Local News Briefs From Ottawa Area
Local notices include airman promotion for Alfonso Gobea stationed in Tacoma, a garden center ad for Willis Garden Center at 5th and Cherry, and Ottawa Coin and Stamp Club meeting at 7 30 p m in Anchor Savings Building basement with program and refreshments.
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Alfonso Gobea
USAF
Camilo Gobea
J.C
Tacoma
Wash
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Adv
Ottawa Coin and Stamp Club
Anchor Savings Building
Ramsey Elsie Ramsey obituary in Ottawa details funeral
Elsie Wilcock Ramsey longtime Ottawa resident died recently. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 00 p m at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Willard A Braker officiating. Interment is planned at Highland Cemetery.
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Ramsey Elsie (Wilcock) Ramsey
Ottawa
Lamb-Roberts
Willard A. Braker
Highland Cemetery
Nixon Seeks End To Obscene Mail In Public Crusade
President Nixon urges a citizens crusade and new laws to end smut in the mails. Rep. Ichord and Rep. Cunningham compiled examples from irate constituents showing sexual material sent to youths. Proposed measures would make some mailings a federal crime with penalties, extend routes to block sex oriented advertising, and allow removal from mailing lists at once.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Richard H. Ichord
Dmo
Glen Cunningham
Rneb
Ichord
Post Office Department
White House
Cunningham
Minor Problems Seen In A Zany Air Race
About 400 contestants race from London to New York or back using diverse craft to avoid city traffic. Prizes total around 144 thousand dollars with two 12 thousand dollar prizes for fastest directions, and entries include Royal Navy jets and other unusual categories. The event marks the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown’s 1919 nonstop transatlantic flight.
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London
Post Office
Empire State Building
New York
Daily Mail
Angus McPherson
Anne Alcock
St. John Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
St. John’s
Mld
Clifden
Ireland
Britain
Navy
New York-London
McDonnell
United States
New Dollar May Bear Ike's Image
Colorado Senate asks Congress to issue a silver dollar with Dwight D. Eisenhowers likeness minted from Colorado silver. The resolution by Sen. Chet Enstrom was approved unanimously. The Colorado Mining Association supported the idea, noting Mrs. Eisenhowers Denver connections and the states past use of Denver as a summer White House.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chet Enstrom
Grand Junction
Colorado Mining Association
Eisenhower
White House
Wawona Tunnel Tree Falls at Yosemite Park
Ranger Lynn Thompson recalls a historic sequoia, the Wawona Tunnel Tree, fallen after standing for about 2,000 years. Tourists drove through the giant until its roots gave way leaving a large ground hole as snow hid the late winter collapse.
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Yosemite National Park
Wawona Tunnel
Lynn Thompson
Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Reported with Local Notices
The Daily Report Kansas City wires cattle hogs and sheep markets with higher steer prices and varied cow demand. It lists feeder and heifer prices by weight, plus admissions and dismissals at Ottawa University and Pomona area. local emergencies and police notes include injuries, a stolen car report, and a suspended license charge.
Peace On Earth sculpture to debut at Music Center
Los Angeles AP report says 30 foot bronze work by Jacques Lipchitz titled Peace On Earth will be undraped at the Music Center plaza Sunday. The 10 ton piece, donated by Lloyd Rigger and Lawrence Deutsch, depicts a dove blessing humanity. Lipchitz calls it a prayer for peace and notes personal health battles but steady effort since 1965.
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Los Angeles
Music Center
Jacques Lipchitz
Lipchitz
Italy
Carrara
Michelangelo
Abernathy to Lead March for Charleston Hospital Workers
Rev Ralph Abernathy, freed on bond after a week in jail, plans a Sunday march for striking nurses aides orderlies and food service workers at South Carolina Medical College and Charleston County Hospital. He calls for federal action and says the Poor People’s Campaign may move to Charleston as curfew and vandalism persist.
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Charleston
S.C
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
South Carolina Medical College Hospital
Charleston County
Nixon
United States
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Death notice for Elsie Ramsey at 75
Services for Mrs. Elsie Ramsey 75 of 1026 N Oak are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev Willard A Braker. Ramsey born April 26 1894 in Low Bentham England moved to the U.S. in 1906 and lived in Centropolis. She married William Harley Ramsey Aug 1 1921 Garnett. he died May 1 1930. Survived by daughter Mrs W H Kristenson Jr Buena Park California a sister Doris Wilcock 607 N Cedar and a grandson plus many nieces and nephews.
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Elsie Ramsey
N. Oak
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
Willard A. Braker
Ramsey
Low Bentham
County of Yorkshire
England
James
Mary Jane (Laycock) Wilcock
U.S
Centropolis
Ottawa Seeks Bids for Parking Lot C Construction
City of Ottawa Kansas invites sealed proposals for Parking Lot C. Bids due May 14, 1969 at 7:00 pm. 5 percent bid bond required. bid openness at City Clerk office. city reserves right to reject or waive. Donald R. Capper, City Clerk.
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City OF Ottawa
Ottawa
Kansas
City of
Kansas Bank Or Trust Company
Public Works
Donald R. Capper
Former BU Grad Honors Teacher At Retirement Dinner
Dr. Donald W. Taylor, BU alumnus and Yale psychology leader, returns May 9 to honor Dean Benejamin Aberdeen Gessner at Baker University retirement events. The program includes a 4:30 p.m. lecture, 7:15 p.m. buffet, and an 8:45 p.m. investiture for the Gessner Chair of Psychology, with Dr. John A. Chippinger to be installed.
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Bsaldwin
Baker University
Yale
University Division of Social Sciences
Donald W. Taylor
Baker
Benejamin Aberdeen Gessner
Gessner
Taylor
Rice Memorial Auditorium
James Doty
Dean Gessner
Robert Courtney
John A. Chippinger
Baker Department of Psychology
Baldwin
Vinland
Executor Appointed in Blanche Perkins Estate Kansas
In Franklin County Kansas Probate Court Walter Perkins appointed executor of Blanche Perkins will on April 7 1969 and letters testamentary issued April 17 1969. Creditors must file demands within nine months from first publication or be barred. Gwinn G Shell Garnett Kansas attorney for executor.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Blanche Perkins
Walter Perkins
Probate Court
Notice of Sheriff sales in Franklin County Kansas
First published April 12 1969 and last May 10 1969 notice of sale in Franklin County District Court Daniel Clapp et al defendants no 23 773 sheriff Joe Ferns will sell May 16 1969 at 2 00 pm at the west front door of the Ottawa courthouse for cash the following tracts in Franklin County Kansas tract a north half of southwest quarter section 10 township 16 range 21 tract b south half of southwest quarter 21 tract c north half of northwest quarter section 15 township 16 range 2k tract d south half of northwest quarter 2 and as one whole tract to satisfy partition decree for parties in interest attys for plaintiff Winter Green Ottawa Kansas
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Kansas
Lynn H. Baumann
District Court
Ottawa
Franklin
State of
Township 16
Section
Township
Joe Ferns
Kan
Winter & Green
Nat'l. Bank
Attys
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VFW Hall
Kenny Toumberlin
Steel
Pamela Kay Howarter
Fred W. Adamson
W. 6Th
Central Heights School
Richmond
Baker University Music Department
Charles H. Weedman
McKibbin Recital Hall
Franz Schubert
Baker University Singers
Rice Auditorium
Ronald Joe Dodd
Arnold Dodd
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dodd
Lincoln
Singer Sewing Machines
Otasco
David D. Domnanish
AG 3
USN
C. L. Davidson
Princeton
San Diego
Calif
Tabitha Starks
W. 4Th
Ike
Yosemite National Park, Calif
Fogle Quarry AG. Lime
the Daily Report
Kansas City
Mary Barnhart
Ottawa University
Albert Swallow
Pomona
Vivian Nichols
James Wallace
N. Sycamore
Albert Kraft
Beech
Clara Hodges
Main
Gertrude Scott
Williamsburg Rfd
Minnie Bogart
S. Mulberry
Jim Spooner
Charles E. Nisely
Andrea Green
Ottawa Rfd
Earnest Brown
Williamsburg
Leigh Ann Murray
Maple
Henry Jackman
Carl Elder
David Gray
Topeka
Lawrence R. Maes
S. Maple
Darin Atchison
David Dejarnett
Harve Criqui
Julie Seaton
Cedar
Central Heights
E. 15Th
Jackie L. McBride
Eudora
Steven L. May
McBride
May
Richard P. Whitty
Danny Roehl
E. Logan
Ottawa Police Department
Roehl
Thee
Ash Street
Coronado
Donald W. Elder
Clifford Hobbs
Printy & Son
N. Poplar Street
Roper
Zenith
W.H. Reekie
Jean Printy
Ottawa Herald
BU Grad
Grand Canyon
Boston University
Marburg
Halle
Berlin
Germany
Harvard University
Southwestern College
Harvey's Lake
Kingston High School
Gwinn G. Shell
Garnett, Kansas
Atty
I Hughes
Hughes
Daniel Clapp
Et al
Harry Smith
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