Ottawa area notices mix of graduations deaths and events
TOM C. FISHER will graduate May 15 from Washburn Law School with a juris doctorate at 3 p.m. in Damron Towner Chapel. Adv. LAMAR PHILLIPS donated 150 color photos of church buildings to Ottawa University, displayed in Myers Library after traveling 2,600 miles in 1970. May 10 concert at Ottawa University Chapel. Alpha Mu Gamma elects Adrian Stoner as vice president. Death notices for Nettie Martin and William L. Somers. Local ads for Mother’s Day gifts and services. Robert Duffield elected VP of Missouri Trout Association. Duffield family active. Lance Cpl. Robert A. McClay reports to Vietnam unit. City fire officers attend state meeting. Ottawan Haug family among travelers to Spain.
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Tom C. Fisher
John C. Fisher
S. Cedar
Washburn Law School
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa
Herald
Ottawa University
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri
New Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Phillips
Myers Library
Two Vehicle Accident Delays Traffic in South Main
In Ottawa a two vehicle collision Saturday night in the 1600 block of South Main injured none. Drivers Rex A. Skiles 17 and Earl McClelland Wolves 55 were northbound and turning right respectively. both vehicles were southbound when the crash occurred. Also a Friday night collision in the 300 block involved Robert A. Anderson 50 and Robert W. Jones 30. Ottawa Police issued citations for excessive exhaust noise speeding and log violations. Fire Department responded to a junk yard fire near West Wilson. Hospital admissions listed several residents. births and dismissals noted. Emergency calls included arm, leg and knee injuries from falls and an animal bite.
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South Main
Rex A. Skiles
W. 15Th
Earl McClelland Wolves
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Skiles
Wolves
North Main
Robert A. Anderson
S. Cedar
Robert W. Jones
Ottawa
Nixon Proposes $400 Million Farm Aid to Boost Exports
President Nixon returns to Washington with a broad plan to help farmers raise incomes and push agricultural exports toward a $10 billion annual target. The package adds $349.4 million in loans and expands farm credit, supports soil conservation, water and sewer projects, and funds research against leaf blight, cattle ticks, fire ants, and gypsy moths. He cites a record forecasted 7.4 billion in exports this year and notes higher income for farmers despite inflation. The address at Walter Annenberg’s desert estate highlights drought-affected Southwestern farms and ongoing efforts to lower trade barriers.
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Goa
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Foreign Agricultural Service
Federal Agency
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Walter Annenberg
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Robert H. Abplanalp
Bronxville
N.Y
C.G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne, Fla
Reader's Digest
Hobart Lewis
Ronald L. Ziegler
Australia Boosts Feed Grain in Competition With U S for Japan Market
Washington AP Australia has boosted livestock feed grain output especially sorghum and aims at Japan, widening U S competition. The FAS notes sorghum plantings up 71 percent to 1.4 million acres with 1.2 million tons expected, more than double last year. Japan offers a price floor and lower freight, while U S supplies remain tight amid corn leaf blight uncertainties.
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Washington
Australia
U.S
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
FAS
Japan
United States
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Tragic train crash kills ten Covington youths
In Covington Georgia ten youths ages 12 to 18 piled into Danny Henderson’s new car for a Sunday ride. A Georgia Railroad freight train struck the vehicle at a crossing, dragging it about a mile. Nine youths died, with Sharon Belcher critically injured. Henderson, the driver, and eight others perished. the group lived within blocks of each other. The car was barely three weeks old.
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Covington, Ga
Danny Henderson
Jimmy Norwood
Almethin
Peggy Ann Fuller
Susie Ann
Sharon Belcher
Atlanta
Georgia
Newton County
Henry Odum
Newton
Ian Cowan
Henderson
Vickie Gilstrap
Dira Williams
Harold Tuggle
Sheilia
Covington
Route 266 Design Okayed in Franklin County
Franklin County gains design approval from the State Highway Commission for Route 266 starting at Rantoul and running 3.4 miles south. The plan includes a six inch aggregate base and a 27 foot wide double bituminous surface treatment. An environmental statement was filed and approved by the Federal Highway Administration. Maps and related materials are available for public inspection at the county engineer's office.
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Franklin County
State Highway Commission
Rantoul
Federal Highway Administration
Vietnamese War Foe Shells Dai Loc HQ Near Da Nang
North Vietnamese troops shelled the Dai Loc district headquarters south of Da Nang in a dawn attack, damaging a house with no casualties. A prior night assault preceded by shelling was repulsed with U.S. air support as 92 enemy were killed and 2 captured. Korean and Americal units reported casualties and arrests in related actions along the central coast. A U.S. F105 conducted a protective reaction strike against a SAM site 80 miles north of the DMZ. outcome undisclosed.
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Saigon
da Nang
Dai Loc
U.S
U.S. Americal
Dai Lac
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Wall Street Dives As Profit Taking Increases
Stock market prices slid as investors cashed in on recent gains. The Dow Jones average fell 11.45 points to 930.30 at noon while declines outpaced advances on the NYSE by more than 2 to 1. Analysts attributed the drop to growing unease after the market's gains, noting the slow volume suggests no wholesale rout.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Blame Cast On Legislature Over Fire Marshal Shortfall
Governor Docking condemned the 1971 Legislature for weakening the state fire marshal's office amid rising arson. He noted the staff remains undermanned with four arson investigators, urged three additions, and criticized a veto override transferring 25 000 dollars from the fire marshal to the KU Extension Service for training.
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Docking
James Shaffer
Kansas
University of Kansas Extension Service
Notice of Appointment in Estate of Cora A. Sheldon
First published May 3 1973 and last May 17 1974 in Franklin County Kansas. Elizabeth Sheldon Ives named executrix after decedent Cora A Sheldon. Creditors must present claims within nine months from first publication or be barred. Ottawa Kansas dated May 3 1971. Attorney for Executrix.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Gussie Dunlap
George EF. Lister
George E. Lister
Charlene C. Lister
James K. Logan
Ottawa
State of
Ela M. Carey
West
S.E
S.W
N.E
N.W
Ella M. Carey
Cora A. Sheldon
Elizabeth Sheldon Ives
Executrix
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Damron - Towner Chapel
Ottawa Little Symphony
Ottawa University Chapel
Ady
Adrian Stoner
Ottawa University Department of Modern Languages
Alpha Mu Gamma
Magnavox
John Sealey
S. Mulberry
Inlaw
Nettie Martin
Sylvia
House of Douglas
John Schwinn
Pomona
William L. Somers
Kansas City
Kan
Wilky’s Pottery
Robert Duffield
Powhattan
Duffield
Roland Duffield
Robert A. McClay
Richard McClay
Willow
Force Logistic Command
Vietnam
MacArdle’s
Hawkins Grange
Grange Hall
Ottawa Fire Department
Richard Towe
Gerald Stevenson
State Firemen's Association
Wichita
Ronald L. Haug
Hickory
Torremolinos
Madrid
Spain
Autolite Ford Parts
the Daily Report
Ottawa Police Department
Gary W. Davis
Williamsburg
Ada M. Gillette
Clifford R. Summers
Brookfield
Raymond D. Gilbert
Vassar
West Wilson
Cowdin's
Arthur H. Wiswell
Harry D. Keller
S. Poplar
Clyde E. Butt
S. Sycamore
Albert Coffman
N. Sycamore
Juanita Erwin
Altamont
Charles E. New
Richmond
Geraldine Tribbett
Brenda Whitman
Cypress
Rollo Carter
Poplar
Ira Stewart
Lethal Schoonover
RFC
Fred Martin
Jess Patty
David Bradshaw
Quenemo
Mae Lily
Fern Huston
Warren Hamcock
Carol Johnson
Kim Attebury
America
Jess R. Gilmore
R. Michael Latimer
Skoog & Latimer
Attys
Payne & Jones
Tower
Ridg
Olathe
Virginia J. Lancaster
William S. Bowers
West 2Nd St
Wall Street
Cara A. Sheldon
Altest
Mamron
Towner
Mey
A.F
A.M
Howard L. Smith
W.M
Clarence E. Rea
DAVIS
Cherry
South Poplar
Brown's
South Cedar
Ithrift
N. Main
South Mulberry
Gibson
U.S. Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Ottawa Herald
United Systems, Inc
Noith Street
Omaha
Showalter
Ottawa Herald Circulation Dept
Topeka
M and F
2Nd
Cedar
Kay Electronics
Cherokee, Gardner
Burlington
General Services
Fred Meador
Pickering
J. W. Taylor
Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
Joe Hull
Waverly
Ralph Taylor
Bennie Stinson
Ednard Hoopes
Lloyd McClure
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