Bell Makes Case For Rate Hike
Stanley H Crow vice president and general manager of Southwestern Bell testified at a Kansas rate hearing that a price increase is needed to cover inflation rising capital costs and to meet customers needs He noted the last basic rate rise was in 1972 and CPI has climbed over 30 percent in four years Protesters including Welfare Rights representatives attended the hearing in Topeka Kansas conducted before the Kansas Corporation Commission with new commissioners and chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Stanley H. Crow
Kansas Corporation Commission
Commission
Crow
Jack Graves
The
Corporation Commission
Dape Evengrs
Topeka
Department of Defense
General Services Administration
Southern Kansas Telephone Co
Graves
Larry Barnes
Southwestern Bell
Kansas
Texas
Barnes
Clow
Scuba Diving Class Opens At Ottawa University
Ottawa University along with the Ottawa Recreation Commission announced a public scuba diving class. It starts Thursday, Sept. 18, running seven weeks from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the OU pool. Enrollees must provide fins snorkel and mask with a $40 fee covering instruction and equipment. enrollment ends Monday Sept. 15. Contact Evelyn Kinney at 242-5200 ext 227 to sign up.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Steve Queen
Evelyn Kinney
Hettick services set in Oswego funeral home
Death of former Williamsburg resident Donald Andrew Hettick 68 Oswego occurred Sept 6 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Services at Hammons McGavran Funeral Home Oswego at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Oswego Cemetery. He lived in Oswego 20 years owned Hettick's Dairy Breeze retired 1967. Survived by wife Lillian, daughter Barbara Weston Oswego sons Dale Bartlesville Okla and Dean Reno Nev six grandchildren. He served in U S Army 1944-45.
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Donald Hettick
Oswego
Williamsburg
Donald Andrew Hettick
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Hammons-McGavran
Earl Markley
Phence Mitchell
Hettick
Henry
Susan Hettick
Sinclair Oil Company
Olathe
Barbara Weston
Dale Hettick
Bartlesville
Okla
Dean Hettick
Reno
Nev
Farm futures slide at Chicago open
Chicago AP reports sharp declines in early CBOT trade as soybeans fall 4 to 9 cents a bushel to September 5.58 3/4, wheat down 5 to 7 cents to 4.13, corn off 1 to 3 cents to 3.0542, and oats down 1 to 3 cents to 1.61 per bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ottawa area ad briefs and local notices
Ad briefs announce fall classes and sales including TOLE decorative painting starting Sept 15 at West 15th Turner's Tele Shop. FOMONA Lions Club hosts free Ham and Bean supper Sat Sept 13 from 5:30 to 8. H&R Block Tax School offers limited seats in 1975 class starting Sept 10 at 6:30 with evening hours and phone signups. Ottawa Herald carrier payment reminder and Ottawa area services East Kansas Insulation Service offers free estimates with Ben Nitcher contact numbers.
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TOLE
Turner’s
West 15Th
Fomona Lions Club
H&r Block
N. Main
Ottawa
Fire destroys Rural Ottawa home on Cannady farm
The Richard Cannady residence in Ottawa RFD 3 was gutted by a morning fire. Sheriff reports notification after 3 am, REACT volunteers arriving around 3 30 to find the house in flames. Firefighters fought the blaze until about 7 30, pumping 3 500 gallons of water. No one was living there. Cause undetermined. State Fire Marshal's office to assist.
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Ottawa
Lawrence Brooks
Olathe
Robert Kile
Don Finch
Richard Pearson
Willow
Seventh and
Ash
Richard Cannady
Fertilizer Supply Steady Now in Kansas Wheat Belt
Kansas wheat farmers preparing to plant the 1976 crop report ample fertilizer supplies at prices below last year. Anhydrous ammonia runs about 200 to 210 dollars per ton versus 245 to 260 a year ago, with warnings that shortages may return as natural gas supplies tighten. Experts say current relief may be temporary and nitrogen shortages could recur by spring.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
John Blythe
Kansas Farm Bureau
Blythe
Frank Mosier
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Mosier
Gene Comeau
Kansas City
Wall Street settles modestly after slow pace decline
The Dow at noon fell 1.25 to 834.72 while losers outnumbered gainers 54 to 0 on the NYSE. The American Exchange value index edged up 0.06 to 85.51 and the NYSE composite slipped 0.09 to 45.47.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Time Is Ripe For Inventions
New York AP report outlines how newspapers spark inventors ideas as unemployment rises spurring more people to tinker. Peska notes a 38 percent rise in ideas in six months while retirees and especially women join the field. Common themes include housewares, safety items, automotive products, and a pet seat belt harness.
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New York
Lawrence Peska
Peska
Former Ottawan Perrill Dies In Wichita
Robert Wilson Perrill, a retired funeral director who left Ottowa in the 1930s for Madison where he ran a funeral home, died August 31 in Wichita. Survivors include his widow Lou and son Daniel of Meadville, Pa. The World War I Veterans Barracks 2253 will meet with their wives for a luncheon and business meeting at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at the L and M Buffet.
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Robert Wilson Perrill
Wichita
Perrill
Madison
Lou
Daniel
Meadville
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Harry S. Valentine
Princeton
Phil Pritchard
Ray Brown
James Brittain
Don McMillen
Clyde Johnson
Willis E. Valentine Jr
Mildred Cochrane
Wellsville
Ida E. Ball
N. Cedar
George H. Schmoe
Richmond
Mabel Henry
Box
Delbert Stevenson
Charles Davis
James Warnock
Cedar
Ralph Hopkins
Pomona
Mark Walter
Edna Richardson
Larry ~ Graham
Quenemo
Donald W. Wheeler
Roy Glover
Pecan
Rhonda Shields
Joseph Alexander
Lane
Ronald DeCock
Bath
Glenn Diedel
Hickory
Dennis Griffin
Apple Lane
Galen Gentry
Ronald Hartpence
S. Walnut
Robert English
N. Mulberry
Douglas Underwood
S. Elm
Police News
Marta Sancho
S. Mulberry
North Pence’s
City of Williamsburg
Larry Kendall
State of Kansas
Roy David Young
Scott Service Station
Roy Ingram
Board of Trade
Ad Briefs
Beautyland
Helene Curtis
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Herald
Herald I.D
East Kansas Insulation Service
Ben Nitcher
Wall Street
Patent Office
H & R Block
East Central
FORRES@eM Tax School
N. Main St
Dave Miller
Joe Ferns
Camron- Towner Chapel, Inc
North Main
Damron
Towner
Jan Damron
Paul Damron
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