Editorial Looking Back at 1955 by Rev William G Ward
The piece reflects on 1955 with concerns about traffic deaths floods and nuclear threats. It critiques propaganda in Russia and urges New Year resolutions to improve US foreign relations and civic involvement. The writer questions American Christianity and calls out societal indiscipline while noting ministerial church attendance in Ottawa.
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America
Russia
Herr Gobbels
State Department
Korea
Ottawa
Opposition urges Hall governor bid as Hope plans retirement
Editorials in the Topeka Capital and El Dorado Times urge Hall for governor despite retirement plans. They note Kansas papers opposed Hall in 1952 and today and seek a strong primary candidate to challenge him. The piece questions why editors oppose a Republican governor with few blunders. It contends editorials reveal strong conservative sentiment.
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Clifford Hope
Congress
Topeka
el Dorado Times
Kansas
Hope
Garden City
Hall
Eisenhower
January Almanac 1956 Highlights and Historical Moments
January 1956 notes mark events from 1831 to 1930, listing figures like Zebulon Pike and Robert E. Lee, milestones such as the first New York London telephone link in 1927, the Beaumont oil gusher of 1901, and the Lakehurst glider release in 1930, with playful comments on each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmanack
Arkansas
Arkansawyers
New York
London
Sun
Matthias Baldwin
Diesel
Beaumont
Texas
Oglethorpe
South Carolina
Henry L. Pierson
Charleston
D. C
National Academy of Design
Robert E. Lee
Grant
Philadelphia
Louisiana
Lakehurst
N. J
Oddities and reflections on 1955 in a local column
A light, eclectic wrap of 1955 quirks and news items. A Texas racehorse purchase, Los Angeles divorce and custody case, calendars hinting at 1957, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, French voting dilemmas, Christmas cost at 20 billion, taxes versus golf balls, and a jab at Britain's prime minister keeping a country retreat name.
Communism's Guinea Pig in Red China Reflects Global Ideology
A British journalist details two months in China and interviews six former Korean War POWs who chose residence there rather than return home. One ex-prisoner says he hopes conditions ripen to serve both white and Black Americans as a revolutionary. The piece argues Communist aims are worldwide and seek to replace democratic capitalism with a police state.
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Red
China
Korea
America
Lenin
Weather and wartime notes across Kansas history
A compact retrospective lists events from 1941 to the mid 20th century including Battery B preparing for camp, a weather shift in Kansas with snow and rain moving in, Hitler claiming Nazi victory in 1941, a 25 year mark noting Kansas City’s driest year since 1901, Mrs. J. B. Adamson and daughter Marilyn traveling to Kansas City, five new smallpox cases in the city, and 50 years ago O. E. Hestwood becoming Herald advertising manager along with a Christmas pony gift to Master Freddy Robb and a horse spooked by a car at Seventh and Main.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Sparkle Your Personality Says Dr Crane
Geraldine G a 19 year old asks why men ignore her. Dr Crane says lack of sparkle or enthusiasm is the key and shows how to turn on energy through will power and practice. He cites salesmen and performers who act peppy to engage audiences and advises girls to smile compliment others and gain speaking experience.
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Geraldine
tAlways
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Metutt
Ind
The
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Ottawa Kansas TV Listings and City Ordinances Dated
Television schedule snippets from Channel 5 to Channel 9 fill with shows like Abbott and Costello Lucy Show and Captain Kangaroo, interwoven with large legal notices and city zoning amendments for Ottawa Kansas. The text lists times, programs, and public notices alongside probate and estate announcements from December 1955.
Radio Schedule Fragment with Named Stations and Programs
A scrambled list shows what appears to be December 31 to January 4 radio programming across stations KTJO KMBC WDAF KABC KNBC and others. It includes dinners music news dances, the Grand Ole Opry, overseas segments, sports Rose Bowl, and various show titles, hosts, and times, though many items are garbled. The core entities include KTJO KMBC WDAF KMBC McGee Lombardo Beatty Bearer.
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KMBC
WDAF
Morgan Beatty
Henry Taylor
Firestone
Waf—Symphony
Glenn Miller
Band of America
Wdaf—Mcgee
Guy Lombardo
KTJO
Stars In
Roger Fredrikson
Dragnet
Bishop Sheen
Sound Mirror
McGee
Dilaon
Dan
RKTJO
KNBC
Truth Or Conseq
Ottawa Herald Staff and Subscription Rates Listing
The Ottawa Herald lists editorial staff including Guy Snedaker as Editor Publisher Don Huls as ss Managing Editor Don Shipman and Advertising Manager Howard Hoadley. It also presents subscription rates for trade area by mail, detailing one month three months six months and one year options with varying regional pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Snedaker
Don Huls
Don Shipman
Howard Hoadley
Montgomery County appoints new county assessor
Independence reports Board of County Commissioners appoint G. H. Aus tin Coffeyville as Montgomery County assessor with a 4200 dollar annual salary. Savings bonds are an investment.
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Harold Ray Smith
Harriett Karol Smith
Homer Reeves
I. H. Betz
Lee Bonar
Board of County Commissioners
Franklin County
Kansas
Virgil Wiggins
State of
Lynn R. Brodrick
Internal Revenue
The
United States of America
Independence
G. H
Hugh) Austin
Coffeyville
Montgomery County
Ottawa Kansas Ordinance 2038 to regulate planning and zoning
Ordinance 2038 amends the city zoning map to redistrict tracts and areas within Ottawa Kansas and to reflect annexed Territory south and north of former city limits. It references Ordinance 1763 and Ordinance 2044 and classifies districts for first dwelling use.
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City Planning Commission
Ottawa
Kansas
City of
Franklin County
Towi
Cedar Street
Arizowa
Frankin County
Towit
Saide City
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Ted Mack
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Hopalong Cassidy the Cisco Kid
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U.S.A
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Ernie Kovacs
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Stucker
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State of Kansas
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Gell
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Iva Hasdale
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Glenn Chambers
Ray Roberts
Kanesas
Myron Steere
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Yato
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Lawrence, Kansas
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