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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1958
Page
2
Gov George Docking vows to veto a bill to appropriate 2.85 million dollars to cover a school aid deficit. He opposes using the general fund, fearing payroll strain, while lawmakers fear sales tax depletion. Rep Robert A Anderson calls it spinning wheels as partisan politics fuel the dispute.
A young boy teases his brother about a cow with mixed colors, the older replies and the younger admits he needs the brown crayon. The exchange hints at a broader message about getting along and being satisfied with what you have, a simple civility adults and nations might learn from.
A collage of quips on American life and politics. Ike and Nixon are debated in tone, with remarks on cars, roads, and public figures. The column blends humor and social commentary, noting rising car numbers, rear-end crashes, and shifting political stature.
The Ottawa Herald lists publication details at 106-108 S Main with daily edition except Sundays and holidays. Rates show trade area by mail 1 month 85 cents, 3 months 2 dollars, 6 months 3.75, 12 months 7 dollars. outside trade area by mail 1 month 1 dollar, 3 months 3 dollars, 6 months 5.50, 12 months 10 dollars.
A recent comic strip shows a man embarrassed to ask for a girdle for his wife while a floor walker exposes the clerk. The piece reflects on changing social norms as stores display lingerie openly and men and women today shop without stigma. It notes promotions like Christmas cigar giveaways failing to boost male shopping and argues for forgetting the old blush trope.
The Franklin County courthouse yard housed about 1 000 cords of wood donated by W H Dad Martin from his Ottawa area farm to aid needy families for fuel. Martin funded hauling and families could haul wood from the pile. Also noted: local births, illnesses, church improvements, and a chautauqua invitation.
A dense array of broadcast times and show titles across channels NBC and others, listing news, sports, dramas, game shows, and variety programs. Entries include Mighty Mouse, Kangaroo, News, Weather, Talk and soap opera items, with scattered time stamps and host or program names.
London readers question the fate of the name Thomas and its diminutive Tom as editors note its decline since medieval times. They cite 1957 birth-name rankings, Becket’s martyrdom, and later shifts in England and America, with commentary on why Toms seem rarer today.
A personal note laments failing to christen any daughter Thomasina as the speaker reveals his wife refused the tradition. He reflects that all five daughters are now mothers of sons, none named Thomas, signaling a parental wish unfulfilled.
Rev F Paul Allison of Calvary Baptist Church Columbia has accepted a post as assistant executive secretary treasurer for the Kansas Convention of Southern Baptists and will begin February 24. A Southwest Baptist College and William Jewell College graduate, he studied two years at Central Seminary Kansas City and has 15 years of Missouri Southern Baptist pastorates.
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