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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1955
Page
4
The editorial argues Kansas public office turnover was at a multi year low after last November’s election with only 24 percent newcomers. It cites term limits for county treasurers and sheriffs, the decline in public interest, fewer candidates for minor offices, and suggests many officials should be appointed rather than elected, proposing constitutional reform to reduce turnover.
The SBLOOCS held an after-Christmas meeting to discuss Santa Claus issues. Members debated faces with whiskers versus real faces and the impact on children, noting a mix of believers and nonbelievers and predicting returns next year.
A column gleans miscellany from reader tips and social quirks. It notes readers calling to suppress news, cold weather car tips with water in the oil can, and a digressive musing on gifts and grandfathers. Also mentions a London cocktail party chat with Nye Bevan and a jab at Winston Churchill’s future. It ends with a neighbor’s scrappy dog and a Christmas tale of a meaner woman who stripped necktie gift tags.
A snapshot of past events includes a city effort 15 years ago to clear Main Street of heavy snow with state aid. It also mentions Raymond E. Elder named postmaster at Quenemo, Scout leader W. W. Head planned as speaker, Erdmann Smith attending a church boards convention, a local coffee sale, C O Wolf reelected to the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, and midcentury items about boxing star Jim Jeffries, a Rohrbaugh play, and local farm and horse shipments to Kansas City.
A man sifts through old check stubs spanning 1940 to 1954, recalling family life and separation. He finds notes on furniture, rent, beer, a moving party, and his wife Helen’s purchases, revealing a strained marriage and a fading bachelor dream. The memory box triggers a shift as he faces a forthcoming deployment and the cluttered basement that holds their shared history.
Dr. George W. Crane counsels Harry S. to finish high school rather than swap a diploma for luxuries. He argues a trained brain yields lasting dividends, while a mother’s happiness comes from watching her child graduate, not receiving cars or fur coats. The piece frames vicarious pleasure and parental sacrifice as guiding priorities.
A man returns to his desk, pauses at the stairs, then goes to the kitchen to kiss his partner. She asks about the motive and he curtly replies it is none of her business, then kisses her again.
Edso2 outlines management roles including Advertising Manager and Business Manager. Subscription rates shown for mall and mail options by month three months six months and year. Names F Harris Don Hula Guy Snedaker Don Shipman Howard Hoadle appear as staff or contacts.
TV listings detail daily programs across channels KFEQ TV WDAF TV ROMO TV KMBO WIBW TV and others with start times from early morning to late night. Entries include news weather Cartoons dramas game shows and variety programs featuring Jon Daly Perry Como Captain Video April.
A fragmented broadcast listing shows programs across EMBC ETC stations with a mix of drama news and music. Entries include AM radio shows, sports forecasts, theater dramas, and religious segments featuring WDAF KTJO KMBC KNEBC KMAC KEMBC and others, with time slots and host names such as Morgan Beatty Dynam., Ernie McGee and Navy show.
A 216 million dollar airport, said to be the finest in the Far East, is under construction at Biak in Netherlands New Guinea. The Hopkins Syndicate offers readers a study on parental gifts and diplomas, urging graduates to gain community admiration.
Harvey N Mighell of Russell Kansas pleaded innocent at arraignment on federal income tax evasion nearly fifty thousand dollars for 1947 to 1950. Indicted April 3, trial set for January 24 by U S District Judge Delmas C Hill. Mighell, a farmer and night club owner, remains free on two thousand five hundred dollar bond.
Senate bills propose Kansas monuments and parks at Waconda Springs Medi medicine Lodge Ft Larned Alcove Springs Ft Hays Santa Fe trail site near Dodge City Shawnee Mission near Kansas City In Kansas City district court Judge Duncan overruled four Star motions in government antitrust case against the newspaper and drug firms Drug use and prescriptions noted rising from 20 to 66 million pounds today.
BertS, president, and Emil A Lees advertising manager are cited in a court filing as the government faces three motions. A third motion requests production of certain documents and a fourth seeks a continuance of the trial, set to begin Monday.
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