Timeworn Trianon dream meets a Texas millionaire
Editorial notes a 1610 era 107 room Colorado Springs mansion modeled after the Grand Trianon now eyed by a wealthy Texan to furnish as a summer White House. The piece mocks the project as a government burden and recalls Santa Claus industry in cities, praising Santa Clauses while critiquing ostentatious wealth. It closes with a holiday-season adjournment comment from the committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millionaire
Colorado Springs
Louis XIV
France
Versailles
Louis
Colorado Mountain
Texas
White House
Eisenhower
Colorado
Springs
Inlaw
Denver
Marais des Cygnes Flood Control Drive Seeks Support
Residents of Ottawa and nearby areas urged to back the flood control campaign led by the Marais des Cygnes Flood Control Association. The drive seeks financial and active support as funds are needed for a decade of projects, including the Pomona reservoir, with costs increasingly borne by a few Ottawa businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Marais
Congress
Otindon
Pomona
Marais’ Des Cygnes
Valley Flood Control Association
Christmas Santa Claus Committee Report 1956
The committee chair reports a smooth Christmas 1956 with little confusion among children. Most believe in Santa Claus. even non Believers refrain from boasting and allow younger children to enjoy belief. Word about Santa spreads in yards, homes, and play, sometimes even in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
This and That Real Habeas This and That Real Habeas
A jumble of clipped prose and quotes on varied topics. Marilyn Monroe as habeas corpus joke, a 1956 Pontiac over 100 mph, holiday timing, budgeting board chair duties, parking at malls, Salk vaccine polio decline, March of Dimes goal, and traffic rule penalties.
Ottawa University Tops Haskell Juniors 24 to 21 in 25 Years Ago
Ottawa University defeated Haskell Juniors 24 to 21 in a basketball game. Ottawa teammates listed: Senter, McPherson, Knapper, Hetzel, Cruily, Jackson. Clarence Daylight noted as a future Ottawa player. Also mentions births, local residents ill, birthday, fire hydrant work, meat market orders, and visitors from Wellsville Princeton St. Louis and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
Haskell Jridtians
Haskell
Clarence Daylight
Ottawa
Senter
McPherson
Knapper
Hetzel
Cruily
Jackson
Harold Dickey
W.¢. Lyman
Fourth
Willow
Elm
Zoe Clark
Wellsville
Cliff Jewell
Amy Howell
Princeton
Clare’ Evertson
St. Louis
John Quin
Lawrence
Quinn
University
Bishop Cleared Of Accusations In Oklahoma City
A special investigating committee cleared Methodist Bishop W. Angie Smith of Oklahoma City of accusations he capitalized on his office by accepting gifts for himself and his family. The panel unanimously called the complaints baseless and exonerated the bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
City Wi
Spe
Cial
W. Angie Smith
J. Stewart
Albuquerque
Record Employment In December Hits New High
Washington reports December employment at 64,550,000, a monthly record despite seasonal decline from November. 1956 average employment totaled 65 million with a midsummer peak at 66 million. Factory wages rose to new highs with average earnings at $2.05 per hour and roughly $84.05 per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Labor Department
Youths Fined For Blocking Train in Russell
Five Russell teens were fined $25 each and given suspended 90 day jail terms after placing a timber bar barricade on the railroad path of Union train service. The incident halted travel briefly and prompted authorities to warn youths about railroad safety and legal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
City of St Louis Streamliner Plows Barrier. No Injuries
Pacific's City of St Louis streamliner carried over 200 passengers when it breached a cattle crossing barrier and toppled timbers on a highway. No injuries were reported. Fines were issued to James Ellis 16 David Roy Blake 16 Bob Lynn Ber schauer 16 Bert schauer 17 and Billy Leroy Covert 17.
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Pacific
St. Louis
Sigt
James’ Ellis
David Roy Blake
Bob Lynn
Berschauer
Bert
Billy Leroy Covert
Antigua profile and US auto fatality statistics mix
The fragment lists Antigua in the British West Indies with 170 square miles and about 51,000 people, then shifts to textile chemistry and fabric fading. It abruptly cites US motor vehicle fatalities, noting 40,000 in 1956 and 38,426 in 1955, with 95,088 in 1954, reflecting a jumble of data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antigua
British West Indies
University of California
Rita ‘Landry
United States
U.S
Cooperation Is Needed With Prayer Case 1372
Gardner Cowles Jr. argues that success comes from partnership with God and personal action. The piece urges readers to act, study charts, and test themselves with rating scales, stressing that prayer alone does not produce results. It promotes sending for non-profit booklets from The Hopkins Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Cowles, Jr
America
Gardner Cowles
Last-minute changes flood a Saturday TV schedule
A cluttered listing shows Channel 4 9 and 13 plus CBS ABC NBC and more. programs include The Trail Bengal Lancer Roy Rogers Perry Como and Dinah Shore with late night news and sports. The jumble lists bowling, wrestling, and entertainment acts across stations WDAF KCMO and WD AF in a busy Saturday lineup.
Radio Schedule Messy OCR Translation
A fragmented OCR listing shows a January radio schedule across KCMO WDAF KTIO and others with multiple programs including Philharmonic, Catholic Hour, News and Sports, basketball, and music blocks. Disjointed times and station names obscure complete programming details and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WDAF
KCMO
Mitch Miller
Kcmo—Philharmonis
EOP Ees Mae
Philharmonie
Morgan Beatty
Robt
Q. Lewis
Eti Ialaha
KTT
Ktio- FM
Ottawa Herald Subscribers List Summary
New and renewal subscriptions to the Ottawa Herald include individuals and firms across Baldwin, Garnett, Ottawa, Pomona, Princeton, Quenemo, Wellsville, Caruthers, Williamsburg, and Wellsville. Notable names: M K Ferguson, D M Barnhart, C C Scott, E W Baldwin, John Guy, Jessie Barnhill, Harold Bones, Mary E Milliken, C M Milliken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Baldwin
Allen Hawley
Garnett
Peter A. Lickteig
Ottawa
Harold Bones
Jessie Barnhill
E. W. Baldwin
Pomona
D. M. Barnhart
Princeton
John Guy
Quenemo
Network bids shape TV star talks and new series
Danny Kaye is courted for a one shot on ABCs Omnibus with a spoof of Leonard Bernsteins lessons. CBS eyes a film series around Eloise on Playhouse 9S with Evelyn Rudie. Gun-Will Travel spinoff in development. Holden Arlene Francis and Imogene Coca amid telefilm plans. Real McCoy stars Walter Brennan as a new telefilm role. Truth or Consequences expands to five nights weekly. Bar Bary Coast film series eyed for post quake San Francisco. Nanette Fabray offered appears.
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Bowlin
Finn Gleason
Gale Storm
Jeannie "Weir
Stony Gale Storm
U.N
Hickok
Roy Rogera
Roy Roger
Falcon
Sullivan Ted Mack
Monte Cristo
Riley
David “Niven Brothers
Btu
Garry Moore
Christophers
Godfrey
Bob Crosby
Jim Pierson
Margie Komady
Dr. N. Ventor
Mickey Mouse Bar
Superman Burns-Allen
Danny ‘Thomas
Ozark Jubilee
Godfrey Firestone
Bishop Sheen
Lucy
Danny ‘Kaye
ABC
Omnibus
Leonard” Bernstein
Kaye
CBS
Evelyn
Rudie
Eloise
Ee Cbs
Pean
Gu Man
Arlene
Imogene Coca
Georgia
Walter Brennan
Sheldon’ Reynolds
Ralph Edwards
Idea Factory
Hag
Bar Bary
San
Francisco
Nanette
Rabray
Year Ahead Optimistic Retail Survey Outlines 1957 Sales Gain
A New York Times coast to coast survey predicts department store sales will rise 3 to 6 percent in the first half of 1957 versus the first half of 1956. The Federal Reserve last year reported a 4 percent first-half increase, validating the forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Federal Reserve Board
DSE
Movie director Curtiz may helm Saddle Tramp TV version
The article notes director Michael Curtiz is in talks to direct a CBS TV adaptation of Saddle Tramp before a potential film version, with Audie Murphy eyed for starring roles in both formats. It also mentions Disneyland’s dramatic atomic-age programming planned for late January, touting it as its most important show, and comments on anti Liberace stories and public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtiz
CBS
Audie Murphy
Disneyland
Removals Listed in Credit Bureau Bulletin
This week's bulletin lists removals and disconnections including James E Black to 221 S Oak Coinsia W to 918 Ni Cedar Clyde from 831 ZS Shawnee Kansas Mas salgeie K.B to 719 Grant Wuent Bill to 107 S Oak Wallace Howard Ge to 929 King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
James E
S. Oak
Coinsia
Clyde
Shawnee
Kansas
Massalgeie
Grant
Wuent
Billto
Wallace
Howard
King
We Pray for Upper From The Upper Room
A faithful prayer note exhorts readers to avoid anxiety and present every need to God through prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. It quotes Philippians 4 6 and asks for help to accept the privilege of bringing all matters to Thee in prayer and to seek the peace that comes from trusting in Him.
Fort McNab Harbor House Built in Halifax in 1888
Fort McNab was constructed in Halifax harbor for 24000 funded by British profits from the Suez Canal in 1888. Allie Reynolds appears on the voluntary retired list of the New York Yankees.
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Fort McNab
Halifax
Canada
Allie Reynolds
New York Yankees
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Tha
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George W. Crane
Grane
Hooking Syndicate
Melott
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Jane Fe
Channel
Channel 9
Bengal Lancer
Roy Rogers
Perry Como
Callar Caesar
Gobel Hit Parade
TBA
Steve Allen
Allen
Dinah Shore
Montgomery
Pride
Buccaneers
Lucy Bride
WDAY
Kcomoo
RCMO
Basketbian
Ole
Sportsman Theatre
Opera
Opera Opera
Seria
King.Cole
Lancelot
Stanley
Candid
Odyssey Odyssey
Welk
Suale
Slate
Trooper News
Hitchcock
Ews Playhouse
I Late Show
RADIO
Bunday
Wdaf—News
Kcomo
Jack Benny
Miss Brooks
Herald
Bates, le Trade Area
Ralf Hardester
TV Guide
Francis
Don Shipman
Glen Underwood
Plaza Theatre
E&p
Francis Albright
Albright
Anchor Savings and Loan Association
Adam F. Wické
Floyd Minnick
E. 14Th St
Phyllis
Allie L. Murray
Gladys McIntire
Maple
Ethel J. Johnson
Wanda Thompson
Melvern
Sarnabrass
Clare’ Shadle
S. Poplar St
Francis Couch
Frank Carlson
W. 5Th
Ivan Brown
Kkkk
Dun & Bradstreet
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