Multiple Traffic Offenses and Obituaries in Ottawa Area
Ottawa police logs list speeding fines for Elwyn Mauk and others in various zones. Obituaries note services for Oliver Rathjen and Matthew Motelet with burial at Highland Cemetery. A pair of two vehicle accidents are reported with minor citations and no fatalities. Agricultural market data from Kansas City shows cattle, sheep and hog price movements.
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Oliver Rathjen
Oliver Lee Rathjen
Damron- Towner Chapel
Earl Zimmerman
Highland Cemetery
Melvin Clevenger
Robert Lingard
Eddie Sheldon
Dean Martin
Evan Lloyd
Randall Renaud
Eugene Domanish
Matthew Motelet
Matthew Eugene Motelet
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Gerald Sheeds
Norman Moore
Ash
Melissa McKelvey
S. Maple
Connie Evans
Charles Carey
12Th
Hickory
Ottawa
First and
Samuel Tipton
Pomona
Pauline Parrish
Santa Fe to Lay Off 34 In Topeka And Statewide
The Santa Fe Railway Co of Topeka announces layoffs of 34 car men and machinists starting next Friday due to a general slowdown. A day earlier, notices warned all sheet metal workers their jobs would end January 24 amid a threatened strike by the Sheet Metal Workers Union. There are 55 sheet metal workers in Topeka and under 100 in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Railway Co
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Santa Fe
Chrysler
Community notices and events including dinners, dances and radio shows
Ad briefs promote tax service by Greg Blakesley and contact. Eagles Lodge steak night Saturday 6:30 to 8, dance 9. The Light House Hour airs Sundays 12:30 to 1 on KTJO FM 88.1 from Community Revival Center Church. Sunday noon turkey and dressing in Hereford Inn. VFW dance with Marvin Ross and The Country Gentlemen. Pizza Village delivers Monday to Saturday 5 to 11 and Sundays 5 to 9. Village Shoppe sale 20 to 50 percent off. Elbow Lounge hosts Country Misfits dance Saturday. KOFO 8:45 a.m. Sundays. Dondee Fabrics offers large selection double knits at 2.66 yard.
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KTJO
Community Revival Center
King
Ford Announces Cutback Auto Layoffs Continue
Ford Motor Co plans extended production cutbacks suspending operations at more than half of its assembly plants for a week amid a prolonged slump in auto sales. Chrysler and General Motors announce large next-week layoffs as Ford totals reach 32,600 open-ended furloughs and nationwide unemployment rises.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
U.S
American Motors
Ihe
Auto Company
Graves Truck Lines Buys Capital Truck Lines
Graves Truck Lines of Salina buys Capital Truck Lines of Salina with Ottawa branch at 224 W. Wilson. Limited changes expected. Capital will keep most operations and 70 towns served. Preston McLeod named Capitol operations manager. Graves KC terminal head for 10 years. Capital employs about 150. Graves about 1,300 in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska with 2000+ revenue units.
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Salina
Capitol
Preston McLeod
Graves Kansas City
Graves
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Easy theft solved as windshield wipers vanish
Salina police logged a sunrise call when a woman reported her car windshield wipers stolen. An officer found the wipers hidden beneath the freshly fallen snow on the victim’s auto, the scene described as the easiest theft in Salina PD history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Acting Highway Boss Named Acting Highway Boss Named
L W Newcomer of El Dorado has been named acting highway director in Kansas. Gov elect Bennett announced Newcomer will serve until a permanent director is chosen. Bennett plans a six month goal but Newcomer will depart as the interim is found, with duties to coordinate a department reorganization and advise the interim director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
L.W. Newcomer
el Dorado
Robert F. Bennett
Newcomer
Bennett
State Highway Department
Warning To Wheat Men At Kansas Board Meeting
At the 104th annual Kansas Board of Agriculture meeting in Topeka wheat growers were warned to study livestock losses and avoid overproduction. Speakers urged restraint, caution in public marketing messages, and orderly marketing to prevent oversupply hurting prices.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kanssas Board of Agriculture
H. W. Harrington
Grand Island
Neb
U.S
Harrington
Jim Cook
Liberal
Cook
Barry Flinchbaugh
Kansas State
Flinchbaugh
Bicycles to be auctioned in Ottawa
Abandoned bicycles in Ottawa will be sold at a public auction at 2 p.m. on Tuesday February 18 at the Franklin County Law Enforcement Center located at Third and Main. Owners may reclaim impounded bikes by February 18 upon payment of a fee.
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Ottawa
Franklin County Law Enforcement Center
Third and Main
Driver's Seat Bit Too Hot in Close Call
L. E. Lancaster was seated in his car Wednesday night when a book of matches in his pocket ignited. He managed to smother the flames, but his trousers received burn holes in the sudden incident.
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the Daily Report
Elwyn Mauk
Princeton
Larry Jordan
Daniel Thompson
S. Elm
Homer Henning
Rock Wood Drive
Bernard Cowdin
N. Sycamore
David McCurdy
Williamsburg
Richard Kiefer
David Cook
Stanley Lloyd
Quenemo
Jacquline Carter
Poplar
Linda Campbell
Eees
le Ginger Holmes
Karlena Diamond
Chad Payne
S. Main
Kinne Pearce
Rebecca Milligan
S. Cedar
Glen Miller
Frank Kreusch
Dean Kinsley
Ben
RFD
Jack Green
Wellsville
Jeff Kingsolver
Charles Pressler
Canterbury Court
Paul Whitmer
Jeremy Ward
Joe Whitely
Kansas City
Fourth and
Walnut
Beverly DeWald
N. Cherry
Larry Wilson
W. 6Th
Lee Wedman
S. Locust
Don Pickenpaugh
West Sixth
Pickenpaugh
Lith and
Main
Ad Briefs
Audit Tax Service
Greg Blakesley
Eagles Lodge
Hereford Inn
Marvin Ross and
the Country Gentlemen
Pizza Village
Jim and Kay Jones
Elbow Lounge
Country Misfits
Kofo
Dondee Fabrics
Marais Des Cygnes
Butler
East Kansas
Ben Nitcher
Pence’s Golden Eagle Restaurant
Florsheims
Richardson’s
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