Impromptu Outdoor Session By Fair Board
Franklin County Fair Board members gathered on steps for their monthly meeting when the office was locked. They discussed selling wall space at the National Guard Armory for an industrial display, reserving space free for exhibitors, and a possible antique auto show during rodeo intermission. Other topics included Old Timer's day with a fiddling contest, barn repairs, brush removal, and adjusting livestock release times to aid 4-H cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanistas
Franklin County Social Welfare Department
Waheed
Fair Board
Farm Bureau
Glen Underwood
Industrial and Commercial Display Committee
National Guard
Underwood
Franklin County Welfare Department
Andy Duffle
Donald Averill
Emory Morgan
County-ECKAN Exit Debate Draws Modest Sentiment
Three viewpoints emerged at a county courthouse public hearing on Franklin County’s plan to withdraw from East Central Kansas Community Action Program. The county commission had already adopted a resolution to exit during a February 7 multi county board meeting, prompting mixed public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mullen
Franklin County
Kansas
ECEAN
World Series of Poker Held at Binions Horse Shoe
Eight professional gamblers play for $80,000 in a three day Holdem game at Binion's Horse Shoe Casino Las Vegas. Adrian Doyle and John Moss win rounds as others like Amarillo Slim Preston and Jolly Roger Fun Smith stay at the kidney shaped table with $100 chips, coffee and few breaks, while the outcome hinges on a final ace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Adrian
Texas
Dolly
Doyle
John Moss
Odessa
Binion
Horseshoe Casino
Moss
Amarillo Slim
Preston
Jolly Roger Funsmith
Kansas City
Jack Strauss
Houston
Pug” Pearson
Addington Crandall
San Antonio
Jim Cassella
Relief column nears An Loc as carrier Saratoga joins drive
A South Vietnamese relief force advanced to within 244 miles of An Loc, its biggest gain in six weeks, aided by jets from the carrier Saratoga and U S B52 bombers. North Vietnamese losses were tallied as 900 killed by a recent B52 strike southwest of An Loc. Highway 13 remains contested with heavy casualties, while Hue defenses clash with enemy forces near Fire Base Bastogne. Highway 1 reopens between Hue and Da Nang after bridge repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
An Loc
Saratoga
U.S
Highway 13
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Atlantic
7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
Kitty Hawk
Midway
Hancock
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Coral Sea
Constellation
Ticonderoga
San Diego
Vietnam
Hue
Bastogne
da Nang
Wallace Starts Physical Therapy
Governor George Wallace begins physical therapy after surgery and faces slim odds of resuming campaign before the July Democratic convention. Doctors report a mild to moderate temperature rise, no abdominal infection, and a spinal bullet causing paralysis with surgery to remove it planned in a week to ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring
George Wallace
Alabama
Baltimore
George McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace
McGovern
Strom Thurmond
R. S.C
Senate
Ottawa voters to decide five member city commission
At a regular meeting the Ottawa city commission agreed to place a ballot question in August on expanding the city government from three to five members. City Attorney John Richeson will prepare the resolution for June approval. The proposal, pushed by the Franklin County Community Development government committee led by J. R. Cheney, follows earlier moves toward a city manager form of government. The committee gathered over 360 resident signatures. If approved, expansion would likely take effect in next April’s city election. if rejected, the current manager form remains. Mayor Steve Ralph said pay for commissioners, currently 100 dollars per month under a 1927 ordinance, may be cut. the city manager’s presence has reduced commission duties. The meeting also covered Willow Street remonstrances, housing project talks, bids for the Orlis Cox Field concession stand, sale of the cemetery sexton’s house, and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Lee Nichols
Nichols
ECKAN
John C. Campbell
Commission
Campbell
Robert B. Wellington
Ottawa
John Richeson
Franklin County Community Development Group
J. R. Cheney
Manager Commission
Steve Ralph
Ralph
Willow Street
Richeson
Lawrence
Dick Peters
Roberts, Peters & Williams
Federal Housing Administration
Robert Mills
Maple
Fifteenth Street
Orlis Cox Field
American Legion
Legion
Sexton
Rockwood Acres
Lamar Phillips
House
Senate
Washington
Lee Hysom
Phillips
Melvern
Marais Des Cygnes
Pick- Sloan
Bill Wilhite
Cypress
Fleeta Holroyd
Grant
Sycamore
Hickory
Oak
Wilson
Wilsow
Durbin
Pecan
Planning Board
C. Imogene Dreddy
S. Main
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Charles Gillette
Arnold Hart
The
Viet Relief
Thurmond
James Galbraith
University of Alabama
Holy Cross Hospital
Galbraith
Laurel
Midni
Oon
Baromat
Pete Cullen
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