Miller retired as agent and secretary of the Franklin County Farm Bureau Insurance Service and were honored at a dinner at Colberns. Sponsors were Farm Bureau Mutual and Kansas Farm Life. Photographs were presented and Miller received a watch. Guests included county and district Farm Bureau officials and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo C. Miller
Franklin County Farm Bureau Insurance Service
Colbern’s
Farm Bureau Mutual
Kansas Farm Life Insurance Companies
John Hutchison
Bob Robbins
Miller
Frank Bernasck
Kansas Farm Bureau District
Don Teare
Clyde Berry
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ottawa
Hutchison
Bernasek
Teare
Leland Armstrong
Douglas County
William Tinkler
Ernest Eaton
Coffey County
Funeral services for Paul Coughlin in Paola at 2 p.m.
Paul Coughlin 62 died of a heart attack at home. Retired farmer reared near Wellsville, moved to Paola a decade ago. Survivors: widow, daughter Lois Watson of Paola, four sisters, a brother, two grandsons. Burial at Osawatomie Cemetery.
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Paola
Paul Coughlin
Wilson Funeral Home
Guys. Casey
Mr. Coughlin
Wellsville
Lois Watson
Harry Rees
Ottawa
Lucretia Leyman
Lillian Coughlin
Nellie Readings
Damon Coughlin
Lowell Collins
Blanche Bivins
Donald Coughlin
Osawatomie Cemetery
Soviet Editor Quizzed During Kennedy News Conference
Washington AP Khrushchev's son in law Alexei Adzhubei sat in a center aisle at a presidential news conference with Kennedy. The Izvestia editor held an impromptu session for reporters after questions about U.S.-Soviet relations. He predicted Laos agreement may come soon and urged dialogue, noting cultural exchanges and cautioning about handling great Soviet events like Marilyn Monroe. The Adzhubes planned a trip to Mexico after a day in New York.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Kennedy
Adzhubei
State Department
Communist Party Central Committee
Laos
Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
White House
Goodby
Adzhube
Mexico
New York
Father and three children die in Michigan fire
NEW BOSTON Mich AP A father Charles Nutt 37 and three of his four children Charles Jr 12 William 7 Bonnie 10 were killed when a flash fire destroyed their rural southeast Michigan home. Phyllis 35 and daughter Denise 4 escaped by jumping through a window.
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New Boston
Mich
Michigan
Charles Nutt
Charles Jr
William
Bonnie
Nutt
Phyllis
Denise
Bogus Check Charge Filed Against Local Man
Cy Glenn Cronkite 31 faces charges in County Court for passing six bogus checks and in Justice Court for five more. He allegedly wrote two $10 and $20 checks at Briscoe's Drug Store, a $10 check at Bob's Truck Stop and the Peace Food Center, a $20 check at Bob's, and a $35 check at Cheney's North Side Market. Cronkite is set for Justice Court trial February 9.
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Cy Glenn Cronkite
Cronkite
Briscoe's
Justice Court
Bob's
Peace Food Center
Bob’s
Cheney
Multiple Death Notices from Franklin County Area
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Bessie I. Godsey 77 of Baldwin and Mrs. Frank H. Hughes 75 of Pomona, with service details. Also noted is the death of Dennis Everett Dumbauld 93 of Princeton. Surviving children, grandchildren, and siblings listed. services set in Emporia and Pomona areas.
Mrs Gertrude Rumford 81 Dies At Ottawa Home
Mrs Gertrude Mabel Rumford aged 81 of 130 S Locust Ottawa died Wednesday at 4 10 p m at her home Born September 18 1880 in Iowa she was the daughter of Robert and Gertrude A Niblo She married Charles F Rumford in 1904 he died in 1942 She lived in Town Oregon Toronto Princeton Ottawa and Ames area during life She is survived by one son Alton Rumford four daughters Mrs Lyle Hilbert Mrs Everett Gish Mrs H S Price and Frances Rumford five grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services will be at Towner's Funeral Home tentative
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Bessie I. Godsey
Bessie Irene Godsey
RFD
Baldwin
Lonnie Reeder
Ottawa
Franklin
Douglas Counties
Tally Baptist Church
Baldwin Royal Neighbors Lodge
Miles
Nancy Elizabeth (Seyler) Floyd
John A. Jacob
Topeka
Ed E. Godsey
C. F. Gentry
Independence
Lester Snethen
Aspen
Colo
Reeder
Arthur
Ralph Jacob
Estes Park
Colo. John
Robert Jacob
Kansas City
Kas
Lawrence
Floyd Jacob
E W. Jones
Harmon
Okla
Earl Gabbart
Aransas Pass
Tex
Owner's Chapel
Highland Cemetery
Dennis Everett Dumbauld
Princeton
Cedar House
Ilinois
Fred
Alzena (Runnels) Dumbauld
Hartford
Emporia
Carrie Thomas
Carol Siegel
Cyphia Breed
Wichita
Stella Kuenster
San Bernadino
Calif
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
Maple Wood Cemetery
Frank H. Hughes
Pomona
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Estella Myrtle Hines
Harvey H
Lydia (Quillen) Hines
Hughes
Pomona Rebekah Lodge
Pine Bluff
Ark
Pomona Methodist Church
R. A. Trowbridge
Charles P. Knight
Woodlawn Cemetery
Gertrude Mabel Rumford
Iowa
Robert
Gertrude A. (Backus) Niblo
Charles F. Rumford
Oregon
Toronto
First Methodist Church
Alton Rumford
RFD 2
Lyle Hilbert
Everett Gish
H. S. Price
West Dorm
D.A
Frances Rumford
Kennedy urges broad federal wiretap law to curb crime
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy proposes a comprehensive wiretap bill to protect privacy while giving law officers new tools. The plan bans private wiretapping, sets strict court controls, and limits state and federal tapping to specific major offenses with penalties up to two years and $10,000.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Weather Damages To Roads In County
County engineer Fred Gardner says hard winter left roads needing minor repairs. John Brown road east and west of Pontiton has many chuck holes and water seepage on sandy hills worsened spots. He expects extra crew work will restore roads, but it is too wet to begin repairs now.
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Fred Gardner
John Brown
Princeton
Gardner
Burglary Yields $1.35 Loot for Lane Lumber Site
Franklin County Sheriff Max Gilmore says a break in last night netted $1.25 from Lane Lumber Co and 10 cents from the local post office. Entry occurred through back doors of both buildings.
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Pickin's
Lane Lumber Co
Franklin County
Max Gilmore
Lumber Company
Rooming House Fire Kills Five in Providence
A general alarm fire in a three story rooming house on Wilson Street South Providence killed at least five people early today. Two victims are identified as Virginia Davis and her daughter Mildred. One man jumped from the roof. This marks the second New England fire tragedy this week after a Buckland Massachusetts blaze killed nine.
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Providence
R. 1
Wilson Street
South
Virginia Davis
Mildred
New England
Buckland
Mass
Opens Office At Wellsville
The Ottawa firm Ander son Byrd announces a Wells ville law office with associate James G. Kahler stationed there weekly on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 5. Space has been leased in the city building.
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Ottawa
Anderson & Byrd
Wellsville
James G. Kahler
Funeral rites for Rev Charles P Knight Saturday
Chapel will hold Saturday service at 2 p.m. officiated by Rev Charles P Knight. Burial is planned at Highland Cemetery.
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Charles P. Knight
Highland Cemetery
Everett Rowan Died After Five-Week Illness in Richmond
Everett R. Rowan aged 72 of Richmond died at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a five week illness. He is survived by his widow Opal L. Crone and two daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett R. Rowan
Richmond
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Opal L. Crone
East German forces deny orders to fire on Allies in Berlin wall event
A defected East German lieutenant said units did not have standing orders to shoot if Western Allies breached the Berlin Wall era fortifications. He noted live ammunition was available for heavy machine guns and submachine guns, with blank rounds for intimidation, and warned morale was low amid mutinous feelings and reluctance to fire on fellow Germans. He fled to West Germany with five others.
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Bonn
Germany
Red Wall
Berlin
West Germany
Retarded Children Center At Emporia Gains Ground
An abandoned fraternity house in Emporia is being turned into a training center for severely retarded children. Since plans began in 1960, the program has grown with 13 children now training under 8 volunteers and 27 student nurses, as progress reports show meaningful gains in communication, mobility, and simple commands. The project, supported by donations and local fundraising, operates with a rent free building and a small budget, with Emporia State College weighing a merger to provide student teaching experience.
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Emporia
Emporia State College
Coffey County
Kansas
Emporia State Colege
Paul DeVivo
The
County Association For Retarded Children
Weighing Reform: Weaver Calls Housing Agency a Burden
Robert C. Weaver the U S housing administrator criticized government action on housing and urban affairs as occurring by default. He urged consolidation and reorganization of agencies under the Housing and Home Finance Agency and supported Kennedy’s plan to create a Cabinet level Department of Urban Affairs and Housing with Weaver as head. The speech at Rutgers stressed efficiency and economy through major reforms.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Robert C. Weaver
U.S
Weaver
Urban Studies Center
Rutgers University
Congress
Kennedy
Housing and Home Finance Agency
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Sacred Heart School
Barlow Norris Rhodes
Price Hall
Otiawa University
Montgomery Ward
Snyder Pharmacy
Orval Fef. Henry
David R. Grisham
RFDJ
el Dorado
Grisham
Ellis
Gene Wensiek
Brook General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Box
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Denver
Harold Hensick
Andy West Jr
el Segundo
West
Don Timoney
Dennis E. Dumbauld
Gertrude Rumford
Towner's
Stats
James B. Pearson
Washington, D.C
Pearson
John Anderson
United States
Andrew F. Schoeppel
James Jr
Laura
Bill
Tom
East Germany
Charles O'Rear
Emporia Gazette
Associated Press
John E. King
Joe
Cowner’s Chapel
North Main
Limb Funeral Home
Oita
Godsey
Towner
Highland
Rowan
Everett
Jokk Towner ’S Chapel
Dependaule Ambulance Service PiLe Eau Ae Eee Oppawal Kansas
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