Franklin County On Wings Part I Non-Flying Farmer
The first in a three part history of Franklin County aviation recalls John Conard whose farm near Ottawa hosted early pilots, barnstormers, and air mail routes. A 1930s rotating beacon and weather duties by Conard and family helped guide night flights before the Weather Bureau took over.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
David Olson
Conard Field
Air Mail
Conard
Condard
Larry Dunn
Conard Place
Wellsville
Conard Farm
Paramount
Daredevil Durant
National Airways Transport System
Conard Air Port
Coward Field
Texas
Chicago
Gardner
Donard
Esther
Kansas City
Dunn
National Air Transport Agency
Weather Bureau
Can Of Worms In Carter Book Sparks Campaign Critique
Miami AP report flags a confidential 111 page campaign manual for Jimmy Carter workers. Vera Glaser obtained the pamphlet from Jim King, detailing crowd creation, heckler handling, and polls with deceptive practices. Betty Rainwater said the pamphlet’s content is not harmful and is often light hearted given the job.
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Miami
Jimmy Carter
Knight Newspapers
Miami Herald
Vera Glaser
Jim King
Carter
Betty Rainwater
Georgia
Pact in Trouble as Ford UAW Vote Divides Locals
Detroit AP reports the tentative Ford strike settlement faces risk as Local 600 in Dearborn rejects the pact and Local 200 in Avon Lake Ohio also votes no. Production workers in Local 9000 approve, with overall ratification pending a full union vote among 170000 UAW members to end the strike.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ohio
Ford
United Auto Workers
Pat Murphy
Dearborn
Murphy
Avon Lake
UAW
Weekend Kansas traffic toll rises with four deaths
Two Garnett men, Gerald Fagg 22 and Robert Jensen 24, died when their car failed a curve on a county road near Garnett. Larry Chiles 12 of rural Lawrence died in a head on collision with a car on a Jefferson County road crest. Ray Elliot Slagle 53 of Kirwin was killed when his pickup ran off a road near Oberlin.
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Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Garnett
Gerald Fagg
Robert Jensen
Larry Chiles
Lawrence
Jefferson County
Ray Elliot Slagle
Kirwin
Oberlin
Democrats rally in Franklin County push for victories
By Don Lambert, Democrats rallied at a Sunday barbecue with speaker Jane Roy, national committeewoman, urging every voter to matter in elections. Roy linked 1974 outcomes to small precinct gains, highlighted economic issues, and referenced Carter’s 1976 bid. Several state and local candidates spoke, including Joan Finney, Curt Schneider, Ike McMahon, and others seeking county and state offices.
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Don Lambert
White House
Franklin County
Jane Roy
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Congress
Curt Schneider
Kansas
Ike McMahon
Senate
George Wingert
Mile Nichols
Jim Clark
Carl Gregory
Minnie Adams
Laura Sutton
A. E. Coffman
Virgil Hermreck
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Franklin County On
Anight
Carter Book
Ottawa University
VDAW
Joan Finney Jobs
Gov. Bennett
Schneider and
Nichols
Joan Finney
Robert Bennett
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