James Walter Parker 85 Dies. Baldwin City Funeral Service Held
James Walter Parker 85 of Baldwin died Wednesday in a local nursing home after two years there. Born March 19 1891 in Missouri he worked for Virginia Oil Co in Kansas and later owned a Denver service station before retiring in 1973 and moving back to Baldwin. Survived by three sons a daughter two sisters 12 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial at Crown Hill Memorial Park Denver. Memorials to Orchard Lane Nursing Home. Also lists admissions dismissals births and criminal suits in the surrounding area.
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Walter Parker
Baldwin City
Lamb-Roberts
James Walter Parker
Baldwin
Missouri
Wellsville
Rantoul
Bush City
Virginia Oil Co
Denver
Myrtle Alice Gardner
Paola
Elwyn Parker
Osawatomie
Dean Parker
Whittier
Calif
Duane Parker
Pearl Johnson Reynolds
Pineville
Ore
Crown Hill Memorial Park
Orchard Lane
Funeral Home
Ottawa Featured In Magazine Displaying Local Antiquities
In the August issue of Antique and Collectors Mart Ottawa is spotlighted with ten photos of sights including the Franklin County Courthouse Old Depot Museum the Centennial Cabin Tony Jones Hall at Ottawa University and the D L Salsbury home on Locust listed on the National Historic Register A map shows sixteen antique shops and a regional flea market plus hundreds of area listings Written by Jan Wallace with photography by Bob Abbott Copies available at the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and local antique shops, highlighting Ottawa heritage.
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Historical
Ottawa
Antique and Collectors Mart
Franklin County
Old Depot
S. Main
Tony Jones
Ottawa University
D.L. Salsbury
S. Locust
Ottawa Antique Dealers Association
Jan Wallace
Bob Abbott
Greater Ottawa
Kansas GOP Convention hospitality room alcohol issue raised
Topeka engaged in a dispute over serving beverage alcohol in a hospitality room sponsored by the Kansas Department of Economic Development during the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. The question centers on whether alcohol will be available in the state affiliated event space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas City
Lower Speeds Cut Traffic Deaths in 1974 75
Washington reports 17 percent drop in traffic fatalities from 1973 to 1975 as 55 mph limits reduce deaths despite miles driven rebounding to 1973 levels. The DOT says lower speed limits contributed to the decline, noting fewer roads deaths with higher driving. A Kansas inquiry asks if tax money funds the alcohol control laws and related health benefits. no comment available.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Congress
Kansas
Richard E. Taylor Jr
KDED
Richard G. Bruske
Taylor
Kansas’ United Dty Forces
Bruske
Kansas Students Awarded in Reading Program
Nearly 20 000 Kansas school children received awards through the University of Kansas Children's Reading Program aimed at promoting leisure reading of good books. Local and area schools honored many students including Ian Billick Kim Brown Janice Conduff Rod Haworth Rusty Hutchings Charlotte Jewell Shandi Cole Amy Day Alan Gardner Wanda Bellinger Shelley Belt Sharon Bowman Jack Davis Sandy DeVore Lisa Froggatte Sally Kirkland Shirley Landwehr Chancy Moore David Schafer Bobby Simms Sheila Sink Rodney Stottlemire Henry Theele Rhonda Weatherbie Karen Williams Della Arnett Betty Briggs Lance Nichols Teresa Northway Randall Piesker Rosie Reeves Julie Lawin Terrie Sobba James Robin Tom Landwehr Kenny Massengale Laura Vandeventer Nancy Brockus Cindy Cochran Teresa Hills Steve Horne Paul Hullett Jana Kimball Randy Kirkland Eddie Lee Lisa Lickteig Rachel Vining Theresa Wiederholt.
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Garfield School
Ian Billick
Kim Brown
Janice Conduff
Rod Haworth
Rusty Hutchings
Charlotte Jewell
Connie Sears
Eugene Field School
Shandi Cole
Amy Day
Alan Gardner
Central Heights
Wanda Bellinger
Shelley Belt
Sharon Bowman
Jack Davis
Sandy DeVore
Lisa Froggatte
Sally
Kirkland
Shirley Landwehr
Chancy Moore
David Schafer
Bobby Simms
Sheila Sink
Rodney Stottlemire
Henry Theele
Rhonda Weatherbie
Karen Williams
Della Arnett
Betty Briggs
Lance Nichols
Teresa Northway
Randall Piesker
Rosie Reeves
Julie Lawin
Terrie Sobba
James Robin
Tom Landwehr
Kenny Massengale
Laura Vandeventer
Nancy Brockus
Cindy Cochran
Teresa Hills
Steve Horne
Paul Hullett
Jana Kimball
Randy Kirkland
Eddie Lee
Lisa Lickteig
Rachel Vining
Theresa Wiederholt
One Year Passes Hoffa Still Missing
A year after James R. Hoffa vanished, federal investigators say he was slain with motives tied to his bid to regain Teamsters presidency. The FBI notes tips of hostage sites and buried remains but traces remain absent. rewards total 300000. Hoffa’s son doubts resolution, while probes continue amid Mafia and Teamsters involvement.
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Detroit
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
FBI
Hoffa
Gardena
Calif
Cadillac
Mich
James P. Hoffa
Nixon White House
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Las Vegas
Attorney General seeks re enactment of animal abandonment law
Topeka Kansas attorney general Curt Schneider proposed restoring an 1889 statute that would make animal abandonment punishable as cruelty to animals. He plans to ask the 1977 Kansas Legislature to reenact the provision, repealed in 1969, saying abandonment risks deprivation neglect and danger to animals.
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Topeka, Kan
Curt Schneider
Schneider
Kansas
Northwestern Life Insurance sales cited in brief
News briefs note Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. tops life sales with Rae Lash of Ottawa among 3 500 agents nationwide. Also: a missionary service at Faith Bible Church with Harding Braaten in Europe. Appanoose Fire District meeting at 8 30 p m at the grade school. graduates Aug 6 at Emporia Kansas State College including Susan Stanton Garnett and others. Tell It Singers program at Richmond Community United Methodist Church. Sheryl Nedlock attends National Institute on Cooperative Education at Virginia Tech after election as East Central District FFA president. Loyal Temperance Legion day camp for first to sixth graders at First United Methodist Church basement with sack lunches and 15 cents for materials.
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Was
Rae Lash
Ottawa
Northwestern
National Institute On Cooperative Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Sheryl Nedlock
Princeton
Sheryl
East Central
Future Farmers of America
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
First United Methodist Church
Local Ads and Events Highlight Franklin County
A collage of brief notices invites votes for County Commissioner and lists election tips. It promotes dances at Saddle Back Lounge and Eagles Lodge with acts, fair week discounts, food specials, demolition derby schedules, store hours, and live music venues, all framed as community happenings around Franklin County.
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the Daily Report
Georgia Marshall
S. Poplar
George Holzapfel
Gardner
Nellie Logan
S. Oak
Ruth Vandervoort
Williamsburg
Anna Hynes
Waverly
Ethel Kirkland
W. First
Florence Collins
Elm
Betty Jasso
E. Ninth St. Trailer Ct
Delbert Ball
N. Sycamore
Margaret McCurdy
Melvern
Denise Townley
Edgerton
St. Luke's
Huston Thornton
Pomona
John Sheldon
George Herman
Tremont
Probate
James E. Rhodes
Frances Eileen Higginbotham
Sheriff's News
Jerry Kiefer
Pomona Rfd 1
Bob Lantis
Ottawa Rfd
Richter Bridge
State of Kansas
Larry K. Wilson
Burlington
Lewis Parsons
Roger Linneman
Lawrence
University of Kansas
U.S
Philip van Dam
Union Activi
Faith Bible Church
Harding Braaten
Europe
Appanoose Fire District
Appanoose
Emporia Kansas State College
Susan Stanton
Garnett
Robert Goodwin
Michael Ritzel
David Keith Barron
Martin French
Elizabeth Hazen
Becky Reynolds
Marsha Scrogum
Robert Story
Donald Satterlee
Tell It Singers
Ft. Scott
Kaw
Community United Methodist Church
Richmond
Ad Briefs
Leroy Wasmund
Pal
VFW
Bill Jordan
Vern Smith
All New Saddle Back Lounge
N. Main
L&m Buffet
Max J
Jerry) Kiefer
Metzger Salvage
Eagles Lodge
Silver Stones
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Turner’s
W. 15Th
Blue Room Tavern
Blue Room
Hi Way
Golden
14Th St
Harry Pahlman
Claude Myers
Harold Myers
Keller
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