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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1972
Page
7
A State Highway Commission bid invitation announces construction of a bridge starting one mile east of US-59, five miles north of Ottawa on county highway FAS 260, with bids to be received at Garden City on November 16.
Hog market activity shows 3,700 head traded with barrows and gilts priced 25 to 50 cents lower. For 210 to 235 pound pigs at 28.00, 200 to 250 pound at 27.25 to 27.75, 250 to 265 at 26.75 to 27.50, 260 to 285 at 26.00 to 27.00. Sows steady to 25 cents lower, most decline under 500 pounds with 335 pound at 25.00 and 330 to 400 pound at 23.75 to 24.50. 400 to 500 pound at 23.50 to 24.00.
Household Finance Corp of Lawrence Kansas sues Squire Foster and Janice L Foster for $1033.24. Judgment entered in favor of Household Finance for the amount.
The Gas Service Company filed with the State Corporation Commission for higher rates in Kansas. The average homeowner would pay about 70 cents more per month. President Jerry T. Duggan cited rising operating expenses, wages, materials costs, and higher debt interest as the rationale while Robert Grabham, local manager, noted the company serves 353,600 customers in 212 Kansas communities and would see gross receipts rise by about $4.9 million.
A car owned by Robert L. Redeker of 1627 Willow was stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday and found late Tuesday in Vinita, Oklahoma. Two Ottawa juvenile suspects were captured in Wagoner in a separate Vinita theft car and are in custody there, with plans to return them to Ottawa later.
County Treasurer Dorothy Thomson announced tax statements will be mailed within a week to 10 days due to a new Senate Bill shifting the mailing deadline to November 15. Previously statements were mailed on November 1. Tax payments are due on or before December 20.
Listings include traffic fines for Ethel Baynham and Pettus, a State case against Larry Moore, bridge winners at the Elks Club, and a large batch of obituaries and memorials. Notables: Mary Louise Crumley of Indianapolis formerly Ottawa. Eula Katherine Simons of Ottawa. Ivan Ben Brown. Wilbur Gibsbh. Melborn Moffit. Also admissions, dismissals, births, emergencies, citations, accidents, and a furnace fire in Ottawa area.
The Lincoln PTA held a panel discussion on superintendent qualities at its Monday meeting. Speakers Jim Allen Dr. Larry Matney Howard Doyen and John Wassmer represented the school board while Mrs. Cecil McAdoo led the business session and Rev. Leon Nelson gave devotions. Blanche Pinett’s class won the banner for most parents present for the second month in a row. A Christmas program by grades one through four is planned for the December 13 meeting.
Funeral services for John Scotty Scott will be held at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home on Thursday at 2 00 pm with Rev Paul W Pentz officiating. Interment in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time.
Topeka Kansas mid October farm prices edged higher than September and stayed well above October 1971 levels according to the state Crop and Livestock Reporting Service.
Wall Street rose with the Dow Jones 30 up 10.54 to 966.06 as gainers led losers nearly 3 to 1 on the NYSE. Digital Equipment jumped 4 percent after a rebound from a 5 percent drop tied to supply problems. U.S. Steel advanced 4 percent to 28 percent following a Q3 profit turn from a loss in 1971. NYSE index climbed to 61.58.
Public notice states Franklin County Extension Council will meet at Masonic Hall Ottawa Kansas on November 16 1972 at 12 00 noon. Agenda includes electing an Executive Board organizing Advisory Committees for Agricultural Pursuits Home Economics Work and 4 H Club and Youth Work and consideration of the County Extension Educational Program. Andrew Duffle chairman executive board urges attendance.
The State Board of Education will hold a public hearing November 9, 1972 at 10:00 a.m. in the Franklin County Courthouse Ottawa on transferring territory from United School District No. 287 to Unified School District No. 290 Franklin County. Dated October 17, 1972. C. Taylor Whittler, Commissioner of Education.
First published October 16 1972 and last published November 1 1972 notice in Franklin County Kansas district court. Roy E Clark and Orpha E Clark by conservator Neal Baxter sue Margarete Dennison and Benjamin F Clark to determine heirs and partition. Also notice of sheriff sale of 320 acres in Franklin County to satisfy judgments in favor of Federal Land Bank of Wichita against Floyd A Kachenower Jr Patsy G Kachenower Ottawa Productivity Credit Association and Melvin Stockard d b a Princeton Grain Company with bids set for November 21 1972 at 1 30 PM.
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