Sale Brings Good Prices At Franklin County Fair
On the final day of the 115th Franklin County Fair livestock auction prices topped market. Hog prices averaged near double market with top hogs at 2.20 a pound for grand champion. Grand champion steer sold for 1.20 a pound, while grand and reserve sheep fetched strong premiums. Auction activity followed by cleanup as exhibitors prepared for next year and a follow up sale set for October 26 by the Franklin County Livestock Association.
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Diane Yeamans
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Mariann Poss
Richmond
Peoples Bank of Richmond
Kevin Bowman
Pomona
Anchor Savings
George Marshall
Savings
Joan
Rhonda Lintner
Wellsville
Wellsville Bank
Scott Gislar
Ottawa
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa Co-op
Bozworth
Franklin County Livestock Association
Weather update and census dispute in Kansas cities
The National Weather Service reports early Friday low 68 and high 97, Saturday low 66 high 88, Sunday low 62 high 91 with .45 inches rainfall over Friday and Saturday. County forecast calls for generally clear, hot afternoons with highs near 100 by Tuesday and lows around 70. The Associated Press notes Kansas cities Lawrence Manhattan and others dispute preliminary Census Bureau population estimates citing potential impacts on federal and state aid and plans for objections.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
Associated Press
Lawrence
Manhattan
Kansas
Census Bureau
Ottawa Woman Dies In Blaze At Hamblin Street Home
A 95-year-old Ottawa woman, Emma G. Armstrong, died in a morning house fire at 925 Hamblin. Firefighters arrived after a neighbor alerted authorities at 10 40 AM. The blaze, thought to have begun near an east window, left the home a total loss.
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Ottawa
Hamblin
Emma G. Armstrong
Dengel & Son
Irene E. Emery
Armstrong
Audrey Silvey
Silvey
Emma Armstrong
Shah burial to honor exiled Iran ruler in Cairo
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi dies at 60 after lymphatic cancer. Funeral planned in Cairo with Moslem rites and imperial flag coffin facing Mecca. Nixon attends. ex-king Constantine may join. No foreign leaders expected. Hostages debate fate amid Iran crisis. Sadat and family support widow and children.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iran
Mecca
Richard M. Nixon
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
U.S
Nixon
Constantine
Greece
Anwar Sadat
Pahlavi
Maadi
Tehran Radio
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Tehran
United States
Shah
Sadat
Alexandria
Ottawa Cable TV sale called off after auction cancellation
Ottawa Cable TV and affiliates serving Iola Eureka Madison Yates Center Humboldt and Gas City were not sold at a public auction planned in Englewood Colorado to pay $3.2 million owed by Acton Corporation of Acton Massachusetts. Local manager Bob Brookshire said service would not change and no reasons were given for the cancellation.
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Ottawa
Kansas Cities
Iola
Eureka
Madison
Yates Center
Humboldt
Gas City
Tele-Communications Inc
Englewood
Colo
Tele-Communication
Acton Corporation
Acton, Mass
Bob Brookshire
Brookshire
Acton
Tele- Communication
Tele
Local Election Focuses on Tax Dollars in County Race
In Franklin County 2nd District primary voters choose between incumbent Leroy Wasmund and challenger Roy Swank, both Republicans, with Democrats absent. They clash over credibility and budget restraint, urging tighter waste-cutting and potential shared dispatching, bridge repair priorities, and selective zoning to preserve farmland as polls open Aug. 5.
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Franklin County Commission
George B. Pyle
Leroy Wasmund
Princeton
Roy Swank
Ottawa Rfd
Swank
Franklin County
Wasmund
Commission
Franklin County Taxpayers Association
Williamsburg
Richmond
Lane
Ottawa
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Hutchinson
Salina
Department of Public Safety
Armstrong Home
Junior Diamond
DPS
Diamond
Frank Armstrong
S. Locust
Pauline Connor
Leroy
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