Library Line answers your questions at 5th and Main
The Library Line offers help and resources at the Community Information Center. This week queries cover turtle eggs hatching timelines, Heart Fund memorials to Wylamene Bigelow, Toyshiko Kagawa's death in 1960, Martha Keys' Topeka address, the meaning of IXOYE, buying old newspapers, and Silver Dollar City admission prices and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th and Main
Kansas
Joseph Collins
The
Heart Fund
Wylamene Bigelow
Ottawa
Toyshiko Kagawa
Encyclopedia Americana
Kagawa
U.S
Martha Keys
Methodists Set Hunger Projects in Kansas Conference
Delegates of the Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church approved a minimum goal of 50 cents per member annually for world hunger efforts. They also earmarked 20,000 dollars for Haiti programs and 15,500 dollars for Mexico. A memorial book honoring Lois B. Dixon scholarship donors was presented to Bishop Ernest Dixon. The fund totals about 14,000 dollars, with interest to aid black students at Kansas United Methodist colleges and St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City Missouri. The donor list includes 520 names. Kansas Wesleyan Salina Southwestern Winfield Baker Baldwin are the three state schools. Twelve new ministers will be ordained as elders. several from other denominations will be received. A GOP Senate candidate Deryk Schuster plans a Monday campaign through Franklin County including Wellsville Ottawa Richmond Princeton and Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Mexico
Lois B. Dixon
Ernest Dixon
Melvin Booth
Ottawa
United Methodist’ Foundation
United Methodist
Kansas
St. Paul School of
Kansas City
Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
Southwestern
Winfield
Baker
Baldwin
Deborah Ackman
Rossville
Gary A. Beach
Pittsburg
Rebecca Chopp
Emporia
Fred Craig
Omaha
Neb
William DeMoss
Atchison
Paul Lynn
Richmond
Dee Ann Mezger
Hartford
Glen Scharss
Overbrook
Frederick Thibodeau
Centralia
Aluminum Wiring Warning Sparks House Hearing on Fire Risk
Rep. John Moss leads a House subcommittee hearing after witnesses warn 1.5 million homeowners lack adequate warning about fire hazards from old aluminum wiring installed 1965 to 1973. CPSC argues aluminum wiring is potentially hazardous while a court fight over agency jurisdiction continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Moss
D-Calif
House
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Commission
Robert Noonan
Robert Kelly
Kelly
Noonan
Subcommittee
Moss
Local Graduates and Church Notices Highlight Briefs
MAX L. KLINE earned a BS in biblical studies and psychology from Evangel College in Springfield. DEBRA L. JOHNSON will join Paola U.S.D. 368 as instructor after graduating from Emporia State in 1977. GLADYS Streeter honored as lay person of the year by United Methodist Church meeting at Baldwin. Vacation Church School set for Richmond United Methodist Church 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday for ages four to sixth grade. OES ADAH Chapter 3 Esther Day at Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Public invited.
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Max L. Kline
Lawrence E. Eniden
Rantoul Rfd 1
Evangel College
Springfield, Mo
Debra L. Johnson
Waverly Rfd 3
Paola U.S.D
Emporia State University
Gladys Streeter
Vassar
Kansas East
United Methodist Church
Baldwin
Richmond United Methodist Church
Esther
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
Death announced for Ernest West Center 80 years old
Services for Ernest West, 80, who died June 2 at his home, have not been announced. West, longtime Latham Poultry Co. employee in Ottawa, is survived by his wife Florence West, daughter Beverly Blue of California, and sister Lottie Dodd of Ottawa. The Franklin County area reports multiple local admissions dismissals births and public safety vehicle collisions with several individuals named in impact notes.
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Ernest West
Nonaligned Africa Shifting From Colonial Map Labels
Twenty years after mapmakers shaded Africa by colonial dominions, nations now insist on nonalignment amid Soviet Cuban influence. Angola shows mixed ties, with Western aid and still close Portugal links while Cuba and oil interests persist. French influence remains strong. U.S. aid includes billions in military support, dwarfed by Soviet funding to Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Africa
Guinea
Congo
Angola
Sweden
Italy
Portugal
U.S
Gulf Oil Corp
Texaco Inc
United States
Randall Robinson
TransAfrica
Israel
Ethiopia
State Department
Algeria
Mozambique
US Trade Exports Curbed by House Sanctions on South Africa
Washington AP report notes that South African and U.S. officials say psychological impact dominates the House vote 219 to 116 to limit Export-Import Bank support for exports to South Africa. The rules require equal employment practices for black people and require Carter certification of progress against apartheid. The bank supported 116.4 million of 1 billion in exports last year, with no analysis yet on prohibited trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
South Africa
House
Carter
Noffke
Community notices mix: events and sales listed in brief
Richmond lockers closed June 5 to 20. Eagle Lodge steak night 6:30 to 8, reservations, dance 9 with Karen and the Eastaways. Lions Club senior citizens party June 6 at L and M Buffet. Call 242-2804 for Transit. Mike Burhart at Coach Club 7 to 11 with guitar and banjo. Vacation Bible School Nazarene 6:30 start June 5 for children 4 to grade 6. Optimist Coupon book sales 4-H Junior Leadership at Butler’s Music, Pamida, Action Appliance, and Select Dairy locations. VFW note and Leonard and the Strangers at 9 on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicentennial Lions Club
Senior Citizens Party
L & M Buffet
4-H Junior Leadership Club
Butler's Music
Pamida
Action
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.E. Quincy
Topeka
Longworth House
Washington, D.C
M. A
Justina Knapp
National Insulation Company
Industrial Blvd
Silver Dollar City
Ozarks
Baldwin, Kan
Schuster To
Deryk Schuster
Overland Park
U. S. Senate
Franklin County
Schuster
Wellsville
Colonial Inn
Princeton
Pomona
George Marshall
Eloise Tillman
Wayne Turner
Tecumseh
Michael Weber
Edwardsville
Marie Moorefield
Don D. Anderson
Rosedale
Kan
Paul Babcock
Pat Ault- Duell
Kincaid
Charles E. Harris III
Gale Mack
Louisburg
Janet Maxwell
Daily Report
David McCurdy
Williamsburg
Marcus Stevens
Main
Otis Brock
Walnut
Roger Comstock
Quenemo
Sue Bornholt
RFD
Judy McCurdy
Carl Hornbuckle
Department of Public Safety
John V. Fitzgerald
Gladys M. Wadkins
Cypress
North Main
Leona P. Reeder
Arnold H. King
Florence, Ariz
City
Sheriff's News
Public Safety News
Julie E. Baer
Dorothy Zook
S. Hickory
Harvey E. Wilson Jr
N. Mulberry
Terry L. Wharton
John £. Dryden Jr
Ottawa Red
Claude T. Farris Jr
N. Main
Nellie Neave
Robert L. Dodson Jr
Craig L. Wagerele
Sycamore
Darrel D. Slemp
Richard L. Brown
Grant
David B. Meredith
S. Cedar
Albert L. Cox
N. Poplar
Randy L. Wieneke
Tremont
David A. McCurdy
S. Oak
David B. Geist
S. Sycamore
Deanna L. Lang
S. Mulberry
Richard EB. Carlson
David Baldwin
S. Main
Elmer R. Robinson
Norman R. Scott
S. Elm
Beverly S. Bennett
Rockwood Drive
Kenneth D. Riddle
la Cygne
Janie M. Smith
Prineton
Karen S. Cooper
Jill R. Woods
Fern E. Roseberry
Uganda
Libya
Equatorial Guinea
Socialist Groupe
France
Djibouti
Horn of Africa
Peace Corps
Andrew Young
United Nations
Richard Moose
Senate
Moose
Young
Rhodesia
Nambia
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Brzezinski
Congress
Carl Noffke
Ad Briefs
Eagle Lodge
Sal
Karen and the Eastaways
Mike Burhart
Coach Club
Church of the Nazarene
VFW
Leonard and the Strangers
Lamb-Roberts
Funeral Home
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