Franklin County Grange Picnic and Community Notices
Franklin County Grange plans a 1 Sunday picnic at Forest Park on July 28 with basket lunches. Various local items follow including Elks bridge winners, a note on calling Ottawa Herald, and a Denver derby driver gifting awards. Hospital auxiliary sewing session, alumni social, church meeting, horsemanship classes, pre enrollment at Kansas State, and military family moves are listed with names and locations.
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Franklin County
Forest Park
Arrest in KC Case Ties to Star Credit Union Robbery
Police arrested a man in Kansas City in connection with the $35,000 robbery of the Kansas City Star credit union on Monday. He was identified as the driver of the car used by four armed men who fled the scene. The prisoner faced formal charges later in the day. Jim Riegel, treasurer and one victim, said an insurance company paid $34,850, the exact amount taken. The heist occurred about 11 a.m. after an armored car delivered cash.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Authoritis
Jim Riegel
Marriage Licenses for Harold D Rose and Juanita I Mitchell
Harold D Rose aged 26 of Wellsville and Juanita I Mitchell aged 17 of Ottawa received marriage licenses. The pair plan to wed in Ottawa, with official records indicating licensure issued in the county clerk’s office.
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Harold D. Rose
Wellsville
Juanita I. Mitchell
Ottawa
Contests At Playgrounds In Ottawa This Week
Ottawa youngsters enjoy contests at four public school playgrounds sponsored by the Ottawa Recreation Commission. Jumping bean bag and other events run all week, ending Friday July 26. Winners from each playground advance to Forest Park Friday evening for a picnic and finale with arts and crafts on display and baton twirlers featured. Families and friends are invited to attend.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Forest Park
Park Shelter House
Funeral Rites for Mrs Bertha Hensley and Robert Vann
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha EF Hensley who died July 17 were at Lamb Funeral Home on July 22 with Rev W L Shuler presiding. Pallbearers were six nephews including Charles Fritts Owen Heidner and Lloyd Weidner. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Services for Robert Bob Vann who died July 16 were at Dengel Son Mortuary on July 20 with Rev S E Hopkins officiating. Pallbearers included Ross Parson and Raymond Mason. Hymns were sung by church choirs and the Bethany Chapel Baptist ensemble. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
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Bertia FE
Hensley
Bertha EF. Hensley
Lamb
W. L. Shuler
Charles Fritts
Owen Heidner
Terry Weidner
Lloyd Weidner
Harold Bechle
John Wilkerson
Raymond Schmidt
J. R. Menning
Woodlawn
Pomona
Robert ‘Bob” Vann
Dengel & Son Mortuary
S. BE
Hopkins
Ross Parson
Ferris Woods
Cornelius Boston
Raymond Mason
Cleopas McMack
Wilmer Thompson
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Choir
Roberta Wash
Joyce Bartlett
Shirley Small
Hope Cemetery
Services for Mrs Florence Cates Are Held
Mrs Florence Cates died July 18. Services held July 22 at Dengel Son Mortuary with Dr Raymond P Jennings officiating. Pallbearers: Harry Loyd Graham Given Floyd Hamner Herbert Wake A C Morrison O L Breckenridge. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Royal Neighbors Rebekahs and Philethea Sunday School class attended.
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Florence Cates
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Raymond P. Jennings
Harry Loyd
Graham Given
Floyd Hamner
Herbert Wake
A. C. Morrison
O. L. Breckenridge
Chester Louderback
R. L. Stevens
Highland Cemetery
Royal Neighbors
Rebekahs
Philathea
Funeral services for Samuel E. Lee July 10 death
Services for Samuel E. Lee who died July 10 were held at Dengel & Son Mortuary July 22 with Rev. R. B. Shoemaker officiating. Pallbearers named: Max Wilson, Lloyd Crawl, Jim Burkdoll, Henry Wilson, Robert Wilson, Lloyd Burk doll. Wesley Oyer sang hymns with Mrs. R. L. Stevens accompanying. Graveside burial followed in Rosebank Cemetery Mulberry.
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Samuel E. Lee
Dengel & Son Mortuary
R. B. Shoemaker
Max Wilson
Lloyd Crawl
Jim Burkdoll
Henry
Robert Wilson
Lloyd Burkdoll
Wesley. Oyer
R. L. Stevens
Rosebank Cemetery
Mulberry
Funeral services for Frederick W Halstead held at two homes
Frederick W Halstead died July 18. Services were at Dengel and Son Mortuary Sunday morning and at Farris Funeral Home Garnett Sunday afternoon July 21. Rev. Weber and Rev. Miller officiated. Tom Campbell sang hymns with Mrs. R L Stevens on piano. Pallbearers were Henry Alban Hank Gilroy Albert Edward Clifford Waller and James Robinson. Burial in Mt Ida Cemetery Anderson County.
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Fredrick W. Halstead
Dengel & Son
Farris
Garnett
Charles Weber
Charles Miller
Tom Campbell
R. L. Stevens
Henry Alban
Hank Gilroy
Albert
Edward
Clifford Waller
James Robinson
Mt. Ida
Anderson County
Flaming Wreck Kills Iowa Driver Near Topeka
Fay Thomas, 48, of Tabor Iowa, driving for Schroder Feed Co, was killed in a flaming Kansas Turnpike wreck near Topeka after swerving across the median. Eugene White, 22, also of Tabor, was with him as they returned from Emporia with two loaded trucks. The tractor burst into flames and feed spilled from the trailer as flames drenched the scene.
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Topeka
Fay Thomas
Schroder Feed Co
Tabor
Iowa
Kansas Turnpike
Thomas
Eugene White
Emporia
Kan
White
Call Girl Mandy Rice-Davies Testifies in Ward Trial
London AP Mandy Rice-Davies named her lovers including Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Viscount Astor as she testified at the Stephen Ward vice trial. She said Ward introduced her to Lord Astor who paid rent for an apartment shared with Christine Keeler from January to March 1961 and that she later had intercourse with Astor.
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London
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Stephen Ward
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Viscount Astor
Christine Keeler
Baily Court
Ward
Lord Astor
Cliveden
Mandy
Nancy Lady Astor
Astor
Christine
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Peter Rachman
Douglas Fairbanks
Peter’ Rachman
Fairbanks
Hollywood
England
Local Markets. Soybeans and Wheat Prices Tumble
Market notes show odd spellings but indicate prices for soybeans, wheat, corn, and Milo with figures like 240 for soybeans and 1.29 for shelled corn. Butterfat appears at 47 and 42 in unclear terms.
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices at Kansas City Market
AP reports Kansas City livestock prices with cattle steady to 25 lower. High choice steers up to 26.25, heifers 24.00-25.00, cows 14.00-15.50. Hogs strong with 210-240 lb at 19.35, 260-275 lb 18.75-19.00, sows 15.50-17.25. Sheep steady with spring lambs 21.50, 18.00-19.50 for good lambs. ewes 4.00-5.50.
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Kansas City
Death of Mrs Nancy E Swain at 88 in Ottawa
Mrs Nancy Edna Swain 88 of 1024 N Poplar died today at 2 25 am in Ransom Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since July 2 Services will be at Towner Chapel Thursday at 2 pm Rev Thomas Ingle will officiate Burial in Highland Cemetery She was born May 16 1875 in Pennsylvania and moved to Hollow then Circleville before settling in Ottawa in 1951 She was married to Edgar Swain now deceased Surviving are two daughters Mrs Stella Bowlby and Mrs Herbert Blair and one grandchild One daughter and one son are deceased
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Nancy E. Swain
Nancy Edna Swain
N. Poplar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Towner Chapel
Thomas Ingle
Highland Cemetery
Swain
Pennsylvania
Hollow
Circleville
Ottawa
Edgar Swain
Stella Bowlby
Herbert Blair
Walnut
Prowler Shot By Officer in Abandoned Kansas City School
In Kansas City an older prowler was shot to death by a police corporal in the attic of a vacant vocational school. The victim, Charles Aaron, 61, was identified as a nonwhite man living on 1305 Mast 18th St. A teenage African American boy was later found hiding under a stage on the second floor. The officer, Cpl. William Davis, 26, said the man struck him with a flashlight after entering via a skylight. Davis had responded to reports of roof prowlers removing copper sheathing. The incident recalls a prior June shooting by Davis involving a 17-year-old in Denver.
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Kansas City
Charles Aaron
Mast
18Th St
William Davis
Davis
R. T. Coles Vocational School
Tracy Avenue
Denver
Out Of Control In Loose Gravel
A car driven by Gale Robison ran on loose gravel east of Ottawa and went into a ditch, causing minor damage. Passenger Isable Moss of Rantoul rode in the vehicle. The Franklin County sheriff and Highway Patrol responded to the scene.
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Gale Robison
Ottawa
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Telephone Cable Cut at 3rd and Walnut
Workmen cutting a telephone line on the street at 3rd and Walnut left over 300 telephones out of service. Southwestern Bell manager J. T. Morrisey said crews began repairs immediately and service would be restored before night. One outage affected the fire department line.
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3Rd and
Walnut
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. T. Morrisey
Southwestern Bell
Fire Department
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Briefed
Hospital notes list admissions for A Keith at 916 N Main and Mrs Webster Thorpe in Lawrence along with Mrs Nellie Jones RFD 3 Mrs Gerald Holmes Clathe Mrs Harry Hull Baldwin and Mrs Robert Redick 427 S Poplar Monday plus Calvin Crain 1616 N Main Mrs Gregory Hazen 502 Beech Mrs Floyd Gates Pomona Tuesday. Dismissals include Diane Hartpence 831 E 8th Wilbur Kristenson 1411 S Cedar Cyrus Hughes RFD 3 and Mrs William Bender 946 Ash Tuesday.
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A. Keith
N. Main
Webster Thorpe
Lawrence
Nellie Jones
RFD
Gerald Holmes
Clathe
Harry Hull
Baldwin
Robert Redick
S. Poplar
Calvin Crain
Gregory Hazen
Beech
Floyd Gates
Pomona
Diane Hartpence
Wilbur Kristenson
S. Cedar
Cyrus Hughes
William Bender
Ash
Arlene Francis Sued for Million Dollar Claim
Brooklyn man Joseph Arcos files in State Supreme Court a $1 million negligence suit after his wife Rose Arcos 34 dies in a May 26 Long Island auto crash. Arcos and three others were injured as actress Arlene Francis sustained a broken collar bone concussion and cuts.
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New York
Arlene Francis
Brooklyn Mart
State Supreme Court
Joseph Arcos
Rose Arcos
Long Island
Arcos
Miss Francis
Burglary in Utica Sparks 180 Honor Pin Heist
In Utica Ohio a high school burglary disrupted by theft of 180 honor pins circulates among the underworld. Police report no arrests yet and investigations continue into who took the pins and why.
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Utica
Kansas City Police Chief Theroff resigns amid brutality probe
Veteran KC Police Chief John Theroff resigns after a confrontation with Attorney General William Ferguson who alleged grounds for his removal in a probe of police brutality. Theroff denies wrongdoing and accuses the mayor of pressuring his resignation, hinting at politics affecting state leadership.
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Kansas City, Kan
John Theroff
William Ferguson
Ferguson
Theroff
Paul Mitchum
Attorney General's Office
Kansas City
Kan
Mitchum
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Nasser unveils new two stage rocket and naval progress
Cairo AP reports President Gamal Abdel Nasser unveiled a new two stage rocket claimed to exceed 360 miles in range at a ceremony marking King Farouk's overthrow anniversary. Sea trials of the first Egyptian built submarine will begin within 15 days. The parade also displayed six long range anti aircraft rockets believed to be Soviet SA2 models and multiple Zafir Kader Vanguard rockets. Official notes cited no foreign help for rockets though West German technicians are known to be involved.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk
United Arab Republic
Two Escapers Are Captured in Kansas City
AP reports two men, Roger A. Meisser and Robert G. Lopshire, escaped from Fort Leavenworth and fled in a prison farm pickup. They abandoned the vehicle after mistaking a traffic jam at Wyandotte County fairgrounds for a roadblock and were apprehended by Wyandotte County patrolmen while prowling a filling station. Meisser was serving time for escape and AWOL disobedience.
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Kansas City, Kan
U.S
Ft. Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Roger A. Meisser
Robert G. Lopshire
Wyandotte County Fairgrounds
Meisser
Cars Damaged In Accident Near Ottawa
Cars driven by Fred Koon Po mona and Ernest E Dunn at 301 W. 15th were in an accident about noon yesterday seven miles northeast of Ottawa. Koon's car damage was about $200 and the other car $175.
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Fred Koon Pomona
Ernest E. Dunn
W. 15Th
Ottawa
Koon
Probate notice and suit in Franklin County Kansas
The Probate Court notices pertain to the estate of Esther A. Kratz and the appointment of Raymond W. Kratz as executor without bond. Also included are a notice of appointment for Arthur Earl Phares estate with Glen E. Crowley as administrator and an unrelated district court suit by Mary L. Jackson, Wilma McNeely, and Dorothy R. Lister seeking quiet title to real estate in Franklin County with August 22, 1963 pleading deadline.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Eather A. Kratz
Esther A. Kratz
Raymond W. Kratz
Ottawa
Kansas
Bowers
Arthur Earl Phares
Glen E. Crowley
C.t.a
C.t.8
Bowers & Bowers Attorneys
Mary L. Jackson
Wilma McNeely
Dorothy R. Lister
Distret Court
Towit
N.B
Missouri Pacific Railroad
N.E
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
J. S. Jackson
Iva R. Jackson
Central Kansas Farm Auction and Donation Sales Schedule
Franklin County Sale Company Moarv RUTHER North Ottawa on Highway July 22 Willard Shoemaker & Son Holstein Cattle and Farm Mach 6 mi northwest of Ottawa Kan Begin at 11 a.m. July 31 Appanoose Baptist Church Donation Sale 6 mi north and west of Pomona Kan at Appanoose grade school building Begins at 11 a.m. Aug 12 Michigan Valley M E Church Donation Sale Michigan Valley Kan Begins at 7 p.m. Pomona 566-3645 open dates on farm and household s Every Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Household furniture Misc Next door to Bank Fomona Kansas 566-3645
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Franklin County Sale Company
Moarv Ruther
Ottawa
Willard Shoemaker & Son
Kan
Appanoose Baptist Church
Pomona
Appanoose
Michigan Valley
M. E
Bank
Fomona
Kansas
Community Auction and Silent Sale at 1136 N Main
Community auction every Tuesday at 7 pm and a silent sale every Thursday at 7 pm at 1136 N Main. July 13 lists a complete houseful of furniture offered by Printy’s Auction House at 1136 WN Main at 1 pm.
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N. Main
Printy's Auction House
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Ottawa Herald
Elks Club
George Scott
Bill Nesheim
A. W. Peterson
Loretta Reynolds
Osawatomie
Eugene Bush
Fred Blanks
Larry Crater
Steve Duvall
Aurora
Colo
Micky
Raridoin Memorial Hospital Auxiary
Williamsburg
Burg Ball Park
Assembly of God Church
Ottawa Recreation Commmission
Ray Pope
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Joseph H.miles
Tt. Campbell, Ky
Miles
Paul
BE. Stone
S. Locust
Paul J.d."stone
Paul E. Stone
Air Force
Karen Wilson
Morris ‘Wilson
Ster
Lee Ames
Clare Shadle
Gon
Bob
Geneseo
Kanopolis Lake
Debbie Young
Bob Young
Joe Tatcner
Chape
Cope Awol Kansas
Robert Vann
Call Girl
St. Main
Blanche Lamb
Bob Roberts
Arlene
Stewart
South Water Tower
Nasser
George McArthur
Pas
Legals
Abbie Titus
Charles Titus
Ahn-dagh
Me-dage
Ethan Earle
J. C. Stevens
Joseph C. Stevens
J. S. Burnham
John T. Jones
Catharine Nugent
Edward J. Nugent
Ira Davenport
John Davenport
Eli Nor Michel
Elenor Michel E. P. Michel
Edward B. Fuller
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Jack Nelson
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Allen County Livestock Austion
Gas City
Nate and
Leona Gibbons
Harold Stewart
Neosho Livestock Commission Co
Neosho
Printy
Ben Printy
Hawkes Harris
Larry F. Porter
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
A.M
George A. Ledom
W. M
Clarence E. Rea
Sec’y
Lone Star Lake
Call Viking
Malott
Gambles
128 S
Motorola TV & Stereo
Kroehler Furniture
Red Rider
Motorola TV & Merco and
IBM
National Concern
General Services
Gene Powell
Underwood Plug
Standard Rendering Co. Cal
Conrad
Ottawa Herald General Services Section
McCracken
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