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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
2
The piece argues that many Kansas City Missouri residents living in Kansas should face municipal and state taxes. It notes past tax advantages due to location and advocates for a city earnings tax collected through withholdings. The editorial contends such a tax aligns with city needs and reflects broader urban financial policy.
A collection of sharp, satirical items on 1958 safety belt talk in cars, Air Force crew shortages, and consumer ads. It lampoons industry half measures, lamb dinner praise, and a Nevada Democrat named Sourwine entering the Senate race, with brisk quips on fashion and prices.
A columnist questions the value of Valentine day urging restraint on gifts and suggesting a personal call or card as more meaningful. He notes post Christmas and Feb bills and jokes about the idea of a mandatory day for romance, while conceding sentiment can still be conveyed without extravagance.
A collage of brief items from the Ottawa region recalls past happenings: Henrietta Madelson named ideal girl by American history classes fifteen years ago, a 1941 state cornhusking bee planned in Franklin county, spring seed catalogs arriving twenty five years prior, local farmers preparing to plant oats, C. L. Hough newly hired Ottawa night policeman, over two hundred fifty people at a local tractor school fifty years ago, N EB Stucker buying mares for 368 dollars, H H Cowan on a real estate trip in Greenwood county, and S Arnold of 748 Tremont traveling to Kansas City.
HAL Boyle reports on a poll of 16 000 executives and 13 463 workers about the ideal boss. Results sketch a composite portrait: a 40 to 49 year old manager with skill yet flaws. balance of fair treatment and understanding, plus drawbacks like near sightedness and memory lapses. A lunch hour street poll adds quirky insights on what workers desire or dread in leadership.
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed Drillers, I Inc., a seismology firm near Great Bend. The blaze, discovered around 2 a.m., gutted the block structure and damaged equipment, including a truck of seismographic instruments worth about 30,000 dollars. Firefighters saved between 40,000 and 50,000 dollars in other gear. This marks the second major fire in Great Bend this year, following January 12 damage to Steinert Furniture Co. annex with about 25,000 dollars in losses.
Samuel Pettengill, former Indiana Democrat and noted speaker, warns in Fort Worth that U S bureaucracy can shift to socialism through rising taxes and federal control. He cites tax shares climbing from 27 percent today to potentially half of total productivity by 1980, urging vigilance and constitutional safeguards. He urges debates in schools and clubs and notes the piece is syndicated from The Hopkins Syndicate.
A garbled TV grid lists channel names Channel 9 Channel 4 ABC NBC and various program titles such as Playhouse Father Knows Best and News items. It also mentions Today Ding Dong School and King World Report among scattered show names with unclear air times.
Radio listings for Wednesday February 1 show a dense schedule across KTJO KMBC WDAF and other stations with dozens of programs including dinner music news shows theater and a mix of performers and hosts. The entry continues into Thursday February 3 with more names times and program titles including dinner music showtime news and a convention coverage note.
A stream of gossip from Manhattan clubs names Eddie Fisher Coke Dina Shore Mercury McJacob at the Colony and Joshua Logan at the Copa. Lee Strasberg quotes hint at hidden student talent while Brando Monroe and Flynn eye new acts. Patti Berg to tap dance during a subway rush amid cab strike shadows off the record chatter.
Incomplete OCR shows Ottawa Herald masthead with editor and staff roles and scattered subscription pricing lines. Text references Post Office entry and mail rates but no coherent event or article content.
A lively collection of social notes and mini features track Nina Foch and Jim Lipton at home, a dentist joke, Broadway characters and quotes, film previews like The Court Jester, Picnic and CinemaScope ’55, plus pockets of sly one liners. Includes a note on Vincent Richards and a punchy end about savings bonds.
A devotional fragment urges readers to follow Christ by selling possessions and aiding the poor, recalling Mark 10 21. It prays for youth to hear and answer the call, and to go forth in faith as laborers in the fields ready for harvest.
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