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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1968
Page
4
Local briefs report teen meeting at Antone's Hall at 7 30 pm and Navy recruit graduation at Great Lakes. Also porch sale announced and a teen admission to Kansas University Medical Center. Other items mention piano lessons and a hospital appendectomy plus a dance at VFW Hall.
Los Angeles weather drenched Pasadena Freeway spill hurls Karen Corbin into the Los Angeles River. Fire Captain Robert Webber swam to her with a lifeline, after two crews failed. She survived with a broken leg and other injuries.
The Daily Report lists winners from the National Charity bridge game held Friday night. North-South Jim Russel and Maris Gewant of Topeka took first. Helga Kursk of Lawrence and Dr. John Thornburg of Ottawa were second. East-West honors went to Lyle Hanes and Robert F. Miller, first, with Mrs. Dorothy Casey of Lawrence and Ken Johnson of Topeka second. Also details meals for Ottawa and Richmond menus, hospital admissions and dismissals, and emergency cases follow.
George W. Gingerich, 23, 609 East 8th, a certified shorthand report porter for the 4th Judicial District Court in Ottawa, died at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He had leukemia for a year and was seriously ill two months. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Towner Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. He was born Aug 10, 1944 in Ottawa, son of George and Naomi Adams Gingerich. survived by wife Dona Mae Cochran, parents Michigan Valley, a brother Jim in Clathe, a sister Pam in Michigan Valley, and two grandmothers.
Prince Charles, 19, heir to the throne and Cambridge freshman, mocks the nation’s anthem and recounts late night disturbances near his room in Varsity’s 21st anniversary issue. He details bottles, voices, refuse truck notes, and the scene at Great Court, plus a minibike arrival and gate-closing antics by bowler-hatted guards.
In a compact summary of recent bowling results, multiple leagues list high scores, players, and teams. Notable entries include Bond with 218 and 574 series, McDaniels with 212 and 190, and Yost with a 543 series, across teams such as Gambles, Craven's Oil, Heathman Oil, and Star Mobile Homes, reflecting a busy bowling season with top performers and team tallies.
The Associated Press reports efforts to end Florida teachers walkout focus on county school boards deciding whether to reinstate teachers who quit. In Carbondale Illinois municipal workers and police back at work partially under a court injunction, while Memphis sanitation workers push on with their 28th day of strikes and Pittsburgh teachers remain out. A 25 member fair employment commission was proposed as a potential resolution.
Washington AP moves report negotiations prompted by President Johnson in the 239e day copper strike continue after unions spurned a three year contract offer to hike wages by over 1 per hour. Union officials scheduled a meeting of about 200 officials from 26 striking unions to review the situation. Johnson remains in the White House as talks proceed and unions seek company wide salary gains and synchronized contract expirations across the four firms Kennecott Copper Anaconda Ameri can Smelting Phelps Dodge.
The United States recalls Ambassador William Heath to Washington for indefinite review of U S Swedish relations amid Vietnam controversy. Sweden faced protests and a Palme speech cited as tensing ties, with police guarding Heath after a life threat. Canada probes pamphlets linked to draft Sabotage. Rhodes and Fulbright scholars protested, donating to the Red Cross. British students showed support with armbands and fasts.
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