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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
5
Mary Waring of Garnett has been chosen by Alpha Xi Delta as their queen candidate for the Military Ball to be held March 27 at Kansas State. A junior majoring in political science, she also stars in one of the HQ original musical series set for March 12-13.
Robert Newton of Richmond is listed as a patient at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, with no additional details on condition or admission date available in the readable text.
In Belfast near the Catholic Ballymurphy district a young man was shot and critically wounded amid IRA feuding. A Monday night shooting left one dead and two wounded as detectives hunt gunmen tied to the Provisional IRA. British forces sent 450 reinforcements as tensions rise along Falls Road.
A 14-year-old Ottawa Junior High student is expected to be charged in Franklin County Juvenile Court for calling in a bomb threat that prompted evacuation of about 600 students at 2:03 p.m. Police, sheriff and fire crews searched the building with no bomb found. The incident followed a Sunday fire near the school. officials do not believe it was linked to the threat.
ECKAN announced a lease with Peoples National Bank to relocate offices from the Franklin County Court House third floor to the former bank building, with move expected by April 1. Expansion includes adding full time directors, social work and Head Start enhancements funded by federal and state dollars.
Hollywood AP says silent era comedian Harold Lloyd died at 77 after months of illness from cancer at his Beverly Hills home. A star of the 1920s with Safety Last and a onetime fashioning $69 000 weekly, he ranked among Chaplin Keaton Langdon and Laurel and Hardy. He left film in 1938 and pursued painting and other arts. survived by three children.
Ottawa High School junior Kris Garrett will attend the National Drug Abuse Education Evaluation Conference in Washington, D C March 17 20 as Kansas student representative. Kansas adult reps include Carl Haney and Peg Cundiff. The event gathers one student and two adults from each state and territory for sessions on inter regional cooperation.
Vice President Agnew said the United States may not back a South Vietnamese push into North Vietnam and would not approve such a venture. He noted future conditions are unknown and avoided foreclosing presidential options, amid U S actions in Laos and Cambodia. Ground troops remain absent.
BEAUMONT AP. Joe Bowen, owner of Bam Boo Lounge, found a six foot rattlesnake behind a counter. He fled to fetch a shotgun and returned as the snake emerged halfway out. Bowen shot the snake and described it as unusually large and frightening.
Oklahoma City Zoo Director Lawrence Curtis investigates a door torn from a farmer’s coop bearing manlike handprints. He rules out bear and lion, speculates on a humanlike creature while noting widespread reports and a hoax Halloween mask linked to a seven foot hairy figure in Lawton.
Admissions list includes Mrs Bertha Churchbaugh Baldwin Monday and Kathy Ferretti Ottawa University Tuesday. Dismissals include Ernest Ralston Princeton and Mrs Wyatt Martin Baldwin among others. Births report a son for Stephen and rural Overbrook and a son for Ray Walken at 825 S Main Tuesday. Citations list Nelson V McAlexander 23 Pecan violation, John R Redick 19 Cedar speeding. Divorce granted Worthingtons mutual fault with custody to husband. County Court citations for Eb Ebeck and fines. Marriage licenses issued to TenBroeck and Slempkowski. Miller and Sparks. Davis with registration issues and speeding fine for Baugher. Roy Jones noted with daily log issue and crop prices listed for oats wheat soybeans.
James Harvey McClung 92 formerly of 412 West 9th died Monday at Crestview Nursing Home. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Damron Towner Chapel with Rev. Ralph Hodgden officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery. Born August 28 1878 Pawnee City Nebraska son of Robert and Elizabeth McClung. Married Grace Stuart June 18 1902 Enid Oklahoma. Lived in Ottawa since 1942 worked as farmer and carpenter. Member Church of the Brethren. Survived by daughter Mabel Frances Waddell McPherson and granddaughter Eugenia Kellam Phoenix Arizona.
Bridge winners at Elk's Club Monday night were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bush first. Mrs. Helga Kersch Lawrence and Dr. John Thornburg second. Mrs. F. P. Hufstedler and Mrs. Dick Peters third.
Former Defense Minister Malcolm Fraser accused Prime Minister John Gorton of unfitness in a Parliament speech after resigning. Opposition leader Gough Whitlam planned a no confidence motion, with a crisis meeting of Liberal MPs recessed amid talk of a potential new prime minister within hours.
The Ottawa Police Department released details about a recent investigation and ongoing case updates. Authorities urged residents to report information, with officers promising thorough inquiries and public safety measures in the community.
Cattle and calves show varied ready-for-market prices across grades with steers around 30.50 to 31.00, heifers up to 31.00, cows 20.50 to 22.50, and feeders 31 to 40 per head. Hog prices fall, sows down to 26, 1 2 5 pound s at 17.50 to 17.25. eggs at 80 for large, 24-31 for mediums. butter steady around 85 cents per pound.
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