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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
4
DR PETER H Armacost, president of Ottawa University, departs for a western swing to address alumni chapters in Phoenix and Anaheim and Berkeley. He plans audiences of 40, 75, and 35 respectively, before returning to Ottawa Tuesday.
West Point graduates are invited to the annual Founders Day dinner at the Fort Leavenworth Officers Club on March 12. Contact Lt Col Robert J. McNeil, Department of Command, US Army CGSC, by March 5 to attend. Also listed are schedule notes for a Sweet Adeline show on March 2 and 8 at 8:00 pm with general admission prices, and other campus notices including Kennedy's rescheduled appearance and a medical center dismissal.
Ross L Fulton son of Rex and Mrs Fulton of 906 S Main earned a promotion at Wentworth Military Academy Lexington Mo He is a sophomore and was raised to the rank of sergeant in the cadet corps.
Across the nation police stockpile armored vehicles rifles and helicopters recruit civilian reserves train sharp shooters deploy undercover agents. The President's Commission on Civil Disorders condemns police arsenals calling automatic rifles machine guns and tanks a danger in urban communities.
Bonner Springs hosts EKL speech festival with OHS students Jane Hoppe, Marty Hill, Elizabeth Smith and Arvin Calder. District winners advance to state in March and April.
Electors are advised the Ottawa Kansas voter registration books will be open daily from March 4 to March 10, 1968 between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to register for the March 19 primary. Those who have never registered or who have moved or changed names must appear in person at City Hall with special provisions for the sick or absent from the state. Donald R. Capper, City Clerk.
Admissions list includes Carole Grigsby Randy Altic Mrs Vera Boehle Mrs Duane Snyder Mrs Harry Fowler Mrs Chester Wage ner Mrs Arthur Williams Mrs Clare nce Sheldon Wile lis Cramer and Fries day. Births report Mr and Mrs Michael Gage welcome a son weighing 7 lbs 12 ozs. Kansas City market notes cover eggs butter cattle hogs sheep with mixed price moves and volumes.
Ben F Culbertson 72 of 221 W 2nd died at home after two years of illness. Born May 8 1895 in Linn County he lived in Ottawa since 1950 and was a WWI Army veteran. Surviving are six sons and three daughters. Funeral arrangements by Dengel and Son Mortuary. Rev Walter J F Lebien 65 of Vassar died after a short illness in Topeka. He pastored Vassar Lutheran Church seven years. Surviving are his wife Bertha and two daughters. Daryl William Figgins five year old son of Mr and Mrs Lee E Figgins Pomona died at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Services at Towner Chapel Pomona. Born Oct 23 1962 in Ottawa he is survived by parents one brother and one sister. Grandmothers Lula Figgins and Esther Swallow.
Edmund Lister fourteen son of Mr and Mrs George Lister of 20 Rockwood Drive will receive Eagle Scout rank during 11 a.m. services Sunday at the First Methodist Church. He belongs to Troop 77.
Reader notices and brief items compiled from the Ottawa Herald page eight. Short summaries of local happenings, business notes, and small community notices reflect the Friday edition content.
President Ayub Khan announced in a broadcast that Pakistan accepts the tribunal decision of February 19 in Geneva awarding Pakistan 10 percent of the disputed border tract. India received 90 percent prompting protests, while Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pledged to abide by the ruling after delays.
Local classified section details per word and line rates, deadlines, per word costs for 1 to 26 insertions, cash and card minimums, blind ads fees, and special contract discounts. A sample Wanted ad seeks a household goods mover 21 or older with references, box reply Y-88 in Ottawa Herald.
Mrs. John Benham farm sale listed for March 7 at 11 a.m. on Highway 59 four miles west of Wellsville Kansas. L C Taggert farm sale set for March 19 at 4 p.m. four south and 114 west of Wellsville. Council Grove Livestock Auction in Council Grove operates every Saturday and Osage City sale occurs every Tuesday.
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