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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
4
A traveler recalls childhood summers in Missouri while on a winter vacation in the Bahamas. He reflects on gratitude for his wife Frances, her grit, and how they navigated travel costs with their daughter Tracy, joking about airline tickets and family dynamics.
Rug Braiding is a wonderful winter project with instructions on dyeing cutting braiding and sewing. Pattern 334 mailed with the Rug Packet includes directions and actual-size patterns for hooked and novelty rugs priced 1 in the Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
Benson argues conservation must be locally driven not federal overreach. He hails local initiative in watershed programs and the Extension Service as key to farming resilience amid drought, while noting Great Plains land use plans and decade long cost sharing. Farm prices and incomes are seen rising modestly, with surplus holdings down.
London reports the Bank of England lowered its lending rate from 5.0 to 4.5 percent, marking the first drop since February 1932 to curb inflation, with anticipated worldwide effects as the sterling area’s anchor. In Manila, four are reported dead after a clash between a Philippine army patrol and Huk rebels near Clark Air Base, including one officer, one enlisted man, and two rebels.
Negrillos are described as a tribe with yellowish skin living in the African Congo.
Mrs. Lawrence House of Goodland is chosen to serve another term as president of the Kansas Home Demonstration Council. The 47,000 member council, meeting during Farm and Home Week at Kansas State College, also honored 16 clubs for meeting the state standard for at least 15 years. New directors include Mrs. Lawrence Bruning, Mrs. Byron Porter, Mrs. Kasper Heinz, Mrs. Carroll Miller, and Mrs. Myron Delp. Awards went to New Hope Club and Friendly Fifty-Fivers. Gus Koehler reported on Montgomery County internal revenue.
Federal tax collections in Kansas totaled 50,397,059 dollars in January, about six percent higher than the same month last year. The increase reflects stronger receipts across federal programs and contributing factors in the state's tax system.
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