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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
8
A playful year ahead cover predicting politics culture industry and sports with satirical twists. It foresees bipartisan ticket talk, 400 billion income, color TV spread, new fashions, and quirky health and weather teasers.
Kansas enacts major reforms effective Jan 1 1956 including a revised truck revenue system replacing the ten mile tax and higher tag fees plus extra fuel tax. The change broadens unemployment coverage to about 50 000 workers and shifts property assessment to county level with open records. A birthday renewal for driver licenses also begins with no grace period.
A fire in Atchison claimed four young lives. Jacqueline Robinson aged 4 and Alone Robinson aged 3 suffocated, Sonja Robinson age 1 also died, and Marian Robinson age 2 died several hours later. Their mother Grace E. Cluke found the blaze on returning from her mother's home less than a block away.
Bethel centennial items list air force member Johnnie Platter in Oklahoma spending Christmas with H C Platter family. Roy Baker visits Mrs Virginia Aldridge and children Christmas morning. Mrs O N Baker of Lawrence visiting with Mrs Aldridge and children. Atchison family moves to new farm from Hartman property purchased from Wayne Owens. Christmas programs by Centennial and Brubaker pupils. Centro polis school program attended by Ben Baker family. James Firestone laid to rest at Appanoose church. Ervin Stahel home from Manhattan for holidays. Waverly and Overbrook visitors join Christmas dinner at Charles Jones home.
The article notes Leland and family visiting in Topeka for Christmas and a Hoffman family dinner in Lawrence. Albert Turner and Vaneta joined Raymond Oehrle in Lawrence for Christmas with Mae Vance of Overbrook also present. Homer Crawford hosted relatives Thursday night. Bethel church hosted Mrs. Clarence Albright’s funeral. The Bethel Sunday school youth had a Christmas party at Charles Jones' home with Neal and Nancy Fishburn Kathryn and Elaine Kingery Dean Hepner Leland Baker Nathan Johnson and Ivan Snyder attending and exchanging gifts. Savings bonds are an investment.
Martin K. Eby Construction Co of Wichita submitted the apparent low bid of 1 626 235 for 126 army housing units at Fort Riley. The government estimate was 1 691 293, Col. F C Adams Army district engineer said.
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