Selection from Ottawa Library Bestsellers List
A cluttered catalog of bestsellers and titles appearing to mix fiction and non fiction. Authors include Rossner Susann Michener Clavell Buchheim Hailey and Bugliosi. Items span Looking for Mr. Goodbar Ragtime Shogun Centennial and The Bermuda Triangle among others.
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Benchley
Mr. Goodbar
Rossner
Susanna
Bugliosi
Peng
Yerhy
le Vleglee
Kennedy
Doctorow
Moneychangers
Hailey
Republicans choose Kansas City for 1976 convention site
The Republican Site Selection Committee backed Kansas City Kansas as the convention host, citing room shortages in Cleveland and Akron and Topeka’s travel drawbacks. Delegates would face a long commute, but the panel voted unanimously to hold the convention in Kansas City starting August 16 1976.
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Washington
Middle West
Kansas City
Cleveland
Akron
Lake Erie
Ralph Perk
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Topeka
California
GOP
Paul Haerle
Edwin G. Middleton
Kentucky
San Francisco
Miami Beach
Drys Rap Kansas Alcohol Policy Sparks University Debate
The Kansas United Dry Forces executive director denounces beer sales on campus as a public health risk, calling alcohol a top recreational drug in Kansas. He argues tax supported institutions foster addiction and disorder, urging Lawrence officials and the Regents to resist expanding beer access.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas United Dry Forces
United States
Kansas
Richard Taylor
Lawrence
Taylor
Desegregation Begins as Buses Deliver Kids to Boston Schools
Yellow school buses escorted by police brought black students to Charlestown and South Boston High Schools for a second day of desegregation. Attendance rose from Monday, with 80 blacks at Charlestown and 145 at South Boston. Demonstrations in Hyde Park yielded an arrest for disorderly conduct.
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Boston
U.S
Charlestown High School
Charlestown
South Boston High School
Hyde Park
Hyde Park High School
Costs Take Early Jump USD 287 Wrestles Funds
Pomona USD 287 Superintendent William Davison reported early budget overruns with special education costs rising to $9,000 over plan as 23 students require two buses. Income fell $6,000 short of estimates while fire extinguishers and liability coverage add costs. The board debated tennis courts and extended basketball game eligibility for financial reasons, approved several staff contracts, and noted lunchroom scheduling concerns.
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Joanistas
Davison
Relative Calm Around Louisville Schools
In Jefferson County Louisville area police and nearly 1,000 National Guardsmen monitor schools after four days of antibusing violence. Demonstrations banned by Judge Gordon and Mayor Sloane. About 68 percent of students expected to enroll, but 95 of 555 bus drivers and 84 of 6,300 teachers did not report. Desegregation order remains in effect for 26,000 of 135,000 students.
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Pomona
Williamsburg
Louisville
Jefferson County
Russell McDaniel
U. S. District Court
James F. Gordon
Gordon
Ford Nominates Kleppe for Interior Secretary
President Ford names Thomas S. Kleppe administrator of the Small Business Administration to be secretary of the interior. Kleppe, 56, a Republican and former North Dakota congressman, would replace Stanley Hathaway who resigned July 25 for health reasons.
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Washington
Ford Today
Thomas S. Kleppe
Small Business Administration
Interior
Kleppe
North Dakota
Stanley K. Hathaway
Four-Year-Old Beaten to Death in Houston
Police quoted the three children aged 9, 11 and 12 who said Punkin was bad and pounded him with fists feet and whipped him with bells until he died. The victim was Robert Hillard Battles four. An autopsy showed blows to head chest and abdomen. His brother Daven five was also beaten but in fair condition. The Battles children two relatives and a neighbor were involved. The family had moved into a house where the body was found on a pallet in the living room Sunday morning with two adult women working as maids at the time of the final attacks.
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Houston
Punkin
Robert Hillard Battles
Daven
Battles
Rosemary Johnson Battles
Hearing Notice in Probate Court for Dawkins Estate
In the Probate Court of Franklin County Kansas a hearing is set on the estate of Olin E Dawkins deceased. Mildred Fogle executrix seeks approval of acts final settlement will construction of will and closing of administration with discharge and release. Defenses must be filed by September 24 1975 at 10 a.m. in Ottawa Kansas. Robert L Pinet attorney for executrix P O Box 308 Ottawa KS 66067.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Olin E. Dawkins
State of
Mildred Fogle
Ottawa
Ildred Fogle
Olln E. Dawkins
Robert L. Pinet
P.O
Kan
Ottawa White Shrine Assembly Notice
Ottawa White Shrine No 19 and Ottawa Council No 18 R and S M No 5. Stated assembly scheduled for Wednesday September 10 at 7 p.m. at the Ottawa meeting place. Members urged to attend.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Council
R.&s5
Ottawa Lodge No
A.F
A.M
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Sylvia Porter
Ken
Bermuda Triangle
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14Th Street
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Cindy Montague
Ford
Tom Kleppe
Bismarck
N.D
Congress
Orth Dakotan
Ident Binet
Hathaway
Shawnee High School
Éth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ottawa Herald
Business and Professional Guide
Optometrists
James A. Eaton, D
Optometrist
Olin G. Wollen, DD
Pharmacists
RAREY
Reynolds
Rexall
John Reynolds
A-1 Cab CO
City & Top Hat Tax
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S. Main
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Main
Rodney McCl.y, D.D
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Patricia Blakesley
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Judy Hull
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S. M. Brockway
L. J. Matney
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic
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Ralph E. Taylor
RFD
Ottawa, Kansas
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Hawkins & O'Hara Construction Co., Inc
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Johnson
S. Cedar
Howse
Richardson’s
Hazel Triplett
W.H.P. Lanah
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W.S
Benjamin Carter
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Harry Brink
H.P
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Sec’y
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Wright
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Back Door
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Inquire
Gregg
Adult Education Center
Garfield
Ottawa Co-Op Association
Larry Harms
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