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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1959
Page
2
A reader contributed items from Ottawa on a Saturday in December 1959. The page reflects community notices and letters to the editor style typical of the era, with local concerns and personal anecdotes shaping the town’s civic voice.
Ottawa residents demand a correction after a reporter quotes Mayor Andrews as saying zoning is done by the planning commission. The letter asserts the mayor and two other commissioners secretly moved to zone Lot C for business and says the public meeting followed with a rushed vote. The writer, E V Lash, asks for apology if misquote is confirmed.
A compilation of quips on payola aging pop culture and politics. It comments on the word evolution in 1960 incomes safety seat belts and holiday nostalgia with a sardonic seasonal tone. It notes a gossip rumor about a strip tease dancer and critiques neighbors vanity and childhood recall.
The prayer reflects Colossians 1 19 20, praising Jesus as reconciler of all things. It asks for unity beyond race and nation, urging believers to lead others to Christ so humanity may be one in him, with harmony of spirit and world peace. Amen.
An extensive TV guide lists Saturday programs from early morning to late night. Notable items include Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Dick Clark hosted segments, news, weather, sports, and various films, with multiple time slots across channels. The page compiles a dense grid of show titles, hosts, and passing notes for viewers planning the day.
Dear Dr Molner answers about Mittelschmerz or middle pain during ovulation, its timing, severity, and treatment. He advises reassurance, mild analgesics, avoiding narcotics, and rare nerve-blocking surgery if cramping is disabling. He also weighs hereditary risks of cousin marriage and notes facial neuralgia can persist after goiter removal with nerve cutting or alcohol injections. He closes with offer of pamphlet on leg cramps.
Auld Lang Syne notes a son born to Mr and Mrs Carl Schultz near Rantoul. Another son born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Masters near Overbrook. Mayor Edmund Lister reappoints Mrs S R Hubbard and Frances Adler to three year library terms. Jessie Smith and Tom Summers wed at the Baptist parsonage. Miss Sidsell Nelson returns from Chicago and Miss Olive Cusick arrives from Canon City for holiday visit.
The Ottawa Herald lists its address at 106-108 S Main Ottawa Kansas with standard publication details and staff. Subscription rates are given for trade area and outside trade area by month quarter half year and year with varying prices.
In Wichita Kansas AP report, Hilton Drilling Co Inc of Great Bend was sold to a new Western Petroleum Co for about a million dollars. Sale effective January 1. Buyers include John T Ross Great Bend and John Carlson Tulsa with associates. Ross to be president, Carlson to be vice president and secretary. Hilton executive Dan Cook bought the cable tools and will form an independent drilling and production firm. Existing staff to be retained by the new firm.
DETROIT AP The Detroit News Detroit Times and Detroit Free Press published names and details from a civil suit ordered suppressed by four of six judges led by Chief Judge Theodore Levin. The ruling allows suppression of papers. editors condemn it as a gag infringing press freedom.
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