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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1959
Page
6
The capital debate centers on Gov George Dockings sending about 30 000 Christmas cards at state expense. Critics call the move improper in an election year while Dockings defends it by citing past practices by Republicans and former governors. The column likens the expense to wartime gas rationing and questions necessity.
A letter from Ottawa residents praises the quiet 700 block on South Poplar on the east side of town. They describe nearby Ottawa University barracks, Hawthorne School, East Side Grocery, and a mix of older citizens and families with children and pets. They urge critics not to target the Grogan family or the block’s residents, referencing a prior remark by Mrs Albn A Rewitt about adding families to the block.
A roundup of quips on 1960 concerns from holidays to hats and bankers. It jokes about Christmas moving dates, traffic fixes, hat wearers as bankers, dogged TV watchdogs, and the misery of comma usage.
The Ottawa Herald lists address and staff details for Ottawa Kansas with subscription rates for trade area and outside areas. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays and that Associated Press content is used for local news and AP dispatches.
Dr. Mather lists chest pain sources beyond heart disease including neuralgia myalgia pleurisy shingles hiatal hernia pericarditis esophageal issues chest tumors aneurysms spontaneous pneumothorax and mentions functional pain from nervous tension. He notes left chest pain is less often heart related and urges not to fear every pain while seeking proper evaluation.
A newborn daughter born to Mr and Mrs Ellis Staley of 535 8 Hickory. Otawa police officer Olin Minckley ends duty as he becomes Franklin County sheriff after arresting an Oklahoma speeder. Mrs C Wightman improves after inflammatory rheumatism illness. Marriage licenses issued to Elmer L Caylor and Altha May Carey of Osawa Jamie. Amy and Molly visit Dallas relatives. Leland UW and Mrs Ora F Scotten of Richmond wed in Ottawa.
A devotional prayer to thank God for the gift of His Son. It asks for cleansing of hearts to be worthy habitation for Christ and seeks to glorify Him in daily life. The text closes in Jesus name with Amen.
A reader writes of a husband who steals from factories and stores to justify wrongdoing. Ann Landers condemns theft, urges the wife to seek safety and consider consequences for their family, noting most thieves are caught and warns of long term harm to children and reputation.
Readable TV grid lists programs across Channel 4 NBC CBS ABC WE and more. Entries include news weather sports late night talk adventure and classic shows with titles like Wagon Train Perry Mason The Price Is Right I Love Lucy and Dick Clark specials.
Hollywood reports Warner Bros buys Meredith Willson musical The Music Man for a top price said to be a million dollars or 10 percent of gross whichever is larger. The bid tops several studios who sought the comedys tale of a confidence man in an early 20th century Iowa town. Willson stands to receive about 60 percent as author and composer.
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