BRIEFS Highlights from local news and events
JANIE Alexander elected senator at Sunflower Girls State held at the University of Kansas. ROTC honors awarded to 1st Lt Ross L. Fulton for academic top 25 percent and leadership at Wentworth Military Academy. COURSES and socials listed include dance at Naomi's Club, summer studies at Marymount and Southwest Baptist College. Local notices cover bus station hours, a family reunion in Forest Park, and a parade at Princeton Spring Fling.
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Janie Alexander
University of Kansas
Ross L. Fulton
Rex Fulton
Ottawa
American Legion
Wentworth Military Academy
Fulton
Cool Air Opens Up Library With New Unit
Carnegie Free Library installs air conditioning in the large upstairs room with support from North East Kansas Library System covering half the cost. The NEEL workshop on budgeting and finance drew about 40 library staff from Miami, Douglas, Osage and Franklin counties. The room will support year round use for the preschool discovery series with 40 days planned, while Nell Barnaby details more planned activities.
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Carnegie Free Library
North East Kansas Library System
NEEL
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Franklin
Neel System
Margaret Caffrey
Johnson County Library
Dorothy Weber
City weighs two more sirens for alert system
Civil Defense Director D F Kyle urged two additional sirens to cover dead spots at Canterbury Court Olive and Rockwood Acres East Fifteenth. Each unit costs about 4500 dollars with federal matching funds up to 50 percent. Mayor Ralph and officials attended as plans for shelter openings and emergency radio coordination were discussed amid the New York note on fiberglass tire glass.
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Civil Defense
D. F. Kyle
Kyle
Canterbury Court
Olive
Rockwood Acres
East Fifteenth
Stephen V. Ralph
Lee C. Nichols
Eugene Flaherty
Joe Ferns
Funeral for Jennie Hughes in Topeka today
Services for Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Hughes of Topeka, formerly of the Rantoul area, were held at 2 p.m. at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Chester A. Hall officiating and organ music by Mrs. Bruce Spears. Ottawa Lodge No. 18 AF&AM pallbearers included Dean Driscoll, George Greer, C. J. Pence, Harry Brink, O. R. Norman, and Jonas Wright. burial followed in Highland Cemetery.
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Jennie E. Hughes
Jennie Elizabeth Hughes
Topeka
Rantoul
Lamb-Roberts
Chester A. Hall
First United Presbyterian Church
Bruce Spears
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
Af&am
Dean Driscoll
George Greer
C. J. Pence
Harry Brink
O. R. Norman
Jonas Wright
Highland Cemetery
Wall Street measures cautious gains in light trading
Wall Street inches higher as investors largely stay on the sidelines amid thin economic news. The noon Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.02 to 916.98 with advances leading declines about 75 to 1. Major gainers included IBM Polaroid Xerox Natomas Magnavox Zenith Eastman Kodak Procter & Gamble Goodyear American Telephone. AAEs listed less broadly across stock exchanges.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
IBM
Polaroid
Xerox
Natomas
Magnavox
Zenith
Eastman Kodak
Procter & Gamble
Goodyear
American Telephone
American Stock Exchange
Champion Home
Emery Industries
Russell Aluminum
Media General
Microwave
GRI Corp
First woman wins ACDID humanitarian award in 20 years
New York AP reports Mrs. Stephen Ricki Goodyear becomes the first woman in the 20 year history of the Association for Children with Retarded Mental Development to receive its top annual humanitarian honor. She quips that it is a small step for her but a big elaborate evening gown.
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New York
Stephen
Ricki) Goodyear
Association For Children With Retarded Mental Development
Kiwanis Fetes 50th With Feed at Mears Park
Ottawa Kiwanis Club marked its 50th anniversary with a potluck and steak fry at Mears Park. B Smith Haworth reviewed the club history noting charter on June 14 1921 with 50 members, past 1930s projects include a pre school clinic and river flood aid. Special guests included Kansas district governor William Lehman and lieutenant governors Darrell Witham and Ross Wilson.
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Ottawa Kiwanis Club
Mears Park
B. Smith Haworth
Ottawa
Wellsville
Fire Department
Sam Mears
Peoria
Kiwanis Club
Lake Pomona
William Lehman
Overland Park
Kansas
Darrell Witham
Topeka
Ross Wilson
Lawrence
F. R. Bennett
W. C. Harding
Floyd Ogg
Notice of Hearings in Franklin County Probate Court
First notice published May 28 1971 last published June 11 1971 in Ottawa Kansas for the estate of Georgia K Bennett case 12 358 and guardianship of minors Teri Lyn Becky Jo and Kelly Rea Gibson case 12 357. Petition seeks descent of personal property and sale of undivided 16 interest in Ottawa Lots 2 4 and North half of Lot 6 in Block 56 with defenses due by June 21 1971 at 10:30 a.m. at Ottawa court.
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State of
Kansas
Franklin County
Said
Georgia K. Bennett
Jephthae H. Bennett
Ottawa
Jephinae H. Bennett
Gleason
Pinet & Jordan
Attys
State of Kansas
Teri Lyn Gibson
Becky Jo Gibson
Kelly Rea Gibson
Clifford D. Gibson
Ter Lyn Gibson
Clifford G
Gibson
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Ottawa Red
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Oklahoma City
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Iola
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Wichita
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Robert Louis,Brice
White City
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Williamsburg High School
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Johnson Chevrolet
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E. 2Nd
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