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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1956
Page
2
Ottawa faces a crucial April 3 vote on a 770000 flood control bond. A large civic coalition backs the plan, while an ultra conservative faction opposes. The Bond Action Committee aims to register and mobilize all eligible voters ahead of the election.
Soviet leaders denounce late Joe Salin and his works in Moscow as Dulles confirms a shift from violent, rigid Marxist policy to imitating American methods at home and abroad. The change suggests growing Kremlin intelligence but risks undermining dictatorship if freedom spreads.
A city ordinance bans goats within 200 feet of residences while snow from Western Kansas advances. A Richmond Mishler Motor Co break-in is cited as a recent crime. Glen Spears of Homewood visits Topeka on business. Luther L. Putnam resigns from Ottawa Post Office.
March entries recount milestones across years including Texas Independence Day, Wyoming chartering in 1886, the Alamo fall, Santa Fe rail completion, the first telephone message, Uncle Sam cartoons, Pike's Peak, Samoset and Plymouth, Astor’s Tonquin voyage, Aguinaldo’s capture, Palm Sunday, first U S Navy warships, and daylight saving time.
A quirky column notes a do it yourselfer buying a one floor home to avoid boat building in a basement. It predicts post 1955 as the rise of color blindness in cars, and recalls jokes about a “new Ford Thundermug” in local chatter. It also riffs on committees, portable TV for soldiers, and old fashioned influence peddlers. A mother calculates 189 snowsuits remain before spring.
In New York a surreal sketch riffs on Feb 29 as a mystic quadrennial holiday. Three witches joke about dating, dance crazes, and social missteps before dawn warns them back indoors. The piece ends with humans lamenting the old calendar problem as March 1 arrives.
Tom W. a 51 year old professional is described as stingy with money denying his wife a checking account or allowance. She recounts his control over purchases including her cosmetics and lingerie and the couple’s waning romance. Dr. Crane suggests reversing the dynamic to revive his ardor and offers a booklet on preventing impotence.
Sylvia Sage explains that any general interest problem will be discussed in the column but letters require a self addressed envelope and anonymous mail is not considered. Readers are instructed to send letters to SYLVIA SAGE at the Hutchinson News Herald in Hutchinson Kansas.
DEAR SYLVIA a reader asks the right length for a short formal suitable for a ballerina look. The response notes many formals are cut to waltz length about seven inches from the floor and that ballerina length runs roughly ten inches from the floor with heels.
A compact listing of Feb 29 and Mar 1 6:00 to 7:90 PM radio slots across KTJO KMBC WDAF and WDaf including Dinner Muste Top of Evening News Show Time Truth or Conseq and various programs like Frontier Groucho Playhouse Sound Mirror Campus News and Nelson Eddy segments.
Sally suggests if nylon bleach has not whitened the coat, take it to a commercial launderer who may restore its original whiteness. The adviser notes following directions and seeking professional cleaning as the next step.
IN NEW YORK Broadway figures out front-row gossip as ticket scalpers profit from No Time for Sgts while Eddie Fisher nears 27. Marlene Dietrich backstage with Nancy Walker, Tallulah Bankhead flirts with Streetcar Named Desire fans, Judith Anderson diets, and mentions of Helen of Troy prompt reflections on viewing choices.
Georgia reports 23 973 irrigated acres in 1954 up from 3 161 in 1949 reflecting agricultural expansion.
News from Richmond lists weekend visits by families and friends. Imogene Bastin and Betty Silvius of Kansas City were guests with Mr and Mrs Clive Bastin. Frank Gerhold's trip to Arizona included a visit to Norman Gerhold at Fort Collins Colorado. Ralph and Mrs Mersman visited Mrs Will Wolken and John Rossman, while Raymond Wagner called on her parents near Hartford. Other gatherings included Mrs Nellie Gordon, Mrs Crete Parker and Mrs Sprightly from Gardner, Mr and Mrs Bob Hadsall of Ottawa, George Atchison visiting Princeton, and the Goeldners and Moodys at Humboldt.
Television notes show ABC cutting ads to every ten minutes after complaints and NBC mulling Mr Peepers revival with Wally Cox. TV topics include Magnani debut in The Mother and Katherine Cornell in The Barretts of Wimpole Street on Producers' Showcase April 2. Local notices cover hospital surgery, visits, and family gatherings as communities note birthdays and recollections.
A devotional note from the Upper Room cites Ephesians 4 32 on kindness and forgiveness. It prays for grace to forgive others as God forgives through Christ and asks the Holy Spirit to help forgive lesser debts owed to us.
The pair will perform at The Sands in Las Vegas for two weeks starting March 14. They also have a script for a future TV show without a date. Desilu Productions reportedly turned down $12,000,000. Lemmon faced mixed reviews for The Day Lincoln Was Shot and injures his ankle two days before a show. Delbert Mann quipped about saving it for Saturday.
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