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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1976
Page
10
Obituary notices for Elma Widau of Carbondale aged 84, Oddis Henshaw of Ottawa aged 91, and Frances Bones. Includes funeral times, locations, burial details, and survivor lists. Also lists memorials, admissions and dismissals at local facilities, sheriff reports of multiple traffic accidents, civil suits, marriages, and local sports results.
County Boys Compactor Commission at its regular meeting Monday approved buying a $35,000 compactor to crush cans and garbage, funded likely from federal revenue sharing money. The panel also reviewed Crestview Home air conditioning, with one unit under repair limiting northwest wing cooling. Tax orders numbered 3043 by the Franklin County Appraiser adjust vehicle taxes for the year running January through September.
Clover Leaf 4-H Club tour starts 6 p.m. Sunday at Bill Woods farm and ends with a cookout at Jim Allen farm. Also in brief World War I Veterans luncheon 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at L&M Buffet with follow up business meeting. Lester Roloff to speak at Calvary Baptist Church with Rebekah Home girls choir. Local patient recovering from knee surgery in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Two Ottawaans chosen as delegates to United Methodist Church conference in Lincoln, Nebraska July 13-15.
Richard A. Lamberd aged 44 of Ottawa RFD 2 was fined 20 dollars for running a stop sign. Walter E. Jamison aged 18 of Ottawa RFD 4 was fined 10 dollars for failing to stop at a red flag signal.
Wall Street rose with the noon Dow at 1,014.49 up 3.28 as traders book profits after a sharp two day surge. Gainers outpaced decliners on the NYSE with Pan American World Airways active in heavy trading. momentum followed a 34 year closing high.
An OCR fragment lists SUMMER clearance at the Clothes Hanger with tops 30 to 50 percent off and Faded Glory jeans nine dollars, turquoise and coral jewelry twenty percent off. It also notes tire price increases effective July 15 and a July 1 notice about city oil use procedures and a Democrat candidate, A. E. Coffman, for county commission.
DPS hosts a mystery comedy featuring Gilbert eleven year old part time detective and a duckless building case. Free kid movies run Thursdays at 2 30 through July.
Two Kansas City area high school journalists cover the Democratic National Convention funded by Reader's Digest. LaDonna Bridges and Cathy Minor with six seniors compile interviews and actions for an information packet to educate and engage high school students nationwide by September. The effort aims to spark interest in politics and operations of conventions.
Pomona Kansas USD 287 reorganized as new year begins. Leon Winters elected president though absent, Gale Lantis named vice president. Budget accepted with levy increase under one mill. Nitcher's Floor Service awarded bid for Pomona Elementary rooms at 1 901 16. Davison to hire full time district office secretary. Budget hearing set Aug 9 at 7 30 p m. recreation buses approved for summer use. Lunch fund reserves low. price increase planned next year. Reading instructors being sought. Winters to attend policy workshop. House built bid accepted from Andy Duffle. Investigate savings loan investment. Comprehensive school survey status not yet decided.
A stove pilot light sparked a Sunday afternoon blaze at 927 Cypress damaging a frame house. Ottawa Fire Department spokesman John Pacheco said the owner was away. alarm rang about 2 p.m. and firefighters arrived within 30 minutes. Damage estimated at $6,000 with no injuries.
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