Three Ottawans named to Ottawa University board
Three Ottawans join OU board as officers and trustees. Ransom Bennett becomes vice chairman and executive committee chair. Ed Haley re elected secretary treasurer. Allen Loyd elected business affairs chair and joins executive committee. Hill and Clogston renamed to executive committee. Coppoe named board chairman for fifth term. Hostetter given life trusteeship for 27 years of service. Several members reelected to four year terms ending 1981. Budget plan to raise just over a million dollars for 1977 78 to balance operations and secure Mabee Foundation match.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University Board of Trustees
Ransom Bennett
Peoples National Bank
Ed Haley
Allen Loyd
Loyd Builders
Robert Hill
Robert Clogston
W. J. Coppoe
Texaco
Beacon
N.Y
Wellsville
L. W
Bennett
Clogston
Haley
Galen Fields
Scott City
Roger Fredrikson
Wichita
Reba Johnson
Robert Shaw
Overland Park
Dave Owen
Fairway
Kansas
Mabee Foundation of
Tulsa
Local Lawrence Takes OHS Tourney Honors
Lawrence High School debate team won the sweepstakes plaque and first and third place trophies at Ottawa High School’s tournament. Ottawa hosted with 56 teams from 21 schools. Lawrence earned top speaker points with 15, defeating Shawnee Mission, Olathe, and Ottawa for the top four spots. Local judges and mixed novice and experienced debaters tackled a health care plan question. Ottawa High debaters organized the event and did not participate.
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Lawrence High School
Ottawa High School
Lawrence
Max Fridell
OHS
Shawnee Mission
Olathe
Ottawa High
Bonner Springs
Silver Lake
Ex-Overland Park Mayor Eyes GOP Governor Run
Dr. Jack D. Walker, former Overland Park mayor and former League of Kansas Municipalities president, said he will form a statewide group to attract support for a governor nomination. He noted changes after Senator Pearson's retirement announcement and said he will seriously consider a bid while remaining critical of city funding. Walker, 54, KU Medical School family medicine chair, previously backed increased state funding for local governments.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jack D. Walker
Overland Park
League of Kansas Municipalities
Walker
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Associated Press
James B. Pearson
Simple Funeral Planned for Bing Crosby in Los Angeles
AP reports a simple funeral is planned for Bing Crosby in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Crosby died of a heart attack Friday in Madrid after golf. He will be buried at Holy Cross Cemetery after a low Mass at St Pauls Church in Brentwood.
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Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Harry
Spain
Madrid
St. Paul's
Brentwood
Maury Faladare
Wellsville United Methodist Ham Turkey Supper Set
Annual church food sale announced for Wednesday October 19 at 5 p.m. at Wellsville United Methodist. Community notice urges attendance and includes Wright's Studio skateboarding event details and Budge's Sporting Goods promotion with contact numbers 242-2043 and 242-5900 for time and temperature.
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Wellsville
Wright
Budge’s Sporting Goods
News Briefs from Garnett Area Include Accidents and Obituaries
Mrs. Anthony Feuerborn of Garnett fractured arm on Wednesday. Hubert Betts named United Way chairmen Lane campaign. May Weaver, formerly of Garnett, died Oct 14 in Denver at daughter’s home. funeral Tuesday at Farris Feuerborn Chapel, Garnett. Williamsburg Jaycee Jaynes to meet 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at Jaycee Hall. Mrs. Vic Mader of Garnett broken hip and hospitalized in Kansas City. Donald Roeckers, son of Richmond residents, had emergency appendectomy at Anderson County Hospital. Mae Camp of Garnett transferred from Lawrence Memorial to Anderson County Hospital Saturday.
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Garnett
Earl
Virginia
Kanady
Denver
Cole
Farris-Feuerborn Chapel
Vic Mader
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Kansas City
Donald Roeckers
John Roeckers
Richmond
Anderson County Hospital
MAE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Shobe
Edith Shobe
Ottawa
Lee Shobe
Lamb-Roberts
James H. Godbey
Waverly United Methodist Church
Waverly
Kansas
Edith Shore
Willow
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Jennings
Kan
A. ‘Alonzo’ C
Jennie (Bartley) Baxter
Coffey County
Iola
Trinity United Methodist Church
Noble
Hazel Rebekah Lodge No
Hazel Rebekah Lodge
Viola
Darlene West
Raymond Eggert
Diagnos
Town
LeRoy Eggert
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Roland Eggert
Auburn
Neb
Harland Eggert
Chanute
Wesley Eggert
Excelsior Springs
Ewing C. Nichols
Pomona
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Woodlawn
Frank L
Pearl (Beckelhimer) Nichols
California
Lockheed Aircraft
Africa
Cherrl Anderson
Arizona
Robert L. Scott
Sun Valley
Calif
Mildred Abel
Rollie C. Nichols
Hollis Thomson
Hollis
Dorothy) Thomson
S. Maple
First Baptist Church
Osawatomie
Eddy Birchard
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa
Okla
Skyjack Saga Deepens as Pilot Is Killed
In a Somalia hijacking, hijackers killed Lufthansa pilot Juergen Schumann and forced the Boeing 737 to land in Mogadishu with 86 hostages. Negotiators seek ransom of 15 million dollars and the release of 13 prisoners as deadlines shift. A Missouri motorcycle crash injures Kansas man Dave Cratchett before updates on the hostage crisis. Monika Schumann, wife of the pilot, spoke of his calm during danger.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Somalia
Bonn
Lufthansa
South Yemen
Mogadishu
West Germany
Turkey
California
French Riviera
Juergen Schumann
Monika Schumann
Silkville’s decline and ghosts of a utopian silk colony
The Silkville chronicle details a French immigrant’s mill town experiment in Franklin County. It recalls lavish chateau and silk works, mulberry groves, and world fair success, followed by collapse as demand faded. The current owners preserve ruins and histories, with reports of odd happenings blamed on a resident ghost.
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de Boissiere
Japan
Britain
Franklin County
Philadelphia
France
de Boissier
Orient
Greeley
The
Kansas Oddfellows
Death notices and obituaries from Ottawa area
Multiple funeral services are announced for residents of Ottawa and nearby towns. Mrs. Edith Shobe, Viola Milroy, Ewing Nichols, Gordon Borders, and Mrs. Hollis Thomson are listed with service details, burial plans, and surviving relatives. Admissions, dismissals, births, and local market quotes accompany the notices.
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Gordon E. Borders
Cherry
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Gay
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Topeka
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S. Cherry
Clinton, Mo
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Union
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