Editorial on Kansas water program and Docking push
The piece urges immediate action on a Kansas water development plan amid drought and rising needs for irrigation and industry. It criticizes state government delays, notes federal Cottonwood Neosho projects ready to move, and compares current and past legislative stances while predicting the governor’s possible role. It laments slow progress and reflects on youth fashion trends.
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George Docking
Kansas
Cottonwood
Neosho
Docking
Ann
Congress
Art of Chinese Cooking and a wall of memories in one note
A mixed column links a new cookbook by two American Catholic sisters in Ja pan to birds nest soup humor. The writer recalls Dick Tracy villains from 1933 to 1956, imagines old Yellow Kid and Buster Brown days, and muses on Arf the dog and early Sunday comic sections.
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China
Japan
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the Mole
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Mrs. Pruneface
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Shakey
Breathless Mahoney
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Buster Brown
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This and That and Bad Water in Emporia
A satirical round up notes the drought bitter water in Emporia tastes terrible and speculates on local politics in Topeka with Harry Perry II. Elvis Presley is said to influence teens though not enough to be heard far away. Missouri Pacific cuts passenger trains, testing buses, while Suez tension oddly calms as many soldiers mix in varied uniforms.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Suez
Ottawa News Notes and Local Updates
Auld Lang Syne at 724 Hickory. chickenpox quarantine for Billy Fenton. Rupf Hatchery poultry earns ribbons at Chicago National Coliseum. Ottawa High faces alumni in basketball with Ernest Sellers Kenneth Senter Bill Gray Dale Forsythe Lawrence Peffly Harry Dale Merlin Ward Gerald Barker Tom Summers and Lee Casida listed among eligible players. Police chief F H Bullock discusses empty liquor bottle piles at the city jail after confiscations. Ave Mgr Franklin Lodge No 18 and Ottawa Lodge No 128 Masonic merge per Mayor Halloren. Professional Building addition planned to extend to the alley and add a second story. now home to Made O Day factory and offices. Painters finish work on the new jail. Carl Drake ill with mumps on Poplar Street.
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Ottawa
Ernest Sellers
Kenneth Senter
Bill Gray
Dale Forsythe
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Harry Dale
Merlin Ward
Gerald Barker
Tom Summers
Lee Casida
F. H. Bullock
Franklin Lodge
Ottawa Lodge
Halloren
Fourth
Main
Made O’day Garment Factory
Carl Drake
Poplar Street
Fast Driving Symptom Of Erotic Fear Case T-345
Dr. George W. Crane discusses Lars D a 48 year old executive whose wife notes reckless driving at 90 mph and two rollover wrecks. The piece links fast driving to masculine insecurity erotic impotence and platonic marriage. It urges wife cooperation and offers a booklet from The Hopkins Syndicate for a fee.
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Lars
Dr. Crane
Crane
Hopking Syndicate
Melott
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Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Television listings chaotic schedule update
Last minute program changes disrupt full accuracy across channels NBC CBS ABC Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 9 Channel 13. The guide shows mixed times and stray names like Parade Tie Tae Nough and Could Be You with cartoons and talk variety.
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NBC
CBS
ABC
Resolve to improve with lists from loved ones and colleagues
A quirky self help note suggests asking a close friend, an enemy, mother, boss, bartender, and wife to list one thousand faults and then using the results to push a New Year self improvement. It humorously warns against overreach and highlights how each list reveals blind spots and social tensions. World gold output figures from 1955 and 1954 are cited in passing to contrast personal focus with global data.
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Joe
Resolve to Hire a Private Detective and Watch Her
A person plans to hire a private detective to learn what a woman is doing while they are away at work, alongside advice to invest in U S Savings Bonds as a financial precaution.
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights and Host Lineup
A compact listing of top evening programs across KOMO KCMO WDAF KTJO KTIO and related stations for Wednesday and Thursday November dates. It notes News World Tonight top of the hour and various talk shows music and religious segments with several hosts including Robt Lewis Morgan Beatty and Gildersleeve.
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Melody
Gildersleeve
EKCMO
Robt. Q. Lewis
Eeexports
WIAF
Ganersation
Antz Ktio
KTIO
Krad
Toh
Ray
KCMQ
Borton Blackie
WDAP
World Tonight
Research Aims to Tackle Drought Through Expanded Studies
Kansas State College agricultural chiefs urged more funding for drought research at a Manhattan fertilizer conference. Glenn T. Beck cited Hays station wheat yields under low rainfall as proof of progress and pressed for a climate controlled lab and broader land use studies to foresee and mitigate future Kansas drought impacts.
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Kansas State College
Glenn T. Beck
Kansas State College Agricultural Experiment — Station
Beck
Reesearch
Kansas
Hays
Whitlocks Sell Cow to Buy Christmas for Seven Kids
In Waco Texas Mr Granville Whitlock and his wife sold their family cow to fund gifts for their seven children. They left Brownie at a friend's to be sold then found their rented home burned upon return. Children aged 9 months to 15 years were saved though most possessions were lost. Whitlock is 34 and disabled from a World War II injury.
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Waco
Tex
Granville Whitlock
Whitlock
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