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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1971
Page
5
The Ottawa Retired Teachers Association will host a dinner at the North American Hotel on March 19 at 6 p.m. Reservations should be made to treasurer Neal Evans by March 15. Also notes on military and entertainment items appear in the brief.
The Williamsburg Lions Club hosts a pancake and sausage supper at the Williamsburg Cafe at 5 30 p m on March 15 to raise funds for community projects through advance sales.
Services for Ted Barto of Kansas City Mo were Tuesday. He was the brother in law of Mr and Mrs Gene McConachie Otawa RFD 2. Also surviving is his wife Golda.
The Garfield Parents and Teachers Association highlighted a fitness program at its March meeting. About 80 students from all grades demonstrated exercises and tumbling learned in bi weekly classes with Don Hoglund. New officers were elected: Cliff Burke president, Mrs Rex Bruington vice president, Mrs Joel Nordeen secretary, and Mrs George Marstall treasurer.
APreport shows cattle and feeder auction results with weights from under 80 pounds to 808 pounds, listing price ranges for choice thin steers and heifers, along with feeder calves and dry wintered stock. Hog barrows and gilts rose 25 to 60 cents, with 230 to 245 pound and 200 to 250 pound classes cited, while sheep tests were inconclusive and eggs and butter markets were unchanged.
Obituaries for Roy Earl Yokley of Arcadia and James Harvey McClung of Crestview Nursing Home recount a life near Arcadia dying March 5 and March 8 with services at Baptist Church Hannon and Damron Towner Chapel. William B Warner, Ottawa graduate, dies in Safford Ariz. with Ottawa connections. Notices include citations and court actions for local residents, birth, divorces, admissions and dismissals, and multiple traffic fines and violations across Ottawa and surrounding towns.
A prime rate cut by major banks spurs a broad market advance with the Dow up 3.70 to 899.55 at noon and the NYSE showing a 2 to 1 lead over declines. Big Board volume sits at 10.67 million shares as investors react to the development and mixed intraday moves across industrials rails and utilities.
Paris AP reports three of the four Viet Nam peace talks chief delegates stayed away. Xuan Thuy protested Nixon threats, boycotted again. Nguyen Thi Binh headed to Romania for a friendship visit. Pham Dang Lam was indisposed. Only U S Ambassador Bruce attended with a short prepared speech.
Police and federal agents arrested 11 people and seized eight pounds of hashish and five pounds of marijuana in Wednesday night raids on two houses. All detainees are held without bond at the city jail. Four were women. In the Holmes street raid investigators found hashish, pills and white powder. Six suspects were men and three were women. A second raid at 4026 Central arrested three teenage boys and a woman.
Hawthorne Elementary School room mothers group met to plan upcoming events. A bake sale is set for April 6 at the Gas Service office to raise funds for playground equipment. A Parents Discussion Night is scheduled for April 13 in the school auditorium. The next meeting is March 18 at Mrs. Leonard Collins home to discuss next year’s officers and activities.
A U S union representing 150000 train men may still strike nationwide after a Washington judge barred selective walkouts against Burlington Northern and Seaboard Coast Line. UTU chief Luna says no decision yet while seeking broad wage gains. another judge in DC allows broader negotiations. An emergency board was appointed in a separate dispute with a May 3 strike prohibition.
Ottawa University Theatre opened Sweet Charity praising Kathy Eads in the lead with Pam Dennis and Margaret Ewell strong support. The two act production runs two hours and twenty minutes under Jack Nicholson with Alan Charlet choreography and Stanley DeFries choral work, featuring Big Spender and Rhythm of Life numbers and enhanced by sound-focused set design in Memorial Auditorium.
A 25 year old Illinois man, Humberto A. Ochoa of Green Rock, was killed when his westbound car on US-50 near the Ransomville curve collided with an eastbound vehicle driven by Gary Covarrubia of Camarillo California. Moises Duarte and Luzmaria Duarte of Moline Illinois were injured and Luzmaria admitted to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Covarrubia treated for minor injuries. The fatality was the county's first motor vehicle death of the year.
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas Charles M Burrows was appointed Executor of the estate of C P Burrows deceased on March 8 1971 Creditors heirs and beneficiaries are notified to exhibit their claims within nine months from the first publication March 11 1971 to avoid bar Dated Ottawa Kansas March 8 1971 Charles M Burrows Executor Attorneys Winter Green Ottawa KS 66067
Sadie Virginia Miller named administratrix of Francis J. Miller estate in Franklin County Kansas. Creditors heirs and legatees must file claims within nine months from first publication or be barred. Notice served by Anderson Byrd Richeson Jones and First National Bank Building Ottawa Kansas 66067.
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