Ottawa area briefs highlight local people and events
Daryl Downing of Ottawa is in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis Oregon. Agnald Matthews of Ottawa, a junior at Emporia State, elected president of Kappa Kappa Psi and secretary of the men’s chorale. Sixty area students named on Pittsburg State graduate list including Santarpia Perry Alderman King Cole, Hiles and others. New scholarship awarded at Emporia State to Marna Sutton of Garnett. Armed Forces Day promo and various local ads and social events listed.
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Daryl Downing
Ottawa
Good Samaritan Hospital
Corvallis
Ore
Robert Cole
Agnald Matthews
Loren Matthews
Main
Kappa Kappa Psi
Emporia State
Pittsburg State
George Craig Santarpia
Stanley Wayne Perry
Max David Alderman
Thomas Michael King
Williamsburg
Bruce Dean Cole
Quenemo
George L. Hiles
Richmond
Marna Sutton, Garnett
Alha Beta
Organization For Women In Physical Education
Army Rejects Calley Bid for Release During Appeal
The Army refused to release 1st Lt. William L. Calley from restraint during appellate review of his My Lai murder conviction. He will remain in his Ft. Benning quarters for months as Maj. Gen. Orwin C. Talbott decides the next steps after President Nixon had ordered a quartered transfer pending review.
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Washington
William L. Calley
My Lai
Nixon
Calley
Ft. Benning
Orwin C. Talbott
Ft. Benning Stockade
Obituaries and notices from Ottawa scene
Obituary style notices for Bennie Gross 81 of Ottawa died at Oak Haven Richmond service set at Damron Towner Chapel burial Hope Cemetery born November 4 1889 Ottawa son of Dudley and Lizzie Gross lifelong Ottawa resident former Bennett Creamery employee member of St. Paul AME Church survivors include two sisters Myrtle Gross and Florina Gross. Also notices for Dean Merideth Kerr Kate Robinson Ralph A Beal and local admissions dismissals and a police speeding citation.
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Bennie Gross
Oak Haven Nursing Home
Richmond
Damron-Towner Chapel
Hope Cemetery
J. R. Gray
Gross
Ottawa
Dudley
Lizzie (Gilmore) Gross
Bennett Creamery
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Myrtle Gross
Florina Gross
Crestview
Jurist Arnason Assigned to Angela Davis Case in Marin
Martinez Calif AP The calm jurist Richard E Arnason was named to hear the murder kidnap trial of Angela Davis. He faces a complex case after seven Marin judges disqualified themselves over ties to the slain judge Haley. Arnason 49 Democrat longtime jurist takes duty after selection by Chief Justice Wright.
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Martinez
Calif
Angela Davis
Richard E. Arnason
Arnason
San Francisco
Miss Davis
Ruthell Magee
Marin County
UCLA
Magee
San Quentin
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
Jonathan Jackson
Alan A. Lindsay
Alameda County
Inyo County
John P. McMurray
Haley
Edmund G. Brown
Donald R. Wright
California Supreme Court
California Judicial Council
Osawatomie Buildings Being Razed At State Hospital
Osawatomie Kansas officials say the east and west wings of Old Main and the Knapp Building at Osawatomie State Hospital are being demolished. A Topeka firm began razing the four story west wing of Main, first occupied in 1868. East wing, Knapp demolition to follow. Main center section with five stories remains open for offices, pharmacy, dental clinic, canteen and patient library.
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Osawatomie
South Korean Forces Sink North Korean Speed Boat
Seoul AP report says South Korea navy and air force sank a high speed North Korean boat early today. Defense Ministry states 15 to 17 North Koreans aboard are believed drowned.
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Seoul
Air Force
Defense Ministry
Miss Ottawa Pageant Opens Entries for June Show
Applications are open for Miss Ottawa at Memorial Auditorium on June 5. Entry contact Mrs. Frank Yates, 242-4562. Pageant by Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi offers a $150 Miss Ottawa scholarship plus runner up awards. Tickets at Wassmer’s Clothing $2 general and $2.50 reserved. Judges include Mrs. Wayne Harper and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Northway.
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Ottawa
Memorial Auditorium
Frank Yates
Exemplar Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Wassmer's Clothing
Miss Ottawa
Wayne Harper
Garnett
Larry Northway
Pratt
Bert Brewer
Randolph Bundy
Franklin County
Accident injures one near Princeton on John Brown Highway
One person injured in a morning accident about 6 30 near Princeton on John Brown Highway. Myrtle V Lacombe 48 Berkeley California was driver. John C Shannon 38 St Louis was a passenger treated and released at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Vehicle was southbound. the driver cited for failure to stop at a stop sign and driving without a license and held in lieu of bond.
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Princeton
John Brown
Myrtle V. Lacombe
Berkeley
Calif
John C. Shannon
St. Louis
Ransom Memorial Hospital
State funds are low but timing shifts hide shortfall
State general fund receipts for the first 10 months of the fiscal year came in $16.1 million below estimates. A memo from the State Legislative Research and Budget Agencies says delays in processing withholding and sales tax remittances late in April to focus on income tax refunds distort the figure. About $8 million in sales tax receipts were deposited in May, and April totals stood at $257.9 million vs a $275 million estimate.
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Topeka
State Department of Revenue
Famed Virginia Is Dead At 81
VALATIE New York AP Virginia O Hanlon Douglas the child who asked if Santa Claus exists died at age 81 Her life bookended by the Yes Virginia newspaper editorial that became a Christmas classic Also noted was a Kansas traffic death log for May 19 1971 and 1970 period comparisons with 91 deaths in 1970s period.
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Valatie
N.Y
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas
New York Sun
Virginia
Topeka
Kansas
Death Log of Mrs Douglas a Life in Teaching
In ill health in recent years Mrs Douglas died at a nursing home. She retired in 1959 after nearly four decades teaching in Manhattan and Brooklyn schools, much of it with chronically ill and disabled children. She moved to North Chatham to live with her daughter Mrs Temple. Virginia recalled a 1897 Sun letter about Santa Claus, prompting Francis P. Church to reply to the inquiry.
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Douglas
Manhattan
Brooklyn
North
Chatham
Robert Temple
Oklahoma City motorists fined for speeding in 75 mph zone
Leslie H Fuller, 71, of Oklahoma City, cited for speeding 85 in a 75 mph zone with $10 and costs. Theodore C Kind, 49, Wichita, daily driver’s log book not current, fined $10 and costs. Raymond W Fisher, 51, Overland Park, speeding 85 in 75 mph zone, fined $10 and costs. Plus regional cattle and hog market report from Kansas City with price ranges and Monday estimates.
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Leslie H. Fuller
Oklahoma City
Theodore, C. Kind
Wichita
Raymond W. Fisher
Overland Park
Woman Elected To Top Baptist Position
Ruth Rohlfs was elected president of the American Baptist Convention, the first woman to hold the post in a major U.S. church denomination. She noted discrimination against women in church leadership and urged fuller lay involvement and peace advocacy. The convention has had four previous women presidents, with terms of one year each. President-elect Rohlfs, a Seattle activist, called for ending involvement in Indochina and for the U.S. to withdraw.
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Minneapolis
Marcus
Seattle
Richard
Rohlfs
Rober L. Fredrikson
Sioux Falls
Fuller
Indochina
U.S
Post Office Window Hours Change Announced
Postmaster Ernest E. Watkins said window hours shift starting May 22 with Saturday hours limited to 8 to 10 am. Weekday hours from 8 am to 4 30 pm remain unchanged Monday through Friday.
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Ernest E. Watkins
Watkins
Wall Street ends mixed as investors stay cautious
The noon Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.63 to 936.97 as trading remained quiet. Declines led advances on the NYSE amid lingering investor caution from last week’s monetary disturbance. Large block trades included Texas Gulf Sulphur, Prentice Hall, International Paper, Grumman, and Hilton Hotels, with varied price moves.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Texas Gulf
Prentice Hall
International Paper
Grumman
Hilton Hotel
Dentsply International
United Aircraft
Electronic Memories & Magnetics
County Forecast Sees Warmer Saturday and Mild Night
Fair and not quite so cool tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight near 55. High Saturday mid 80s. Also notes high 77 and low 75 for earlier dates, with records 90 high and 35 low on this date in 1941 and 1904 respectively. Hourly temperatures end at a.m. today.
Derailment Stops Nine Cars Of Santa Fe Freight
Nine cars of an 18 car Santa Fe freight train derailed thirteen miles southwest of Atchison Kansas. No injuries reported. Several cars overturned and about half the derailed cars were empty.
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Atchison
Ottawa ordinance redistricts parcel to service commercial district
May 14 1971 ordinance No 2407 amends the city zoning map of Ottawa Kansas after a public hearing. It transfers Lot 37 County Clerk's Subdivision No 1 Franklin County from District A Single Family to District C 3 Service Commercial and repeals the prior designation. The ordinance takes effect on publication and was passed May 12 1971.
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Ottawa
Kansas
City Planning Commission
City of
Franklin County
Township 17
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Kate Robinson
Ralph M. Hodgden
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Finley Engineering College
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Jack Beal
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I Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
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