Editorials Let 'em Alone Army Engineers propose eight flood reservoirs
Editorial argues eight new reservoirs are needed to control Kaw Basin floods and conserve water following the 1951 disaster. It cites a survey, notes public skepticism, and urges support for Corps of Engineers flood control plans, soil conservation, and arid-land irrigation led by federal agencies.
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Aid Backfires as Indonesia faces Dutch expulsion
Aid after World War II backfires as Indonesia under President Sukarno orders the Dutch to relinquish private holdings and depart. The struggling republic, grappling with jungle conditions, vast Pacific transport issues, and diverse languages, fears economic chaos and a Communist opportunism surge in the wake of expulsion.
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Republic of Indonesia
Netherlands
Pacific
Sukarno
Thailand and Southeast Asia a fragile free world bulwark
The piece argues Thailand remains a fragile though key ally in SE Asia, noting its independence, limited military capacity beyond rice, and the broader Communist drift in the region. It warns that Laos shows rising Communist influence and US aid may be propping a coalition with Communist elements, urging a stronger free world policy.
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Thailand
Southeast Asia
Christmas Gift Strategy By Elm Column
A Christmas column jokes about counting shopping days until Christmas and mailing cards. The writer admits poor planning, jokes about gifts, and vows practical, correctly sized clothing for wives, aiming to keep spouses happy and avoid unsuitable surprises.
Auld Lang Syne 25 Years Ago in Ottawa
A look back at Ottawa items: influenza hit seven members of Charles Jackson family at 516 N Oak. E E Gabbart and $19 E Logan shipped a buler mill from North Carolina for corn meal use. a short-change artist stole five dollars from Ray Rice at a filling station on 15th and Main. Ottawa faced zero temperatures as coats were turned up. Tremont Street sewer project reached 815 feet. humor over Kansas wet dry fight with a line about saloons becoming drug stores. the city water plant gas engine caused trouble.
Television Programs Channel 4 NBC Cartoons Highlight
Channel 4 and NBC list a lineup of programs including cartoons, news at 8 and 6 10, sports segments, and general entertainment notes. Program markers indicate channels and times with miscellaneous titles and abbreviations.
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Hobby
Bporta
Taltont Borol
Phog Atisn
Prayer for Today in Genesis and John passages
A short devotional prayer invokes God as creator and Word and asks for a Christ centered life changing worship. The text cites Genesis 1 1 and John 1 1 and ends with Amen led in the name of Jesus.
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Heaven
Earth
Crane's Advice On How To Go To Sleep Works
Pearl D aged 34 seeks guidance as she contemplates a pastorate move. Dr Crane promotes prayer and a nightly ritual of surrendering the night shift to God as a quick path to sleep, touting divine help over sedatives. He urges teaching children this routine from infancy and notes widespread sleep difficulties see kings.
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Pearl D
Pearl
Uuntil
Ovier
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Thomas
Building Empires In The Bahamas Inspiring Wealthy Investors
The Bahamas lures multimillionaires to create luxury resorts and planned communities supported by no death tax on real estate. Dr. Axel Wenner-Gren has invested millions in Andros, building homes, a school, an airport, a yacht harbor, and a plush club attracting notable guests. Coral Harbour on New Providence Island, owned by Mrs. Lindsey Hopkins Sr., offers about 1,000 homesites from 6000 to 30000 dollars, signaling slow growth in a tax-advantaged paradise. A fatal accident near a property site underscores tensions between rapid development and safe infrastructure.
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Axel Wenner-Gren
Andros
Lord Beaverbrook
Neil McCelroy
Eleanor Holm
Faye Emerson
Ted Williams
Coral Harbour
New Providence Island
Nassau
Lindsey Hopkins Sr
Atlanta Soft
Pratt
William Roy Shafer
Iebe
Sihlas
Yester
Hare Electric Wire
Florida
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Shafer
Firefighter Echoes Help as Wire Sparks Farmhouse Blaze
Shafer, a passerby, stopped his truck to aid efforts at a roadside farmhouse fire. After extinguishing the flames, he pointed out to owner Emnett Carr a bare electric wire feeding into the house as the apparent cause of the trouble.
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Emnett Carr
Ottawa Herald historical trade area rates fragment
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates with by mail options for trade area and outside trade area. Rates include one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 35 dollars, one year 7 dollars for trade area and higher rates for outside area.
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Otttawa
Kas
Robert B. Wellington
Guy Snedaker
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