Brief social and community notices in Ottawa area
Social Security office fields reps to visit Ottawa Youth Center March 1 from 9 to 1 for benefit applications and inquiries. Electrolux sales contact. Guam honor for Sgt. David L. Rukes in sports story award at Anderson AFB. Leap Year sale at Irwin's with 50 percent off shelf items. Baker makes McPherson College fall honor roll with 3.5 GPA. Mar 3–4 Wilson Garage-Farm Sale with antiques and lunch. Navy Ensign Roy E. Hobbs commissioned after NOCS graduation. Benner-Williams promotes sofa or hide-a-bed purchase with $100 in free merchandise. Pvt. Ervin L. Roach completes eight weeks basic at Ft. Polk. Local ads for accounting, trouble help, Miracle Water demo. W. David Bemmels awarded Silver Beaver Bow at Kaw Council banquet. Hawkins Grange meets 8 p.m. Ottawa University Chapel hosts weekly charismatic Bible study. George Puvogel notified of Deaf Sunday in Hiawatha. Watch repair on West 3rd.
County Forecast Sees Warm Temperatures Through Tuesday
Mostly fair and unseasonably warm weather continues through Tuesday with a low tonight in the 40s and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs reach the 70s Tuesday, precipitation chances near zero. Saturday high 45, Sunday low 30. Sunday's high 71, today's low 43. records show 1992 for high and 1962 for a prior low. Hourly temps listed ending 8 am and throughout 6 days, barometer at 29.87 inches.
Pick up truck damaged after rollover on West Davis Road
A pickup overturned on West Davis Road at South Truman, causing about $400 in damage. Driver Clifford J. Riddle, 33, Wellsville RFD 2, reported brakes locked and the vehicle skidded into a ditch. No injuries. Other items list a police record, licenses, fines, marriages, divorces, services and admissions at local hospitals and funeral notices, plus district court cases and a Kansas City hog report.
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West Davis Road
South Truman Road
Clifford J. Riddle
Wellsville
RFD 2
ECKAN Faces Possible Phase Out After County Withdrawal
The Franklin County Resources Board may be phased out as the county withdraws support. The chairman awaits regional legal advice on the board’s authority. Campbell reportedly met with Sumpter and planned to meet with commissioners but did not appear. Officials say the agency duplicates welfare services. Campbell unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Resources Board
Sumpter
Campbell
Topeka
Wakefield
ECKAN
Height, health and history in everyday life
Hal Boyle surveys wide trivia from winter head colds to height advantages in industry and politics. He notes Americans’ buying power, yogurt uses abroad, long life myth, and ends with Franklin’s quip about the bald eagle and the turkey as national symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Alfred North Whitehead
America
Charles Burton
Charlie
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Wall Street Posts Modest Gains At Noon
Wall Street held small gains in New York trading as investors took profits on blue chips. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 924.67, up 1.88, with advances outweighing declines 8 to 5 on the NYSE. Trading remained active as analysts watched for selective buying and profit taking amid two Commerce Department announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
The
Department of Commerce
Mary Ethel Jones Dies in Ottawa
Mary Ethel Jones longtime Ottawa resident and wife of Deck Jones died this morning. Funeral services will be held at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Rev James W McCrossen officiating. Interment in Highland Cemetery.
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Mary Ethel Jones
Lamb-Roberts
Mulberry
Evelyn Coppes
Nappanee
Ind
Esther Hopper
Wichita
Mabel Davis
Bourbon
Thelma Grimm
Leta Campbell
Elkhart Ind
Daniel Coppes
Napanee
Carroll Coppes
Chesterton
James E. McCrossen
Mary Elizabeth Seevers
Lamb- Roberts
Paul W. Pentz
First United Methodist Church
Bruce Spears
Ogg’s Market
Merle Atchison
al Beets
Lee Casida
Richard F. Miller
Bob Robbins
Highland Cemetery
Jones Mary Ethel Jones
Ottawa
Deck. Jones
James W. McCrossen
Homer H. Parrish
Damron-Towner Chapel
Kansas
Duane Priddy
Retired Kansas Teachers Face Stiff Legislative Hurdle
Rowena Pringle, after 37 years teaching in Kansas, joins 6,647 retirees seeking higher pre-1971 benefits. The Legislature contends with a $1.8 million request to raise pensions, while critics argue the change should consider all state workers. Senator Glee Smith and Rep. Clyde Hill defend the actuarial basis and fairness of starting dates. The House, Governor Docking, and KPERS reforms shape the potential increases and broader cost-of-living considerations.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Harris Enterprises
Topeka
Rowena Pringle
Miss Pringle
The
Kansas Retired Teachers Association
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas Public Employer Retirement System
KPERS
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Senate
Hill
Robert Docking
House Education Committee
Dietrich Cabin Added to National Historic Register
Senators James B. Pearson and Robert Dole and Congressman Larry Winn announced that the Dietrich Cabin in the city park has been entered in the national register of historic places kept by the National Park Service. The listing follows advisory council action at a meeting last week with the bi annual register noting about a thousand entries.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
Robert Dole
Larry Winn
Dietrich
National Park Service
Advisory Council of Historic Preservation
Senator Pearson
Habeas Corpus Denied for 17 Year Old Ottawan
The District Court denied a writ of habeas corpus for Virgil W. Franks 17 of 311 S Walnut, who claimed unlawful imprisonment in the county jail as an accused juvenile. He faced trial as an adult for allegedly entering Pomona United Methodist Church on January 29 with bond set at 1500 dollars unposted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil W. Franks
S. Walnut
Franks
Pomona United
Notice of Hearing in Estate of J Cora A Sheldon
In Franklin County Probate Court Kansas the estate of J Cora A Sheldon deceased faces a petition by executrix Elizabeth Sheldon Wes for final accounting and will validity. The court will hear defenses by March 7 1972 at 11 am in Ottawa Kansas. Atty William S Bowers 114 West 2nd St Ottawa KS 46067 represents the petitioner.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Cora A. Sheldon
Elizabeth Sheldon Wes
Cora
Ottawa
William S. Bowers
West 2Nd St
P.O. Box
Kansas
Atty
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R_E. LAWSON
Kansas City
Ottawa Youth Center
W. 4Th
Lawson
Electrolux
F. Meador
AIR Force
David L. Rukes
Ray Lloyd
Richmond
Guam Press Association
Anderson Afb
Guam
Irwin's
Charles L. Baker
Lewis J. Baker
Wellsvile
McPherson College
Baker
McWilson
Pressonville
NAVY
Roy E. Hobbs
Jerry Hobbs
Princeton
Naval Officer Candidate School
Newport
R.1
Benner-Williams
Adv
ARMY
Ervin L. Roach
Leland M. Roach
Ft. Polk
Farmer
Call Miracle Water Company
Herald
W. David Bemmels
Kaw Council
Bemmels
Hawkins Grange
Grange Hall
Raymond Raley
Ottawa University
George Puvogel
Olive
Richard Puvogel
Hiawatha
West
the Daily Report
Police News
Kent Loyd Hollinger
Peter Zolla
Brown Hall
Earl F. Brisnahan
George E. Steward
Waverly
Gerry T. Gleissner
Prairie Village
Jerry P. Howell
Junction City
Meloin C. Miller
Pomona
John L. Dehr
Robert L. English
Louis B. Parson JR
Oliver Wesley Taylor
Judith Elaine Swabby
Ross Lee Seales
Gardner
Sylvia Edith Vickers
Edgerton
Harold Morton Rhule
Independence
Mildred Howell
Richard Roy McClure
Eileen Louise Sass
Diane McCord
Richard Lee McCord
Grace Borders
Hope Cemetery
Paul Pentz
Dan Wolken
G. B. Harford
John Heckert
Steven Couch
Doris D. Hawley
William R. Weber
Clyde Greisen
Melvin Clevenger
Jim Driver
Warren Yohn
Russell Kratz
Harry Strong
Jerald Harrell
David Markley
G. A. Diamond
Kenneth Keelin
Ash
Maude Turner
N. Mulberry
Fred Lehnert
W. 10Th
Fred Morrow
Logan
Andy McReynolds
RFD
Pamala Howard
S. Main
Lyle Campbell
Virgil Rice
Robert Benner
Maple
Robert Steele
John McLaughlin
E. Sixth
Marion Nutt
Hal Boyle
University of Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Iran
Wall Street
Ottawa, Kansae
Pat Locke
Jean Raid
Fort Madison
Iowa
Ggamront
Vaay
Paul Damron
David Miller
Dorothy Reams
Janice Damron
Rena Towner
E. Wilson
Elizabeth Sheldon Ves
Gilliland’s
OIL & Tire Supply
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