Library answers from a town center to questions and curiosities
Community Information Center fields readers questions on local history and oddities. Topics include Forest Park Bottling Works in Pomona, Philadelphia busy bodies mirrors, karate lessons in Ottawa, Fred Patek address, guardrail updates on I-35, and the song It Was a Very Good Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th and Main
Pomona
Forest Park
Forest Park Bottling Works
Ottawa
J. Howard McGee
Walnut
Main
Philadelphia
Free Library
Miriam L. Lesley
Benjamin Franklin
Spirit Enterprises
Tower Hill Road
Doylestown
Steve Queen
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Bill Boucek
Boucek
Cycle Mishap Opens Grim Gate
A Cheyenne woman, Barbara Ann Huettner, 27, died after a motorcycle crash on U.S. 281 near Smith Center, Kansas, when a second rider, Roger Warden, 28, and a third rider, Terry Watts, 29, struck her during a Memorial Day weekend outing. Her death marked Kansas first traffic fatality of the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kansas
Barbara Ann Huettner
Nebraksa
U. S. 281
Smith Center
Kansas Highway Patrol
Roger Warden
Council Bluffs
Towa
Terry Watts
Red Cloud
Neb
Warden
Sandra
Highway Patrol
Miss Huettner
Watts
Ottawa Area Event and Community Notes Brief
Community brief listing upcoming events and notices in Ottawa. VFW Club hosts country night and Bible school sessions at Church of the Brethren from May 31 to June 4 for ages 4 through grade 12, Memorial Day plant specials featured at Willis Garden Center, reunion for Ottawa High School class of 1942 on July 23, Saddleback Lounge appearance by J Carter and The Brothers and Sisters, Elks Dance with Country Roamers, and local ads for fabrics and revivals in Sher Agricols Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Oh and
Main
Ottawa High School
Claus
Ottawa Country Club
John Wassmer
Norma Caleb
Governor's Aide Hears Local Views
Lila Ingvaldson, an administrative assistant to Governor Robert Bennett, visited Ottawa on a listening tour to hear Kansas residents. She plans 31 Kansas communities, gathering comments on highways taxes unemployment and land use to inform state decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lambert
Lila Ingvaldson
Ottawa
Robert Bennett
Wichita
Kansas
Franklin County
Topeka
Bennett
Two-Vehicle Crash and Multiple Marriages Listed
PUBLIC safety officers report a 7 02 p m Friday two vehicle collision in the 200 block East 5th involving Robert Gray and Bruce Fleming with citations for improper backing and license on person. Also listed are marriage licenses for multiple Ottawa pairs plus a Wayne County cattle and market report with Kansas City hog and sheep data from AP summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 5Th
Robert Gray
E. Ltd
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Kansas City
Kansas
Public Housing Expands To Unmarried and Same Sex Couples
Washington AP. HUD quietly expanded public housing to unmarried couples and homosexual couples if they show a stable family relationship. The rule, subject to local authority approval, broadens the traditional married heterosexual family definition. Reactions to the change were mixed and few comments referenced the new family definition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Priscilla Banks
HUD
Census Bureau
Joseph F. Laden
Albany Housing Authority
Robert I. Shirer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Shirer
Conservatives Eye Ousters over Peace Through Law ties
Kansas conservatives press to add a bill of particulars to impeachment articles against Sen. James Pearson and Rep. Martha Keys for endorsing a World Affairs Council statement. National Justice Foundation of Sacramento asserts the endorsement signals a push toward world government and clashes with oath of office. Keys calls the group a John Birch organization and defends peace through world understanding. Public hearings in Kansas City aim to detail violations and decide next steps in the impeachment effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Conservative Party of
Kansas
Oscar Davis
Sen
James) Pearson
Rep
Martha) Keys
Members of Congress For Peace Through Law
National Justice Foundation
Sacramento
Calif
California
Congress
World Affairs Council
Pearson
Keys
Rep. Keys
Topeka
Statehouse
Kansas City
United Nations
Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Church Elliott
Kansas Department of Transportation
Donald
Appanoose
Appanoose School
Odena Detwiler
Area Council of the
Northeast Kansas Health Systems Agency
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Agency
Camp Kirnwood
Ottawa University
Lawrence
Centennial Cabin
Jane Kelsey
Virginia Wallace
Franklin County Historical Society
Old Depot Museum
American Legion Auxiliary
University of Kansas
Denise Decker
Burlington
Kim Williams
Lisa Glenn
Waverly
Cecelia Buenger
Osage City
Karen Qualls
Mary Willoughby
Wellsville
Mary Ann Milne
Kyna Popplewell
Osawatomie
Diana Becker
Melvern
Assen
The
Netherlands
Gotlieb Nellick
Wilhelmina Hospital
Hague
Bovensmilde
Justice Ministry
Toos Faber
Nho
Ad Briefs
Young Place
Tris
VFW Club Room
Memorial Day
Willis Garden Center
Saddleback
J. Carter
the Brothers and Sisters
Burgerterid
Dondee Fabrics
Billy's Blue Room
Booge
Pam
Sher Agricols
Kan
Evangeliat Rev
the Daily Report
District Court News
Stephen A. Miller
Linda Jane Raby
Clara P. Tachantz
Pablo Lopez Jr
Wayne Lee Meadows
Gloria Sue Longan
Carol Lynn van Riper
Larry J. Johnson
Craig H. Lambert
Brenda S&. Willhite
Roger Dean Kreusch
Shirley Anne Marty
Greeley
Dorothy Joann Burgoon
Kenneth Burgoon
Gordon Wayne Bailey
Ethel Mae Dunlap
Debra Sue Bailey
Fort Beott
James Lee Gordon
House
Carter
George H. Mahon
Dtex
Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Auto Glass
Saffron Glass Co
Welnut
Memoriam
Matthews
Pora
Beatrice (Roberts) Matthews
Orewa
Jones Funeral Home
Dengel & Son
Hope Cemetery
Loedon Mortuary
Lamb-Roberts
Connie Haas
Dot Robertso
Marge Milton
Sherm Spears
Mel Morriss
Paul Perkins
Lloyd Gladman
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