March events and notices from local community page
Monthly BRIEFS report lists the Mexican American Community meeting March 7 at 3 p.m. in Franklin County Development Office and school board election advocacy for USD 290. Other items include Ottawa University committee testimony in Washington, Pomona dog vaccination and tags rules, entertainment at Naomi's Club March 6, Auca Update rally in Kansas City, Earl Allender resigning as Wellsville High principal, Eagles Lodge dance, Marine Corps promotion of Ronald Jacob, a Mac and the Rhythm Ramblers dance, and a March 9 school board candidate Evelyn Kinney endorsement.
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Franklin County
Notable Local Entertainment and Community Notices
Entertainment at Naomi's Club features Mac and The Fabulous Rhythm Ramblers with Rick Clyde Johnson Gail and Sue on March 5 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Adv. service at Damron Towner Chapel. Free Methodist Church invites attendance at 735 North Oak. Dance March 6 at VFW Wellsville with The Blue Notes. Citizens Committee for Inter Group Relations meets 7:30 p.m. Monday at 117 E. 2nd Franklin County Community Development building.
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Robby Robertson
Ottawa Playboys
Naomi
North Main
Mac and the
Rhythm Ramblers
VFW Hall
Naomi’s Club
N, Main
Mac
The
Fabulous Rhythm Ramblers
Rick, Clyde
Johnson
Gail
Sue
Citizens Committee For
Franklin County Community Development
E. 2Nd
Obituary notices and local hospital notes from Ottawa area
Obituaries for Ora F Sherman and John Duvall recorded at Damron Towner Chapel and Dengel Son Mortuary with burial at Highland and Central Cemeteries. A list of Thursday admissions and dismissals plus a two vehicle crash on US 59 near Ottawa left Albert and Willie Burns hospitalized and James Dalsing uninjured.
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ORA
F. Sherman
Fred Sherman
Ottawa
RFD
Damron-Towner Chapel
Paul Pentz
Melvin Clevenger
Paul Damron
Ed Hewitt
Glen Miller
Ralph Crawford
Rodney Fritts
Max Thompson
Quincy Seymour
Highland Cemetery
John Duvall
Pomona
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Don Henderson
R. L. Stevens
James Driver
Jim Lindsay
Irvin Clark
Delbert Eichinger
John Dickey
Kenneth Bowman
George Bowman
Central Cemetery
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Albert O. Burns
Garnett
Willie E. Burns
James A. Dalsing
Greeley
Highway Patrol
Dalsing
Police News Citation for DUI and Speeding
Ottawa police issued a citation listing JAN A FAGG 29 Garnett for driving while intoxicated and jailed after failing to post 250 bond. Also cited HERBERT H SMALL 39 Overland Park for speeding 80 in a 70 mph zone, fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Ottawa Police Department
Jan A. Fagg
Garnett
Herbert H. Small
Overland Park
Probate Court Grants License to Pomona Pair
Marriage license issued by probate court to Lester Hoyt, 18, of Pomona, and Glenda Jean Beebe, 18, of Pomona. The couple seeks to wed with parental consent pending.
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Lester Hoyt
Pomona
Glenda Jean Beebe
KC Market Summary Kansas City Price Test Cattle Hogs Eggs
KC markets show cattle with price test and hogs at 3 000 head with barrows and gilts steady to strong. Prices span 18.00 25.00 for 200 250 lb, 17.25 18.00 for 190 250 lb, and 17.50 for 250 275 lb with 295 lb listed. Sows steady to 25 higher 360 600 lb 16.00 25. Sheep 25 with no test prices. early lambs 25.00 26.00 and 26.50 for spring lambs. Eggs unchanged large 80 cent A 29 36, medium 24 31. butter grade A solid 8. quarter 86.
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Kansas City
Riot hits Falls Road as army searches kidnappers
In Belfast, a major daytime riot erupted on Falls Road during a gunpoint kidnapping probe of two Protestants. Teen crowds hijacked buses as barricades and threw gasoline bombs at army riot squads after soldiers searched the Long Bar in Leeson Street. Three masked men abducted three Protestants. one released unharmed with a warning that the others would be shot if arms not returned. The incident was described by an army spokesman as the most serious daylight outbreak in months.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Long Bar
Leeson Street
Sandy Row
Unemployment Rate Drops as February Jobs Improve
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate fell from 6.0 to 5.8 percent in February. Labor Secretary Hodgson called the drop heartening for the economy, while BLS official Goldstein warned of a mixed picture due to lower employment and average hours, with the number of men employed at a two year low and long term unemployment rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor
J. D. Hodgson
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Goldstein
Hodgson
Dow Neared 900 as Stocks Rally on Active Trading
The Dow Jones industrial average rose sharply today, flirting with the 90 level for the first time since June 1968, up 6.97 to 997.73 at noon on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume reached 11.29 million shares, with advancers leading declines by more than 3 to 1. The Labor Department cited unemployment at 5.8 percent in February, down from 6 percent in January. IBM and GE led gains, while Ryder System traded 76,900 shares at 3? unchanged.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
IBM
Control Data
General Electric
Xerox
Texaco
Insurance Firms Merge Ottawa and Kansas Agencies
Ottawa Insurance Agency manager Don Burroughs announced the March 1 merger with Kansas Insurance Agency led by Robert Miller. Miller, with 21 years at Kansas Insurance, will move to 109 East 2nd Street and join Burroughs in the expanded agency. Both firms will offer all lines with their prior carriers.
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Ottawa Insurance Agency
East 2Nd
Kansas Insurance Agency
South Main
Don Burroughs
Manger
Ottawa Insurance
Interstate Securities Co
Robert Miller
109 East 2Nd
Burroughs
Miller
Kansas Insurance
Kansas State Bank
Contracts Approved by State Highway Commission
Contracts totaling 3,936,975 have been approved for construction and maintenance on Kansas highways per highway director John D. Montgomery. In Franklin County, B. J. Brummel Construction Co. of Garnett will paint bridges on K-68 over Island Creek west of Ottawa and on US-59 over AT&SF tracks south of Richmond for 5,521.
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State Highway Commission
Kansas
John D. Montgomery
Franklin County
Island Creek
Ottawa
At&sf
Richmond
B. J. Brummel Construction Co
Garnett
Bowling Scores from Classic and Thursday Night Leagues
Readable results list bowlers and scores across leagues including Don's Cleaners Demolay L and Fogle teams, high games by Hull 257 and Doman 221, plus totals up to 601 for Wolgast and 567 for Miller with several 500s and multiple high 30 frames reflected.
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Don’s Cleaners
Hull
Demolay
Smith
Fogle
Doman
Snider
Hubbard
Haas
Pepsi-Cola
Kampschroeder
Briscoe
Boyer
Pyle
Ladies Mennett
V. Dodd
Camron-Towner-O
Meador
Andy
Pederson
Murrow
Irwin
Bien
Budget
V. Foster
Beautyland
Hughes
C. Wolgast
Independents
McCurdy
Oitt
KOFC
Walken
Baldwin Ward
Dixon
Nichols
Garrett
Bengel & Son
Jackson
Lé& L
Pierce
Baldwin-Ward
Wolken
Mueller
Miller Team
Miller
Slow Start On Reorganization In Kansas Government
Kansas voters approved a 1971 constitutional amendment to reorganize the executive branch, but lawmakers face a slow start with a special committee hearing bills. Governor Docking supports reform while the Legislature and courts may delay progress. some departments resist changes as a court challenge looms over the amendment's scope and timing. The plan envisions eight departments under a governor who appoints secretaries, with four officers elected, and a governor lieutenant governor team. The court case could halt action if Moore’s challenge succeeds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
House
Senate
Executive Branch
Commission On Executive Reorganization
Revenue
Special Executive Reorganization Committee
Legislative Committee
Docking
Wichita
Earl C. Moore
Kansas Supreme Court
Moore
Sen. Gleen, Smith
R-Larned
Hearing on Final Settlement In Clara Axtell Estate
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court a petition for final settlement of the Clara Axtell estate has been filed by executor Emmett Moyer. The hearing set for March 30 1971 at 9 30 am in Ottawa requires defenses in writing. Attorneys Skoog and Latimer represent petitioners.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Clara Axtell
State of
Emmett Moyer
Ottawa
Elmer Lewis Bell Jr
Lewis Bell
Mary Jane Bell
Mary J. Bell
Baldwin & Taylor
City of
Probate notices from Franklin County Kansas in 1971
Public notices announce the admission to probate for Cora A. Sheldon and the appointment of Elizabeth Sheldon Ives as executrix without bond. The document lists deadlines and court details for Ottawa Kansas and cites the case of Edgar M. Jardon with Overland Park State Bank and Trust Company as executor. Creditors must file claims within nine months of first publication.
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Cora A. Sheldon
Elizabeth Sheldon Ives
Ottawa
Kansas
Edgar M. Jardon
Overland Park State Bank and Trust Company
Edgar M. Jordon
The
Overland Park State Bank and Trust Co
Payne & Jones
P.O. Box
Olathe
Attys
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School Board Usd
Pol
Peter H. Armacost
Ottawa University
House of Representatives
Pomona City Hall
Humane Society
Adv
William
Bill) Shipp
Pol. Adv
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Auca
Kansas City, Mo
Municipal Auditorium Music Hall
Rachel Saint
Earl Allender
Wellsville
Allender
Eagles Lodge
Jess Richardson
Ronald Jacob
Floyd Jacob
N. Cherry
U.S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Evelyn Kinney
Free Methodist Church
North Oak
VFW
Blue Notes
the Daily Report
Ernest
J. Ralston
Princeton
Stanley Fritts
W. 10Th
Carmen Reeves
Sandra Bishop
Keith Paine
Cottonwood
Harley Short
S. Hickory
Annette Davis
Maple
de Siders
S. Cedar
Lee Nichols
S. Cherry
Ernest. Warner
Loren Snider
Vernon Parks
Lee Thomas
Ash
KC Markets
Yee
Wall Street
Mamron
Towner
Ottawans
Incorp
Skoog and Latimer
Petitioner
Franklin
Hodgson & Kahler
James G. Kahler
W. Main St
Lyons, Kansas
William S. Bowers
West 2Nd Street
Classifi
Fenandian
Wasesaan
Harry W. Reiner
Frances Reiner
Wallace Yates
Plaza District
Main
Davis Paint Store
John
Alice Edelman
Shakley
North Side
Mathews
Plaza Theatre
Walsha
Gil
General Services
Bennie Stinson
FageGet Lister
Fred Meador
J. W. Taylor
Pickering
Ee Ee Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
Sedom Construction
Lloyd ‘McClure
Bill Shadden
Moran
Kangasland Packing
East Dundee
Byron Mohr
Jack Nelson
Kan
Waverly Livestock Sales
Waverly
Osage Cify
A. K. Watts
Waverly Livestock Sale Barn
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Franklin County Sales Company
Anderson Brothers
Lawrence
Wilson Street
Printy
Ben Printy
Cap
Printy’s
N. Main
Clifford Hobbs
Bestline
North
Hickory
Budge’s Hardware
Walt
Brown's Hardware
Ottawa Herald Business Office
Sporting Equip
Osawa
Tomic
Texas Maid
Michigan Valley
South Elm
Everett Stark
Budge's Hardware
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