Franklin County election and local business updates
Ottawa Chamber notes next Tuesday’s state primary and two county road improvement questions. It urges support for access to merchants and industry, highlights ongoing street and drainage work, and previews a sidewalk sale, dairy and retail renovations, a J C Penney remodel tease, and managerial changes at Calhoun’s and Woolworth’s with local business vitality in Franklin County.
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Ottawa
Franklin
Franklin County
Kansas
State Farm Insurance Company
Walt Butler
Butler Music
S. Main
Walt
Butlers Music
Main Street
O & H Furniture
Randy Thompson
Firestone
23Rd Street
Mid-America
Woolworth's
J.C. Penney’s
Calhoun's
Robert Rios
Lee Gale
Ben Franklin
Library Line Answers From Ottawa Questions
The library offers help at call 242-3080 or 5th & Main through its Community Information Center. Questions cover pennies per pound, Ottawa newspaper history, Victoria Holt aliases, Sen Kassebaum aide visits, motorcycle fairing, school start date, and corn storage.
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5Th & Main
Harry Richard Jones obituary and local notices
Glendale California services for Harry Richard Jones 65 formerly of Ottawa were set for Tuesday. Born October 12 1916 he was retired manager of Bobs Big Boy Restaurants. Survived by wife Dorothy mother Julia Jones two brothers Edgar and Alva Jones a sister Maxine Jones. Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge. Civil cases filed Vernon H Fillenworth vs Danny Lamberts. Auto theft spyriding arrests for two Ottawa area youths aged 13 and 14 connected to Susan McClelland of Princeton.
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Harry Richard Jones
Glendale
Calif
Ottawa
Bob's Big Boy
Dorothy
Box
Earp
Julia Jones
Ward
Edgar Jones
Alva Jones
Emporia
Maxine Jones
Branson, Mo
Forest Lawn Mortuary
Susan McClelland
Princeton
Redjacket
King Streets
Coun
Lead hazards from highway vegetation threaten cattle in Kansas
Kansas State University researchers report lead contamination in vegetation and soils near highways, urging farmers to test hay from rights of way before cutting or baling. With heavy traffic areas most at risk, officials emphasize adding noncontaminated feed to reduce danger.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Robert J. Robel
Division of Biology
Kansas
Robel
Rabel
Ad brief listings for local clubs and services
Ad briefs show Coach Club nights at TCS with $2 cover. LORT MYERS now at Hairport on Tue Thu Sat, call 242-5971. YOUNG PLACE offers kids clothes at Sidewalk prices 2308 Main. MONTY'S BROASTED CHICKEN serves sandwiches fish ground sirloin shrimp and dinners with dine in or carry out. Barberhawks host guest night singing in Barbershop style Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Call 242-1089. LB'S HEADQUARTERS closing for vacation Aug 3-10. Painting seminar Aug 4 featuring 16x20 floral Panel. Turner's Tele Shop offers burglary alarms and motor repair services with free estimates.
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Monty
Stolen Cars Recovered From Linn County Strip Pit
Linn County authorities recovered three stolen autos from an abandoned strip pit near Prescott. A 1979 Mustang once owned by Robert K. McDaniels of Ottawa, valued at about $7,800, was among them. Another is a 1974 Pontiac from Kansas City with owner unknown, and a third vehicle was recovered about two months earlier. No suspects named.
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Prescott
Linn County
Here
Ottawa
Bill Vankirk
Robert K. McDaniels
Chestnut
McDaniels
Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance
Kansas City
Vankirk
Strij
Pleasanton
Dentist Sentenced To Six Month Jail Term
Dr. Jerry Vernon, a 39 year old dentist from Kansas City Kansas with an Overland Park office, was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 1000 dollars after a no contest plea to a misdemeanor battery involving a 4 year old patient. The sentence is stayed pending parole board review and Vernon remains free on bond. The Kansas Dental Board had suspended his license for one year following related mistreatment complaints.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Clathe
Kan
Jerry Vernon
Vernon
Kansas City
Overland Park
Johnson County
Gerald Hougland
Linda Alexander
Shawnee
Kansas Dental Board
Plane crash near Naples kills King Radio engineer
An American engineer James Gibb 45 of Olathe Kansas and three Italian engineers died when a twin engine AP 68 test plane crashed near a farm south of Naples while testing an automatic pilot system. The Partenavia derived aircraft took off from Capodichino Airport and vanished after about 50 minutes of flight. Cause unknown.
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Naples
Italy
King Corp
Ialian
Partenavia
Deritalia
Capodichino
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Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Street
Larry Maes
Western Home Journal
Isaac Kalloch
Victoria Holt
Eleanor Burford Hibbert
Philippa Carr
Elbur Ford
Kathleen Kellow
Jean Plaidy
Ella
al Griffin
USD 290
Franklin County Extension Office
USDA
the Daily Report
District Court News
Vernon H. Fillenworth
Danny Lamberts
Truck Wholesale
Wellsville
Public Safety News
Vickie O'Connor
1609C
Osage Drive
East Seventh
Lester L. Coulter
S. Locust
Vernon E. Frye
Coulter
Frye
Midwest Terminal
St. St. Paul
Joliet
St. Paul
Midwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Indianapolis
Eastern Cornbell
U.S
Western Cornbell
Sioux Falls
lawa-So
Omaha
Ad Briefs
TCS
Lort Myers
The
Hairport
Thurs
Sat
Call
Barberhawks
Lb’s
Turner's
Haas Electric Co
R.R
H.D. Lee
W. 17Th
Channel 4
Action News
Barry Morris
David Shotwell
King Radio
James Gibb
Olathe, Kan
King
Topeka
Martin Luther King, III
Martin Luther King, Jr
Kay Valley District
Katish City
Edith Moser
Willow
Parmalee Industries
J.W. Hawkins
Richmond Free Fair
Larry Hawkins
Bobby Hawkins
Lee Schmitt
Ottawa Red 4
Olathe Community Hospital
Ottawa Library
City Park
Hickory Street
G.M.A.C
Chevrolet & Olds Inc
WC. H. Tod Abel
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