Local News Briefs and Upcoming Community Events
Local notices list hosts for Centennial Cabin and Old Depot Museum events in City Park and schoolroom rooms. Upcoming dances feature The Country Sounds at Eagles Lodge and Marvin Ross and The Country Gentlemen at VFW Hall. A Vietnam Army Commendation Medal award is announced for Ronald A. Miller of Garnett. A top sale at Purple Haze Building is planned by VFW. Ice cream social at Williamsburg Ball Park and The Red Barn music nights are advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Fleming
Ethyl Wheeler
City Park
Old Depot Museum
A. C. Carpenter
Carrie Adams
Ruth Wickard
Charles Burlingham
Leone Shields
Jessie Harold
Ronald A. Miller
Clyde V. Miller
Garnett
Vietnam
Miller
Garnett High School
1965
Woodson Named Director of Penal Institutions in Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking confirmed Robert N. Woodson, 43, as director of penal institutions effective July 1, succeeding Charles D. McAtee. Woodson is currently superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol and was named in a statement released ahead of a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Robert. Docking
Robert N. Woodson
Kansas Highway Patrol
Woodson
Charles D. McAtee
Reds To Present New Peace Plan
Cairo reporting that a close Nasser ally says the Soviet Union will soon present counter proposals to a 13 point U S peace plan for the Middle East. Heikal cites a gentleman’s agreement on publication and notes Gromyko told Nasser the U S plan serves Israel’s interests. Israel warns it will reject empty formulas while Egyptian artillery remains active along the Suez Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
U.S
Middle East
Muhammad Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Nasser
Andrei A. Gromyko
Heikal
Gromyko
Israel
Moscow
United States
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Suez Canal
New York Rel igion Is Psychedelic
In Madison Square Garden and nearby, about 1000 youths gather after Billy Graham's event to a psychedelic coffee house style venue. A guitarist shares how Christ freed him from dope as lights flash and rock music fills the room. Attendees discuss faith while Anglican Rev John Guest promotes faith that fits in a secular world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christ
Jesus
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
John Guest
Rosula Niemczyk
Brooklyn
Germany
City College
Kenneth Eden
Queens
N.Y
Graham
Father Guest
London
M16 rifle suppliers behind schedule in Vietnam contracts
Washington AP One of two new M16 rifle suppliers, Harrington & Richardson, lags on the delivery schedule for Vietnam war weapons. By May 31 H&R had shipped 12,210 of the 19,000 planned, with July set as the target to be back on track as Congress probes pricing and procurement decisions. The Army plans to award two more contracts totaling 687,652 rifles starting next spring, potentially dropping one current supplier if needs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrington & Richardson Inc
Vietnam
Worcester
Maas
Army
H&r
General Motors
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Associated Press
Miés
Colt’s Inc
Hartford
Congress
Ottawa residents named to Kansas nutrition committee
Sen. Bob Dole announced Topeka will host the first Kansas Nutrition and Human Needs Committee meeting on June 28. Among the 34 members are Verne W. Alden of Wellsville and Judge Floyd H. Coffman of Ottawa. Former Sen. Frank Carlson chairs the panel, which will study malnutrition and advise on program changes, aiming to raise public awareness of nutrition and poverty links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Nutrition and Human Needs Committee
Bob Dole
Verne W. Alden
Wellsville
RFD
Floyd H. Coffman
Ottawa
RAY KOONTZ 74 Ottawa farmer dies after long life
Ray F Koontz aged 74 of Ottawa RFD 3 died Thursday evening at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a Franklin County farmer and stockman, member of the Franklin County Fair Association and Princeton Grange. Surviving are his wife Joe Gladys Mills Koontz and two daughters. funeral at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial at Princeton Cemetery. He was born July 23 1894 in Goodland. Burial Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray F. Koontz
Ottawa
Rfd
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Lamb-Roberts
Paul W. Pentz
First United Methodist Church
Princeton Cemetery
Princeton
Goodland
F. M. Koontz
Laura B. Kinion Koontz
Lane
Ottawa Rfd
Joe Gladys Mills
Garnett
Franklin County Fair Association
Princeton Grange
Kansas Society Association
Alice Bell Wren
Alfred Townsend
N. Poplar
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Hope Cemetery
Lawrence
Santa Fe
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
Sunflower
Mary A. Duncan
Hal Townsend
Ross Townsend
Estelle Madison
Charles C. Williams
Highland
John Wilson
King
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Architects Plan New KU Building Wescoe Hall redo plans
Lawrence KU officials move to restart Wescoe Hall project with Horst Terrill and Karst of Topeka as new architectural advisers. Board of Regents discarded earlier costly plans, now aiming for acceptable preliminary layouts and cost analysis once approved by Regents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Horst, Terrill, and Karst
Topeka
William Hale
Wescoe Hall
University of Kansas
R. Keith Lawton
Kansas Board of Regents
Strong Hall
Board of Regents
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Eagles Lodge
Adv
Bob Hoelscher
Richmond
VFW
Marvin Ross and
The
Country Gentlemen
VFW Hall
Singer Sewing Machines
Otasco
Williamsburg Ball Park
Kenneth Toumberlin
Country Playboys
Red Barn
Reds
Sinai Peninsula
Araba
Ottawans
Kansas
Dole
Memoriam
Townsend
Louis Lengel Son Mortuary
the Daily Report
Edith
Cancer Fund
Franklin County 4-H Council
Alice Headley
S. Locust
David Mathias
Viola Montague
S. Main
Ernest Wuertz
E. 9Th
Ethel Haffner
Cedarhouse
Letha Ledom
S. Oak
Ewing Nichols
Pomona
Ida Phillips
W. 4Th
Harold Hoover
N. Main
Jennie Porter
S. Ash
Max Pierson
E. Wilson
Harold Rew
Karen Warren
Jerry Fritts
S. Poplar
Arnold Hart
S. Hickory
Hiram Browning
Carl Coffman
Fred Fehrenback
Rex Pope
Baseball Park
Terry Paul
Ellen Speer
S&s
Joe Miles
Oak
Donald Burgess
Ottawa Rfc
Police
George P. Hoopes
South Main
Samuel L. Wright
RFD 1
Carla J. Pence
Wright
Pence
North Main
Opal D. Finney
Edward W. Ferguson
N. Sycamore
Finney
Ferguson
Melvin W. Sumner
Carol J. Mohn
Charles L. Talbert
Leavenworth
Raymond G. Brown
Gone
Eddie W. Pitchford
Kansas City
Charlotte J. Swadley
Baldwin
Max A. Scholes
Council Grove
Cutler Township
Rantoul City Hall
Keith R. Davidson
General Fund
Township Auditing Board
Ben Haney
Max A. Wilson
Wen
Ana An
Ottawa Herald
Lodge
A.f.&am
Saint John's Day
Leopold Hoppe
All Masons
James L. Gillette
W.M
Clarence E. Rea
Sec'y
North Baptist Church
Lewis Hearne
Patsy Crockett
Jay Milton
Richter Methodist Church
Pomona High School
Scott
Norma Broomfield
Davis Paint Store
Main
Marjorie Bernhardt
P.A
Pam Weber
Waterman
North American Hotel
Cleveland
Ohio
Guaranteed Foods, Inc
Doris Bradley
Lenexa
AVON
T.V
Avon Manager
Beauty Girl
Hiway
Raytown
P. S
General Services
Dean Olson
J. W. Taylor
Pickering
Sleichter
Wassmer’s
Hogelin Electric
Electrolux
Fred Meador
West 6Th
Spring Hil
Larry L. Thurston
Melvern
Ray Fletcher
Waverly
Leonard Combs
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