Obituary notices and police reports filed in Ottawa paper
Max Gordon Thompson 82 of Franklin County died Oct 22 in Topeka. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home with burial Highland Cemetery. Thompson born Aug 25 1915 in Eads Colorado, survived by wife Wilma, son Terry, sisters Nadine Amison Fern Scott, brothers Rex Marion and stepfather George McDowell. Minnie Louise Coltrane 83 of 521 S Mulberry death Oct 24 to be announced. Ina Blanche Boyd 84 former Waverly resident, died Oct 18 in Wichita. Local notices include a two-vehicle crash, bomb threat at Ottawa Herald, thefts and a Hideaway Tavern break-in. Kansas City market quotations listed for cattle hogs and lambs with Tuesday estimates.
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Max Gordon Thompson
Princeton Rfd
Stormont-Vail
Topeka
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
William R. Weber
Thompson
Eads
Colo
Kirby V
Bonnie (Shipps) Thompson
Franklin County
Relieable Transfer
Bendix
Wilma P. Baxter
Kansas City
Kan
First United Methodist Church
Terry D. Thompson
Nadine Amison
Spring Valley
Calif
Fern Scott
Willow
Rex Thompson
Wichita
Marion Thompson
Kimberling City
George McDowell
Estabrook
Minnie L. Coltrane
Minnie Louise Coltrane
S. Mulberry
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Coltrane
Stokes County
N.C
Carl Coltrane
Olathe
First Christian Church
Ralph Coltrane
Pearl City
Hawaii
Russell Wiggins
Birch
James Bushfield
Prairie Village
John Ore
Mount Vernon
Ohio
W. A. Ore
Thomas Ore
Nannie Trammell
Boyd
Ina Blanche Boyd
Maple Hill
Auburn
Neb
Waverly
Clarence Boyd
San Jose
Medford Boyd
Gene
Helen) Sutton
Dunsmuir
Dean
Janet) Davison
Shawnee
KBI closes KPL case over Topeka tear gas incident
Kansas Bureau of Investigation director says the Topeka area tear gas incident at Jeffrey Energy Center on October 14 is effectively unsolved with no identification. No arrests are expected as charges would be misdemeanors, even if evidence existed. about 600 workers evacuated, 120 treated in hospitals, later fumes traced to cleaning crew stirring tear gas from prior incident.
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Topeka, Kan
Jeffrey Energy Center
Topeka
William Albott
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Albott
Pas
Carter marks Veterans Day with wreath at Arlington
President Carter observed Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery placing the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He praised those who gave their lives for the nation and pledged to keep peace, noting Vietnam veterans faced scorn from peers and stressing home-front support. Witnesses included Mrs. Carter and Amy, with a 21 gun salute and taps marking the ceremony.
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Washington
Carter
America
Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Amy
Jack
Naval Academy
Vietnam
State Court Funding Plan Seeks Unified Kansas System
Chief Justice Alfred Schroeder endorsed a state financed unified Kansas judicial system with a $33.3 million total cost. The plan would standardize personnel and pay across district courts to the state Supreme Court, with about $20 million added in FY 1979. Revenues from county level fees and fines offset part of the cost.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Alfred Schroeder
State Supreme Court
Schroeder
Kansas Supreme Court
Washington,d.c
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Ottawa area ads and haunted house listings
Ad briefs note Five coffee at Mikes Kozy Kitchen one mile north of Ottawa with phone. A large shipment of billiard accessories arrives at Rudge's Sporting Goods in Ottawa. Jaycees Haunted House runs Oct 26 to 31 behind the carpet warehouse with admission one dollar. Call 242 5900 for time and temperature. Hot spiced shrimp Thursday by reservation before 8 p.m. Mike's Kozy Kitchen contact 242 9781. Richmond United Methodist Fall Festival Supper Bazaar set for Wed Oct 26 from 5 to 8 p.m.
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Mike
Mile N
Ottawa
Rudge's Sporting Goods
Jaycees
Kozy Kitchen
Call
Richmond
Orange UFO Reported in Waverly
A 62-year-old woman in Waverly reports seeing an orange circular UFO just after midnight Saturday. Joyce Shaw described a dim light, a back and forth flashlight-like glow near a neighbor’s home, a bright flash, and a dark orange object over a neighbor’s house before it disappeared to the west. She did not report it earlier, fearing disbelief.
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Waverly
Joyce Shaw
Wichita
Oklahoma Leads Big Eight As Sooners Run Past Cyclones
Oklahoma dominates Iowa State 35-16 to move 3-0 in the Big Eight while Nebraska and Oklahoma State chase. Dexter Green notes the fast finish as Terry Miller leads Oklahoma State past Kansas 21-0 and Missouri downs Kansas State 28-13. Nebraska routs Colorado 33-15 on J.M. Hipp two TDs and 172 rushing yards. Elvis Peacock, Freddie Nixon spark OU with key plays.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Town State
Dexter Green
Cyclones
Sooners
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
J.M. Hipp
Colorado
Terry Miller
Kansas
Missouri
Pete Woods
Kansas State
Towa State
Wall Street dips as prime rate hikes spread through banks
The market fell further with the Dow slipping to around 807.00 as banks raise prime lending rates from 7.14 to 7.4 percent. NYSE volume was about 7.2 million shares as losers outpaced gainers 4 to 3. In economics news the White House hinted at Fed credit-tightening push. Local items list Ottawa calendar activities including auditions, crafts day, a Kansas Sports Hall of Fame banquet, church bazaars, and a library movie viewing suite.
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First United Methodist Church
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Ottawa University
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ottawa
New York Stock Exchange
White House
Federal Reserve
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