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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1958
Page
2
In an editorial tone the piece notes Bob Hope’s Oscar quip about theaters being empty while TV grows, and laments industry shifts toward television. It questions current movie quality and cites weekend fare like Cool And The Crazy Dragstrip Riot Tyrantula Dig That Uranium to illustrate limited appeal.
A 4.2 mile toll free connector linking the Kansas turnpike with its Oklahoma counterpart opens tomorrow. Traffic on the Kansas road should rise, aiding the turnpike finances which have not yet broken even. A future front door link to Missouri will further boost traffic and help repay bonds.
A collection of quirky social observations from a local column. The piece notes a man forgetting $41 in a change bag after a delivery, discusses carpeted banking floors and the quiet dignity of small cash drops, and playfully catalogs spring tidbits from neighborly storage to Cuba tourism. It also mocks political cynicism and mentions a local town importing a speaker for $750 with a later quote about three $100 speeches. A beer-blended comment on Elvis and a GI haircut closes the note.
Readers are urged to balance fear with science as polio season nears. The piece notes past vaccine shortages, the shift from three to possibly four shots, and the need for boosters. It emphasizes timing before epidemics and cites annual immunization considerations. It also includes a reader question about a lump and constipation guidance with a booklet offer.
A Missouri man picked up a hitchhiker to have someone to talk to and decided future plans should involve talking to himself. Orval Faubus could not stop Oscar Robertson from playing and Robertson scored 58 points against Arkansas. The rumor about Uncle Milt joining the unemployed is false, and he merely appears so. Delilah supposedly tried saving money by cutting Samson’s hair.
A brief prayer invoking Matthew 5 44 45 style teachings asks for guidance to love enemies and do good in God’s name. The speaker seeks divine assistance to act with Thy love and to be born of Thee through Jesus Christ.
A vocational agriculture dairy heifer judging team from Ottawa High School traveled to Parsons to compete. Members include Milo Jones Glen Lancaster George Lis ter Albert Mages Phil Mosher Raymond Byran Lamar Ferrer and Maynard Reinecke. An Ottawa district highway supervisor E P Pendleton drove into a ditch in heavy rain on US 73W south of Ottawa. E E Gabbar of Ottawa entered an old fiddlers contest on a Kansas City radio program. Ottawa University nears its 43rd anniversary. B D eBnnett showed a team of iron grey horses on an ice wagon. Young Boy Church visited his father in Richmond and brought back a young jackrabbit for domestication.
A dense list of TV slots and show titles across channels including Channel 4 NBC CBS ABC with programs like Mickey Mouse Bride News Weather Sport and Theatre hour by hour. Names such as Gordon HAtott Beott Inland Charien Boyer Garry Moore and Jane Wyman appear among the listings.
HAL BOYLE notes the odds of couples reaching a golden wedding have improved from 123 per 1,000 marriages in 1900 to 296 per 1,000 today. The column lists assorted observations on culture, health, and society, from hospitals and aging to fashion, dogs in caves, and a Kansas City insurance ad, in a brisk columnist’s miscellany tone.
Individuals aged 60 to 80 are invited to complete an entire transaction by mail with no obligation and no calls required. The wording emphasizes mail handling and convenience for seniors seeking a simple process.
In Charleston West Virginia Mrs. Thomas Shrewsbury of Ni tro reported her seven children all developed measles simultaneously. Thomas age 7, Sandra 6, Joseph 5, Steven 4, Terry 2, Jeanette 8 and Sharon 15 months showed spots before the family’s eyes.
The American Assn. of Fund-Raising Counsel reports religious construction in 1957 reached 864 million dollars, up 13 percent from 1956, with hospital construction totaling 505 million dollars, 54 percent higher. Overall gift-supported institutions’ assets climb to nearly 44 billion dollars.
Mrs. Anna M. Elkins spotted a possum in her hen house scaring 13 chickens. She blinded the animal with a flashlight long enough to drive the hens out, then locked the possum inside.
Raymond Zillmer of Milwaukee believes a white birch he found near Mud Lake in the Cedarburg swamp north of the city is the largest in the country. He reports a 7 ft 9 in circumference and about 62 ft in height and has sent the measurements to the American Forestry Association for verification.
Fred Campbell runs a saddle repair shop and holster making business in Elizabeth for 48 years. He takes orders from eastern customers for hand-tooled saddles priced at 175 dollars or more. Children are his best customers for the gun holsters, and he also operates a hardware store with no six guns in stock.
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