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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1955
Page
2
The General Motors share story shows a three for one split after a record year. Prices swung from 58.75 to 127.75 as speculative pressure surged while careful readers question the true worth versus past value. The piece argues for cautious investing and suggests government brakes on rapid purchases.
The column notes a June groom’s routine and a lunch counter meeting. A shoe salesman fainted not from a heart attack but hearing a shopper quip about easy feet. Reporters ponder what a rich official would do with wheat and money, while a woman’s cat social life has found homes for 57 kittens. An Oklahoma reporter sues a sheriff for 30000 over a beating, highlighting press sensitivity and changing heroism norms.
A Kansas parakeet reportedly says Davy Crockett while critics debate the tale. The piece mocks the myth and notes hair trends, car colors for safety, and drought forecasts. A scientist predicts drought relief by 1957, with rains needed for crops in spring.
Auld Lang Syne recalls Mrs. Cromwell of Homewood shopping in Ottawa today. The Colby-Wesen appliance store opens and a large crowd attends the Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce charter dinner.
Dorothy Good, chief technologist in Fargo North Dakota, recalls Dr Burgess and Dr Fink praising a textbook for 18 year old readers. The piece discusses the impact of engaging writing on psychology education, notes hypnotherapy work, and promotes a self inventory test for teachers.
Olympic Commissary Co of Chicago bids the highest for six Kateas Turnpike concession restaurants and coffee shops, offering 20.5 percent of gross revenue or $123,000 annually, whichever is greater. addresses near To Wanda, Emporia, Lawrence, Wellington, Matfield Green, and Topeka.
Peiping radio announced the departure of three American prisoners who had chosen to stay in Red China. The release at the Hong Kong border was postponed due to British transit permit issues. The men Lewis W. Griggs Otho G Bell and William A Cowart were corporals captured in Korea and later dishonorably discharged after they aligned with communism.
G. P. Allan, former Tonganoxie postmaster, is named director of the international postal service of the Bureau of Transportation. Appointed postmaster in 1954, he later served as a postal inspector and joined the Army during World War II. Allan’s father William C. Allan and sister Mrs. George Lawrence live in Lawrence, Kansas.
John Franklin Huber, 40, of York, pleaded guilty to blackmailing his former wife into embezzling $100,000 from Darmstaetter store in Lancaster. He received up to 16 years in Eastern Penitentiary after being trapped taking money July 3. His wife Kathryn R Hassel faces larceny by employee, fraudulent conversion and conspiracy charges. she is free on bail as her case advances.
The text records masthead details for the Ottawa Herald with names of staff and subscription rate wording. It lists the editor, business manager, advertising manager, and mechanical staff, along with fragmented rate information and publication city.
The page lists a dense, station by station listing of TV programs for a weekend, noting show titles, times, and channel identifiers across networks. It mentions Western Theatre, Ozark Jubilee, Meet Corliss Archer, Lawrence Welk, You Are There, Dramatic plays, News, Weather, and multiple daily classic programs reflecting a mid-20th century broadcast lineup.
A fragmented radio grid shows WDAF and KMBC programs with morning to evening blocks. Notable entries include sports, news, and various host segments such as Henry Taylor and Godfrey Waren, with references to separate stations EMBC WDAT and MAC Carton Mayes.
President Eisenhower ordered a restudy of the Dixon Yates private power plan after Memphis officials said they would build their own plant. TVA said it would not need energy from the proposed 107 million dollar West Memphis project. Budget Director Hughes and Atty Gen Brownell lead the review with aid from AEC and TVA. Senator Gore blamed the administration’s first team for the deal as Democrats push the issue in 1955.
Mr and Mrs Walter Gray of El Dorado Kansas spent the weekend with Mrs Anna Manspeaker. Clifford Lantz of Oklahoma City visited his mother Ella Lantz and Jerry Mcl Ginty joined Sunday dinner at the Lantz home. Ernest Warner entertained Loyd Davis and Sandra of Seattle for Thursday dinner. A number of callers last week included Opal Wyatt Homewood Mat ie Washburn Dallas Clarence Davis Homewood and David Gramen returning from England. Rev and Mrs Tood and Rev and Mrs Seward and local youths attended Homewood church Sunday. D C Guffey Garnett Ale and Mrs Robert Knight Amarillo were Sunday dinner guests of S R Knight and Kay.
The Kansas state harvest office reports the wheat harvest in the custom sombige area nearing completion. Wasps can be controlled with night spray using chlordance or DDT. July notice advises spraying fence rows for midsummer weed control.
City ordinance grants Kansas City Power and Light Company a twenty year franchise to construct operate and maintain electric generation transmission and distribution facilities in Williamsburg Kansas. It outlines rights to poles wires and poles in streets pay for pavement restoration metering inspector duties rate regulation by authorities and annual credit to city residents as part of the deal.
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