Obituary and notices from Franklin County area
Obituaries for Bessie Christian Boyer 71 of Melvern and George Thomas Puvogel, with services conducted at Melvern Church of God and Lamb Roberts Funeral Home respectively. Also lists admissions, dismissals, emergencies, police reports, and local court actions including juvenile matters, traffic citations, and state livestock market quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Boyer Lebo
Bessie Christian Boyer
Melvern
Memorial Hospital
Topeka
Vincent Boyer
Ottawa
Don Rice
Leonard Boyer
Grover Lemons
Quenemo
George Puvogel
George Thomas Puvogel
Lamb- Roberts
Worden
Baldwin
John W. G. Hill
Ron Reusch
Richard Underwood
Buford Anderson
Roy Bones
Randolph Bundy
Floyd Jacob
Andy Reed
Louis Turner
County approves funds for economic brochure publication
To Foot County Commission on Wednesday announced a $1,000 appropriation from revenue sharing funds for a county economic development brochure produced by the Chamber of Commerce. The same meeting appointed Howard Lawrerz and Ernest Harris to the Franklin Township Zoning Board, both residents of Wellsville. Complaints about music thistle persist, with the county noting efforts to control the weed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Township
Howard Lawrerz
Ernest Harris
Wellsville
Ed Lister Joins Miami County Bank as Trainee
Ed Lister 22, a University of Kansas business administration graduate, starts as an administrative trainee at Miami County National Bank in Paola. He is the son of the late George Lister, longtime associate of Peoples National Bank of Ottawa. CHICAGO AP futures opened mixed as soybeans slip 1% to 5 cents, July. wheat down 2 to 2. corn mixed. oats unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ed Lister
Miami County National Bank
Paola
Lister
University of Kansas
George Lister
Peoples National Bank of Ottawa
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ottawa organizes emergency operations plan in basement room
In Franklin County Court Building basement, Ottawa residents and officials met to discuss an emergency operations plan led by Keith Bray of the Kansas Civil Defense office. The group mapped potential roles for law enforcement, fire, civil defense, hospitals, Red Cross, media and many local agencies in a disaster scenario. They identified organizations that could assist such as REACT, the military, schools, churches, hotels, retailers, and hospitals. Wheat and grain prices from Chicago markets followed the meeting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Courts
Keith Bray
Kansas Civil Defense Office
Ottawa
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa City Commission
Civil Defense Unit
Fire Department
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Civil Defense
REACT
Military
Kansas Highway Commission
C.B
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Ottawa University
Salvation Army
Horse Show Ad Briefs and VFW Steak Night
Horse show features 32 classes over 1 mile at E Williamsburg on Saturday June 14 starting 10:00. Contact 746-8888 for details. VFW Steak Night runs Friday 6 to 9 and Saturday 5 to 8 for members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
VFW
Lyndon Girl Elects Nationalists Sweep Sunflower State
Betty Carlile of Caney elected governor of Sunflower Girls State as Nationalists win most offices in the general election at the civic workshop in Lawrence. Teresa Cares Lyndon becomes state treasurer. Michael Wright Baxter Springs chosen lieutenant governor and Cindy Kissinger Hiawatha named secretary of state. Other picks include Carmen Baker Leavenworth attorney general and Julie McNeive Emmett chief justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Betty Carlile
Caney
Sunflower Girls
Teresa Cares
Lyndon
Michael Wright
Baxter Springs
Cindy Kissinger
Hiawatha
Carmen Baker
Leavenworth
Teresa Frazey
Hill City
Dee Debano
Hazelton
Kerri Hale
Lavenburg
Julie McNeive
Emmett
Rebecca Oliver
Paola
Nancy Cox
Coldwater
Debbie Harris
Atchison
Wall Street edges up on Middle East peace optimism
The noon Dow rose 1.33 to 825.88 as gainers led 5 to 4 while trading stayed subdued at the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts tied buying to hopeful Middle East peace prospects during talks in Washington between President Ford, Henry Kissinger, and Israel's Yitzhak Rabin. Gulf Oil, Texaco, Exxon, Shell, and Standard Oil of California moved higher, with notable shifts in the Oil group amid the region’s diplomacy news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Middle East
New York Stock Exchange
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
American Stock Exchange
Brutality Punctuates Juvenile Crimes Across Cities
Associated Press reports a rising tide of violent youth crime from New York to New England. FBI data show 1973 under 18s committing 44.7 percent of serious crimes, with steep rises in murder and rape arrests since 1960. Experts cite family breakdown, urbanization, and social neglect as root causes. juveniles describe thrill and avoidance of punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Barclay
Associated Press
New York
Coney Island
New England
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dominick DiLorenzo
New York City
FBI
DiLorenzo
Leon Herman
Goshen
N.Y
Center For Boys
David Abrahamson
Chicago
Melvin
Upstate
Goshen Center
Chiba
Kenny
Queens
Five Tick Fever Cases In Kansas Reported
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed five cases of Rocky Mountain spotted tick fever in the state, with two in Sedgwick County, one in Harvey, one in Shawnee, and one in Montgomery. Dr Donal Wilcox urged physicians to watch for more cases, noting more ticks this spring and a fatality rate around 20 percent if untreated.
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Topeka
Kan
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health
Sedgwick County
Harvey
Shawnee
Montgomery
Donal Wilcox
Wilcox
Faith Lutheran VBS closing this Friday at 7 50 pm
Faith Lutheran Vacation Bible School ends with a closing program at 7 50 p m on Friday. The brief notes also mention local hospital recoveries for Cindy Roberts and Leonard McCalla undergoing knee and lung surgery respectively. Ottawa Southern Baptist Chapel lists Sunday services at the Masonic Temple basement with Sunday school at 9 45 a m church at 10 50 a m and Bible study at 7 30 p m plus a 6 30 p m potluck on June 18. A separate Old Depot Museum hostess lineup is provided for Sunday with multiple named volunteers in the schoolroom and City Park cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Lutheran Vacation Bible School
Ottawa
Masonic Temple
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the Daily Report
Billie Burnett
Ottawa Rfd
Kimberly Nichols
Richmond
Thomas A. White
Osawatomie
Rick Heth
Willow
Robin R. Dunn
Emma Riddle
Canterbury Courts
Marlin Kimball
W. David Brown
Mark D. James
David Garner
East Fifth
Sara Walker
Lois Burroughs
Roy Boner
Olive
Hanford Cockman
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Donald Smith
Probate
Ronald Louis Brady
Bonnie Jean Stewart
Melvin Curtis Miller
Pomona
Karen Lea Moore
Andrew Dean Stauffer
Cindy Ann LeMaster
Leslie Alan Garber
Shannon Grace Bowlin
Mary M. McClay
Rockwood Dr
Notieep Reypery
Rodney McClay
Ray A. Dover
Canterbury Court
SRS
Dover
Steve Haas
Ottawa Junior High School
John L. Bond
S. Oak
Bond
John D. Hernandez
Elsie Gustova Jr
Melvin W. Schulte
Garnett
Charles Joe Handley
Williamsburg Rfd
Ricky T. Schroeder
Ash
Ida M. Farris
Don R. Carothers
Pine
Thomas A. Korn
Vassar
Kansas City
Ottawan
Board of Trade
Basement
South
Ad Briefs
JN Casado
Robert L. Pinet
Douglas County
The
American Legion
Wall Street
E. Second
Cynthia M. Holton
Robert Hollon
Quawatomie
Newman Hospital School of Nursing
Emporia
Cindy Roberts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Leonard McCalla
St. Luke's Hospital
Old Depot Museum
H. C. Wolfe
Lela Duffey
Mayme Newmaster
Gladys Chandler
Pauline Sims
Lena Phibbs
Ola Keith
City Park
James Berry
Dorothea Hahn
Matzs
ANEY/EYNOLDS
Xall Drugs
Ynolds
Bob McCrea
Bob
Ottawa Lumber Co
Bob and
Jim McCrea
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