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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1959
Page
2
Editorial warns of fear after a well liked farm woman is murdered on her rural porch. A former handyman, seen as a loner, is arrested after a manhunt. The piece questions how communities identify potentially dangerous people and who should judge them.
A worker complains of weeds growing strong after a sunlit summer and a weary season. The piece notes water grass flourishing and weeds thickening on yards and public property along roads. Suggests a fall cleanup as spring cleanup time seems off.
A witty column notes on office vice presidents and explanations, a Europe trip summary with a lone lounge scene, a neighbor’s fete comparison to death, and jokes about encores as repeats plus a Paris embezzlement case. Khrushchev weather quips, education memories, and Florida swimmer earns praise.
A devotional note cites Matthew 5 10 and offers a prayer thanking God for the call to make Christ known. It asks for grace to witness by daily life so that others may come to love and serve God, ending with Amen.
Dr Molner explains many pains resembling arthritis are not arthritis at all. Mechanic strain, poor footwear, excess weight, or fibs from nerves can mimic arthritis. true acute rheumatoid arthritis is obvious and requires care. A case where fear outweighed symptoms shows evaluation is key and reassurance helps.
Auld Lang Syne reports a black widow found in a potato patch displayed in a glass jar at the Herald office. Births noted include a daughter to Chester and Mrs Hymes at 216 W. 6th and a son to E I Collins at 1031 S Locust. Officer Bridwell fought and overpowered a drunken arrestee. James Dunbar, Santa Fe employee, vacationing at Niagara Falls. J A Towle, Williamsburg postmaster, traveled east for a short vacation.
The Ottawa Herald page lists publication details at 106 108 S Main Ottawa Kansas with editors and publishers named. Subscription rates show in trade area by mail one month 86 cents three months 2 dollars six months 3 dollars 75 cents one year 7 dollars. outside trade area one month 1.50 three months 4.25 six months 8 dollars one year 15 dollars. The Associated Press license is noted for local news and dispatches.
A dense listing of Channel 3 ABC programs across Friday night into early morning includes news sports weather and a wide mix of cartoons dramas and comedy. Notable entries feature I Love Lucy The Phil Silvers Show Watsons and Westerns with Rawhide Gunsmoke and Wagon Train among many others.
CHAPEL HILL N C AP A Carnegie Tech scholar says a mechanical brain may someday write adult Western television shows. Dr Allen J Perlis spoke Thursday night at an international computation experts meeting.
A fragmented listing shows KOFO program blocks from early morning to afternoon including Top of the Morning, News Summaries, Weather, Serenade and Karavan segments. The guide lists assorted music and devotional slots, with multiple repeats and irregular timings.
AP Business News reports that both management and labor foresee Labor Day possibly marking a major showdown over steel and copper strikes. The Mitchell report highlights productivity, capital investment, and control as core issues, with public interest seen as a determining factor in averting a broader economic conflict.
In Groton Connecticut the Patrick Henry, second nuclear submarine capable of firing Polaris missiles, will be launched September 22. Built by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, it will be 980 feet long and displace 5,400 tons, armed with torpedoes and scheduled for completion in 1960 following the earlier George Washington launched June 9.
The Senate indicated quick passage for a large military construction bill funding armories aircraft shops hospitals and other projects totaling nearly 1% billion dollars. Objections from a single senator could have delayed, but the chamber limited debate and moved toward approval. The appropriations committee had boosted funding by over 143 million dollars beyond the prior House total, placing the bill about 24 million higher than last year’s military construction funds while still 135 million below President Eisenhower’s request.
The text notes that increases are subject to a later Senate House compromise effort prior to a final congressional passage.
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