Frosty Kansas Capitol retread aside as press corps roams state
Kansas correspondent notes Capitol remodeling and frost as Topeka shifts focus. In Manhattan at Kansas State University Roger L. Mitchell touts ag grads and production agriculture. Debates on journalism education arise as Bill Brown critiques grammar. Col. Allen Rush claims speed enforcement on I-70 remains lax. Russell awaits election results to reveal Bob Dole ties.
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Dean Hinnen
Kansas
Hays
HNS
Topeka
Jimmy Carter
Statehouse
Capitol
Roger L. Mitchell
K-State
Kstate
College of Agriculture
Mitchell
Highway Patrol
Col. Allen Rush
Christmas Ad Briefs and Community Notices
A dense roundup of local promotions and events lists 25 off kids coats at Wright's Studio, 20 off at Litwin's, a Masonic Temple steak dinner, a Saddleback Lounge dance, Johnny Cash rally at Arrowhead Stadium, VFW cancer benefit dinner, shrimp and steak specials, golf carts, Eagles supper, a fall sale at The Village Shoppe, a Rex A Bowling re-election pitch, picture frame sale at Turner's Tele Shop, a sheriff candidate dinner, Saddleback remodels and memberships, NFO barbecue at Celebration Hall, and various entertainment and community notices for Ottawa Kansas during mid October.
Wheat futures slide after loan rate hike
Kansas City AP report shows December wheat futures opening at 2.04 per bushel then dropping to 3.00 as traders digest the Ford administration decision to raise the wheat loan rate from 1.50 to 2.25. Rod Turnbull of the Kansas City Board of Trade notes prior day gains due to a smaller crop forecast and hoped foreign demand.
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Kansas City
Ford Administration
Rod Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Turnbull
Jimmy Carter
Carterr
Corrections and notices from Ottawa events and safety awards
A correction clarifies an accident report stating Charles Bryant's car was parked near 18th and Hickory. Events include a fall flower show October 27 hosted by Ottawa Horticulture Study Club at Phyllis Williams’ home, with entry 9 to 11 a.m. and show 1 to 5 p.m., theme The Mum Takes a Bow. University of Ottawa seeks volunteer drivers for foreign students to a United Nations dinner in Chanute, leaving 4:30 p.m. Saturday and returning 11 p.m.. contact Marle Mordy at 242-5200 ext. 307. Cystic fibrosis door-to-door campaign signups through Paula Taylor after 5 p.m. Health Committee of the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce meets next Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. Ottawa receives a Pedestrian Safety Award at the Kansas Highway User Conference in Manhattan for seven years of no pedestrian fatalities within city limits. Twenty Kansas communities are honored. awards sponsored by the Automobile Club of Kansas and AAA.
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Phyllis Williams
Ottawa University
United Nations
Chanute
Marle Mordy
Ottawa
Manhattan
Kansas
Automobile Club of Kansas
American Automobile Association
Ostmeyer’s Farm Machinery Sold to Mid-America Equipment
Stockton firm Ostmeyer’s, a longtime farm machinery dealer, has been sold to Mid-America Equipment. Charles and George Ostmeyer will remain residents of Stockton. New owners Dick and Jack Muir Delaine Turnbull and Keith and Bill Denio, all from Rooks county, will run the business with Jack Muir and Keith Denio as managers.
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Hns
Ostmeyer’s, Inc
Mid-America
Services for Claude A Bloomer hold funeral in Dengel
Claude A Bloomer died Sunday October 10 and services were held yesterday at Dengel and Son Mortuary with burial at Ruhamah Cemetery in Rantoul. Rev. Glen Scharff officiated with organist Ruth DePriest and vocalist Georgia Whiteford. Pallbearers were Galen Scott Gary Hogelin Dennis Parry Eddie Bloomer Charles Hogelin and Roger Lee Williamson. Mrs Sam Kennedy Dies in Chanute. Her survivors include husband and three sons plus siblings and grandchildren.
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Claude A Bloomer
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Ruhamah
Rantoul
Glen Scharff
Ruth DePriest
Georgia Whiteford
Galen Scott
Gary Hogelin
Dennis Parry
Eddie Bloomer
Charles Hogelin
Roger Lee Williamson
Davis Elected Vice President of Southeast Kansas County Group
Davis Elected Vice President of the County Commissioners and County Engineers Association of Southeast Kansas for 1977 at its Chanute annual meeting. Franklin County Commissioner Victor Warren attended. County approved hiring an extra seasonal employee in the treasurer's office and allowed purchase of an adding machine. Ambulance service report shows receipts 2256 and billings 1780. Funeral admissions listed in Chanute. Civil suits include Farmers Casualty Co. v Hagelin dismissed. First National Bank of Waverly v Buckles. several small claims decisions. Marriage licenses issued for Schulz and McCormick. Quoted Kansas City market report totals cattle hogs and sheep with Friday estimates.
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Franklin County
County Commissioners and County Engineers Association of
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Kansas
Chanute
County Commission
Warren
County Ambulance ‘Service
Farmer's Casualty Co
Gary Hagelin
First’ National Bank of Waverly
James C. Buckles
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