Community briefs from Kansas City area and nearby towns
Short notices include Mrs. Frank Dietrich's discharge from Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City on March 27 after a patient stay since March 8, along with various local events. Franklin County Shrine Club to meet March 29 at Ottawa Country Club. Abdallah Chantehrs program announced. Shriners and wives invited. Sherry Cook of Princeton underwent surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Pomona residents offered rabies shots for dogs March 29 at city hall. dog tags available. Marine Pvt. Ivan R. Gooding, Garnett, graduates recruit training in San Diego. Sears Ottawa advertises washer dryer sale. Navy Petty Officer Albert Fletcher Jr., son of a local resident, serving at Oceana. George Underwood Tax Service ad. THOT ’N Talk to meet March 7:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church library to plan upcoming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Shrine Club
Ottawa Country Club
Abdallah Chanters
Franklin County Shriners
Adv
Wall Street Edges Forward Amid Hesitant Trading
Wall Street traders pushed prices higher after an early fractional dip. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.82 to 904.30 as advances beat declines on the New York Stock Exchange by about two to one. The AP stock index at noon gained 0.4 to 313.4 with mixed moves across sectors and several issues unchanged.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Memorial Record Lola King and Samuel B Weidner Jr
Lola King former Ottawa resident died Saturday in Aurora Nebraska. Funeral Tuesday 10 30 a m Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Willard A Braker officiating interment Highland Cemetery. Samuel B Weidner Jr Ottawa businessman died this morning funeral Wednesday 2 p m Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Paul W Pentz officiating interment Highland Cemetery graveside rites by Ottawa Lodge No 803 BPOE. Friends may call at the funeral home from Tuesday noon until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola King
Ottawa
Aurora
Nebraska
Lamb-Roberts
Willard A. Braker
Highland Cemetery
Weidner Samuel B. Weidner Jr
Franklin County
Paul W. Pentz
Ottawa Lodge No
Neb
Lulu Wood
Lyda Wood
Cora Chadd
Letha Payne
Ernest
Archie King
Samuel B. Weidner JR
S. Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Paul W. Penta
BPOE
Library Notes Highlights New Books and Authors
A roundup of recent library acquisitions includes The Complete Book of Cycling by Eugene A. Sloane Great Spy Stories from Fiction by Allen Dulles and The Working Mother's Guide to Her Home Her Family and Herself by Alice Skelsey Other notable titles span The Age of Aquarius by William Braden Astriker Portfolio by Arthur L. Guptill A Fairly Good Time by Mavis Gallant I Never Loved Your Mind by Paul Zindel The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1971 Khrushchev Remembers by Edward Crankshaw and The Good Deed by Pear S Buck plus Paw in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Dulles
Alice Skelsey
William Braden
Norman Rockwell
Arthur L. Guptill
Paul Zindel
N. Y
World Telegram
Khrushchev
Edward Crankshaw
Russian Empire
Pear S
Buck
Asia
Robert T. Clifton
Dorothy Dunnett
Francis Crawford
Lymond
Farmland Valuation Changes Explained Meeting Tuesday
Kansas property officials explain shifts in farmland values at 1 30 P M Tuesday at Anchor Savings Association 421 St Hickory to assessors from Osage Douglas Miami and Franklin counties Board of County Commissioners Franklin County also expected to attend directives sent last week to 95 county assessors order raising or lowering valuations on 11 land classes above or below district medians Clarence Malone chief counsel and Ronald F Dwyer valuation director outlined the directives to the gathered county assessors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Property Valuation Department
Anchor Savings Association
St. Hickory
Board of County Commissioners
Franklin County
Clarence Malone
Property Valuation Department
Ronald F. Dwyer
OJHS Gym Show Spring Into Spring Debuts April 2 3
Ottawa junior high Girls athletic association presents gym show Spring Into Spring in the junior high gymnasium at 8 p m on April 2 and 3. Admission 50 cents for grade and junior high students 75 cents for high school college students and adults. Proceeds fund new gym equipment for PE classes. Sponsors are Mrs. Cindy Harlan and Mrs. Carolyn Pope. About 110 girls perform on gymnastic equipment tumbling drill teams and floor exercises drawn from PE class activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Junior High Girls’ Athletic Association
Cindy Harlan
Carolyn Pope
Indiana man jailed for burglary and unauthorized vehicle
Marvin Wayne Johnston of Westville Indiana was sentenced in Franklin County District Court to one to ten years for burglary at the Hickory Inn on February 26. A charge of driving an unauthorized vehicle was dismissed. the case moved from Franklin County Court to District Court on March 19.
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Indiana
Franklin County
Marvin Wayne Johnston
Westville
Ind
Hickory Inn
E. Dundee
Thomas H. Morgan
Greeley
Timothy Morgan
Richmond
Us-69
Morgan
Highway Patrol
South Main
Moses O. Gillian
Williamsburg
Ralph L. Oliver
Kansas City
Kan
Gordon H. Goulden
Topeka
Seventh and Main
Franklin W. Lefler
Tremont
Obituaries and funeral notices from Ottawa area
Funeral notices for Helen Peine Lola King and Samuel B Weidner Jr. detail memorial Masses graveside services and burial places. Joy Howard and other locals are listed with surviving relatives and church affiliations. Also included are emergency reports police citations births dismissals and accidents across Franklin County Ottawa and surrounding areas.
Solon Suggests Missile Freeze
Washington Senator Henry M Jackson proposed a 12 month four part moratorium on most American and Soviet offensive missiles to slow strategic competition and bolster missile balance. He urged SALT talks in Vienna and a halt to deployment of Minute Man III missiles, while seeking no ABM shields around cities and allows defense at offensive sites. Senator Stuart Symington favored an initial agreement on banning ABMs and pressed Vienna talks on a mutual moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
ABC
Senate
Nixon
Salt
Vienna
Salt Talka
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
New York
Symington
Continue Efforts To Reach Miners In Buckeye Coal Mine
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania rescuers pursued eight attempts to reach two trapped miners since Friday in a burning Nemacolin mine of Buckeye Coal Co. Drilled shafts reached about 340 feet with no life signs. Two more holes were planned as tests checked for survivable air. Missing are Richard Randolph 68 and Charles Gibson 61. They were about 600 feet apart when the fire began at about 10 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmichaels
Nemacolin
Buckeye Coal Co
Paweredl
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson
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Frank Dietrich
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Damien Towner Chasel
Sherry Cook
Princeton
St. Luke's Hospital
Pomona
Pomona City Hall
Marine Pvt
Ivan R. Gooding
Raymond W. Gooding
Garnett
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Sears
NAVY
Albert R. Fletcher Jr
Charles Welch
W. 5Th
Naval Air Station
Oceana
Virginia Beach
George
George’s Tax Service
George Underwood
North Main
United Methodist Church Library
Wall Street
Cowner
Kansas
Roy Wood
Damron-Towner
Wakarusa
Paul Damron
Joel Towner
David Miller
Janice Damron
Rena Towner
Mrs
Dorothy Haams
Library Notes
Bicycling
Eugene A. Sloane
America
Astriker
Adam Hall
Quiller
9Th Directive
Mavis Gallant
Paris
Osage
Douglas
Miami
Franklin
the Daily Report
Helen Peine
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Maurice Gardner
Antone Nilges
Herman Nilges
Alfred Nilges
Earl Anderson
Raymond Peine
Leo Peine
Holy Angels Cemetery
Joy Howard
Coburg
Ore
Poole-Larson
Howard
Zenith
James D
Myria (Stewart) Thompson
Herman Howard
Betty Brooks
Sutherlin
Charles Lewis Howard
Springfield
Charles Thompson
Clarence Thompson
Fort Morgan
Colo
Weidner
Samuel B
Sara Anna (Cook) Weidner Sr
Margar i. Thomas
Girard
Sandra Gutsh
Steve Mellicoat
Oakday Scott
Artie Cleaveland
Robert Penn
Elm
Arnel D. Horne
Faye Brown
Maple
Michael H. Bennett
College Street
Disiree Collins
N. Oak
Martha J. Winter
Dorothy Nelson
Main
Harold Bishop
N. Mulberry
Richard Sears
Richard Lee
S. Maple
Steve Mallicoat
S. Qak
Lena Willhite
George Niehoff
Baldwin
Kenneth Bechtle
S. Ash
Betty Weix
George Weix
Mulberry
Elmer
Glenn Jackson
Cynthia Bolen
Emporia
Cathryn Schoonover
Gary Prager
Scott Carpenter
Ottawa Police Department
Clifford D. Burgoon
Eudora
Franklin N. Crouch
District
Donna M. Weien
Dale E. Weien
Edgar W. Moon
Lawrence
Terry W. Lefler
James R. Burgoon
Solon
Missile
U. S
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
National
CUBS
Aroun
A.f.&am
Sip
Howard L. Smith
W.M, Clarence E. Rea
Sec'v
SCOTT
Budge’s Hardware
Harold
Harold and
Florence Roger
Nancy Yingling
Farkel
AGA
S.iOak
U.S. Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Rodman
Fred Meador
Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
Gale
Pickering Piano Service
W. Taylor
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