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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1955
Page
5
Editorial salutes Ottawa League of Women Voters for helping mobilize voters in the city election. The piece notes historically low turnout in primaries and praises local effort to promote participation as a duty in a democracy.
The resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill marks the exit of the era’s final living World War II principal. Churchill, who steered Britain through its darkest hours, joined FDR and Stalin to defeat the Axis, then faced a new Cold War with renewed global tensions. His departure signals a shift to younger leadership and memorializes a pivotal historic figure.
A University of Missouri meat specialist urges farmers to market hogs with 1.5 to 18 inches back fat. He argues consumers prefer leaner levels and that producing to match shifting tastes is essential for farmer income. He compares modern needs to Ford's shift from Model Ts and notes broader trends toward leaner meat and processed foods.
Spring brings fashion talk as hundreds of men report women look good in slacks or shorts only for certain outings. The piece rails at women in slacks, notes men’s taste, and foresees bold men’s styles this summer with bright shoes, striped ties, and Hawaiian influenced shirts, inviting female comments on male attire.
A fragmented column mocks civil defense ideas, railroads losing passenger business to parking, academic pay declines, Hawaii as spring attraction, and social quips about hearing words twice, theater seals, graduates chasing flyaway careers, and a newspaper magnate expanding in St Louis for over $6 million amid taxation worries.
A dense schedule lists programs on KFEQ TV and other Kansas City outlets for Wednesday and Thursday. Highlights include Captain Video, The Edsward Show, The Perry Come Caravan, Arthur Godfrey, Jacques programs, Roughly aligned news and weather, and late night features on Channel 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, and 10.
A Wednesday broadcast grid lists KMBC WDAW WDAF stations across daytime slots with a mix of news, entertainment, sports, and talk shows. Notable items include Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, Amos and Andy, and baseball coverage. multiple stations in Kansas City area air various hosts and segments through prime time intervals.
John T. Bristow, 93, longtime editor and publisher of the Wetmore Spectator, Kansas, died at his Fresno home after a long illness. He moved to Fresno four years ago for health reasons following retirement from a corn seed business and other Wetmore activities. Survived by sister Nettie Bristow of Fresno and several nieces and nephews.
A digest of archival notes: Ottawa University choir toured 25 concerts, John Patterson and Margie Wesen were crowned king and queen at the Ottawa high school carnival, and forecasts mention snow in western Kansas. Earlier items note property purchase by I R McVey at 2078 Hickory to renovate as a funeral home, with Kansas City business trips and local visits. A Mary and Martha League meeting is listed.
Kenneth L. Worrey of Missouri files a $50 000 suit in U S District Court alleging slander by L E Weiss of Augusta Arec proponent of the measure before Kansas legislators at Topeka The action stems from the legislative controversy over the so called right to work bill.
By mail subscription options include one month three months and longer terms. The data lists rates for one month three months and yearly terms with amounts around ten dollars for longer periods reflecting area pricing.
Secretary of State Dulles answered all questions about the Yalta papers with a plain but firm no at a Washington news conference. It was his first since the American record of the wartime Big Three meeting at Yalta was released on March 16.
United Air Lines will spend four million dollars to equip 200 aircraft with airborne radar systems that penetrate heavy rainfall and reveal storm corridors for smoother flight paths.
A nurse reports a case of Mark K., 23, son of a clergyman, who rejects belief in God and attends church not at all. Psychologists cite causes from domineering parenting to internal guilt, framing atheism as an escape mechanism and urging scientific evidence over religious coercion.
The Herald records new subscriptions and removals across towns including Ottawa H D Richards M C Mulvaney C R Stankard Lawrence Mages Ivan Brittingham James Petersen Homewood Harry Funk Wells ville Hirschel Murphy Williams burg D E Doyle Harry Tucker Roy Herring Pomona Robert Steele and H Jones Richmond Raymond Wagoner Quenemo Clarence Swallow B H Hale W K Bitts Bald win Ernest Kaub J Wintermantel and mentions the Yellow River in China as China’s Sorrow due to floods.
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