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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1977
Page
6
Library Line offers help at Sun and Main including a Community Information Center. Questions cover child abuse reporting, medical records, wills, consumer protection, Roman numerals SPQR, charity drives, and time and temperature by dialing 242-5700.
Local officials report collaboration between two agencies to protect community well being. A new Franklin County Child Protection Team aims to educate the public on child abuse. Its next public meeting is October 20 at 4 00 p m in the Courts Building.
Lloyd C. Taggart of 1641 South Main reports his mother Laura Ethel Whitney Taggart died yesterday in Denver. Born in Peoria in 1890 she left five grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Roy Wynne, former Ottawa University basketball star, died recently in Clay Center hospital. his widow Mary Chestnut survives and is a former OU student.
Pressure mounts for federal prosecution of ex Houston officers Terry Denson and Stephen Orlando for causing Jose Campos Torres to drown. State case yielded negligent homicide convictions with probation recommended for sentences. federal outcome could carry life in prison if pursued. Local leaders, Mayor Hofheinz, and Gov Briscoe urge Justice Department action.
Outgoing FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley told 100 UMKC law students that reports of illegal wiretaps supplying court affidavits are unlikely. He doubted the FBI used informant information as if from informants, urged protection of individual rights, and noted FBI file practices as law requires. He also supported Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. as successor and received a fraternity award.
Services for Helen Deloris Wenthe, 58, of 420 W 15th, who died Oct 7 at Ransom Memorial Hospital, will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Rev. Harold E. Dungan will officiate. Wife of Bill Wenthe, she co owned Helen and Bills Cafe since 1960 with him. Survived by husband, a son James Whitten, and two daughters Pat Kramer and Carolyn Blake, plus sisters Lena Lanantia and Lillian Budner, a brother David Barbella, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Various local notices follow including dances, suppers, a city council notice, and traffic fines.
A 40-year-old unemployed man, Hans-Joachim Bohlmann, was arrested after spraying sulphuric acid on Rembrandt works in Kassel Wilhelmshoehe Palace gallery. The attack damaged Jacob's Blessing and other Rembrandt pieces while witnesses noted two suspicious men nearby. Police probe links to similar acid-splash attacks in Hamburg Lueneburg Bochum Essen and Duesseldorf.
House Speaker Thomas O'Neill says canceled checks can show Korean dealer Tongsun Park never paid rent on his Washington apartment. Aides say ethics committee subpoenas target O'Neill and Boland rent records, based on an informant. Park faces federal indictment for alleged bribery and influence buying.
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