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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1972
Page
4
Four Ottawa area youths Eldon Roehl Lester Meharry Richard Holland and Forrest Schultz will attend Ottawa University as freshmen this fall. The group hails from Ottawa RFD 4 Ottawa RFD 1 309 S Poplar and Quenemo.
A two car crash occurred in the 100 block of South Main around 9 22 Friday morning. Drivers Earl D Seaborn 33 and James 8 McKenzie 17 had minor damage and were southbound. A Myers car struck a parked vehicle owned by Alta G Rhoades around 2 15 p m Friday in the same block while attempting to park. A third incident involved a 16 year old from Overland Park whose car left North Washington at K 68 causing a pole impact near a culvert. He was treated and admitted for observation with possible wrist injuries. A semi accident near Homewood on US 50 saw Ray W McKinney 40 of Independence Mo and Thomas J Allen 30 of Wichita involved. no injuries among five aboard. Firefighters responded to a grass fire at 1016 Cypress around 10 p m Friday. Cattle and livestock market notes follow with price ranges. Admissions and dismissals listings and a birth are recorded, along with several emergency injuries including a knee, shoulder, dog bite, hand injuries and a jammed finger.
Rick Bulmer, 19, of Ottawa, was arrested Friday by a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent on selling narcotics charges based on a June 28 warrant. arraigned in Douglas County District Court on two counts, held on 25 000 bond. He had pleaded guilty last September to two counts of selling drugs and received a one to ten year sentence with two years probation. Preliminary hearing set for July 5.
Comedy by George Bernard Shaw, Arms and the Man, is Vassar Playhouse’s second production this season. Cast includes Cynthia Appley as Raina and Sidney Bauman as Captain Bluntschli, with Bruce Jones, Jane Stinnett, David Rockhold, Veda Rogers, David Polson, and Bruce Ottman. Bruce Rogers directs. shows run nightly at 8 27 p.m. through July 23 except Mondays and Tuesdays. box office opens each afternoon.
Franklin County engineer Bob Lister erected barricades on the John Brown Highway east of Princeton to slow traffic over the holiday period due to a deteriorating one mile stretch. The surface, recently resurfaced with a new material, buckled from high temperatures and a faulty mix. Repairs will occur in days while barricades remain.
Northwest Airlines pilots enter a second day of a strike as the airline and ALPA refuse to resume negotiations until the 1,619 protesters return to work. Labor Secretary Hodgson had urged talks, but preconditions remain attached. The strike follows 16 months of bargaining over fringe benefits during a peak holiday weekend.
Northwest Airlines conducted two Friday flights from Minneapolis to Chicago and plans a weekend flight to Honolulu under supervisory pilots. Hodgson urged pilots to withhold strike action for 10 days while Assistant Labor Secretary W J Usery Jr mediated. The airline accepted the offer, but the pilots union rejected it as interference.
First published notice from Franklin County Kansas Probate Court regarding the estate of Alba A Hewitt names executor Robert M Clogston and sets a July 24 1972 defenses deadline in Ottawa. Also includes Ottawa ordinances on parking penalties and motorcycle helmet requirements with fines up to 100 dollars and potential jail time.
Ottawa First Baptist Church announces the July 5 bus route. Departure from Elliott Hall at 6:30 a.m. arrives at Rantoul Presbyterian Church at 9:00 a.m. Then Wellsville United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. Return to Elliott Hall at 10:00 a.m. Afternoon run leaves Elliott Hall for Rantoul at 1:30 p.m. Wellsville at 2:00 p.m. Returns to Ottawa at 2:30 p.m.
City ordinances establish penalties for third offenses within one year with fines up to 500 dollars and imprisonment up to six months. Repeals ordinance 2417 and enacts requirements for illuminated directional signal devices on motorcycles. Rules include penalties of up to 100 dollar fines or six months imprisonment for violations.
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