NTSB urges Santa Fe safety fixes after Kansas derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board calls for testing of automatic train stop equipment and crew acknowledgment rules after an Amtrak Southwest Limited derailment near Lawrence Kansas that killed two and injured 69. Test indications and crew confirmations would ensure the system works before service and that warnings are acknowledged. The investigation continues with engineer testimony planned.
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Jaycees Contribute 1047 for Sacred Heart Fire Recovery
Ottawa Jaycees presented Sacred Heart Catholic Church with a 1047 donation toward rebuilding funds. The money came from last spring’s Walk for Mankind where area youths pledged per miles walked. The former church at Fourth and Cedar was burned last April, four weeks before the walk. Plans call for converting the school gym into a sanctuary with construction to start mid March.
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Ottawa
Camp Chippewa
Sacred Heart
ORA Eyes Extended Hours and New Executives
The Ottawa Retail Association backs longer hours with 5 30 closing on weekdays 6 30 on Fridays and 8 p m Wednesday. New Executive Committee members Pat McLoud Sam Brown and Lionel Sutton were elected amid plans for a winter sidewalk sale February 20 and regular meetings starting April 2. The Jaycees donate 1047 to Sacred Heart pushing rebuilding to 83 percent of 430000. Walk for Mankind is April 19 with 20 percent to Project Concern and 80 percent to local groups.
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Clarence Koch
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Pat McLoud
McCracken’s
Sam Brown
Budge’s Sports’ Center
Lionel Sutton
Sutton’s Jewelry
Koch
Project Concern
Sacred Heart
County Traffic Deaths Decreased During 1979
Four persons died in Franklin County traffic accidents in 1979, nine fewer than 1978. The year’s fatal incidents include Dusty Rhoades II on I-35 near LeLoup April 5, Joe Nordyke on Sand Creek Road May 9, Gary L. Smith off Coates Corner on US-59 November 23, and Janet Greene on I-35 near the Ottawa exit December 21.
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Wellsville
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Sand Creek Road
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Parsons
Princeton
Smith
Janet Greene
Shawnee Mission
Ottawa 15Th Street
Ms. Greene
Mrs Goldie Greenfield rites set for Overbrook church
Services for Mrs. Goldie Greenfield 68 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Overbrook First United Methodist Church with burial in Overbrook Cemetery. She was born October 6 1911 at Waterville and died Wednesday. Survived by Jasper H. Greenfield her husband three daughters two sons three sisters twelve grandchildren two great grandchildren and memorials to the church. Greenwood Roberts Funeral Home Overbrook in charge. GROVER P. NUTT WAVERLY-Services for Grover P. Nutt 88 of Costa Mesa California will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bethany Church of Christ with burial in Waverly Cemetery. He was Waverly postmaster 32 years World War I veteran and member of Bethany Church of Christ and Lodge 244 AF & AM. He married Mable F Albert March 7 1910. She died in 1978. Survivors include a son and two grandchildren. Memorial gifts to Good Shepherd Lutheran Home.
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Goldie Greenfield
Overbrook First
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Costa Mesa
Calif
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Waverly
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High Point
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
Newfield Sentencing Set After Feb. Murder Conviction
A Bourbon County jury convicted Timothy Newfield of second degree murder for the shotgun death of banker Grant Avery in a case moved from Marion County. He also faced convictions for aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated kidnapping. A presentence hearing is scheduled for Feb. 29 in Fort Scott Kansas.
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Kan
Bourbon County
Timothy Newfield
Peabody
Grant Avery
George Scott
Marion County District Court
Frank M. Feebeck
Osawatomie
Feebeck
Wellsville
Thomas C. Hendrix
Carol A. Moran
Overland Park
Douglas L. Horne
Linda E. Avery
Ottawa
Dennis C. Elder
Carolyn Sue Holt
Steven Mark Highie
Kathy Louise Coffman
Stephen C. Ferguson
Dawn LaRay Chambers
Kansas University scholarships and tax property reports brief
Kathleen Shull receives a KU Endowment Association scholarship for the 1980 spring term. The Franklin County Appraiser’s office will be open Saturday 8 to noon for personal property reporting due by March 1. Carla Zimmerman earns a Valparaiso campus scholarship. a vehicle incident on West Wilson injures ECKAN property with minor damage. Quotations list farm commodity prices and regional cattle market notes from Kansas City and Kansas City, Mo, with weekly sales totals and Friday quotations for cattle and hogs.
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S. Oak
Kansas University Endowment Association
University of Kansas
Franklin County
Kansas City
Community event notices and bargains in Ottawa area
Local listings announce amatuer night at Hazels Place on Tuesday Jan 29 with first prize of 25 dollars and a Farm Bureau money-saving pitch. Franklin County Conservation District dinner meeting Jan 31 at Celebration Hall Ottawa. Ottawa Chamber promotes downtown revitalization. Elks steak and dance Jan 26 with band Legal Tender. Various ads include chili, freezer beef, restaurant specials, clothing markdowns, New England travel talk Jan 26 7:30 pm, chicken dinner 4 pieces 2.99, Renegades dance Jan 26 9 pm, and layaway/central air promos with address and phone details.
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Celebration Hall
Ottawa
New England
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Butler's Music Store
Call
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
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