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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1957
Page
2
Editorial endorses a Kansas State Board of Regents report calling for modest 1-4 mill student housing levy increase and a $9 million advance from inactive state funds to meet urgent building needs. Emphasizes fixing pay for teachers first to attract and retain staff, noting Kansas salaries lag national averages.
A vivid account describes Bourbon Street as a hub of strip tease venues with platforms above bars, Dixieland bands, and eager barkers. Visits include watching six performers, varying drink prices, no cover charges, and a mix of white and Negro bands. The piece notes the pervasive sex oriented entertainment and likens it to a bullfight as a recommended viewing experience.
A devotional prayer thanks Charles Wesley for spreading the name of Christ through song. The speaker asks divine help to join in singing honors to the Lord today, citing the hymn reference from Matthew 26 30.
Joh Colombo portrays Colombo as a sleepy city with the Hotel Galleface facing the sea wall. Monsoon rain, barefoot staff, parasols, and white attire set a tropical scene. Ceylon's plantations, mountains, and wildlife amid bustling streets and ox-cart life are described with cultural detail.
Ottawans suffer influenza including George Spears Geneva Samuel Goodrich and Nita Heininger. J H Preach Foster named under sheriff by Sheriff-elect W A Wantland. Maude Ross ill with pleurisy. Local principals coaches meet in Topeka. Edward Neill and Jessie Allen obtain a marriage license in Quenemo. Melluish Jewelry House lists a 17 jewel Forest Park Special watch bearing Melluish. J M Byrd returns to Lane with Christmas packages after Ottawa shopping trip.
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and subscription prices. Inside trade area rates show one month eighty five cents, three months two dollars, six months three dollars and seventy five cents, one year seven dollars. Outside trade area rates are one month a dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars and fifty cents, one year ten dollars.
A clipped TV schedule mentions NBC CBS and ABC equivalents with 流 broadcast blocks. An insert discusses channel confusion affecting a store closure and emphasizes psychology in business, citing br. Crane at The Hopkins Syndicate, Melott Indiana.
Mrs Crane objects to a chain store practice of stuffing gizzards and necks into a frozen chicken to pad weight and charge full price. Dr George W Crane uses the anecdote to illustrate the value of the sandwich method of criticism and praise in guiding behavior.
A bronze statue of Billy Mitchell in World War I flying gear is unveiled at the Smithsonian Aeronautics Hall in a ceremony led by Mitchells son William. The gift from George H. Stephenson of Philadelphia honors the air war pioneer amid debates over his 1925 court martial and the transition to space weapons.
Dave Hicks age 22 formerly of Parsons and Pittsburg has joined the Coffeyville Journal as sports editor succeeding Clyde Walthall who becomes managing editor Hicks also will be a radio sportscaster for KGGF in Coffeyville He previously served as sports editor of the Headlight Sun in Pittsburg.
Washington The Potta watomi area field office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs will be consolidated into a single office at Horton Kansas soon. Buford Morrison will remain in charge and an adult education specialist will join the staff. Morrison has supervised both offices.
A reporter recounts launching the SS Brasil at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. He describes the tense moment of releasing the two pins, the champagne christening, and the surge of pride as the 22,500-ton liner slid into the river, comparing ship launching to motherhood while recalling his fear and relief.
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