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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1979
Page
7
DIANE YEAMANS reports on how 78 degree temperatures affect homes. Local businesspeople advise on refrigerators, pianos, and plants with practical tips from vacuuming vents to defrosting guidance and humidity considerations for instruments and paints.
Highlights from a Saturday awards program at Franklin County Fairgrounds include top first year beef exhibitor John Hunter after a chin injury, sheep award to Mike Douglas, swine awards to Keith and Steve Milliken, and town 4H Club earning a $5 prize for the clean stall area. Other honors cover dairy, arts and crafts, wool garments, and various livestock categories.
Kansas teachers urged binding arbitration to end one sided talks as morale falls and experienced educators leave amid stalled contract talks. The move, backed by KNEA, targets clearer negotiation mandates and caps unilateral contracts while critics claim boards control terms and fact finding is ignored.
Raymond Gaffney of Highway Oil Co says some stations may run dry of gasohol Tuesday due to the DOE delaying approval to release 1.5 million gallons allocated to American Agrifuels, a Kansas City firm. The dispute is tied to a separate 750,000 gallons Highway Oil loaned to Farmland Industries now in court.
Local ads announce summer merchandise at Junes 218 West Main with Mary Kay Cosmetics contact numbers. Thrift Shop holds half price sale from August 1. Cloud Nine Bridal Shop at 114 West 2nd Street operates 10 to 5 Monday through Saturday with evening appointments. Opened at 109 North Main and offering railroad salvage groceries at wholesale or lease. Bing-Go.ly food 50 pounds seven dollars forty nine cents. Husky dog food 48 can case four ninety nine. Metzger Salvage at 100 North Main hours nine to five closed Sundays. Gretchen's Car Wash at 1516 Hickory cleans engines with a degreaser.
The 1979 Franklin County Fairgrounds sale drew buyers from Ottawa Wellsville Richmond Melvern Williamsburg Vassar Edgerton Eudora Garnett and sold 80 animals including 34 beef steers 25 barrows and 20 sheep. Grand champion steer bought by Peoples National Bank for 1.10 per lb, grand champion barrow by Anchor Savings at 2.20, reserve by Kansas State Bank at 1.30, and lamb champion by Kansas State Bank at 2.00. Overall prices rose despite some champions bringing lower bids than last year.
Woods, a Garnett native and former assistant superintendent of Winfield, becomes principal at Harper and Axtel earlier in his career and leads a one year term. He holds degrees from Emporia State and Wichita State, chairs a state task force on public records, and serves on curriculum committees as his family plans the hiring of a new superintendent after January 1.
Herald Farm Editor Joan Istas received a plaque for loyal support and coverage of Franklin County Fair events from 1971 to 1979. An impromptu $5 award went to Lowell Kissinger as runner up in the Good Manners contest. Brent Neis won the Good Manners Award and Joyce MacArthur earned the Spirit of the Fair plaque.
Hollywood AP reports actress Farrah Fawcett Majors and actor Lee Majors announce separation after six years of marriage. The former Charlie's Angels star and the Six Million Dollar Man actor are ending their union, prompting renewed interest in their high profile careers.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Mabel Tefft were conducted at Robson-Towner Funeral Home in Wam on Monday July 30 1979 with Rev. Roger Noah presiding. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Pomona Kansas. Robson-Towner Funeral Home 242-1331.
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