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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
4
TOM MARKS assistant manager of the Made O Day plant is promoted to manager at the San Bernardino California plant announced by Terry Malouf. Marks assumed duties this week and will be joined by his wife Connie and children Mike and Shelly in a few weeks.
If you are not registered you cannot vote. Registration deadline is 9 tonie at Ottawa City Hall. Pol Ad Willing Workers EHU will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Ottawa Co-Op meeting room for officer elections. New members welcome. Ham and Bean supper or vegetable soup at Sacred Heart School on Oct. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. Ley Gerth of Lane dismissed from Research Hospital Kansas City after 25 days. Franklin County Democrat Central Committee seeks support for state and local candidates. donations to Box 442 Ottawa KS 66067.
G O P hosts a barbecue rally at the Armory on Monday Oct 21 at 6 30 p m Adults $1 50 students $1 00 preschool free Tickets available at G O P Headquarters at 2nd and Main Ottawa Kansas Advance sales encouraged The notice lists entry prices and venue details for attendees.
The Associated Press reports varied conditions across cities including Albany cloudy 73/63 and Albuquerque clear 85/65. Other readings show Dallas, Boise, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York with mix of clear and cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the 30s to mid 80s.
The Pomona Melvern Lakes Association will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Pomona High School. Five members of Pomona Lake Emergency and Rescue will receive National Water Safety Congress Presidential Citation awards. A Kansas City District Corps of Engineers representative will discuss national water safety. Bill Dusin, association president, will lead the meeting. Members are urged to attend and bring a guest. A business meeting will follow the awards presentation.
The Ottawa Jaycees plan a 7 p.m. October 23 White Elephant Auction to fund a Christmas party for underprivileged children. Last year 70 kids attended and received gifts. The old Kaiser drugstore building hosts the event. Residents may donate items, contact Don Burroughs or Larry Matney, and yard pickup will occur Saturday with Jaycees tagging piles to speed collection.
Mrs Poriza Amy DeWald died Oct 11 and services were held Monday at Towner's Chapel with Rev. Lewis Hearne officiating. Organist Mrs J M Kilgore played. Pallbearers were Ted Haas Lynn Hay Jim Hanson Dan Patterson James Pritchard and James Pritchard. Burial followed at Evergreen Mound Cemetery rural Ottawa. Also reported are Monday night Elk's Club bridge winners with Ottawa residents prevailing in North-South and East-West divisions and Kansas City market quotes for eggs butter cattle hogs and sheep with various price ranges.
Sheriff unable to serve in civil suits by Drs Trowbridge DeMott and Lytton for 225 dollars plus interest. Multiple speeding fines and traffic offenses recorded with various pleas and sums. Juvenile court notices for Gary Davis Joe Brown and Tom Williams with hearing dates. Divorces filed Janice Holt vs Jimmy Holt. Hospital notes list admissions dismissals births with names and weights.
The article highlights National School Lunch Week October 13 to 19 with the theme School Lunch Aids Good Health. It contrasts popular meals like pizza and chips with balanced options including salads vegetables fruit and milk, urging students to choose healthier lunches to fuel sports and academics.
Philippines Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos urged Malaysia to join the World Court dispute over Sabah in a UN General Assembly speech. He reaffirmed a 19th century Sulu sultanate claim and pledged peaceful, court-based resolution as tensions linger between Manila and Kuala Lumpur despite Sabah being treated as Malaysian territory by Malaysia.
Legal notices announce a suit in Franklin County Kansas to determine heirs and quiet title with a November 29 1968 pleading deadline. It also details a constitutional amendment proposal to be voted on November 5 1968 redefining biennial general elections and two year terms for county and township officers. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad discusses a Middle East peace settlement within three months amid regional talks.
President Nixon says Humphrey panics and Wallace erosion shows in polls. He vows a rapid finish with intense campaigning across North Carolina Tennessee Missouri New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts, culminating in a Cincinnati rally and a national TV appearance.
A selection of fiction and non fiction new to the city library includes A HAUNTED WOMAN by Sanford Friedman about a widow of a gifted man. THE BEST SHORT STORIES BY NEGRO WRITERS edited by Langston Hughes surveys diverse African American life across years. THE DEMON IN THE SUN PARLOR by Lester Goran. DEAD CENTER by Lee Langley. GENERAL COFFEE TEA OR ME by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones. THE NEW POLITICS by James M. Perry. THE LATER YEARS 1945 1962 by Harold Nicolson. TWELVE ANGELS FROM HELL by David Wilkerson. WASHINGTON QUADRILLE by Jonathan Daniels. THE BETRAYAL by William R. Carson. THE HORIZON COOKBOOK by William H. Hale.
Baldwin hosts the Eleventh Annual Maple Leaf Festival on Saturday and Sunday with Queen Sally Lawson presiding. Free bus tours run 10 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday to Kibbee Cabin Old Castle Museum and Quayle Bible Collection. Barbeques at 11 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday plus a Baker University Homecoming Parade at 12 30 p.m. Saturday and game at 2 p.m. Saturday. A festival dance 8 p.m. Saturday and a carnival runs all three days. A baby show is at 1 30 p.m. Sunday.
In Franklin County Kansas Olive Baxter petitions to determine descent of Earl B Baxter real estate including half of the northwest quarter Sec 13 Twp 16 Aug 17 and an undivided two thirds of the southwest quarter northeast quarter Sec 13 Twp 16 Aug 17 plus all other property of the decedent to be heard November 8 1968 at 10:00 am in Ottawa. Probate court names Olive Baxter petitioner and Richard O Skoog and R Michael Latimer as attorneys. Also notice of appointment of administrator with will annexed for Willard Wallace deceased dated October 10 1968 with nine month creditor claims period. Gleason and Pinet attorneys for administrator.
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