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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1969
Page
5
Two Ottawa firms Peace IGA and Gambles sponsor a community Easter egg hunt for children 14 and under on Saturday April 5. Location to be announced later. Planned for 10 000 eggs with about 70 prizes. A subsequent note mentions PIANO Tuning and Butler's advertising.
Mrs Ralph Gravel of 634 N Oak will undergo major surgery Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. She is listed in Room 311.
Ralph Metzger of Lane is a patient at Menorah Medical Center Kansas City Missouri in room 325. Farming Frontiers 69 issue for March 7 notes W R Cartmill of 744 Ash underwent surgery Friday at St Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri in room 734.
Ottawa Lions host a ham bean supper at Masonic Hall on Friday March 7 from 5 to 7 30 p m with advance tickets advised. Proceeds benefit the club activities and community projects.
Mary Irene Coughenour of 410 S Elm is listed as a patient in Menorah Medical Center Kansas City Missouri Room 519. JETZEN tires offers a 50 percent tread wear warranty with no charge and Chuck's Bait Shop is advertised.
The Ottawa Little Symphony promotes a spring concert on March 13 at 8 p.m in the Ottawa University Chapel and invites contributions to Box 555. Rick Snider, son of Mrs D F Snider, will join the Kansas State University Army ROTC Caisson Chorus on WIBW TV during the week of March 10 14 in 15 minute daily sessions at 5 p.m. Cadet Snider, a botany graduate student, is among 24 selected from 100 ROTC cadets applying this year.
The Daily Report lists wholesale egg prices for large and medium categories, butter prices, and cattle, hogs, and sheep pricing for Kansas City area markets. It also notes local dismissals, births, emergencies, and obituaries and funeral notices for Effie Henley and Donald McMillan.
North South winners were Mr and Mrs Sim Jones Garnett first with Mrs John Wassmer and Mrs L R McClay Ottawa second. East West winners were John Butcher Baldwin and Merle Price Ottawa first, Kenny McNabb Pleasanton and R Bolling Garnett second. The Ottawa Police Department charged Robert F Bell 19 Ottawa RFD 4 with careless driving and Del E Ricker 22 Portland Maine with careless driving posted $25 bond. Divorces filed Carlene R Pliler from Frank E Pliler with custody sought for their children Judy Russell from Theron Russell.
John E. Root, 23, Elgin, pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 30 dollars plus costs. Michael G. Davison, 20, OU student, charged with running a stop sign, pleaded guilty and fined 10 dollars plus costs. David F. Landreth, 23, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to running a stop sign and fined 10 dollars plus costs. Thomas R. Wiggin, 27, Spring Hill, DUI dismissed speeding found guilty fined 100 dollars, failure to yield for an emergency vehicle found guilty fined 100 dollars, reckless driving found guilty fined 60 dollars plus costs. Admissions Damon Brooks, 9809 S. Sycamore, Edgar Tilton.
Seven Australians will visit Ottawa in mid March as part of Rotary International’s exchange program. They will tour Baldwin for part of a day, attend a Rotary Club dinner, then fly over the area in private planes to view oil facilities Diveo-Wayne and Ottawa University before visiting Garnett Paola and Osawatomie.
AP’s Cynthia Lowry reports Nixon’s latest TV briefing ran just under an hour with a direct, candid session addressing foreign policy limits. The piece notes the President’s ease and the media reshuffles as ABC, CBS, and NBC preempted or altered programming to fit the event. Also covered is Jacques Cousteau’s undersea treasure hunt on ABC, highlighting the Calypso crew’s digs and the elusive treasure.
TOPEKA AP The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee heard two authors of a highway routes bill. Sens Tom Van Sickle and W E Woodard Jr testified in support of directing the Highway Commission to follow specified routes and set construction priorities. Debate covered funding, five year plans and commission authority.
In a prime time White House briefing Nixon reports a doubling of U S casualties since the current Viet Cong offensive began. He says attacks cannot be tolerated and potential moves, including resuming bombing of North Vietnam, are under study. He cites talks in Paris and hints at a broader peacemaking role for the Soviet Union and possible four power Middle East talks. He notes U S troop withdrawals are under study but not imminent. Only 190 reporters attended.
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