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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1958
Page
2
Franklin County commissioners respond to a local editorial proposing a modern courthouse and city county combined offices. They argue against new construction due to nursing home, flood control, school bond debts, and a proposed perpetual building fund. They defend the 1893 courthouse as adequate and note the deed limits the land to county buildings.
A miscellaneous column notes a local merchant overpaying postage after sending statements with three cent stamps, a customer who got six cents back but skipped paying his bill, and brief items from Kansas City and Ottawa. It mentions Fanfani in Italy, plans for a moon-rocket test, Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain’s career shift, political no-shows in a Kansas governor race, press influence, Russia’s propaganda radios, John A. Simpson’s farm picnic speech, the Pomona IOOF picnic, Miss Winifred Wolf’s tonsil operation, Mary Ferguson’s Kansas City trip, and Charles Morgan wearing a derby hat on the Fredonia plug.
A reader seeks guidance on a four year old boy who speaks little beyond Da and bye. Dr Molner notes wide variation in development schedules and urges speech clinic evaluation to identify causes such as retardation brain injury deafness or overprotective parenting. He suggests contacting local clinics via doctor health department or school officials for corrective training and next steps.
A devotional prayer pleads for divine aid to find strength when faith falters. It cites Luke 15 4 and asks for God's light presence inward courage and sustained victory through Christ.
A dense listing shows Channel 4 to 13 programs across the day including cartoons, news, sports, dramas, and game shows. Notable entries include Mickey Mouse, Zorro, Dragnet, Playhouse 90, The Price Is Right, and The Tonight lineup with morning and late night blocks.
Atty. Gen. John Anderson ruled a new State Board of Probation and Parole rule invalid. It would have allowed life-term prisoners to be parole eligible after 10 years served. He said the board may grant parole only after the minimum term plus good time credits. The ruling applies to life terms with no other established minimum, not where clemency set a minimum. Thirty six inmates were to be heard later this month under the rule.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates and mailing details with options for inside and outside trade areas. Rates include one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75, and one year 7 dollars, with higher prices for outside trade area.
A detailed KOFO broadcast schedule lists morning, afternoon, and evening programs including Top of the Morning News Weather and Music blocks. The day features multiple News Summaries and feature slots like Saturday Serenade and Varsity Drag with periods for farm programming and church notes.
New York author Rona Jaffe, 26, hopes to become a top novelist with The Best of Everything to be published next month. Advance copies total about 30,000. movie rights sold for 100,000. Jaffe, a Radcliffe graduate, left her job to write about five working girls, loneliness, and modern love amid changing values. She believes what defeats a woman is not being loved and that happiness is found in partnership, not only a career.
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