Community briefs and notices from Ottawa area
Local briefs announce hospital patient Mrs. Orville Brown at St. Luke's in Kansas City Missouri room E614 and Mrs Olive Basile discharged after surgery at KU Medical Center. Fundraisers and events include a May 6 benefit variety show for rehabilitation, an Eagles steak night with dance to The Merry Macs, a Mother’s Day dinner, and a film screening of The Return at First Assembly of God Church. Other notices include a Calvary Baptist Church prayer meeting cancellation, a Faith Bible Church visit to see Voice of Martyrs, a 20 percent discount sale on spring merchandise, and various ads for seat covers vacuums mini bikes and a garage sale. Cadet Rick A Fulton earns dean's Special Distinction List at Wentworth Military Academy for the second six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Faith Bible Church
Rick A. Fulton
Rex L. Fulton
Ottawa
Wentworth Military Academy
US Expands Air Strikes to Aid South Vietnam
Washington reports additional U S war planes will reinforce South Vietnam Thailand and Guam raising total U S land based and carrier planes in the theater to over 100. Pentagon says ships will depart soon as Paris peace talks collapse President Nixon refuses nuclear options or ground deployments to halt the North Vietnamese invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Axia
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
Thailand
Guam
Friedheim
Southeast Asian
Paris
North Vietnam
Creighton W
Abrams
Nixon
Admissions and Dismissals Amid Regional Traffic Report
Franklin County Sheriff and Kansas Highway Patrol logged an accident on West Rock Creek Road near South Hoover. Drivers Gaylene P. Kneedler and Donald R. Siemer involved. Kneedler’s pickup damaged, Siemer’s car demolished. Multiple speeding citations issued. totals include Gentry, Masters, and Brow nrigg with fines. Kansas City cattle and hog market report shows prices by weight and type, with feeder lots and lambs detailed. Estimates for Friday predict cattle and hog activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
West Rock Creek
South Hoover
Gaylene P. Kneedler
Ottawa
RFD
Donald R. Siemer
Kneedler
Siemer
Wall Street Mixed as Dow Hits 936 Amid Light Trading
Bluechip stocks rose modestly while the broader market slipped slightly. The noon Dow Jones Industrial Average sat 2.79 higher at 936.26 as declines led advances on the NYSE by over 3 to 2, with motors utilities and building materials gaining while rubber rails and drugs lagged amid Vietnam war news and price rollbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
Cadette Scouts Campouts At Three Camps In Kansas
Cadette Girl Scouts from 11 troops attend a Friday to Sunday campout at Camp Kivawood near Ottawa run by Santa Fe Trail Council. Each troop leads an activity shared with all, with an all campfire planned by troop representatives and directors Mr and Mrs Fenton Selbe. Open houses are set for May 21 at Camp Kivawood hosted by Senior Troop 318 of Ottawa, plus 10 am to 4 pm Sunday visits at Camp Tzigane near Leavenworth and Camp Tongawood near Tonganoxie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kivawood
Ottawa
Santa Fe Trail Council of
Girl Scouts
Fenton Selbe
Camp Tzigane
Leavenworth
Tongawood
Tonganoxie
Camp Kivawood
Hope for Miners As Fire Dwindles
Kellogg Idaho AP fire at Sunshine Mining Co. mine shows smoke dropping as rescuers press to reach 58 missing miners three days after blaze. Air flow continues but carbon monoxide remains high. 24 dead in deepest silver mine in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine Mining Co
Edward Adams
Sunshine
Two Men Arrested In Area Burglaries
Virgil W. Franks eighteen and George R. Franks twenty two were arrested in Franklin County along with incidents in Pomona Michigan Valley and Quenemo. Bonds are two thousand five hundred dollars each. Loot included beer cigarettes and groceries. Jameson's Fine Service Station and Browning Mercantile Store in Pomona were entered Friday night. Arraignments set this afternoon for Virgil Franks and this morning for George Franks. Attorneys appointed for both defendants. Burglaries investigated by Franklin County Sheriff’s Department along with Osage County Sheriff and Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Michigan Valley
Quenemo
Virgil W. Franks
Ottawa
George R. Franks
Franklin County
Osage County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Jameson's
Browning Mercantile
Virgil Franks
George Franks
Ottawa High senior among 1972 National Merit winners
Marilyn J Wright of Ottawa High School is selected as a National Merit Scholar for 1972. She receives the University of Kansas James Davis Jr Merit Scholarship and plans to study architecture at KU. Wright is active in Jobs Daughters International, National Honor Society, and multiple OHS clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn J.” Wright
Ottawa High School
University of Kansas
James Davis Jr
Wright
International Order of Jobs Daughters
National Honor Society
OHS
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Evanston
Pomona Tops Tri Lakes Scholarship Contest Again
Pomona High School won the Tri Lakes Scholarship Tests for the third straight year. Pomona led Lebo by a wide margin with 57 1/3 points, while Lebo finished second at 37 percent. Other scorers included Waverly 20, Gridley 19 1/3, Lyndon 18, Williamsburg 17, Burlingame 10 1/3, and Melvern and Quenemo with no score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-Lakes
Pomona High School
Pomona
Lebo
Waverly
Gridley
Lyndon
Williamsburg
Burlingame
Melvern
Quenemo
Skunk Run Auction Aids Ottawa Library Endowment
Library notes announce a Sunday auction on May 21 at 1 30 p m on the Ottawa Library lawn to support the Ottawa Library Endowment Fund. Donated items excluding clothing will be picked up May 13. call 242 1901 for details. Proceeds fund more library services and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Library
Ottawa Library Endowment Fund
Seyler Files For Clerk In Franklin County
Edward B. Seyler of Ottawa RFD 2 became the first candidate to file for Franklin County Clerk on the Democratic ticket by fee He resides in Hayes Township and filed Wednesday public record shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Seyler
Ottawa
Probate notices and hearings for Ottawa estate cases
A compilation of probate actions in Franklin County Kansas including appointment of J C Hetzel as executor for Frank Hetzel estate with nine month creditor demands, hearing on Grace L Gotschall will, guardianship for Mary Sue Stafford minor, and final settlement for Chloe C Luther. Notices name executors attorneys Robert S Hill Jacquelin Kay Curtis James W Luther and others with court dates in May 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Franklin County
Frank Hetzel
J. C. Hetzel
Ottawa
Kansas
JC. Hetzel
Grace L. Gotschall
State of
Robert S. Hill
Robert 5. Hil
Mary Sue Stafford
Jacquelin Kay Corlis
City of Ottawa
City of
Jacquelin Kay Curtls
Skoog & Latimer
Attys
Guardian
Bryant, Cunditt & Shanahan Attys
A. H. Garvey
Wichita
Kan
Chloe C. Luther
James W. Luther
Maud M. Martin
Clayton Wayne Martin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orville Brown
N. Poplar
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Olive Basile
N. Elm
KU Medical Center
Eagles
Hal Lindsey
Assembly of God Church
Thirteenth and Mulberry
Israel
Mac
Young Place
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Fred Meador
Don’s Royal Cleaners
N. Main
Ottawa Herald
Rockwood
John Weidmann
C.H.S. and
Eisenhower Dist
Donna Bergman
Fredanne Beauty Shop
Adv
the Daily Report
Edwin Semple
Wellsville
Mike McCaffery
Ottawa University
Aston Oglesby
James Miller
Olathe
Kelly Miller
Donald Siemers
S. Walnut
Laura Quin
Cedar House Nursing Home
Florence King
S. Locust
Kimberly Smith
Pomona Rfd
James Melroy
S. Cedar
Police News
Donald G. Davidson
Iris KE. Brownrigg
Oak
Terry P. Masters
Michal N. Gentry
Choice
Choice Fleshy
Wall Street
New York
The
Price Commission
Damron
North Main
Maz
Mnras O
James Soloman Evans
Rantoul
Damron Towner Chapel
Highland Cemetery
Vernon Belew
Paul Damron
David Miller
Dorothy Reams
Janice Damron Rana Towner
John L. Richeson
Robert Green
Franklin
OHS Senior
Library Notes
Seyler
Richard O. Skoog
S. Main St
Ottawa, Kansas
Robert L. Pinet
Hale Horse
Gardner
Karsas
West 6Th and
Jefferson
Mobil
Mark Twain
Bernard Shaw
Victor Hugo
Robert Browning
Fenimo
Charles P. Fleming, Jr
Reeds Road
Mission
Ray and
Gladys Howell
Jean Printy
Topeka
Princeton
North Mulberry
Pomona Cafe
City Park
Canterbury Courts
South Oak
Goldie Foster
Franklin and
Douglas County
Patterson Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Gerald
East Logan
Shield’s Motor Company
Osage City
Geiss
Kansas Employment Office
2Nd and Cedar
Florsheim Shoe Company
Palace Clothing Company
Prairie Village
J. Smith
Iowa Street
Lawrence
Matthews
Plaza Theatre
Frankie Newkirk
Keith Sleichter
General Services
Horseshoe
Joel Blake
Red Liggett
West Éth
Gene Dyer
J. W. Taylor
Pickering Plane Service
Bennie Stinson
Lawnmower Service
Briggs B Stratton
Talbott’s
Elm
Taylor Construction
Lloyd McClure
A&g Roofing CO
Don Winkleman
Kansasland Packing
East Dundee
McArdle’s
Bob Gottstein
Auds
Hays Brothers
Lawrence, Kan
Printy and Son
Ben Printy
Cap” Printy
Printy’s Auction House
Myers Bros
Centropolis
Franklin County Sales Company
Highway 59
A.K. Watts
West Wilson
Richard Gilliland
Furn
Earl Richardson
Genie Walbridge
McLouth
Raymond Brooks
Jack Nelson
Martin
Ted) Burns
Ralph Johnson
Ila‘s
Overbrook
John Dougherty
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