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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1957
Page
2
Franklin County residents press ahead with plans for a Mental Health Clinic after a state enabling act. The Clinic Committee seeks about 10 000 dollars via a quarter mill levy and surveys, but has turned to an entertainment project headlined by Prof. George Singer to raise seed funds.
A DC-3 carrying 23 passengers and a three-person crew from Prescott to Phoenix plunged 4000 feet after a downdraft last Sunday. Left wing section, 10 to 12 feet, broke off but the plane still made a routine landing in Phoenix. The incident underscores DC-3 durability despite aging production.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for in trade area by mail: one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 8.75, one year 7 dollars. Outside trade area by mail: one month 1 dollar, three months 3 dollars, six months 5.50, one year 10 dollars.
Disillusionments creep in as letters mock the idea that TV watching harms eyes. A note on women drivers cites 1956 crime stats, then a shy garden prank ends with a dog burying a bone in the tomato bed.
Auld Lang Syne in May 1929 saw John N. Reed of Ottawa launch a bottle with his name into Marais des Cygnes river later found in 1932 by Clarence Buhran of Fontana Kas. Also noted are a new rain gauge by Dr George W Davis a plumbing coffee can funnel and glass bottle design improvements. Ed Cannon Santa Fe lineman improving after illness. Ottawa post office addition excavation progresses. Rose M Burtch obtains permit for a porch at 807 Main. Walter Davenport recovering from a football knee injury. Ottawa meeting planned to discuss a boys club formation. Ottawans plan Kansas City trip to see David Warfield in The Music Master. Mr and Mrs George Evans of Imes move to Washington State. Congregational Church improvements slated including a raised church with basement kitchen and dining area.
A short prayer seeks grace for the last hour to behold the Saviour's face and for a forgiven soul to find happiness in Christ. It echoes biblical verses and asks for divine mercy. The prayer emphasizes faith, salvation, and spiritual comfort in dying moments.
A fragmentary TV listings page lists programs and time slots across Friday and Saturday including Dr N Ventor Laure and Hardy News Xavier Cugat Blondie Clooney On Trial Big Story Boxing Western Tonight. Multiple show titles appear with varied start times and channels, creating a dense early evening to late night guide. The chaotic OCR mix preserves numerous program names like Serenade Living Word Meet the Press Frontiers Odyssey World Report and Steve Allen, but specifics blur due to formatting errors.
A fragmented radio schedule lists programs across KCMO and WDAF stations for Saturday April 26. Entries include AM and FM shows such as Grand Ole Opry, Mitch Miller, Philharmonic, Catholic Hour, News and Sports, and local news anchors. The text reads like a timetable with call signs, program titles, and time cues though many items are garbled.
Mrs Merle Jenson and children visited Herrington over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Dolly Cade and daughters. Dale Galatia of Topeka joined Sunday at the Cade home. Easter dinner guests at W E McCloskey's included T A Fleck and daughter Carol of Edgerton and Clifford Keller of Osage City. Frank Dickey, long at Winter General Hospital, shows improvement though bedfast. Bertha Goss of Kansas City stayed with Paul and Lucille Laubach Tuesday night and Wednesday. Olin James and family attended a funeral in Dodge City on Sunday.
Dan A Kimball 62 former Secretary of the Navy under Truman and head of Aerojet General faces divorce suit from wife Dorothy alleging extreme cruelty. They separated November 24 after 31 years of marriage and have no children.
Case U 365 describes Harvey H. and wife debating whether to support their married daughter and son-in-law. The couple fears undermining early marriage by ongoing remittances yet contemplates safe assistance such as a modest down payment on a home. The guidance cautions against regular cash relief and suggests structured help to foster budgeting and responsibility.
The Hopkins Syndicate column suggests a newlywed couple live on the husband’s $300 monthly income and pay the balance of their home purchase while they rent. It proposes gifts for capital investments and even a new car as a safety upgrade to aid the future grandchild, urging study of a budget booklet by sending a stamp and 20 cents.
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