Obituary notices for Criqui Johnson Spacek and others
Obituaries and death notices from Melvern Wellsville and Waverly list Herbert A Criqui 72 Melvern died today at Memorial Hospital Topeka service Thursday Melvern Church of God burial Alpine Cemetery born May 3 1903 Olivet survived by wife Mary and seven children 28 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren seven siblings Mary A Johnson 79 Wellsville died Sunday Olathe Hospital services Thursday Holton burial Soldier survivor details and multiple survivors Spacek Vincent 80 rural Waverly died Monday burial St Josephs Cemetery Waverly funeral services and survivors listed plus emergency and hospital notices and Kansas City cattle hogs quotes roundup.
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Herbert A. Criqui
Melvern
Memorial Hospital
Topeka
Melvern Church of God
Alpine Cemetery
Lebo
Merlin Kraft
Ted Hill
Criqui
Olivet
Osage County
Melvern Township
Mary Barbee
Burlington
Emmril
Viola) Ehrnebold
Hutchinson
Charles
Betty) Milddour
San Jose
Calif
Herbert Criqui Jr
Santa Maria
Oren Criqui
Bill
Martha) Brockman
Mary A. Johnson
Wellsville
Olathe Community Hospital
Mercer Funeral Home
Holton
Soldier
Johnson
Havensville
John and
Mary (DeWitt) Pitcher
Roy L. Johnson
Holton. He and A Daughter and A Son Preceded Her In Death. Mrs. Johnson
United Methodist Church
Edgerton
Lois Rolin
Wilson and Son
Vincent Spacer Waverly
Vincent Spacek
Waverly
St. Joseph's Catholic
Spacek
St. Mary's
Dora Ellen Ackley
Marjorie Cook
Ella Marie Espinoza
Santree
Robert Boyd
Agnes Reeder
Silver Lake
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Arosery
Jones
Wall Street News Reports Dow Dips Amid Rate Hopes
Wall Street declined as investors priced in a potential rise in the bank prime lending rate from 7 to 7 1/2 percent. The noon Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.05 to 858.03 with more decliners than advancers on the NYSE as talks of open market rate hikes spurred selling. Polaroid gained 2 1/2 to 39 1/2 as short term rates steadied and APCO Oil led volume with an 111,000 share block at 16 1/2.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Polaroid
American Stock Exchange
Apco Oil
Charges Pile Up On Hurd
Reginald Hurd former superintendent of the Central Heights school system faces multiple theft charges in Franklin County Court. He faces a July 23 appearance for a July 16 theft and a separate October 17 theft charge, with a 1974 theft count dismissed earlier in March.
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Reginald Hurd
Central Heights
Franklin County
Hurd
REACT Debuts Restored Fire Truck for Ottawa Volunteers
Ottawa REACT has a bright yellow 1959 Ford two ton fire truck with a 1000 gallon water tank. Rebuilt by 14 members who towed it from Franklin County yards and spent 100 to 150 dollars and 1000 man hours to restore it. They seek hoses ladders axes and welcome donations while county sheriff handles fire dispatch.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa React
Fire Department
REACT
Franklin County Commission
Franklin County
Bill Gordon
Gerry Didde
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Damron Ambulance Service Sues Ottawa City in Small Claims
Paul Damron doing business as Damron Ambulance Services, sues Ottawa city manager Bob Mills in Small Claims Court on July 23 seeking 163.50 for three ambulance runs to police requests. Damron calls the action a friendly test case, noting six total calls in six months and two prior similar bills paid by the city.
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Paul Damron
Damron Ambulance Services
Bob Mills
Ottawa
Damron
Forest Park
Kansas City
Damion
Former Baldwin Publisher Dies
Maurice Markham, 77, president and publisher of the Van Nuys News and Green Sheet, died of a heart seizure Saturday. Funeral services were scheduled today in Los Angeles. He graduated in 1919 from Baker University Baldwin Kansas where he belonged to Delta Tau Delta. He worked for Printer's Ink in Chicago and the Wichita Beacon before returning to Baldwin in 1922 to publish his father's Baldwin Ledger.
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Los Angeles
Maurice Markham
van Nuys
Green Sheet
San Fernando Valley
Markham
Baker University
Baldwin, Kan
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Printer’s Ink
Chicago
Wichita, Kan
Beacon
Baldwin
The
Baldwin Ledger
UF Board member Tracy Kramer appointed in Wellsville
Mrs Tracy Kramer rural Wellsville was appointed to the county United Fund board for a two year term. Commissioners noted receipt of the final 1975 revenue sharing check for 96227 and discussed the 1976 budget with county auditor Allen French. The Van Nuys News and Green Sheet history and Markham family's long involvement with the paper are noted including leadership roles and recent ownership by Tribune Co.
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Franklin County
Tracy Kramer
Wellsville
United Fund Board
Wheat Soybean and Oat futures rise on CBOT start
Chicago AP reports early CBOT trading shows wheat up 2 to 3% cents a bushel with July at 3.05, soybeans up 1 to 3 1/4 cents at 5.18, oats up 1 to 1 1/2 cents at 1.54 42, while corn drifted irregularly around 2.76 for July.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Country Kitchen Cafe Ad Brief and Maple Shoppe Note
COUNTRY Kitchen Cafe will be open six days a week with Tuesday closed. Hours: Sunday 11 to 4, other days 10 to 6 with air conditioning. Ann Cheasbro named manager. DRAPERY samples offered by bolts and remnants from 50 cents up. Discontinued carpet samples 25 cents. End bolts fringe and trim. One 12 by 12 foot Stevens Gullistan kitchen carpet available. The Maple Shoppe located at 1519 South Main.
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Country Kitchen
Ann Cheasbro
S. Main
Thirty-Six Trail Blazers Visit 4-H Club Tour
Thirty-six Trail Blazers and parents toured eight stops visiting livestock gardens and woodworking displays on June 29. Obedience training and tips for 4-H dog project members were set for City Park. Bridge winners at the Elks Club included Seavers Price and Taylor Tresslinger Hanes Durbin Mudrick.
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Trail Blazers
the Elks Club
Virginia Seavers
Gene Price
Carl Taylor
Don Tresslinger
Freda Gilmore
Mary Jo Hanes
Wanda Durbin
Bess Mudrick
Military Growth and Drill Shaped the Revolution
Washington’s Continental Army evolved from hastily recruited farmers to a disciplined force modeled on European tactics. Baron von Steuben professionalized drills at Valley Forge, improving muskets, bayonet use, and battlefield coordination, while desertions and drive for bounty plagued recruitment. The era’s drum and muskets defined 18th century combat.
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Washington
Baron Frederick William von Steuben
Steuben
Valley Forge
Sail
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Shawna Persefield
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Oak
Daniel DeVore
Richmond
Pansy Rule
Cedarhouse Nursing Home
Helen Mann
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Avco Corp
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Prairie Farmer
U.S
Ralph Baker
Ohio State University
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Ambulance Service
UF Board
Ledger
W.C. Markham
Ralph
van Nuys News
Ralph Markham
Walter Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Ferdinand
the News
San Fernando Lodge 1539
Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills
Tribune Co
Board of Trade
Ad Briefs
Ruth Watkins
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Sail
Massachusetts
National Automobile Club
jDamvront
Bazaay
Towner
Kansas
Poh
Earl Henry Keifer
Crestview Nursing Home
Damron Towner Chapel
Highland Cemetery
David Miller
David Bunch Galen Gentry
Janice Damron
Marge Miller
Rena Towner
Dorothy Reams
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