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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
3
A column explains why names matter and how to remember them. It cites Jim Farley and Napoleon III, noting their methods of collecting name facts, repeating names in conversation, and associating them with appearance. The piece includes a Q A about using a boss's first name and cautions on etiquette.
An opinion piece riffs on political obituaries and public perception, suggesting politicians chase glory and name recognition. It likens private ambitions to personal affairs and cites Jim Farley as a benchmark, warning of consequences for nosiness.
Deeds recorded include Earl Hynes to Maxine Price for Lots 9-11 and 13 in Dun dee Place, Jennie Noble to Claire Kahler for Univ. Add. blocks 42-46-48, Robert F. Miller to Ivan McFadden for Lots 2-4 in Maywood Add., Lon Dietrich to Marvin Durbin for SE cor of NE 4 Sec 26 16-19, Janie Bird to Geo. W. Jones for Lots 17-19 in Block 57, Josephine Bivins to Helen S. Pinzl for S12 SE14 Sec 11 6-20, Virginia Harris to Cree Roberts for multiple lots in Block 82 Exectors D, Marie Oyer to Samuel M. Mott for Lot K Blk C Univ. Add., Fred Adamson to Tory Lee and Edgar Roberts for Lots C-D Dundee Place Add., Wesley O’Connor to Cleta Anderson for Lots 11-13-15 Blk 127, Mary A. Hamerick house to Anton Strafuss for W80 Lots 32-34-36-38 Blk 4 Garfield, Hayes Township to F. E. Moore for NE 1/2 Sec 36 15-19.
A kerosene starter blast and ensuing fire killed Betty Clark 27 and her three children Mark Marvin age 2 and Candy 11 in Clay Center. Neighbors smothered flames. one child survived outside. Mrs Clark died in Clay County Hospital. her former husband worked in Kiowa Kansas.
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru condemned Hungarian and Soviet authorities for denying UN observers and Dag Hammarskjold access to Budapest. He warned the refusal could fuel belief in deportations, and called the reported arrest of former premier Imre Nagy a serious matter.
Gen Lauris Norstad, newly named supreme allied commander in Europe, spoke in Valletta during a 14 hour tour of the British base saying NATO’s strength makes war unlikely except by accident or misunderstanding. He cited Soviet awareness of Allied destructive power as part of the deterrent and denied Western rift over Egypt invasion reflected at NATO HQ.
Five years of drought have lowered western Kansas water tables to 106 and 200 feet. W. C. Fisher of Lawrence, district engineer for the U S Geological Survey, told the Kansas Water Well Drillers Association at its annual meeting that the dropped water levels are linked to record-low river levels. Delegates elected W L Hendee of Muncie as president, E W Henkle of Garden City as president-elect and vice president, and Jim Strader of Holton as secretary treasurer.
Approximately 50 000 seats along the route for the Inaugural Parade next January will be priced from 3.50 to 10 dollars by location. The Inaugural Committee announced ticket forms are available at 1022 15th St NW Washington DC. Mail orders incur a 1 dollar handling charge per order.
Ellinwood Kansas hosted the first Ellinwood High School Invitational Debate Tournament. McPherson won the senior division led by Rod Hoover and John Matson. Meade and Winfield tied for the novice division, while Newton Manhattan and St John tied for second.
Bert E. Staley of Wellington Kansas, about 65, was fatally struck by a truck on U S 66 near Ashfork Arizona yesterday. William L Robinson of Topeka, 26, said Staley ran in front of his vehicle and was not cited.
A frigid Arctic air mass moves from Canada into the Northern Plains and Great Lakes with snow and strong winds. Forecasters expect the chill to spread east and south hitting Oklahoma Missouri and Illinois with subzero readings overnight and into the day. Snow lingers in New York Pennsylvania and New England as the front advances.
The report notes a movement toward the northeast out of Pennsylvania and western New York with a warming trend building from the eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to the Atlantic Coast. Want ads invite buyers and sellers to use Want Ads.
Hano radio in North Viet Nam says nearly all party members wrongly condemned in land reform have been released from prison after belated acknowledgment of a farmers uprising. In Cyprus Greek Cypriot rebels renew bombing against British. three soldiers wounded and vehicles damaged. A French four engine rescue plane with 10 crew members missing over western Mediterranean while aiding a freighter in heavy seas. Turkey’s premier says the country seeks peace security and stability with no aggressive designs.
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