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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
2
An editorial laments Britain’s diminished global role yet honors its historical bond with the United States. It urges strengthening Anglo American ties and even proposes uniting into one nation, arguing common language and history justify a broader partnership beyond mere sentiment.
Plans for the annual Christmas parade promise star cameos and parody floats. Marilyn Monroe leads atop a silver sprayed elephant while Elvis Presley rides another elephant disguised as a guitar. The parade includes mock appearances by Santa, Jack Benny, Liberace, Babe Ruth, and Roosevelt figures, with a telecast blocked by local stations.
Notes on a record splurge of honorary colonels dwarfing past limits and fueling playful chatter. Wry anecdotes touch on a clothier’s theft mystery, a friend breaking in shoes, and public concerns like taxes and census projections. Humor threads with political and social jabs.
Coach Charles Dee Errickson announced the basketball squad for Pittsburg opener. Players listed include Crilly Senter Jackson Casi da Coppoe Hetzel Knapper Mattis Spong McPherson Sellers Billen Elder. Also notes community events and illness reports from Ottawa area.
New York based life insurance executive Nussbaum, head of the National Assay of Life Underwriters, notes insurance in force rising from 95 billion in 1935 to 151 billion in 1945 and then 72 billion last year, predicting 730 billion to 4 trillion in a decade. He rose from a Glasgow birth to a Milwaukee dealer, then a town hall adviser at Purdue, stressing education, ego recognition, and flexible career prospects in a growing field. The piece also lists Broadway runs, highlighting Life With Father, Tobacco Road, and Abie's Irish Rose.
The piece discusses introverts in society and diplomacy, praising their intelligence and inventions while noting extroverts sell value. It cites a Purdue engineer Helen H. and a funeral anecdote, then offers practical social tips and a request for Crane’s booklet “How To Carry On Interesting Conversation.”
Radio schedule fragments list programs and times across Friday and Saturday including boxing news, sports, cartoons, and music segments. Notable shows reference Eddie Fi, Bowling, Tonight Cars, Teen Time, On Trail, and local station lineups with WDAF KCMO and ECMO.
Dist. Judge A T Hensley Jr sent J B Martinez and his 16 year old son to jail for the youth s repeated runins with the law The judge also ordered six other boys and their parents locked up briefly until they paid court costs and made good 23 dollars worth of stolen produce Ottawa churches welcome you
U S photographer Georgette Meyer Chappele known as Dicky, 37, of Milwaukee and New York, missing in Hungary after last seen in Vienna. She works with the National Research Institute and has taken assignments for Life magazine. The U S Embassy reported the case as a missing person. Amelia Earhart referenced as Austrian authorities pursued her disappearance.
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