News Briefs from the region and events
K A Randall announced FDIC member banks insure up to 20000 per depositor. Kenny and the Country Playboys perform at Red Barn Friday and Saturday nights. Sherlie A Capper was elected secretary treasurer of the Southeast Kansas Register of Deeds. Electrolux sales to be arranged 2 3495 530 pm to 700 pm. Gary Dee Rice of Eureka accepted USD 389 teaching post. expects BS from Emporia State in January. Gary Lee Duffield home on leave from Army after service in Vietnam. son of Mr and Mrs Robert Duffield. Mrs Ray Reed admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence Room 201.
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Sherlie A. Capper
Franklin County Register of Deeds
Southeast Kansas Register of Deeds
Fort Scott
USD 389
Eureka
Gary Dee Rice
Marlin J. Rice
Pomona
Emporia State
Gary Lee Duffield
Duffield
Takli
Thailand
Vietnam
Robert Duffield
Powhattan
Tax Collection Shows Increase in Kansas for 1969
Kansas tax collections for 1969 totaled 356.52 million, up 33.39 million or 10.3 percent from 1968. Higher motor fuel taxes and inflation contributed, with gasoline tax rising two cents per gallon and special fuel tax one cent. Income and withholding taxes rose, sales and use taxes gained, and fuel tax receipts reached 77.16 million.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Revenue Department
Police News From Ottawa Reports DUI and Open Container Charges
The Ottawa Police Department reports charges against Jon G. Meitchen for transporting an open container of alcohol and George C. Conley for driving while intoxicated. A two-vehicle collision occurred at Main and Massasoit at 12:33 p.m. involving Gary Blanco and Frank Tedrow, with Tedrow stating he did not see the other car. The bulletin also notes court action for speeding 85 in a 75 mph zone and lists hospital notes, births, and a funeral for Carroll D. Paul with military honors.
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Ottawa Police Department
Jon G. Meitchen
Ottawa Rfd
Main
Massasoit
Gary W. Blanco
Willow
Frank L. Tedrow
N. Mulberry
Tedrow
Blanco
Mother Defends Son After AWOL Charge in England
Mrs. Milton Mark of Stafford Kansas defends her son Gary Mark 18 who was arrested in London as AWOL from the Army in West Germany. The Army stated a preliminary investigation would determine possible charges while Gary claimed conscientious objector status and his aid ticket home was cancelled before overseas transfer.
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Wichita
Milton Jd
Mark
Stafford
Kan
England
West Germany
Gary Mark
London
U.S. Air Force
Germany
Nuernberg
U.S
Memorial service for Karen K Donaldson in Garnett
Karen Kay Donaldson 21 died Jan 1 in Atlanta Georgia. Services were held Tuesday at First Christian Church Garnett with burial at Garnett Cemetery. Rev Ronald Burt officiated. She was a Garnett High School 1966 graduate and served in the Women's Army Corps from Dec 28 1966 to Apr 1968. Survivors include her parents Gary and Julie Donaldson Garnett a grandmother Lena Edwards Garnett and several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen K. Donaldson
Karen Kay Donaldson
Atlanta
First Christian Church
Garnett
Ronald Burt
Miss Donaldson
Wayne Donaldson
Garnett High School
Women’s Army Corps
Gary
Julie
Lena Edwards
Song Festival Set For Jan. 18 Ottawa High School
The spiritual resources committee led by Dr. Stanley DeFries schedules a community song festival at 6 p.m. January 18 at Ottawa High School. Students will perform spiritual hymns and an offering will be collected to fund a future event.
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Stanley DeFries
Ottawa High School
Kansas Legislature Faces Finance Challenge Amid Tax Reform
AP reports Kansas lawmakers face an $800 million+ annual budget, needing funds for state operations and local aid while considering tax reform. Leaders Sen. Glee Smith and Rep. Calvin Strowig press for adjusting tax loads, with Gov. Docking's proposals shaping debate on school and welfare aid versus property taxes. The 197? session hinges on financing and equalization amid potential revenue shifts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Strowig
Smith
Robert Docking
Docking
Legal notices and probate filings in Franklin County Kansas
Public notices include dissolution filing for Jawhawk Beverages Inc registered in Ottawa Kansas and probate matters in Franklin County. Appointments of Don W. Campbell and George W. Campbell as co administrators of Rosa Ellen Campbell estates, with demand deadlines and attorney details. Also district court sheriff sale notice for case 24-211.
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State of Kansas
Secretary of
Jawhawk Beverages, Inc
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Rosa Ellen Campbell
Rose E, Campbell
Rose E. Campbell
Don W
Don W. Campbell
George W. Campbell
Harold Brady
Os Elmer Sieg
Thermo-Dyne, Inc
Public sale of oil and gas lease in Franklin and Miami counties
The sheriff will offer for sale the oil and gas lease and personal property appurtenant as one leasehold to satisfy a prior judgment. Property includes the North Half of the Southwest Quarter and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter in Section 16 and the North Half of Section 23, Township 16, Range 21, in Franklin and Miami Counties, Kansas. Sale at the west front door of the Franklin County Courthouse in Ottawa on February 3, 1976 at 2:00 p.m. Funds go to the plaintiff and costs.
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District Court
Franklin County
Kanes
Court House
Ottawa
Kansas
Miami, County
Joe Ferns
Winter & Green
First National Bank Bidg
Attys
Appalachia Still Poor Sees Modest Gains From Commission
Washington AP The Appalachian Regional Commission created five years ago reports its impact as damn small and damn modest. Despite new hospitals schools and 2600 miles of roads the average Appalachian still lags in income malnutrition and education. President Nixon preserved funding and Congress boosted the commission’s appropriation from 174.4 million to 283.4 million for the current year.
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Washington
West Virginia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Howard Bray
Bray
Congress
Nixon
Johnson
Commission
District Judges Conference Opens Monday at Courthouse
Fourth Judicial District judges will gather Monday for a 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. conference. Court terms start at 9:30 a.m. with Floyd H. Coffman division one Robert F. Stadler division two and Alex Hotchkiss division three. A memorial service for B F Bowers is at 4:15 p.m. Public invited. Annual Bar Association meeting at the country club begins 5:30 p.m. dinner at 6 p.m. Officers to be elected after the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd H. Coffman
Robert F. Stadler
Alex Hotchkiss
B. F. Bowers
Bar Association
In Memoriam Selma Wendel Dies at 94 in Princeton
Mrs Selma Wendel 94 of Princeton died early yesterday Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 pm at the Mortuary Rev William Weber officiating Interment Prairie City Cemetery west of Baldwin Friends may call this evening to service hour
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Selma E. Wendel
Princeton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dengel and Son
William Weber
Prairie City Cemetery
Baldwin
Wendel
Sweden
John
Anna Isberg
George F. Wendel
Grand Rapids
Mich
Huston
Harold E. Huston
First Assembly of God Church
Appanoose Cemetery
Marion Township
Douglas County
Kan
Raymond Raley
Selma Wendel
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
F.d.lc
Kenny and the
Country Playboys
Red Barn
Electrolux
Beverly Bones Schmitt
Ray Reed
N. Qak
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
the Daily Report
George C. Conley
Leavenworth
Marilyn Patton
Lucky Lee Patton
John E. Travers
Independence
Cynthia Tweet
N. Maple
George Niehoff
Quenemo
Margaret Beiter
Bruce Cox
Floyd Parkhurst
N. Main
Luther Amphenour
John * Okerberg
Robert Thomas
Leona Battin
N. Poplar
Frederick Wood
James Cockburn
Wellaville
William Betts
Poinsettia
Raymond Mock
Inj
Carroll D. Paul
Hampden
Mass
United States Navy
Highland Cemetery
Chester A. Hall
David E. Turner
Olathe Naval Air Station
MMCS
H. D. Nuckols
New London
Conn
H. D. Lee Company
Mreg Mark
Wichita Beacon
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R-Abilene
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First National Bank
State of
John F. Laws
Edith M. Laws
Executrix
Winter & Green First National Bank
Ottawa, Kansas
Appalachia
Joe Towner
Memoriam
Luis Lengel
Jon Nrtuay
Hemisfair
N.Y
Masonic Hall
S. Main
The
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Mormon
Rline Ency
Arthur Allen
Richard Turner
Seer Stockholders
Scipio Church Hall
Farmers Co-Op Association
Richmond
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Donald Poss
Henry Feuerborn
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