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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1979
Page
8
The Daily Report covers the death of Mrs. Alice Jean Phares at 1124 S Main with funeral details, profiles, survivors, and gift suggestions. It includes obituaries for Mrs. Ella M Johnson and Mr. Lee R Peterson, with graveside and service details, plus local admissions and dismissals, births, thefts, accidents, arrests, and livestock market quotations from Ottawa, Kansas and nearby areas.
Government data show consumer prices up 1.1 percent in May, marking the fourth straight month of at least 1 percent increases. Gasoline and petroleum products led the rise, while food costs rose 0.7 percent. Earnings edged up 0.2 percent for May, but real wages remained down from a year earlier.
Vernon Presley father of Elvis Presley died in a Memphis hospital after heart trouble and diabetes. He had a history of heart attack and was admitted May 29 with irregular heartbeat. Born in Tupelo he worked as a carpenter and farmer to support his family, and was a beneficiary in Elvis’s will after Lisa Marie and Minnie Mae.
Three Garnett women were fined 105 each by Municipal Court Judge J R Duke Cheney after being arrested for shoplifting at Pamida on June 12. Pauline W Ferguson 58 rural Garnett Beverly B Potter 48 and Donna M Robinson 49 Garnett pleaded guilty. Police recovered about 90 worth of items in a car trunk and an estimated 400 more items from at least four Ottawa businesses.
The Adult Education Center at 123 E. 2nd will host a July 9 to July 13 course titled Seminar in Physical Education Psychology of Coaching. Professor Charles Corbin of Kansas State University will teach daily from 9 a.m. to noon for one hour of credit, or through July 20 for two hours. Interested persons may call 242-6719 for details.
The Supreme Court ruled that defendants accused of crimes need not prove actual malice to win libel cases, potentially broadening targets for reporters. Justice Rehnquist led a six member majority, reversing a federal appeals court and reviving a libel suit from Arlington, Virginia, where Janayho claimed he was wrongly named a Soviet spy.
Relatives and friends of Mr. A. Ellis Gorton will meet at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home Thursday at 1 30 PM to proceed to Highland Cemetery for graveside services at 2 PM with the Rev Leon Nelson officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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