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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1968
Page
3
The Ote tawa Junior-Senior High PTA meets at 7 30 Monday night in the Cyclone Room to present PhyseEd Co Ed with phys ed demonstrations by students from both schools. Williamsburg Lions Club hosts a pancake supper Wednesday evening March 20 from 5 p.m. to benefit a scholarship fund with homemade pies available.
PFC William E Hughes stationed in Vietnam with US 5598847 587 Signal Co Red Platoon APO San Francisco 96216. Adv S. SGT Ray L Langston recruiting for US Marines to be at Kansas State Employment Service every Thursday from March 21. Stephen P Brandon to present tuba recital at University of Iowa. Merritt Ball son of Gerald Ball reported in good condition at Research Hospital Kansas City room 760. Larry Marney and the Country Showmen at VF W Hall Saturday 9 00 p.m.
The Carnegie Library will hold a panel discussion on working wires Monday at 7 p.m. The Herald Friday had reported 7:30 p.m. The venue lists Jack's Hydro Car Wash at 1532 S Main as a nearby reference.
More than 30 young Methodists from the Kansas Conference will depart Ottawa next Friday for the annual study tour. They will travel by bus from the First Methodist Church and return March 30, with planned visits to New York City Philadelphia and Washington D C.
AP survey finds students divided over RFK and McCarthy with about two to one favoring McCarthy among respondents but many open to Kennedy to defeat Johnson. Quotes from Smith College, Oregon State University, Williams College, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale Law School show mixed support, with turnout and age groups cited and Census noting 12.6 million potential first time voters.
Kansas farmers will plant about 3,991,000 acres to sorghum and total crop acres for 1968 are forecast at 19.9 million, down from 20.5 million last year. Soybeans, barley, oats and sugar beets gain share while government programs idle 3.3 million acres, up from 2.3 million in 1967.
ATLANTA AP For ty six Americans including fifteen physicians lead a campaign to wipe out smallpox in West Africa training six thousand Africans. The effort backed by the National Communicable Disease Center aims for eradication by 1975 with a seven million dollar annual outlay. Countries involved span nineteen nations including Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Gabon Ghana Ivory Coast Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Togo Upper Volta Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Mrs Ethel Ann McEathron 75 of rural Pomona died about 5 am Friday at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka after a week of hospitalization Services set for 2 pm Monday at the Towner Chapel with Dr Roy W Browning Sr officiating Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona She was born Sept 7 1892 at Olathe daughter of John William and Synthia Brunk Morgan married May 19 1920 at Pomona to Rufus Alexander McEathron who died in April 1961 She lived in Johnson Osage and Franklin Counties and on a Pomona farm She was a Church of the Brethren member One son died in infancy Surviving are two daughters Mrs Oscar King Pomona RFD 1 and Irene McEathron Kansas City four grandchildren and a sister Mrs Etta Dayne Shallowater Kan
A tidbit from Local Markets in The Daily Report notes animals available for adoption and lists Thursday closing prices for oats barley wheat and soybeans. The grain figures show oats around 1.87 to 1.48, barley near 1.18, wheat near 1.48, and soybeans at 2.50.
Admissions include Larry Stewart Earl Humbred Etta May Taylor Eva Tucker Charles Van Wie Mrs J H Harris and Mrs Harold Sawyer. Dismissals and emergencies noted Chris Young treated and released. Humane Shelter lists mixed breed bassets and shepherds with prices. stock market news from New York and Kansas City markets with intraday changes. Agricultural prices for cattle and hogs shown.
The American Cancer Society advance gift drive begins in Ottawa with chairman Everett Stith and workers H L Richardson H D McGrath Lee Finch Joe Towne r David Smith Roy Anderson Max Roberts Tom Porter and Dean Berlin. The house to house drive will start in early April.
In Essex north of London villagers fight to save Takeley and its 12th century church as a proposed London Airport project targets Stansted and Easton Lodge airstrips. Backed by the National Farmers Union and councils, they urge evaluating alternatives such as expanding Luton or building a new offshore facility. Government planners argue London’s facilities are insufficient and a 1974 execution date looms, with a public inquiry set to determine the inevitable choice.
In Kansas Franklin County Probate Court Everett Gragg as administrator seeks authorization to sell Ottawa property Lots 11 and 13, Block 114 to cover debts taxes and costs of administration. Defenses due by April 8, 1968 at 10:00 a.m. in Ottawa Court. Attorney: Winton A Winter First Nat Bank Bldg Ottawa Kan.
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