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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1966
Page
3
A series of short items notes price increases by Select Dairy starting Monday. Other briefs mention church classes, students on honors lists, university camps and local sales, with several addresses and names such as Garnett, Kansas.
The town records show multiple building permit filings: Lynn Willhite repairs a basement wall and garage floor at 904 Maple for 200 dollars. Hicks remodels a home at 620 N Sycamore for 500. Loren Matthews builds a patio at 1203 3 Main for 200. Homer Teter repairs a service station at Second and Hickory for 50. Herbert Harrah builds a car port at 608 S Mulberry for 100. Lawrence Fowler repairs a home floor at 922 Maple. Max Bechtle remodels a bath and porch for Elbn Bacch Ett e at 633 Ash for 6500. Underwood Plumbing remodels a commercial building at 101 N Main for 1500. Cora B McDaniel repairs a home at 333 E Wilson for 200.
AP reports Kansas Attorney General Robert Sonderholm filed in the Kansas Supreme Court to oust Democrat Floyd Schroeder as Sedgwick County commissioner for willful misconduct and neglect of duty. The suit accuses Schroeder of continuing county business after election, profiting from a sham fire equipment company with his nephew, knowing fraudulent practices by others, aiding inflated purchases, and securing reelection by concealment. It cites a $400,000 inventory ledger discrepancy and Schroeder’s Fifth Amendment refusal during a separate inquiry.
Funeral services for Ray Farris of Ottawa RFD 3 who died July 19 were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. Ned M. Roberts of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial was in Highland Cemetery. Schmidt was the vocalist and Mrs. Bruce Spears was organist. Attending groups included the Ottawa Co- Op board of directors and Franklin County A S C office. Active pallbearers listed as Lee D. Barnett Fred Wood William S. Bowers Ray V. Smith Lawrence Lundstedt and R. E. Roseberry. Honorary pallbearers were Eugene Bromert Marvin Durbin Robert M. Clugston Melvin Petty Carl Richardson Frank Mages Herbert Dowdy and 0. M. Milliken.
Nepalese officials returning from Communist China report Mao Tze-tung appears in good health and walks unaided.
AP reports in Chicago a West Side riot scene with puzzled residents and a gun‑toting National Guard presence. Cab drivers and business owners describe looting and arson by youths, with adults sometimes involved, amid no clear motive or single organizer.
Corazon Amurao, the sole survivor of a mass murder at a Chicago nursing residence, recounts how eight colleagues were tied and killed by a lone attacker. The assailant, about 6 feet tall and 25, wearing black, remained at large as investigators note the women were paralyzed by fear and cooperated under threat.
Kansas Board of Regents voted to raise fees for state colleges and universities for the 1967-68 academic year. Chair Dwight Klinger said the exact amount will be set next week to cover growing student numbers and to meet legislative cost guidelines. The move could affect about 40,000 students at KU, KSU, Wichita State, Pittsburg State, Emporia State, and Fort Hays State.
District Court Judge Floyd Coffman ruled in favor of Ottawa Tractor and Implement Co. in a suit against James Lucky Williams of 609 Sycamore. Williams failed to pay for or pick up two castor bean attachments, which Ottawa Tractor sought to recover. Ottawa Tractor won a $7,400 judgment plus 6 percent annual interest. If the attachments are sold, proceeds will be deducted from the judgment.
Myers Bros listings show weekly sales each Saturday along Highway 59 with dates in July and August. Anna Russell hosts household goods sale in Williamsburg July 22 at 1 p.m. Loren Latimer sells antiques and household goods July 29 at 334 South Main Ottawa. Lloyd Shuck and Son offer Holstein dairy sale August 23 at Sale Barn one mile north of Ottawa. Harold Stewart General Auctioneer handles estate and real estate. Printy and Son run community auctions every Tuesday and Thursday at Printy’s Auction House Ottawa with address 1136 North Main.
Admissions include Mrs Francis Golden 7035 Cedar, Charles Craig Ottawa RFD 2, Timothy Tschantz 815 S Sycamore, Friday and Leta Hofte man Overbrook RFD 2 Saturday. Dismissals list Candy Mitchell Ottawa RFD 4 Friday and Glenda Greenfield Princeton Mrs Paul Glenn 1531 S Hickory Saturday.
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