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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1971
Page
4
Regular National Farmers Organization meeting set for 8 p.m. at Anchor Savings basement Wednesday. Numerous ads note local auctions, hospital stays, a ribbing mix of events from steak nights to chili suppers, a senior class chili fundraiser, upcoming thrift show and a shifted Ottawa High jogging schedule.
The Ottawa Police Department issued citations for multiple drivers. Preston Young Mangus Til 25 Jefferson speeding 40 in 20 mph zone posted $40 bond. Frankie A. Dickie 17 526 S. Poplar unsafe vehicle fined $10 plus cost. Norman Tyler Rollins 21 940 Walnut speeding 70 in 60 mph zone fined $10 plus cost. Larry C. Griffin 28 Pomona speeding 83 in 70 mph zone fined $20 plus cost. Olen L. Wharton 60 Baldwin speeding 73 in 60 mph zone fined $20 plus cost. D R Gilbert 45 Overbrook speeding 71 in 60 mph zone fined $20 plus cost. Owen E. Atchison 45 806 Cleveland unsafe vehicle fined. Averill L. Dewey 26 Hutchinson driving while license suspended odometer not in operation fined $115 plus cost.
Probate court lists marriage licenses for Robert Dwayne Burnett and Diane Louise Cooper of Richmond, plus Roderick Wallis Keon and Margaret Ann Ferguson of Ottawa. Also notices admissions dismissals and births, with obituaries for Robert Melroy of Derby and Mabel M. Myers, including service details, birthplaces, and surviving relatives.
City service gas crews from Ottawa and Peculiar Missouri will be honored for eight years without a disabling injury at a company dinner. A. B. Mages will accept for the Ottawa station with foreman Gene Nelson and 12 teammates named. Harley D. Decker runs the Peculiar station.
University of Michigan law professor and Harvard visitor Dr. Arthur Miller will speak at 6 45 pm in the Ottawa University Administration Auditorium. His telelecture titled Resolved that greater controls should be imposed on the gathering and utilization of information about U S citizens by government agencies addresses the 1970 71 national debate topic. A second program, The Great Thaw, a color series’s second of 13 parts, airs at 8 pm in Chapel 200.
Mrs Mabel M Myers long time Ottawa resident died yesterday morning Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 am at the Church of the Brethren Reverend Ralph Hodgden to officiate Interment at McPherson Cemetery McPherson Kansas on Wednesday at 3 pm Friends may call at the Mortuary this evening
Garnett city commissioners authorize Mayor Powers to sign a park improvement agreement backing phase two of the federally funded program. The plan adds a nature trail in the north park and lighting upgrades at two ball diamonds and camper areas at north and south parks, costing 20,924 with 10,462 in federal aid. The action includes no city funds commitment.
Newsday reports George A. Smathers after leaving the Senate joined Aerodex Inc., buying 20,000 shares at $1 each two years after backing to keep a Air Force contract alive. He paid $20,000 for stock later valued by the paper at $430,000 while Aerodex cites stock options for directors.
Classified ads appear to offer per word rates for various insertions including card of thanks and notices. The readable text lists per word prices and minimums, with references to cash payments and multiple insertion options.
In Franklin County Kansas probate court a petition by coexecutors Raymond L. Caylor and Ols L. Caylor for final settlement, executor fees, and heir distribution will be heard October 21, 1971 at 2:00 PM in Ottawa. Defenses must be filed in writing. failure will lead to judgment. Attorneys Gleason Pinet Jordan represent coexecutors. Ottawa Kansas 66087.
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