Local Options Take Center Declares Friday Anson Read
Anson Friday highlights local options in a community reading initiative featuring Herriot Bombeck and local authors. Residents are invited to join readings at the town library this week.
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Anson
Herriot Bombeck
New York Times
Sheldon
Adrien Arpel
Arpel
Gnomes Huygen
Herriet
Tobias Dyer
Martin
Ottawa Library
McCullough
Thorn Birds Searls
Jakes
Man Dies During Police Questioning in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri a 4 year old slaying case man Harry Fox died during interrogation by Northwest Missouri Major Case Squad doctors said he collapsed after 45 minutes in the questioning room Fox had not been arrested and police planned to question other men matching the description Witnesses had described an elderly man with a small boy near the abduction site and a crippled arm autopsy set by Medical Examiner J H Ryan
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T. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Northwest Missouri
Eric Christgen
St. Joseph Hospital
Jack Pleck
Harry Fox
Fox
Fleck
J.H. Ryan
Lane Council Hears KC Power and Light on Vapor Lights
Lane Council discussed installment procedure for five vapor lights on Main Street with a KC P&L representative. The Jaycees received approval and $40 for a Fourth of July fireworks display. George Finley urged tornado alarm cooperation with Garnett and Charles McBradly won permission for a June 17 benefit street dance for Steve Hall.
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Lane
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Main Street
Lane Jaycees
George Finley
Garnett
Lane Council
Charles McBradly
Steve Hall
Summer and community notices from local Kansan shops
Landscape classes begin June 12 at Turner's Tele Shop, then Advanced sessions on June 19 and 26 at the same address. Summer hours at Willis Garden Center run Monday through Saturday from morning to noon and 1 to 5. World of Fun tickets discounted through Kansas State Hanks. Close-out sale on vegetable plants at Willis Garden Center, 5th and Cherry. Senior citizens ride free to Ottawa Royals games via Kansas State Banks. Milk specials at Select Dairy, 1020 N Main. Vacation Bible School starts June 5 for ages 4 to grade 6 at Church of the Nazarene. Episcopal Thrift Shop features Silver coffee pots and antiques. Hedgewood Acres K-268 offers Wednesday seafood special for five dollars and eighty-five cents.
Arrests and notices from Franklin County and Ottawa area
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department reports a 14-year-old Ottawa male arrested Monday by the Kansas Highway Patrol for speeding fleeing or eluding and improper lane use. The same day a 14-year-old Ottawa male was arrested for obscene and harassing communications. A magnetic sign from the Franklin County Extension Council vehicle was stolen from a residence on Maple Street. Births adoptions and dismissals noted. Arraignments include cases of insufficient funds with restitution costs ordered. a dismissal for lack of identification. Funeral service details for Martha Jane Taylor noted. Market quotes for cattle hogs and sheep from Kansas City AP. Gas wash down reported at Fourth and Main. owner unknown.
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Franklin County
Department of Public Safety
Ottawa
Arthur Miller
W. 15Th
Franklin County Juvenile Court
Franklin County Extension Council
Bob Bozworth
Martha J. Taylor
Martha Jane Taylor
N. Poplar
Murray, Utah
Robson-Towner
Highland Cemetery
Leon Nelson
Taylor
James C
Sarah (Chane) Powell
Sandy
Utah
North Baptist Church
WCTU
Sugar House American Legion Auxiliary No. 165
Emmett Taylor
Fred Taylor
Fourth
Main Streets
Hospital Auxiliary Plans Follies Return for 1979
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met to revive the Hospital Follies not staged since spring 1963. Milt Sampson chairs the 1979 Follies set tentatively for October 5-6, with auxiliary efforts including outpatient clinic entryway decoration, visitor orientation, patient mail service, and landscape plantings around the grounds.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Milt Sampson
Unfinished Auditorium Scheduling Underway in City
The Municipal Auditorium, amid remodeling, is already being booked by groups. A barbershop group seeks May 1979, while a stamp club reserves March next year. Schools and the university draft preliminary schedules. the Auditorium Authority, led by volunteers, will handle use. Call Steve Abrams at the Chamber of Commerce for details. Completion is set around Oct. 1 with 8 seats in the auditorium and basement banquet facilities.
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Auditorium Authority
Steve Abrams
Chamber of Commerce
Lyndon Osage County Rodeo Kicks Off Independence Celebration
Lyndon hosts the 109th Independence Celebration with a three day rodeo June 30 to July 2 including a July 1 rodeo dance, special acts, a fireworks display and the Fourth of July Horse Show. Dave Webb announces candidacy for Kansas House District 27 with Dave Owen as campaign manager.
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Lyndon
Osage County
Clathe
Dave Webb
Johnson County
Kansas House of Representatives
Webb
John Hodges
Gardner
Dave Owen
Kansas
Ex-Store Owner Here Sentenced
Claude K. Jinks of Ottawa and two Olathe drug stores received two years probation and a $15,000 fine in U S District Court Kansas City Kan after being found guilty on 15 felony counts of mail fraud and filing false statements.
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Claude K. Jinks
Olathe
China Hutch
Ottawa
U. S. District Court
Kansas City
Kan
Jinks
Earl E. O'Connor
Kramer and Sons Pharmacy Inc
Chris Hutch
Dwayne M. Ripperger
Shawnee Mission
Dole Mobile Office Stops in Ottawa on Saturday
U S Senator Robert Dole will appear in Ottawa Saturday afternoon with a motorized mobile office. He plans to speak Friday in Bonner Springs and then tour Eastern Kansas on Saturday, stopping at Paola Garnett and Ottawa around 2 30 p m to meet residents on the courthouse square before heading to Baldwin. An aide noted the mobile office travels across the state and will be stationed in Great Bend for Western Kansas events.
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Robert Dole
Ottawa
Dale
Agriculture Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Kansas
Dole
Great Bend
Paola
Garnett
Courthouse Square
Baldwin
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Willis Garden Center
Kansas State Hanks
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Kansas State
N. Main
Church of the Nazarene
Episcopal Thrift Shop
Hedgewood Acres
Pomona Dam
Pumida Discount
the Daily Report
Sheriff’s News
Public Safety News
Ida Phillips
George Louderback Jr
Princeton
Mary Cox
Wellsville Manor
Carrie Rodgers
Oakhaven Nursing Home
Richmond
Carl Horbuckle
Ottawa Red
Elsie Fortner
Canterbury Court
Andrea Miller
Lory White
Baldwin Rfd
Tony Criqui
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
Fern F. Scott
Willow
Jill R. Woods
District Court News
Rodney Knott
Lawrence
Paula Adams
Ash
Cliff Valentine
Baldwin City
ALCO
Burlington
Burlington High School
Johnson County Farmer Files
Sen. Dole
Nellie Harris
Peterson Nursing Home
Holiday Street
Osage City
Felicia Silvey
Felicia D. Silvey
KTC
Orlando
Fla
Mike Hollon
Robert Hollon
S. Willow
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ralph Gravel
OASIS
Briscoe Drug Store
Music Man
Starlight Theater
Robson
North Main
Towner
Martha Jane
Mattie) Taylor
N. Poplar St
Cottonwood Hospital
Murray
Robason-Towner Funeral Home
Robson-Towner Funeral Home
Jerry Robson
David Bunch
Doe Ferns
Carl Koahter
Violet Robson
Rene Towner
Dorothy Reams
Lamb-Roberts
Funeral Home
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