Ground Air Search For Ottawa Couple s Niece
Julie Wittmeyer a 14 year old Ottawa girl disappeared after leaving a school bus at a gravel driveway to her farm home near Platte City Missouri. Ground and air searches with up to 300 volunteers focused on a tobacco field and woods near the lane. A Leavenworth man was questioned after a car matching a description was seen. Authorities said no conclusive evidence yet but suspected a possible struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tom Thomas
Platte County
Leavenworth
Kan
Julie Witmeyer
Julie
Ralph Wittmeyer
Platte City
Kansas City International Airport
Herb Wittmeyer
Ottawa
S. Ash
Thomas
Local Deaths and Military News Briefs
John A. Hahn of Kansas City is listed as a patient at St. Luke's Hospital in room 3603. Ralph C. Hallenbeck, 77, Phoenix and formerly of Ottawa, has died and was cremated August 30 in Phoenix. his wife Cleo McClanahan Hallenbeck survives. Bryan Rich, son of Joe and Mrs. Rich of Williamsburg, is at Navy boot camp in San Diego. Joann Rich has returned to Colby Community College as a sophomore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hahn
E. 9Th
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Ralph C. Hallenbeck
Phoenix
Ottawa
Santa Fe Railroad
Cleo McClanahan Hallenbeck
Bryan Rich
Joe Rich
Williamsburg
Navy Boot Camp
Rtc-Usn TC
San Diego
Calif
Joann Rich
Colby Community College
Dance and event briefs sweep Ottawa area listings
VFW dance Saturday featuring Marvin Ross and Country Gentlemen. Ottawa disco party Saturday September 3 with Disco Inc. D. J. at Skateland. Saddleback Lounge entertainments Saturday Jay Carter and Sunday Bill Jordan. Toled decorative painting classes start September 13 to 16 at Turner's Tole Shop West 15th. Government guaranteed bonds offer 7.8 percent via Edward Jones Ottawa branch. $5,000 minimum. 242-1088. US-59 area listings include NC Hybrids Fall Field Day September 7 near Richmond. Moonlight chicken specials and barbecue stalls. 242-9781. MINOR: Maxine's Broasted Chicken on US-59 south. cube ice available.
Community Library Answers Ottawa Questions
The library offers help through its Community Information Center at 9th and Main. This week it covers Ottawa population history from 1900 to 1976, water problems and sump pumps, Faith Lutheran Church paper drives, gerbils origins, CLEP test applications, Maple Leaf Festival dates, fall library hours, and Lincoln School’s early history with Alice Davidson's role and the 1931 clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th and Main
Ottawa
Kansas
Auders
Faith Lutheran Church
Hickory Street
Africa
Asia
Adult Education Center
Baldwin
Lincoln School
C. W. Moore
David F. Dunn
Paola
Texas
Herald
Moore
Mrs Charlotte Jones dies in Calif after Ottawa stay
The Daily Report notes Mrs. Charlotte Jones aged 75 of 603 North Oak Ottawa died early Saturday in Concord California after an extended illness. She was born April 3 1902 in Nevada Missouri and survived by two sons James E and Glenn in Concord. Funeral and burial will be in Ottawa.
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Charlotte Jones
North Oak
Ottawa
Concord
Calif
Jones
Nevada
Glenn Jones
James E. Jones
William Dale Jones
Tonkawa
Okla
Clarence Chapman
West 2Nd
Roy Chapman
Joseph D. Pearson
Joseph Dean Pearson
Altamont
Labette County Medical Center
Parsons
First Baptist Church
Oswego
Memorial Lawn
Mr. Pearson
Hartford
Hurricane Anita Downgraded to Tropical Storm Hits Mexico Coast
Anita's Power Less LA PESCA Mexico AP Hurricane Anita weakened to a tropical storm after slamming into the northeastern Mexican coast. The National Weather Service reported rain and 40 mph winds as the system moved west toward the Sierra Madre Oriental. Military and Red Cross said no immediate deaths or injuries. The army evacuated 35,000 people along 240 miles of the Gulf coast earlier this week. A spokesman warned casualties may exist though details were unavailable. La Pesca Soto la Marina communities, previously damaged by Hurricane Ella in 1970, were hard hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Pesca
Mexico
Anita
National Weather Service
Miami
Sierra Madre Oriental
The
Weather Service
Red Cross
Gulf of Mexico
Soto la Marina
Ella
Schools Consider Winter Vacation In Shawnee Mission
Shawnee Mission School District weighs a two month winter recess to cut fuel costs after a 31 percent rise in fuel bills over two years. Dr Nelley Vereen proposes studying a plan to shorten summer vacation and place the break in December and January. He cautions the idea may not be popular but notes fuel availability concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Park, Kan
Shawnee Mission
Nelley Vereen
Vereen
Unions Lose Women Members Amid 1974 76 Decline
Washington AP reports Labor Department data show union membership fell to 19.4 million at end of 1976 from 20.2 million two years earlier, a 767000 drop mostly among women. Associations rose by 400000 with NEA gaining about half, while Teamsters remain the largest union at 1.8 million.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
National Education Association
Teamsters
Department
East Central Vocational Board Meeting Agenda
The East Central Vocational Cooperative board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the local board of education office. Items include contracts for new employees, salaries, benefits, calendars, substitutes, and related personnel matters. Also on the agenda are meeting dates, inter-local agreement statements, out-district travel, building supervision plans, fire and tornado drills, purchasing procedures, personnel actions, certification and retirement policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East- Central Vocational Cooperative Board of Directors
Board of Education
Forum on Special Education Public Laws Aimed at Parents and Educators
A Wednesday forum in the Franklin County Courts Building meeting room will focus on special education public laws affecting children with special needs. Ottawa AAUW and KU Affiliated Facility sponsor, featuring three experts on topics including Public Law 94-142, Kansas mandate, IEP components, and rights of children and parents.
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Franklin County Courts
Ottawa
American Association of University Women
Kansas University
Kansas
Williamsburg
Kan
Coffey County
Franklin County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ad Briefs
VFW
Marvin Ross
Richmond
Maxine
Disco Inc
D. J. Super Hoop
Saddleback
Jay Carter
Bill Jordan
Mike
Us-59
Turner's
West 15Th
U.S
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones & Co
the Daily Report
Pattonsburg
Grace Lockling
Clinton, Mo
Frank
Cora (Chandler) Pearson
Lone Elm
USD 506
Retirement Acres
Wichita
Coast Guard
Genevieve Gossard
Gary
Jack
Everett Pearson
Chanute
Richard Pearson
S. Willow
Nora Drum
Alice Brown
Mary Carr
Apache Junction
Ariz
American Cancer Society
Sperry Funeral Home
Hurshel Kunard
E. 15Th
Florice Jones
Crestview Nursing Home
Samuel Shumate
Helen Conrad
Debra Browning
Hickory
Elizabeth Browning
Florence Jones
5Th and Main
Donald Hobbs
Princeton
David Dick
N. Cedar
16Th and Main
Stephen Meyer
Dorothy Bechtle
Quenemo
Barry Gorton
Richard Gooding
Oak
Nora Evans
S. Oak
Terry Prue
S. Sycamore
Gary Allan
Sycamore
Jack Porter
Ash
Vanessa Wigglesworth
Roger Linneman
Douglas Shutt
St. Elm
Deborah Reekie
Main
Charles Feuerborn
Larry Barrett
Daniel Hernandez
Saffron Glass Co
S. Walnut
Ottawa Bible Church
By Francis Schaeffer
Poplar
Robson
Towner
Joseph Robert Clark
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
United Methodist Church
Paul Lynn
Richmond Cemetery
Robson-Towner
Violet Robson Reno Towner
Dorothy Reams
Jerry Robson
David Buneh
Joe Ferns
Edon Lewis
Philip Lee
Suzuki
Township 18
Range 17
Karl Ehman
John Carl Ehman
and Anna Mayshman
Gary L. Jordan
Atty
Claude Myers
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