Weekly freight totals and local notices blend in 1963 wrap
Freight data show total cars moved on Santa Fe lines for week ending Oct 26 1963 at 35403, down from 37420 year ago, with 11702 cars received from connections vs 11620 prior year. The page also lists garage sale ads, PTA chili supper, clothesline sale, football league standings error correction, personal notices, bridge winners, piano tuning, a coffee shop smorgasbord, a theft report, and county clerks meeting notes, plus rummage and planter ads.
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Santa Fe System
Auto Production Rolls Steadily
U S auto industry reached six millionth 1963 passenger car last week and aims for seven million plus for the year. Output rose to 183 813 cars, the highest weekly total since mid 1955, up from 179 422 prior week and 162 986 a year ago. October output estimated at 674 070 with year-to-date around 6,026,897, compared with 5,513,697 this time last year.
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Detroit
U. S
Automotive News
Pomona High Celebrates Homecoming Festivities
Pomona High School marked homecoming on October 25 with the band forming a heart on the field and queen Sandra Watts crowned by king Gale Lantis. A homecoming dance followed on October 26 with seniors providing entertainment, while juniors decorated and sophomores served refreshments.
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Pomona High School
Jo Anne Beesley
Karen Briggs
Sandra Watts
Leonard Shuck
Harmon Nelson
Gale Lantis
Kelly Jo Langley
Galen Scott
Charles Hill
W. O. Cain
Boulder
Colo
Keith Chambers
Bankers Association
Vera Vincent
Ray Hughes
Country Club
Ottawa University New Student Union
Neal Baxter
Nick Hudelson
Ottawa
Pomona
Winston Clevenger
E. M. Lawrence
E.J. Neeley
Harold Hale
Topeka
Don Harold
Merriam
Kirk Andrew
N. V. Hudelson
Kansas City Market Report Hogs Cattle Steady Slumps Noted
KC Markets Kansas City AP hogs 4000 barrows and gilts steady to 10 higher sows steady. Bar rows 1-3 185-290 lb 14.75-15.25. Sows 1-3 13.00-14.50. Sheep 800 all classes steady prime lambs 19.25 choice prime 18.75-19.00 good to choice 17.00-18.50. Ewes 3.50-6.00. Cattle 4,500 calves 400 steers steady to weak heifers steady to 25 lower cows steady to 25 lower. Wealers steady. Choice steers 23.65-24.00 good to choice 21.75-23.25. Choice heifers 22.25-23.00 good and choice 21.75-22.25 cows 13.50-16.00. Choice dealers 22.00-25.00.
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Kansas City
Today In History highlights from 1963 and prior events
On October 29 1963 notable historical moments include the 1929 stock market crash day with 16.4 million shares traded and the worst market drop in history. Also noted are events such as the 1797 voyage to Monterey, Morse code patent in 1835, Hall of Fame names in 1900, the Turkish republic founding in 1923, Dr. Alonzo Moron’s Hampton Institute presidency in 1949, a 20th century airliner crash near San Francisco ten years earlier, GE nuclear plant plans in 1955, and U Thant’s 1960 Cuba talks leading to lifted naval quarantine.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
California
Monterey
Hall of Fame
New York University
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Ulys
Ses S. Grant
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Republic of Turkey
Alonzo Moron
Hampton — Institute
San Francisco
General Electric Company
U.N
U Thant
Cuba
Thant
Havana
Fidel Castro
Ottawa Man Finds Evidence Of The Good Old Days
An Ottawa man found old Ottawa Herald copies used as liners in a basement trunk. The 1906 issue shows calf skin shoes for girls at 98 cents and Fletchers Castoria. The 1920 issue notes French troops on the Rhine and Mary Pickford at the Pastime theatre with 35 cent adult tickets.
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Ottawa
Don Catuska
S. Cherry
Ottawa Herald
Herald
Fletcher
Castoria
Rhine
Homberg
Frankfort
Mary Pickford
Chandler Six
Helen Pettigrew
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Miss Pettigrew
Kansas Anti - War Club
Deaths Herbert W. Fine 89
Herbert W. Fine 89 of 633 Maple died at 10 20 this morning at Crest View Nursing Home where he had resided two years He was born December 5 1874 in Melvern Kansas and lived in Ottawa most of his life A retired telegraph operator for Santa Fe railroad He married Effie Alice Pickett in 1899 He was a member of Melvern Methodist Church Order of Railroad Telegraphers A O U W He leaves three sons William Fine Claude Fine and Cecil Fine and one daughter Mrs Pauline West Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Herbert W. Fine
Maple
Crest View
Melvern
Kas
Ottawa
Santa Fe Railroad
Effie Alice Pickett
Methodist Church
Fine
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
William Fine
S. Locust
Claude Fine
Coffeyville
Kan
Cecil Fine
Los Angeles
Calif
Pauline West
Funeral services for William A Swift scheduled
William A Swift died Monday and funeral services will be held at Lamb Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. officiated by Dr. Andrew B. Martin, president of Ottawa University. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.
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William A. Swift
William A Swift
Lamb Funeral
Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
Highland Cemetery
County Teachers Hold Meeting in Franklin County
The Franklin County Teachers Association held its second meeting at the First Methodist Church Monday evening. Four discussion groups covered Federal Aid to Schools, Teachers Retirement, Code of Ethics, and The State Foundation Program. Dean Rouse introduced Allen Unruh, a candidate for the ESTA Board of Directors. John Sauter, an OU student, played selections on his Chorda-Vox.
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Franklin County Teachers Association
First Methodist Church
Code of Ethics
State Foundation
Dean Rouse
Allen Unruh
Esta Board of
John Sauter
O. U
Marriage Licenses for Lawrence and Ottawa Couples
Dan Fish aged 20 and Diana Huxley aged 20, both of Lawrence, apply for marriage licenses. Michael L. Henry, 19, of Pomona, and Barbara Kay Atchison, 20, of Ottawa, also seek licenses.
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Hayward Dan Fish
Lawrence
Diana Huxley
Michael L. Henry
Pomona
Barbara Kay Atchison
Ottawa
IBM Trainee Keypunch Data Processing Program Ad
Wanted trainees for IBM keypunch data processing program. Passport to security earnings prestige dignity advancement independence. Training need not interfere with present employment. Low tuition payment plan. Write including phone number Box U-68 Ottawa Herald Ottawa Ks.
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IBM
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Five Cited In Traffic Cases
Five persons were cited to appear in court Thursday for traffic violations after arrest yesterday and this morning. Ethel Gerrish of Atchison was arrested for failure to yield the right of way and posted 25 dollar bond. Michael D. Montgomery of route 4 Ottawa was cited for driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone. John DeWayne Morrow of Paola was arrested for driving 44 mph in a 30 mph zone and posted 14 dollar bond. Alice M. Woodsum of route 4 Ottawa was cited for driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone. Warren Reha Smith, of Denver Colorado, a student at Ottawa University, was cited for driving 40 mph.
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Ethel Gerrish
Atchison
Michael D. Montgomery
Ottawa
John DeWayne Morrow
Paola
Alice M. Woodsum
Warren Reha Smith
Denver
Colo
Ottawa University
Lane Area News note on United Nations Birthday celebration
Kenneth Baxter of Wichita, 56, son of John Baxter, died Sunday at Wichita hospital. WSCS met October 24 at 11 30 at the church to observe United Nations Birthday with 104 countries represented by crystal tumblers and themed decor. Fifteen members attended. plans included a November 1 covered dish at 6 pm and a Congo slide program by Jerry Gravier. Upcoming events featured a District meeting November 6 in Lawrence and a UNICEF event October 31.
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Kenneth Baxter
Wichita
John Baxter
WSCS
United Nations
Evans
William Robinson
Jerry Gravier
Belgian Congo
Gravier
Lawrence
al Simmons
Marvin Rowslan
Crusaders
Blue Hawaii
Unicef
Lane High School
Princeton High School
Ama Kavanaugh
St. Joseph Hospittal
Kansas City
Vanderbilt Gifts to Lincoln Center After Opera House Trust
NEW YORK AP Gifts to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts totalled 142.5 million dollars today after Harold S. Vanderbilt established a 750 thousand dollar trust for the family circle section of the new Metropolitan Opera House. Vanderbilt, 79, maintains the trust interest until death, at which time it passes to the center. Until then the center may borrow for construction using the trust as collateral.
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New York
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Famly Circle
Metropolitan Opera House
Vanderbuilt
The
Trust
Center
Press groups urge Congress to curb government secrecy
ANPA and the American Society of News Editors urged Senate action on a bill by Senator Long to force federal agencies to publish sources in the federal register and provide for court recourse to compel disclosure. Eugene S. Pulliam, for Indianapolis papers, said the bill serves the public by ensuring a free flow of information and highlights secrecy concerns under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Washington
American
Publishers | “Association
American ‘Society
Eugene
Pulliam
Sen
Edward V. Long
D - Mo
ANPA
Congress
Sen. Long
Gospel Quartet Convention Draws 8000 in Memphis
Richmond area families report trips to Memphis for a three day national Gospel Quartet convention with thirty five quartets performing before a crowd of eight thousand. Nearby residents, including Mr and Mrs Lon Mishler and Mr and Mrs Ralph McCrea, spent time in the Ozarks, while George Croyle of Whittier California was hospitalized last week and Charley Davis and Maxine Chandler hosted a weekend visit.
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Oscar Newmaster
Ray Frew
Memphis
Tenn
Lon Mishler
Ralph McCrea
Ozarks
George Croyle
Whittier Calif
Charley Davis
Falls
Maxine Chandler
Want Ads Rates and Lost Hound Notice
Classified advertising rates listed per word per insertion with discounts and deadlines. Lost and found notice for a spotted male hound southwest of Princeton by Roy Gorton YE 7-2143. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for flowers for a brother who passed away October 12, 1963 by Bertha Perez.
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E.eco
Princeton
Roy Gorton
Bertha Perez
Thanks for Sympathy After Our Mother's Passing
The Thornbrugh, Whitcher, and Jacke son families express gratitude to friends and relatives for kindness following the loss of mother Eva Hammock. Special thanks to Dr. C W Henning, Reverend Ray Fenley, and Reverend David Wilson for support and prayers.
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Eva Hammock
C. W. Henning
Ray’ Fenley
David Wilson
Emma Thornbrugh
Annie Whitcher
Mae Jackeson
Local Farm and Livestock Sale Listings Across Kansas
A dense listing of sales from Franklin Pomona Overbrook and Pomona areas includes weekly livestock auctions at Franklin County Sale Barn Nor th Ottawa Highway 59 and Overbrook Livestock Sale. November auctions cover stocker and feeder sales donation church consignments furniture and antiques and household items with varying start times plus Printy’s Auction House events in Pomona and 1136 N Main.
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Myers Bros
Centropolis
Claude
Howard
Ottawa
RFD
Franklin County Sale Company
Franklin County Sale Barn
Kas
Stocker & Feeder
Kansas
P.m
Donation Christian Church
Homewood
Kans
Wilson & Locust
Ed Schriber
Baldwin Jct
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Overbrook Livestock Sale
Overbrook
Allen County Livestock Auction
Gas City
Nate and
Leona Gibbons
Bank
Greenwood
Ernest Smith
Printy
Ben Printy
N. Main
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Thur
Football League
Garfield
Hawthorne
Eugene Field
Lincoln
Furn
Logan
Mae Wingfield
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Otttawa
Elks Club
F. P. Hufstedler
Fred Blanks
Garnett Peterson
Osawatomie
Ted Crandall
E. E. Hazlett
Allyn Underwood
Jess Gilmore
Lyle Hanes
Ellis
Kenneth F. Bowman
S. Walnut
Beller
S. Main
Bruce Spears
Gar
sale-Wed.-Thur
Wilky’s Pottery
Miei A Ae
Pomona High
Mary Huddleson
Lamb
Clarence Beck
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Garnett
Leo Horner
Willie Askins
Tony Hastart
Ivan Benus
Roy Marmon
Ed Anderson
John Anderson
Holy Angels Cemetery
Lane Area News
Mrs
Gail Chambers
Vanderbilt
Taras Bulba
Tony Curtis
Yul Brenner
Bulba
Walt Diane
Paul, Lukas Hope- TE
Richmond Area News
First National Bank
Harold Stewart
Dhia Holstein
Richmond
Lane, Bank
DHIA
O.C.V
Bull—Burke
Ormsby
Riley Skokie
Skokie
Benefactor
Standris Ormsby
Burke Johanna
Admiral Burke
Carnation Roamer
Pride Rainbow Roamer
Bu—Riley Maytag
Man-o-War
Heersche Beauty
Neptune
Maytag
Fabes Johanna
J. Wayne Riley
Owxzes
Col
Karl Bowes & Son
Louisburg
Peoples State Bank
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