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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1966
Page
4
News briefs note a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday gathering at the city park for a 4-H dog care project. Participants should bring their dogs. Also mentioned is an Aug. 8, 1966 vacation service date for veterinarian H. P. Peffly.
The Ottawa premier of an 8mm home movie titled Ottawa will be shown at the city commission meeting on Wednesday with free admission. Teens Linda Loyd Hurst Coffman and Tom Speer produced directed and filmed it to showcase Ottawa including industry churches schools and rec facilities.
Torrential rains in South Korea persist with 12 new flood deaths. The National Flood Committee reports 59 total fatalities since July 15 and 16 people remain missing.
A Blue Springs woman, Nita Galloway, has been charged with writing an insufficient funds check for 285 dollars to the Franklin County Sales Co. The incident involves a May 28 date and no arraignment has been set.
An Emporia man Arlen Siegfreid faced a charge of writing an insufficient funds check for 2.98 dollars on May 21. He pleaded guilty and the court suspended the sentence due to mitigating circumstances, requiring payment of court costs.
EAST ST. LOUIS Ill AP Maurice Joseph Sheriff of St. Clair County bans bingo games raffles and lotteries after winning two cars in a raffle He announced plans to sell the cars pay income tax then donate the proceeds to charity and warned that no more bingos raffles or lotteries will be tolerated.
Hospital notes list admissions Mrs Billy R Rose Quenemo Mrs James Conger Baldwin RFD 2 Monday discharges Owen Burk Lane Mrs J B Ross and son 227 Willow Tuesday births Mr and Mrs Elisio Nunez 108 S Oak a son weight 8 lb 3 oz Monday Mr and Mrs Richard Cope land Rantoul a son weight 8 lb 9 oz Monday Mr and Mrs Jimmie Brades shaw Wellsville a son weight 8 lb 7 oz Monday
Army Pvt Roger K Owings son of Mrs Wilma Owings Wellsville is undergoing basic training at Fort Polk La He placed seventh in a 220 man rifle range ranking His mailing address is Pvt Roger K Owings NG 26955245 B 2 1 Fort Polk La 71459
Salvador Vega, 21, of 833 King, was charged Monday with running a stop sign at the intersection of First and Hickory.
First published July 12 1966 voters in Franklin County Kansas will choose nominees in the August 2 1966 primary under Kansas statute 25-209 Polls run 8 am to 6 pm at standard locations The Republican slate includes United States Senator Robert Elsworth Lawrence James B Pearson and others for Congress governor and state offices with several candidates listed for each post.
A dense list of local political figures and precinct committeemen across Ottawa and surrounding townships. Includes names and addresses for state and county officials, clerks, treasurers, probate judge, county attorney, district court clerk, and township trustees and precinct committees.
A dense legal notice lists township trustees clerks treasurers precinct committeemen and women across Hayes Homewood Ottawa Pomona Pottawatomie Richmond Williamsburg and Ottawa townships with names and addresses. It also records district ticket candidates sheriff and superintendent of public instruction plus precinct committeemen. It names Maurice Ponton Peter Papps Dean Fockele James Woodworth Cee Woodworth and others.
A consolidated OCR listing names and addresses for ward and precinct committeemen across Ottawa and surrounding areas, with corresponding voting precinct locations in churches schools and city buildings. The document enumerates individuals by ward, precinct, and township, alongside addresses in Pomona Wellsville Richmond and Ote Ottawa.
A long list of polling sites appears, naming multiple precincts including Centropolis Grade School South, Richter Church, Royal Neighbor, Baptist Church Basement, Greenwood School House, Latimer School House Building, Brown School, Homewood Township Hall, Wycoff Community House, Princeton City, Ottawa Township Hall, United Brethren Church, Peoria, City Hall, IOOF Hall, Methodist Church, Richmond, and Williamsburg City Hall as voting locations. The enumeration suggests a broad local election setup with notable venues spanning schools, churches, halls, and municipal buildings.
Classified deadline details per word line and display. Stray Hereford cow sighting reported near Gas Company area with contact info in Ottawa Kansas. Listings include auctions cattle farm machinery real estate and household goods with dates locations and contact numbers.
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