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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1980
Page
12
A smoldering cigarette or chemical reaction sparked a trash fire at a Franklin County warehouse, with about 500 dollars in damage. DPS responders found the blaze at 2:20 a.m. near a dumpster, damaging two overhead doors. concrete dust had been dumped into the dumpster earlier.
A collage of short items lists bake sales hours luncheons and sales across Ottawa area. Includes Shaklee distributors, Alco Hill House hours, Sirlo m specials, Lions Club pancake supper, hair salon price cuts, political campaign urging Dorothy Chaney, Faith Lutheran church open house, Richter festival, perm ads, Timberline dance, Halloween events, coat sale at Litwins, Wellsville UMW dinner, Jaynes craft bazaar, Back Door Club, Richmond Halloween, Laura Sutton county clerk reelect, VFW weekend retreat, Plummer Family Ottawa Auditorium, fall planting specials at Willis Garden Center and more.
Philadelphia revenue director Eugene L. Cliett Jr. says Kansas City third baseman George Brett owes the city 4.3125 percent wage tax for World Series games played here. He notes no other visiting pro athlete has paid the tax in 40 years and seeks mayoral authorization to enforce the law.
Fred C. Mead 77 Garnett died today at a Garnett hospital. Services at 2 p.m. Monday at Farris Feuerborn Funeral Home with burial in Garnett Cemetery. Survived by Myrtle Robe Mead, three daughters Freda Bowen Shelda Cain and Vicki Clark, a son John Mead, 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Memorials to American Heart Association. Also includes admissions dismissals arrests and numerous traffic notices from Garnett in a dated police blotter.
The Eugene Field School PTA hosts a soup supper and carnival at 720 Tremont starting 5:30 pm. An 80-member Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce white elephant auction kicks off at 7:30 pm. Proceeds fund a new school intercom system.
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