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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1976
Page
3
Pratt Kansas AP The Miss Kansas Pageant reports a $14000 loss in contestant scholarships this year due to federal Title IX rules prohibiting sex discrimination. Officials note last year totals were $25000 but prize levels remain unchanged with the winner to receive 2500 and other incentives.
Hutchinson teen Marilee Southworth 17 won the first preliminary talent contest with a piano rendition. Kansas City Kansas entrant Barbara Huscher 21 captured the first preliminary swimsuit event. The 23 contestants complete round two tonight and finals Saturday determine Kansas’s Miss America representation in Atlantic City in September.
Four generations of the Art Harris family gathered for a reunion over the recent Fourth of July holidays. Attendees included six Harris daughters and sons-in-law, seven of their 19 grandchildren, and four of their 15 great grandchildren. Relatives traveled from California Utah Illinois Missouri Nebraska and western Kansas.
A mosaic of letters and replies covers gossip in a reader column. Ann Landers defends the mix of advice with emphasis on help lines and support groups, while readers send notes on gossip boundaries, personal crises, and a warning on alcohol misuse with FDA remarks. The page includes family notices and a demographic life expectancy stat for 45-year-old women.
Socialettes gathered for the Lanskard reunion in Harris with 39 family members visiting Harold Britt and family in Okmulgee. Visitors included Raymond Keller in Richmond from Moore Oklahoma and a 18th anniversary for Howard Bradley in Manhattan. Others shared meals and holidays at Richmond homes with relatives from Georgia to Washington.
A 23 member Kansas State 4-H and Youth Roundup Advisory committee was chosen at the June Roundup on the Kansas State University campus. The group will assist Cecil Eyestone in planning for next year’s event. Members include Lynn Snyder, Dodge City. Melinda Harbison, Paola. Carol Hazelbaker, Redfield. Kerri Garetson, Copeland. Carol Honeycutt, Cherryvale. and others from McPherson, Emporia, Gardner, Pratt, Manhattan, Topeka, and more. The article also notes family details for Kristina Victoria, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Hinson.
The note states that Boston or New England baked beans are not made with tomato sauce. Instead they use molasses and brown sugar, salt pork, and sometimes mustard.
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