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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1940
Page
2
Kent city council faces a zoning dilemma as a committee weighs extending the commercial zone. An unfavourable report next week could force businesses out of current locations and raise questions about roomers in private homes. Lawmakers termed the housing question a point to be determined by law, signaling potential court and community friction.
University students head to polls to choose class officers and decide if they will vote straight party lines or judge candidates on merit. The piece argues against straight tickets, urging voters to study platforms and qualifications and vote with confidence in their own choice. Be different.
The Kent Stater lists its publishing schedule four times weekly during the academic year and weekly in summer. It notes suspension during vacations and details second class entry in 1927 at Kent Ohio with printing by Bonsall Printing Co on 138 East Main Street.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lane Ledbetter from Jackson Mississippi pursue journalism studies at the university. They arrived with photography plans and a longing for their southern life. Marianna Ledbetter favors a pipe and worries about losing her accent while adjusting to northern customs.
Kent students report the second attempt at a women’s cooperative house on Columbus street with 11 residents. The home features study rooms, a third floor dorm, a tower with two double bunks, and a basement recreation room planned for year end. Living costs are kept low with two dollars for meals and 2.75 for room, including house mother wages and utilities. Officers are Josephine Dagg president Velma Andrews vice president Helen Janeck secretary and Gertrude DeVos treasurer. Exchange dinners are planned with local men’s houses to strengthen the cooperative network.
In Kent Ohio the city council debated opening South Lincoln for business while discussing the Mom Mac restaurant. The piece frames the issue as a test of democracy with a committee to study the matter and a pledge to accept the council’s eventual decision on Mor Mac’s future.
A historical TV radio guide lists programs from October 10 to 16 including Ed East CBS quiz nights, Believe It Or Not dramatizations, Woody Herman NBC Blue, Holy Cross at Carnegie Tech, Your Hit Parade CBS, New York Philharmonic with John Barbirolli, Helen Hayes Theatre, Ford Hour, Roosevelt campaign speech, Blondie and Gene Krupa NBC Red, We The People with Gabriel Heatter, Glenn Miller, Fred Allen, and Jan Savitt. The grid features CBS and NBC network airings with times and star names.
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