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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1962
Page
4
Regina protests draw 20 000 to 30 000 residents opposing compulsory medicare plan. Keep Our Doctors Committee sponsors, doctors strike drives unrest. Premier Woodrow Lloyd to meet a delegation. Barricades around the legislative building aim to ease congestion.
Funeral services for Willis S. Valentine who died Sunday at Anderson County Hospital Garnett will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Farris Funeral Home Garnett. Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Joseph born Oct 6 1878 Elk County died at Ransom Memorial Hospital Tuesday at 9 30 p m after hip injury July 3 services at Towner's Chapel Thursday 10 a m Rev Ned Roberts burial Potwin Cemetery 2 p m graveside. She married Alonzo A Joseph 1900 who died 1981. Surviving daughter Mrs Charles L Scribner six grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
Merle Dean Robison son of Mr and Mrs Byron Robison Prince has been promoted to Ma ate Third Class with the US Navy He completed a mechanics course Robison on the cruiser USS St Paul returns to the West Coast after a Pacific duty tour He was in the Laos area recently Arthur Sluder Navy fireman son of Mr and Mrs Gaude A Sluder Pomona is aboard the heavy cruiser USS Helena which took part in Exercise an Tree off Calis coast The exercise involved 10 ships and 8 000 men of the First Fleet Loren W Gilmore Sp 4 Ho henfels Germany is home on leave after annual service practice at McGregor Range Ft Bliss Tex Gilmore his wife and two sons visit Garnett He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben Gilmore 1030 N Cedar His address is Sp 4 Loren W Gilmore RA 17519 039 Battery D 6th Missile Bn 60th Artillery APO 173 New York N Y Maj John Enyart son of Mrs FE B Enyart and the late Mr Enyart Ottawa will leave Travis AFB Calif for overseas duty He and his wife and children John Roy and Karen recently visited his mother in Ottawa He left for Keesler AFB Miss for a 2 week combat operations course His wife and children will live in Kansas City while he serves overseas.
Robert T. Gibson, 49, Parsons, jailed after state troopers arrested him on two moving violations. He is wanted in an auto theft case as sheriff’s deputies report he did not return the car he was driving. Gibson pleaded guilty to open bottle charges, fined $50 and costs, with bond set at $350 pending July 25 trial for drunken driving.
Frank LeRoy Morgan 18 of 831 S Cedar pleaded innocent in Police Court to driving while intoxicated reckless driving and driving with a suspended license. Morgan released from the University of Kansas Medical Center posted 350 bond and awaits trial Aug 23. He drove the car that struck a tree at 15th and Main early Sunday.
AP reports Kansas traffic death toll over the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday with 0 fatalities for July and 8 for 1962, compared to 288 in the same 1961 period.
Hawkins Grange outlined plans for the county picnic on August 29 at 1 p.m. in Forest park. Worn by officers, 24 members attended as reports covered insurance, needlework contests, and entries for state and national Grange events.
KC Markets Kansas City AP reports cattle numbers at 2 000 with slaughter classes steady to 25 lower feeders steady. Price ranges for steers heifers and cows listed along with hogs sows and burrows and lambs. Spring slaughter lambs firm with various quality levels priced. data ends with incomplete line on lambs.
Four Ottawans Ronald Showalter Margaret Hughes Betty Parker and Marilyn Robertson attended KU freshmen previews along with 140 others. Separate notes list Ellis Piano Tuning employee Robert Black and Ralph Gage among 616 KU liberal arts honor roll students for spring and other local items.
Larry M. Dimon 21 of Olathe Naval Air Station posted a $40 bond after a minor collision on South Hickory last night. He faced charges of passing on the right and driving without a valid license as scooter vs car collided near Rev. Charles Knight. Damages were minor. Also cited were William L. Johnson 19 Pomona for illegal mufflers and Ernest J. Thompson 19 Cypress for reckless driving. Johnson posted a $15 bond.
Franklin County commissioners direct County Treasurer Almeda Edwards to invest 20331 dollars in U S treasury bills from remaining funds after last fall bond purchases. Three thousand dollars will mature January 3, while seventeen thousand will be withdrawn July 15 to cover the first bond installment.
Franklin County reports show 78 landowners completed 32 miles of terraces 16 ponds and 65 acres of grassed waterways in six months per the Soil Conservation Service fiscal year totals. The column thanks the public for support and notes everyday conversations raise conservation awareness and understanding of erosion prevention.
Admissions include Sharon Barkley Emma Stout William Wiscombe Clarence Castleberry Ivan Jacobsen Dennis Robbins Mrs Larry Hall and others with Tuesday or Wednesday dates. Dismissals list Clarence E Hazen Kenneth Ford Mrs Kenneth Jones and baby daughter Nancy Welch Ernest Dunn James Thomson Kenneth Marshall Mrs Earl Whitcher Joe Warren with Tuesday or Wednesday dates. The Herald pays $5 weekly for best reader tip.
State Corporation Commission of Kansas schedules a hearing for CB Telephone Co Inc on July 30 1982 at 10 00 a m in Topeka to approve financing of 13000 in common stock and 35000 in long term notes for rehabilitating Hillsdale and Rantoul exchanges and converting to dial service The filing includes proposed rates and a request to intervene by interested parties signed by Secretary Raymond B Harvey dated July 3 1962
July sales listings for livestock and furniture auction items across Ottawa Kansas Neosho Missouri include night consignments of cattle horses and furniture. Ottawa Livestock Commission Co. details locations West Wilson Street Ottawa KS and a July 12 sale. Franklin County Sale Company advertises every Saturday at Locust and Wilson Ottawa KS.
Overbrook and area livestock sales operate weekly with schedules for Emporis Livestock Sales Co Overbrook Livestock Sale Franklin County Sale Co Osage City Sale Pomona Ottawa and Gas City auctions. Community auctions held Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays with nearby houses and furniture sales in Ottawa and 123 West 2nd.
The piece stresses public support for soil and water conservation, greeting identifiable individuals and the broader public. It emphasizes that conservation is not only science and art but a people’s task, urging continued participation to complete the job.
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