Editorial predicts farmers reject wheat marketing quotas this summer
Editorial Rep Cliff Hope forecasts farmers will vote against marketing quotas for wheat, prompting elimination of price supports. He argues a rejection ends parity subsidies, leads to unrestricted planting, lower farm incomes in Kansas, and erosion-control risks, questioning the wisdom of scrapping the current program without a ready replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Hope
Secretary of Agriculture
Hope
Kansas
Ottawa university marks 90th birthday milestone
The Privilege Is Ours notes Ottawa’s oldest continuing institution, chartered April 21, 1865, as it celebrates 90 years. It highlights community value, long-standing attendance, and the university’s role in drawing students from across the U S and abroad, praising its impact on Ottawa’s quality of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University Goon
Ottawa
University
South Main repaving planned. local Cub Scout interest rises
A city project to repave South Main from 15th to 15th was approved years ago, with progress noted as two blocks of alley gutter completed on North Locust. Amid civic updates, Cub Scouting interest grows. 1930s vehicle tag enforcement begins. barley and soybean farming outlook mentioned. local residents Bert Hudson and G W Saunders family notices appear alongside family visits.
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South Main
North Locust
Too High Falutin Graduation Speeches Critique
A columnist urges shorter commencement talks held in May classrooms. He criticizes polished language, advises down to earth messages about farm life and small towns, and recommends speeches under twenty minutes to aid recall for graduates and parents.
THIS AND THAT Fitting Climax
Churchill has read his obituaries as his career nears a climactic close. May is a month of TV references from Easter Parade to White Christmas. Radioactivity in Ohio River water reportedly follows hydrogen bomb explosions in the Pacific. Topeka zoo adds boa constrictors iguana parrot toucan and three monkeys. Zoo keeper jokes about cost and animals. State Dept says more housewives apply for passports than any other group. People are funny about everyday risks and technology. Color television seems near universal but may require heavy servicing. In Chicago two youths are arrested for holding up a loan shark. The charge? Unfair competition.
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Far
Pacific
Ohio River
Unit Learned About Ironing by Local H D A Members
The Better Living H D A met Tuesday with Mrs. Wittman leading the ironing lesson. Members shared sewing and quilting activity notes as the May meeting is set with Mrs. Chambers. A Mother Daughter banquet with western theme followed by performances featured students in various acts.
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Joe Wittman
St. There
Arathy Kipper
Mraitt McDonald
Richmond
H. D. A. Mets
Delmar Bowman
Mary Dean Holle
Kenneth Bowman
Mmes
Bennie Stinson
Clifford Briggs
Elsie Mctlinte
Herbie Wolfe
Doris Wolfe
Bob Kuiken
Harold Guy
James Greishar
Louis Flowers
Don Easton
Eugene Bump
Jerry Milchelt
Albert Mr
Herb McClureen Dunbar
Glen Lewis
Louis Riebe
Allen DeGarmo
Retired Man Seeks Outlet For Ability
Gregory R age 65 after retirement asks Dr Crane what jobs suit Americans past 65. He urges seniors to assist churches and communities by visiting, organizing talent catalogs in churches, running nursery schools, and aiding voter registration, with rewarding health benefits rather than cash pay.
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Gregory R
Gregory
Church Land Nation
Dr. Crane
Hopiting Syndicate
Melott
Ind
Hoi
Homewood Friendly Club Hosts All Day Meeting
Mrs E E Hendrix and Mrs Ruth Ratliff entertained the Friendly Club at an all day meeting Wednesday at the Hendrix home. Dinner was served at noon cafeteria style. Those present were Mrs Pete Henry Geiler and San.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hendrix
Ruth Ratliff
Friendly Club
Hendrix
Pete Henry Geiler
San
Ottawa Herald Broadcast Schedule Fragment
A fragment from the Ottawa Herald lists TV and radio programming across channels, with times and shows for April 23 24 and surrounding days. It includes Western Theatre, Jackie Gleason, Ozark Jubilee, Captain Video, and many other programs, plus weather and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Theatre
Fider
Unas
Bowlin
Molen
Shakespears
K.cg
Jackie Gleason
Inner Sanctum
Corliss Archer
Radio schedule highlights from Brush Creek area
A dense listing of radio programs and times across KMBC KMEC WDAF and related stations for Monday April 4 including news weather sports variety acts and musical features. The schedule mentions hosts Amos and Andy Gene Autry and the Band of America plus multiple regional references and audience notices.
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Amy Venderbitt
Arthur Godfrey
Sheilah Graham Stunny
Nest
Guiding Light
feeNcamma
Kathleen Coster
Dally Dousie
Robert Q. Lowie
KMEC
Rudy Vallee
WDAF
KMBC
Rudy Valnee
KNEC
Gene Autry
Waar
Pibiae McGee
Maot
Morgen Beatty
EMSC
Henry Taylor
EMBC
Keen
KTJO
RMBC
Godfrey Etto—Relletous
Porry Como
Broadway
Arta
Band of America
Amos and
Andy
WDA
Metine
Tenn
Emile Erjo
Poundtable
Wdaf—Winze Tomorrow
Emec—Orchestra
Melody Lane
Wdaf—News
EMEC
News From Rantoul and Surroundings
Rantoul notes include Mrs Gale Gilbert and Harry Hendrix visiting relatives during a weekend visit from Great Lakes Naval while stationed there. The piece mentions Mr and Mrs Max Wilkerson, cousins and friends in Rantoul, along with Mr and Mrs Roy Beck and other local names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hendrix
Max Wilkerson
Great Lakes Naval
Kansas City
Mra. Chester
E. E. Hendrix
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Naval Base
Roy Beck
Church Names New Officers North Baptist church
North Baptist church elected officers for May 1955 to January 1956 with Clarence Keith as moderator and Max Shoemaker as assistant moderator. Deacons, junior deacons, trustees, treasurer, building fund treasurer, church clerk, head usher, pianist, Sunday school leaders and board members listed. aviation fact placed after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Baptist Church
Clarence Keith
Max Shoemaker
C. L. Kirkendall
Harry Pratt
Floyd Perkins
Don Blunt
Claron Coble
Jimmie Richardson
Wesd Ay Dyer
Clifford Slipp
Robert Barnhisel
Frank Wise
Fred Kaub
Clifford Stipp
Clarence Teath
Ruth Christy
Emmett Taylor
Patsy Richardson
Wilma Shipps
Harald Schamann
Board of Education
A. D. Dyer
Wesley Dyer
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