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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1959
Page
3
HAL BOYLE reports executives worry over office parties but Acme Tiddlywinks Co. solves the issue with a staff vote. The firm offered a party with refreshments and activities but employees voted 3 to 12 against holding one this year.
Sen Lyndon Johnson will address the Downtown Lions Club luncheon in Wichita next Tuesday, announced club president James E. Myers today. The visit highlights Johnsons ongoing campaign schedule in Texas and Kansas locales.
TOPEKA AP Tax collections by the Kansas Revenue Department in November showed the smallest gain since July 1957. Revenue Director J E Kirchner said $10,997,134 was only 1 percent above last year as Thanksgiving likely slowed processing. Total since July reached $66,238,109, up 7.89 percent over the prior year’s first five months. Sales tax rose $292,707 in November, with five month gains at $2,396,856. November total sales tax was $5,380,355. five month total $28,208,599.
The Christmas seal idea began in 1903 when a Danish postal clerk conceived charity seals. Danish origins led to American adoption in 1907 via Emily Bissell, who created the first U S seal and raised funds for a sanatorium. By 1908 a nationwide sale supported by Red Cross and National Tuberculosis Association grew. Today seals fund many charitable efforts and millions are raised annually.
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