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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
2
The five millionth US passenger car of 1955 rolled off the line amid strong production, with 166,000 units last week and similar rates expected this week. Auto dealers face rising uncertainty as buyers delay registrations and manufacturers push to expand market share through new retail models and mechanized trading.
The resignation follows a letter to the President blaming not wanting to embarrass the administration and Eisenhower’s reply affirming his effective service but noting use of time for private profits. The piece contrasts current and prior administrations on handling wrongdoings. It then shifts to musings on money including $2 bills, silver dollars, and penny nostalgia as the author comments on value and spending habits.
A medley of clerical and pop culture blurbs. An Oklahoma druggist advertises three cent stamps at two cents with a one per customer limit. An engineer claims a $4 billion boost could land a space ship on the moon though no money buys a place to spend there. Paris fashion shifts from flat befores to broad shouldered hipless outfits. Automations may end coffee breaks by 1980 as robots run factories. People seek global business moves and market chatter continues.
A 15 year old note recalls Wheat at 60 cents on the local market while light showers temper a heat wave. Battery B departs for a three week encampment at Wankon Minnesota. 25 years ago Olin Minckley rides the city’s new motorcycle. Registration opens for the Kansas Baptist Assembly. Mrs. H A Keller of Norwood visits. Emancipation Day observed in Forest Park by the colored community. John Durst sells a gasoline engine to Albert Heidigger for the farm. North Ottawa WCTU meets with Mrs. Jessie Baughman on North Main.
Walter Seid, 33, works as a whisky tester for 21 Brands Inc guiding consumers away from weak or lye-like flavors. He examines 50 plus whiskies weekly without swallowing samples and notes trends toward light-bodied blends with many component whiskies in each.
Washington notes the Senate Investigations Subcommittee says its inquiry into Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott's outside business activities has been satisfactorily resolved with his resignation.
Dr George W Crane offers home tutoring steps to raise a struggling 11 year old reader Benny A. Parents should praise efforts, use 15 minute sugar coated sessions, flash cards for words and multiplication, and let reading aloud involve chores or comics. Aims to boost morale and reading by family teamwork and short, engaging practice.
Friday to Sunday listings across KFEQ FV WDAF KOMU KMBC WIBW and KMBC detail time slots for Surprise Package Comiclub Studio 13 Doug Edwards Hal's Guest Room Wally's Show Topper Playhouse of Stars and many others. Major stations include WDAF KMBC WIBW KMOU and KMBO with events like News for You Weather Tonight and Lone Wolf and Ames Brothers.
TOPEKA The Big and Little Arkansas Rivers offer no ready solution to Wichita water problems a state authority said today. Dwight Metzler director and chief engineer of the Sanitation Division of the State Board of Health spoke at a meeting of principals in the controversy over Wichita’s water supply. Kenneth Speir Newton attorney for Central Kansas Water Conservation Assn said the Little Arkansas could be developed for surface flow with supplemental wells if adequate water treatment is used. The water from the main Arkansas could not be used for infants due to potential intestinal upset. The meeting focused on sources of water other than those beneath farm areas that have faced protests and litigation against Wichita’s use of that supply.
A fragmented OCR snippet names Harris Dos Huls Guy Bnadaker Don Shipman Howard Hoadley and editorial staff roles such as Editor in Chief Managing Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager and Mechanical Superintendent reflected in a newspaper masthead.
The 10th Circuit upheld a Federal District Court ruling in favor of Wichita over a water rights condemnation dispute. City officials said the court found Wichita complied with Kansas law in condemning land for a 66 inch water pipeline, rejecting farmers claims that publication notice was insufficient and the land improperly taken.
A letter from Maison, France, comments on a court case over using private Wichita Water Co. water supply via a pipeline from a natural underground reservoir. The piece notes a federal panel’s ruling in February allowing the city to proceed while risking court outcomes, and praises local newspaper staff.
A 15 year old Lagos resident Ganin Ade Akinola asks The Herald to publish his name and address for pen pal exchanges with Americans in Ottawa. He notes interest in sports, cultural exchange, and trading African products for U.S. goods, and promises air mail replies.
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