Obituaries and notices from Ottawa area funeral services
Death notices and service plans for Harley Vernon Wallace Earl Homer Moore Cozie Goodman Maude Bennett list survivors and burial details at various cemeteries. The report also covers admissions discharges births and a string of local incidents including arrests accidents and a vandalized candy machine and a chimney fire in Ottawa area on the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl H. Moore
Overbrook
Earl Homer Moore
Marion
Greenwood-Roberts
Moore
Michigan Valley
Fred Moore
Topeka
Ethel Lutz
Quenemo
Cozie Goodman
Oakland
Calif
Lorraine Tee
E. Fourth
Ottawa
Jones Funeral Home
Waverly
Maude A. Bennett
Lyndon
Emporia
Feltner Funeral Home
Bennett
Ladies Aid of the Rub Church
Lyndon Community Club
James Gordon Bennett
Kansas City
Genevieve Evertson
Melvern
Crenshaw
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Judy A. Korkames
Jay F. Anderson
RFD
Wolf Creek Snafus Confirmed in NRC Files
Nuclear Regulatory Commission records reveal two undisclosed issues on Missouri and Kansas power plants. Anchor-Darling devices failed to guarantee valve actuation in Wolf Creek containment, four units shipped to each plant moved to security. A geological fault near Wolf Creek dam was deemed non threatening by NRC geologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Missouri and
Kansas
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Kan
Callaway County
Anchor-Darling Valve Co
NRC
Harold D. Thornburg
Bill Ward
Mid- America Coalition For Energy Alternatives
Commission
Rainfall in Worden area undershoot marks 1978 year
Rainfall in Worden north of Ottawa totaled 27.91 inches for 1978, well below the 36.07 inch normal. December brought .70 inch. Behlen Manufacturing awarded Hawkins & O'Hara Inc. the 100 Club Award for 1978 sales. Two Ottawa-area students earned Baker University honors. Kim Cramer made Dean's List with 4.00 GPA. Jeanie Howard on the 3.75–3.99 honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden
Ottawa
Behlen Manufacturing Company
Hawkins & O'Hara Inc
Ottawa Area
Baker University
Kim Cramer
Willis Cramer
N. Main
Jeanie Howard
Patrick Howard
RFD
Mens winter jackets and leather boots sale brief
Metzger Salvage and many area shops advertise limited stock on winter gear. Jims Hill House offers a neon buffet with regular menu hours, Eddie's closes Tuesday Jan 9 for a semi animal sale starting Wednesday, and various vendors promote cosmetics, fabric, and bird feed products with deals and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metzger Salvage
Jim’s Hill House
Winter Storms Cause Eleven Deaths Across States
The Associated Press reports a major winter storm toll of at least eleven deaths across three states. Freezing rain sleet and snow disrupted travel from Oregon to Arkansas and icy runways halted flights in the East and South. Milwaukee logged its coldest start since January while Ohio Wisconsin and Pennsylvania saw multiple fatalities from shoveling and fumes. A 56 below zero reading was recorded at Yellowstone Park, near all time lows, as weather chaos continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oregon
Arkansas
Midwest
Milwaukee
Philadelphia International
Alabama
New England
Connecticut
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bluebird Alley
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Iron Ridge
Wis
William Onstreich
Peter Westra
Dodge County
Peter Nennig
Oestreich
Frank Nennig
Milton
Yellowstone Park
Court Workers Get New Boss
Seven non judicial employees of Franklin County District Court will now be paid by the state of Kansas rather than the county. The transition, aimed at reducing county funding burdens, includes wage freezes until January 1979 and a future statewide pay scale with phased cost sharing through July 1980. First state paychecks arrive in February, with fringe benefits aligned to new state policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Franklin County District Court
State of
Kansas
Floyd H. Coffman
Fourth Judicial District
Coffman
State Supreme Court
Officials Investigate Three County Burglaries
Sheriff and detectives along with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation probe three county burglaries from the weekend. At Wellsville High School a vault was entered but little was stolen. a second vault in the principal’s office yielded about 150 dollars. The torch tool used is recovered. tips invited. Two residential burglaries near Chestnut and Willow streets saw a diamond necklace and other items stolen worth about 1500 dollars at Brunner’s home, while Tenk’s residence had a rummage through with no losses but 25 dollars in door damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock House
Daryl Rice
Ottawa
Don I. Brooks
S. Maple
Pamida
Marlene L. Oglesby
RFD
LeeAnn Turner
Lincoln
Forest Park
Robert D. Max
S. Hickory
Gregory R. Nilges
N. Oak
Seventh
Willow Streets
Lee G. Mills
W. 15Th
Kathryn L. McDaniel
Chestnut
Joseph Salb
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wellsville High School
Sheriffs
Brad Gilges
Sheriff's Department
Judy Brunner
L. C. Tenk
S. Willow
Brunner
Wichita
Tenk
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the Daily Report
V. Wallace
Harley Vernon Wallace
Plaza Hotel
Salina
Evelyn Bledsoe
Mary Carson
Salome Latz
Park
Walter Gravenstein
Elm
George Harris
Williamsburg
Ren Nokes
Lane
Elva Toumberlin
Tim Morrow
N. Mulberry
Charles Hamilton
Willow
Katheryn O'Dowd
W.irth
Terry Hirt
Garnett
Charles Mayer
Olive
Charles Gann
Lawrence Wright
S. Main
Grace Hughes
Canterbury Court
Raymond Palmer
Clathe
Anna Funk
Cleveland
Daisy Wyrick
Claude Christie
Paola
David Crump
Hickory
Jana
Public Safety News
Ottawa Country Club
Richard C. Hansen
Louis M. Harris
Osage City
Mary A. Shidelen
N. Sycamore
North Locust
Sheriff’s News
Tom Bach
Ottawa Rfd
Here
15Th Street Road
Scott H. Crenshaw
St. Main
Brad Ryckert
District Court News
Raymond Dale Brady Jdr
N. Cedar
John Haskins
Cecil Leonard
Wellsville
Rock Creek Road
Miles R. Hart
Rock Creek
Mark D. Flanner
Clarence S. Dryden
Princeton
Bret L. Clark
Pomona
Sonic
Deanna L. Haas
Kelly R. McDaniel
S. Poplar
Kansas City Star
Ottawa Public Library
Kansas Technical Institute
Daniel Roecker
Alfred J. Roecker
Mark Shuck
Warren Shuck
Baldwin
Lyle English
Ottawa High School
Kansas Tech
Ad Briefs
Eddie's
United States
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones & Co
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Singer
Dundee Fabrics
Willis Garden Center
Carmen Peffly
Franklin County
Laura Sutton
Peffly
Jack Davis
Scot Smith
Ottawa Herald
Henry W. Block
North Main
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