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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1969
Page
3
R. M. Francis, a Social Security field representative for the Kansas City district, will be at the Youth Center, 115 W. 4th, on July 16 from 9 a.m. to noon to help with benefit applications or other Social Security business. A correction notes Red Barn hours: Sunday 11 to A.M., Friday and Saturday 5 to 10.
The Herald corrects a notice that Alan Lee Van Loenen, a January 1969 KSTC graduate from Emporia, began June work with Montgomery Ward in Kansas City. He actually worked in Jefferson City from February to May and now serves with the U S Army at Fort Leonard Wood. Kenneth Toumberlin and The Country Playboys perform at the Red Barn Friday and Saturday nights.
Faith Lutheran Church at 316 East 12th invites all for a homemade ice cream social on Sunday July 13 from 5 to 8 PM. Advance notices urged attendees to mark the event.
A VFW hall hosts a Saturday dance at 9 p.m. featuring Johnny Smith and his Western Strings Adv. for an evening of live音乐 and social dancing.
Ann Arbor authorities say the .22 caliber semi automatic weapon found in the Huron River matched the gun used to kill University of Michigan graduate student Margaret Phillips. Prosecutor Delhey also says the weapon is ruled out as the murder weapon in two other coeds deaths, Jane Mixer and Alice Kalom, while noting four other young women were slain in the area over the past two years by other means. Ernest Bishop Jr., 28, has been ordered to stand trial on first degree murder charges in Phillips’ death.
Boston AP report says Dr. Benjamin Spock will intensify antiwar work after an appeals court overturned his conviction for conspiring to counsel draft evasion. The court also acquitted Michael Ferber and ordered retrials for William Coffin and Mitchell Goodman, citing unfair jury instructions.
An uneasy calm followed a night of violence in Evansville after four Black residents were wounded by a sniper and shotgun pellets. Firefighters fought at least four fires sparked by firebombs as police expanded a curfew and a growing reward reached 2,555 dollars for the slaying of Jeffrey Taylor, 14.
Kenneth E. Sinn a Fort Scott Kansas auctioneer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for robbing the Overland Park state bank on January 4 with $6900 taken. Sinn had pleaded guilty to the bank robbery charge.
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Otto Moeller Mrs. William Gentry Timothy Nettleton Ruth Hill and dismissals for Mrs. Robert Davis Jr and Fred Schnoke. Births reported to Mr and Mrs Phillip Martin a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Randy Crump a son. Several emergencies and a death notice for Shirley Hogle given with survivor details.
Morning crash on K-68 two miles west of Ottawa left no injuries as fog reduced visibility for driver Richard Todd of Paola. A separate 2:35 p.m. incident at Fifth and Main involved George Sanders and Josie Nicklin with minor car damage. Ottawa police listed several speeding fines for local youths and filed livestock market price data from Kansas City.
Spec. 4 Larry D. Aiken, 20, of Jamaica New York, was rescued after two months missing in action. He lay unconscious with a fan open skull fracture as South Vietnamese and American forces attacked a North Vietnamese camp near Tam Ky. Aiken was airlifted to safety with help from a defected enemy soldier who guided the plan.
While razing an old house 2 miles east of Ottawa, Mr and Mrs Charles Burlingham found wallpaper covering walls dated 1881. The Kansas City Times and Cincinnati Dollar Weekly Commercial papers from June and July 1881 tell of President Garfield's assassination amid notes that an Indian family may have built the house.
Twenty three Michigan college students on a goodwill tour extended their stay in Neodesha Kansas for another day to enjoy a barbecue at the annual fair. They will sleep in a church to allow an early Sunday departure for Elkhart Kansas and continue a 10 week 10000 mile Western United States trip to prove students are not trouble makers.
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas a petition by Jerry L. Vickers administrator c t a of the estate of Paul McCray deceased seeks an order for sale of Lots 16 18 20 22 and 24 in Block 2 Ruths Addition City of Rantoul to satisfy We llsville Bank mortgage foreclosure claim the hearing is set for July 30 1969 at 10 00 a m in Ottawa Kansas defenses must be filed by that date.
Ottawa Kansas resolves to improve East Tenth Street from Sycamore to Cherry Street with reinforced concrete pavement six inches thick and a three inch curb over a granular sub-base. The district includes specific university addition lots and surrounding parcels, estimated cost eight thousand one hundred sixty dollars, bonds to be issued repaid by assessments over up to eleven years, city pays six hundred dollars. Attested July 2, 1969.
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