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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1955
Page
3
Editorial notes Kansas mineral production soared from a modest 30 million in 1934 to 456 million last year, outpacing wheat revenues. By products include oil, salt, gas, sand, cement, coal, natural gasoline, zinc, stone, clay, lead, and more. It argues for a state extraction tax to share benefits.
A杂ephemeral collage notes McCarthy sizing, hydrogen bomb debates, a Topeka girl’s fatal act over a phone, arrow theft, Valentine prep, powerful car engines, twin sisters’ New Year crash, a Right to Work bill resistance, and a Rotary eight cent stamp honor marked with skepticism.
The piece dispatches friendly guidance on thank-you notes for Christmas gifts and holiday cards. It jokes about overly eager thank-you letters, notes for unsuitable gifts, and the oddness of post Christmas neckties while noting post holiday retail shifts and store displays.
Slippery highways after light rain. Bert Anderson elected a director at Peoples National Bank. Earlier items note six chickenpox cases in North Ottawa, Ot tawa Fruit & Vegetable Co. formed at 109 W Lat. Forecasts predict near zero temperatures. Baker beat Ottawa University 22 to 21 at home. Fowler restaurant at 205 S Maia sold for about $3,000. Olawa District Medical Society held its second annual banquet at Crane's Tavern.
A writer observes Puerto Rico casinos and notes shills as vivid characters who drum up trade. Profiles include a banker, a young couple, a drinker, a timid amateur, a skeptic, and a student studying patterns of risk and profit.
Dr George W Crane advises a 17 year old junior to finish high school before taking a high paying job. He argues that a diploma boosts future earnings, reduces college costs, and improves job prospects. The column urges continuing education, including college or night courses, to avoid being weeded out in hiring.
Channel listings show a dense, era style lineup for KFEQ TV WDAPF KOMOU WIBW and more with multiple daily airings. Programs include Superman Frontier Theatre Open House The City You and the Law December Bride Boxing Hollywood Playhour and Tonight shows alongside news and weather segments.
Readable segments list a dense array of television and radio program times and titles from a Herald Use ad page. It mentions The Morning Show across multiple slots, Breakfast Club, Arthur Godfrey Time, Robert Q. Lewis, Love of Life, Guiding Light, News and Markets, Parade of Life, Talk of the Town, and Captain Video among many other shows and time stamps.
A fragmented schedule lists KMBC WDAF and other stations airing news, comedy, drama, and music through the evening. Programs include Perry Como, Amos and Andy, Dragnet, People Are Funny, and Letters to listeners with regional time slots and station identifiers.
Mrs. Ethel Sheppard, who died by her own hand, will be buried today in Cleveland. Beside her bier will stand her youngest son, Dr. Samuel Sheppard, once a prosperous Bay Village osteopath serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife.
The Army inquiry details slow action and bureaucratic bungling in the Irving Peress episode. It traces delays from initial questioning in 1952 to his 1954 discharge, lists 61 officers and one civilian tied to the affair, notes promotions amid Fifth Amendment refusals, and critiques handling by Captains Lyon Kirkland and Van Sickle while McCarthy pressed for accountability. The report arrives as McCarthy’s chairmanship shifts to Sen. McClellan.
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