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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1959
Page
2
The Chanute Tribune announces a policy change to publish juvenile names when possible, applying the same reporting standards as adults. After years of withholding student names for minor infractions, the paper says printing names helps accountability and aligns with law enforcement views.
A collection of wry observations on politics travel and holidays. Noting the president's travel counts, almanac quirks about winter, unique Christmas gifts, and city life ironies, the piece ends with a grim runner about highway crashes and the coroner at Christmas.
Kansas City industrialist Harry Darby, a Republican national committeeman and former senator, has not stated his plans but remains active in party circles and allied with Governor George Docking on bipartisan issues. He attends meetings, speaks for the party, and is increasingly seen as a likely candidate. Other brief items include Mrs. Mahlon Groemiller's heart attack and serious condition, a 10 pound turnip presented to The Herald, Mrs. Isaac Baughman's pneumonia, R. E. Welling visiting Baldwin to set up monuments, and John Reidy's return to Pueblo after visiting his mother.
Dr Molner discusses teen smoking, habit formation, and quitting strategies. He cites Cancer Society findings on parental influence, suggests joining peers to quit, and notes that stopping entirely benefits cancer risk and overall health. Also answers reader questions on blood clots polyps sinus trouble and offers booklet by mail.
A devotional prayer invoking Zechariah 13 1 and thanking God for Christ as the fountain of life. The supplicant asks repentance cleansing and transformation for present life and the life to come through Jesus. Amen.
The Ottawa Herald lists editor and publisher names and details subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. Rates cover one month to one year by mail, with distinct prices for in-area and out-of-area readership.
Frankie Carbo, reputed boxing underworld boss, pleads innocent to charges he tried to muscle in on welterweight champion Don Jordan’s earnings. He won permission to return to New York for a lawyer, and faces a two year term at Rikers Island after pleading guilty to matchmaking conspiracies.
Ottawa dealers Walter Butler and William L. Nuss report a shift toward serious music and albums over novelty and rock and roll. They note growing Christmas records sales, international selections, and slower ballad oriented trends led by Mitch Miller and Nat King Cole. Elvis remains a holdover but with slower material. Kenneth Farnsworth finds no clear local trend due to his store’s limited catalog.
Channel lineups across NBC CBS ABC and local Channel 4 feature news weather sports and entertainment blocks. Prime time highlights include Perry Como Hawaiian Eye Twilight Zone and Beulah with late news and sign off, plus games and movie slots through midnight.
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