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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1967
Page
4
A community reunion will be held Sunday September 24 at the Ottawa Youth Center with a basket dinner at 11 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring their own table service and join the program afterward.
Listings show garage and yard sales on Sept 21 to 23 at addresses including 1605 Orchard Drive and 726 W 5th with items such as electronics clothing shoes and furniture. Also noted are antique sales at 113 E 3rd 224 Maple 1403 Maple and services like piano tuning and a free ham and bean supper hosted by Pomona Lions Club at Pomona City Park.
A cold front crossed Kansas bringing cooler drier air and potential fair weather into the weekend after storms Tuesday night. Funnel clouds were seen over Munden Clifton and near Silver Lake. A tornado touched down near Belleville damaging three abandoned farm buildings. Rain totals reached up to 1.67 inches in Cottonwood Falls with most eastern Kansas seeing 0.5 to 2 inches. Temperatures today expected mid to upper 70s in the north.
At Ottawa city commission, discussion on paving Willow Street from Seventh to Ninth reemerged after a petition by local property owners. City attorney deemed the filing not legally formed though signed, allowing an expression of desire. Mayor Williamson and commissioners weighed street width and material, noting a 24-foot base may need widening to 28 feet and contrasting brick base with asphalt or concrete.
In the District Court of Franklin County Kansas V C Campbell administrator of Fred Martin deceased plaintiff vs Julia Hicks defendant case No 23 427. By order of sale I the Sheriff will sell at public auction at the west front door Ottawa on Oct 24 1967 at 2 pm the real estate described Lot 10 and North 50 feet of E 1/2 Lot 12 Block 1 Fitts Place Addition Ottawa to the City of Ottawa Franklin County Kansas. Sale without redemption and no bid below two thirds of appraised value plus costs. Joe Ferns Sheriff Bowers & Bowers Attorneys for Plaintiff.
A year after U.S. and OAS forces ended the 1965 Dominican crisis, the Caribbean nation reports a quieter scene though political stability remains distant. The 82nd Airborne left in 1966 after peaking with about 24,000 troops. fears of renewed fighting linger amid ARRESTS and detentions of PRD opponents and army pressure on Juan Bosch's party.
The Daily Report lists numerous local offenders with charges ranging from driving with a suspended license and expired plates to DUI and careless driving. Pleas include guilty, not guilty, and continuations with bonds posted from $10 to $75, and several trial dates set for late September to October. Also note obituaries for Paul Barrett and Alfred Claibourn with funeral details and recent admissions and dismissals at local hospitals.
A man pried open a door at the M and B restaurant south of Ottawa on a Wednesday night and stole about 50 cents from a juke box. The act was classified as second degree burglary with a five to 10 year potential sentence, the paper notes.
Classified sale listings for September include Mrs Lloyd Hoffman Farm Sale Sept 23 one p.m. 612 miles west of Baldwin Junction. Sept 25 Stocker and Feeder sale at Franklin County Sale Barn. Jack Nelson contact 966-3530 Pomona. Council Grove Livestock Auction and Osage City sales weekly. Printy and Son auctions weekly at Ottawa 1136 N Main. Sept 23 Mrs Florence K McCullough Estate Sept 30 Evalena Tyson Estate household goods Ottawa addresses and times noted.
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