Obituary and notices from Ottawa area events
Blanche A Patterson Melvern dies at Hilltop Nursing Home in Lyndon. Funeral set for Melvern United Methodist Church, age 92, with Jones Funeral Home in charge. Survived by sons Lee Roy and Perry, daughters Mary Ruth Burnett Melvern, Edna Allison Melvern, Carol Thompson Osage City, plus 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Also survived by sisters Minnie Lumsden Lebo and Bertha Burns Denton Texas. Dewar Kyle obituary notes service in Dengel and Son Mortuary with Highland Cemetery burial. Additional local notices cover admissions, dismissals, births, a city accident, theft report, marriage licenses, and regional market quotations.
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Blanche Patterson
Melvern
Blanche A. Patterson
Hilltop Nursing Home
Lyndon
Melvern United Methodist Church
Jones Funeral Home
Waverly
Army and Air Force Exchange
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Alfred Roy Patterson
Lee Roy
Bud” Patterson Milford
Perry Patterson
Alta Vista
Mary Ruth Burnett
Edna Allison
Carol Thompson
Osage City
Minnie Lumsden
Lebo
Bertha Burns
Denton
Tex
States Move To Hidden Taxes In Election Year
Washington based report says governors and lawmakers may raise money via quiet taxes on cigarettes liquor and gasoline rather than broad based income or sales taxes. Observers predict spending cuts despite inflation while public officials avoid visible tax hikes.
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Washington
Pomona and Ottawa Area Community Notices and Ads
Public meeting on energy cost adjustments set for January 20 at 7 30 p m in Pomona Community Hall. KIWANIS Pancake Day benefits Ottawa service projects January 19 11 1 30 and 5 7 30 at First Methodist Church. Faith Lutheran Chili Supper January 16 5 7 90 hosted by Men s Club. Shaklee meeting every Friday at 7 30. Local business ads include stock discounts at Litwin s. Economic study notes state spending growth outpacing revenue in states with potential tax increases.
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Pomona
Kan
Kiwanis
First Methodist Church
Ottawa
Safety Coordinator Lines Up Area Program Preparations
Safety coordinator Paul M. Butel began Franklin County preparations for next year with visits to Police Chief Oren Skiles and Sheriff Rex Bowling. The National Child Safety Council program focuses on drug use prevention using NIDS materials for kindergarten through junior high, with resources for high schools and law enforcement presentations available.
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National Child Safety Council
Franklin County
Paul M. Butel
Butel
Oren Skiles
Rex Bowling
Sara Jane Moore Laments Loss Of Freedom
SAN FRANCISCO AP Sara Jane Moore 43 regrets that attempting to kill President Ford cost her freedom after a life sentence imposed by U S District Court Judge Samuel Conti Moore told the court she turned radical and said violence can be constructive She called herself misguided and said the gallows or gas chamber deterred crime and noted her 9 year old son Frederick Aalberg remains in juvenile custody awaiting foster care despite a brief visit from his mother Moore became the second woman to receive life in a month under a post Kennedy assassination law with Lynette Fromme jailed for the same act in Sacramento earlier this year
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San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
Miss Moore
U.S. District Court
Samuel Conti
Conti
Frederick Aalberg
James Hewitt
John F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Lynette
Squeaky" Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
Wellsville Children Beset By Illnesses
Three scarlet fever cases confirmed in Wellsville Grade School kindergarten. Principal Mansfield Miller urges sick children be kept home and seen by a doctor. Five to six kindergartners out daily. five to seven grades report illness elsewhere. Health official notes rapid antibiotic response and short exposure. Fifth grade reports chickenpox. officials say “that time of year” for illnesses. Also: eighth grader Harold Kennington to compete at Junior Rodeo National Finals near Olathe after Osawatomie qualifier.
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Mansfield Miller
Miller
Arla Lichteig
Franklin County Health Department
Lickteig
Wellsville
Harold Kennington
Ottawa Junior High
Whispering Downs
Olathe
Osawatomie
Harold
Darlene Berry
King Anniversary Demands Rise From Civil Rights March
Thousands march in Atlanta to honor Martin Luther King Jr on his birth anniversary. Coretta Scott King leads a 15 000 strong rally from Ebenezer Church to downtown Atlanta calling for full employment and a renewed inquiry into King's assassination.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King
Coretta Scott King
Atlanta
King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Nixon in Court in Wiretap Suit at San Clemente
Former NSC aide Morton Halperin seeks deposition from Richard Nixon in a wiretap case. Nixon was questioned seven hours at his seaside home as Halperin targets Kisinger Haldeman Ehrlichman and other officials over a 1969 to 1971 wiretap. Proceedings in Washington are overseen by U.S. District Judge J Lewis Smith.
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San Clemente
Calif
National Security Council
Morton Halperin
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Halperin
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
U.S. District Court
J. Lewis Smith
Washington
Dog's Ardor Breach Sparks Small Claims Suit
Thomas J. Kinderknecht of Ellis sues Kenneth Wolf for $110 in Ellis County Small Claims Court claiming Wolf's dog violated a leash law by entering a fenced enclosure and impregnating Kinderknecht's hunting bitch, producing six puppies. He seeks $1.50 daily puppy support up to $10 each, plus $50 for postnatal medical costs and loss of the bitch's services during the last three weeks of the hunting season.
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Hays, Kan
Thomas J. Kinderknecht
Ellis, Kan
Kinderknecht
Ellis County
Small Claims Court
Kenneth Wolf
Wolf
Ottawa Chamber sets orientation for 1976 77 leaders
Orientation meeting for the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce executive committee members new board members and chairpersons will be at 7 30 p m next Thursday in the Chamber conference room. Pinewood Derby Pack 3077 winners include Jim Johnson first place and David Wiederholt best design with Eric Green Dan Fischer Darren Green and David Spears also taking prizes.
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Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jim Johnson
David Wiederholt
Eric Green
Dan Fischer
Darren Green
David Spears
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Bob Miller
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Charles Burlingham
Ray Reynolds Baldwin
Earl Hamilton
RFD
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S. Main
Roscoe Ward
N. Mulberry
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Williamsburg
Christina Cox
Kenneth Gentry
George Zielsdorf
W.3rd
Dale Vincent
N. Sycamore
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas Ciy
John Armstrong and Son
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Maria Sue Rice
Willie Elder
Oak
Eric Wieneke
Tremont
Beverly Vogler
7Th Street Terrace
Ninth and Mulberry
Police News
Richard Jones
B. Logan
Probate
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Elsie Mason
David K. Hooge
Patricia Marie Term
John Kent Sheldon
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Kansas City
Ad Briefs
Litwin's
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Emil Johnson
Kathy Curry Walken
Beautyland
Call For Apps
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Willow
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Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
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James Martin
Governors’ Organization
AIA Mag
Connie Town & Country
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Butes
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Damon
Aai
Towner
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Ottawa Rfc
Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Ralph Hodgden
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis
Kansas
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David Miller
Dawn Bunch Galen Gentry
Joe Ferns
Janice Damron
Marge Miller
Rena Towner
Dorothy Rearns
White
Phis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Columbia
S.C
New York
FBI
Mrs. King
U.S
Andrew Young
D-Ga
King’s
Murray Finley
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
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Mark Rosenbaum
Walter Slocumbhe
Jerry Berman
Golden Eagle Restaurant
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