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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1955
Page
2
A jumble of notes discusses Topeka property taxes high relative to assessed values, a stinging view of Kansas levies, plus a string of witty vignettes on cars, politics, Bermuda shorts, and postwar life. It ends with a Personal diary style recount of a leisure weekend with family, breakfast in bed, a fishing trip, and a neighborly visit.
Diary entry two weeks old describes a morning in a mountain cabin. At 7 a.m. the host stirs, rises, dons robe and slippers, and shuffles to the living room to start a fire in the fireplace. The house is cold yet the writer remains indoors and contemplative.
Auld Lang Syne era memories recall pool admission dropping from 25 to 20 cents. Scout troops camped in the park while M Ward Bayless resigned as Franklin County social welfare director. Charles Dale left the police force after 25 years. The 4 H camp met at the Kiwanis site northeast of town as the city drew from an emergency water supply. Ottawa Milling displayed a wagon on the streets. H E Beller planned stove and tinware stock at his Main Street shop. Ed Walton family moved to Osawatomie.
New York readers are urged to resist space travel hype as a weekend moon voyage becomes a future possibility. The piece argues against tourist ships to the moon, praising the moon’s distance and quiet, warning that pushy plans could spoil wonder and provoke hostility toward space exploration.
Washington Atty. Gen. Brownell asked the Subversive Control Board to order the American Peace Crusade based in New York City to register as a Communist front organization. He had placed the group on his subversive list two years earlier.
A sensational 1920s style column recounts Alicia A. a 26 year old newspaper worker entangled with a masculine roommate and a male editor. It claims childhood events shaped Alicia into a bisexual state later influenced toward heterosexuality by willpower. The piece promotes a booklet and psychological charts from The Hopkins Syndicate.
Roseburg Oregon saw a grudge race as the Pony Express anchor man finished seven minutes behind a night train after a half hour head start. The race ran along the highway from Eugene to Roseburg with frequent mount changes, ending early Sunday. Moderate precipitation near Mount Olympus in northwest Washington State adds to regional weather notes.
A dense listing of channel by channel programs for Aug 3 including 2 Sports 4 This is the City 8 Comics Club 13 Superman and late night shows across KFEQ WDAF KOMO KMBO and KMBC. It notes air times and host names such as Vaughn Monroe Guy Lombardo and Amos and Andy with cartoonish variety.
A detailed list of programs across WDAF and KMBC for Wednesday and Thursday, naming time slots and show titles such as Truth or Consequences, Captain Video, Sheriff’s sports, and Frankie Laine. Includes cartoons, variety acts, and news segments with hosts and program blocks across 4 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. slots.
Wichita Kansas special story reports Mrs. Ralph Wildman a 41 year old woman from 1423 North Santa Fe entered St Francis Hospital with a complaint of a tumor and delivered a five pound two ounce baby girl in a surprising turn of events.
A laborer and his wife arrived at a hospital emergency room where examination found no tumor and she was sent to the maternity ward. At 5 26 p m, 30 minutes after arrival, she delivered her sixth child, Irene Kay, with both mother and baby reported doing well. Ambulance drivers recalled that the couple had doubted the possibility of a birth. A hospital spokesman confirmed the mother did not know she was expecting. The article notes Cabeza de Vaca as the first white man to cross Texas.
Hutchinson special report examines the surge of small loan offices after the Kansas Consumer Loan Act. It notes rapid entry into towns like Lawrence and Emporia, outlines interest caps, risks of balloon notes, and the new state small loan commission enforcing fairness.
Washington reports private physicians and public health agencies will begin polio vaccination of children aged five to nine this month. The Public Health Service allocated 846000 shots, with distribution to states based on need and updates as more vaccine is produced and cleared for use. The National Foundation for Infants Paralysis has received nearly all manufactured vaccine for its free school immunization program, with three million cubic centimeters more needed to finish this fall.
A list of 32 new vehicles registered in Franklin County was released at the county treasurer's office. The owners include Margaret Mitchell with a Studebaker sedan in Ottawa routes and Jimmie Eichinger with a Pontiac tudor in Pomona, among many others from Ottawa area and outside, listing makes such as Buick, Chevrolet, Ford, Olds, DeSoto, and more. The compilation names owners, vehicle makes, and general locations like Wellsville, Williamsburg, Princeton, Lane, and Richmond.
In Sedgwick County jail are five youths who allegedly took part in forcibly raping a 15-year-old girl late Saturday. One was held as a material witness. Deputies seek a sixth youth. victims named as Josephine M. Perez, 15, of 514 S. Washington. Inmates: Steve Santiago, 18. Ignacio Guerrero, 19. Jesse Benavente, 18. Ignatius E. Guerrero, 18. Louie Valdes, 18.
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