In The Growing: Cooperative religious education sessions
Six local churches organize a Sunday afternoon workshop series titled In The Growing for those in religious education. Sessions run 2 to 5 p.m. starting Sept 14 at First Baptist Church, with talks by Bill Ballinger, Jack Bushman, and Olin Gladman among others. A $2 registration, luncheon at 1 p.m. before each session, about 40 registered.
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First Baptist Church
Episcopal
First Baptist
First Christian
First United Methodist
Sacred Heart Catholic
Westminster Presbyterian
Dick Fears
the Baptist Church
Bill Ballinger
Ottawa University
First United Methodist Church
Sacred Heart
Jack Bushman
University of Kansas
Olin Gladman
Ken Woods
U.S.C. 290
Sacred Heart School
Fears
Ford Vows Mo Ran Throngs in Kansas City Swing
President Ford raised about 125000 dollars for Missouri and Kansas Republicans in Kansas City area appearances. About 300 donors met him in Overland Park while 650 more paid 100 dollars each in Kansas City to hear the speech identical to the earlier reception. Ford teased Kansas Governor Bennett and praised Dole and Pearson. He quipped about a bedspread deal for the governor’s mansion and noted Missouri football at Michigan. Dole pressed for reasons Frizzell was not interior secretary.
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Kansas City
Ford
Missouri
Kansas
Michigan
Kansas Republican Party
Overland Park
U.S
Bob Dole
Kent Frizzell
Soviet Union
Ron Nelsen
Dole
James B. Pearson
Pearson
Overland Park Hotel
Larry Winn Jr
Garner Shriver
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Cedar Crest
Kansas Executive Mansion
Kansas Governor’s
Christopher Bond
Bond
Ann Arbor
Mich
Washington
White House
Rural Girl Shot In Ottawa County Farm Area
A 13 year old girl Penny Harris of Ottawa RFD 4 was shot in the groin Friday afternoon. She is in satisfactory condition at Ransom Memorial Hospital. A man about 6-1 wearing a red ski mask green shirt yellow gloves and jeans fired a .410 shotgun from the house area and fled. An extensive search by local and state authorities including Kansas Highway Patrol Ottawa Police and KBI failed to locate the suspect.
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Penny Harris
Dewayne Harris
Ottawa
RFD
Franklin County Sheriff's
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ottawa Police Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Noxious weed supervisor recalls World War II flying with Hope
Warren Wakeman of Franklin County, the county noxious weed supervisor, recounts flying duties during World War II with Bob Hope and Jack Benny among dignitaries. He recalls three missions from Algiers to Cairo, Nice to Paris in 1945, and a Paris landing that left the troupe ill. He keeps a signed short snorter as a reminder and later became a farmer near the Franklin-Miami county line, teaching his focus on weed control.
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Joan Ist
Warren Wakeman
Franklin County
Franklin- Miami
Wakeman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
George S. Patton
Hope
Inlaw
W. W. Whitcomb
Algiers
Cairo
Stubby Kaye
al Jolson
Lili Pons
Andre Kostelantez
Jerry Colona
Navy
Gillralter
Nice
Paris
Mercy
Air Force
Kansas State University
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Church
Frizzell
Senate
Thomas Kleppe
Small Business Administration
House
House Intelligence Committee
Middle East
Defense Intelligence Agency
Egypt
Sinai
Israel
Europe
Clay County
Iowa
Wakemans
Omaha
Neb
Spencer
Grandstand
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