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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1978
Page
13
Plans for a Kansas conference on agricultural grain marketing were finalized. Kansas Committee on Agricultural Grain Marketing will host agricultural specialists and lawmakers from farm belt states in Topeka on July 26 and 27 to study the grain system and discuss a possible permanent interstate compact.
Obituary notices for Glen W Nicholson 76 of 317 Ash died July 6 at Ransom Memorial Hospital with services planned at Robson-Towner Funeral Home and burial in Highland Cemetery. Survived by wife Inez L Pomeroy and two sons, mother, brother, and four grandchildren. Also details on Mae Coffman Overbrook and Mae Barber Pomona obituaries, and local admissions dismissals births and sheriff and public safety reports with autos theft and property damage incidents in Franklin County.
A jumble of public notices and brief items includes a Democrat event at Celebration Hall with a 11 am to 3 pm discount, a summer Saturday closure for Montgomery Ward, car wash at First Baptist Church, health forms pickup for Heidi and Peter Academy, voter registration deadline July 11, and political ads for Jim Allen and Jack Davis. Also listed are a bonds offer, a vacation closure for Davis Oil, shoe sale at Budge's Sports Center, dance events at Princeton and Getaway Club, spraying services by Willis Garden Center, a local vehicle incident report, a marriage licenses list, Kansas City market quotations, and miscellaneous civic notices.
In 100 degree heat across Kansas and Missouri, Kansas Power & Light topped its prior peak by 79 megawatts to reach 1,596 megawatts. Officials note capacity of 1,959 megawatts and say utilities plan to keep 15 percent more capacity than expected demand. Other items mention a Franklin County Democrat basket dinner, a blood drive in Garnett, and local obituaries and promotions.
Wellsville City Council raised cemetery digging fees to 100 dollars on weekdays and 150 dollars on weekends, up from 75. They discussed redrawing plans for parking and tennis courts at the city park, and reviewed security options with Security Systems Inc. for law enforcement. A 10 inch water line from Baldwin to Wellsville was approved, with financing by FmHA. debate continues over line size and voter approval.
U S automakers sold 949,849 cars in June, up 3.3 percent from last year, with Ford delivering 272,026 and GM 543,469. Imports may dip slightly but overall industry sales set a June record, while Chrysler faced a 10 percent year over year drop amid Horizon Omni safety controversy and consumer alarms.
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