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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1957
Page
2
A county judge fined three youths after a knife- involved fight and granted paroles with strict terms. They must be off the streets by 8 PM on weekdays, avoid the Youth Center, and attend supervised activities while reporting to parole masters, police, and parents. The piece argues for firm enforcement to deter future delinquency.
The vice president of merchandising at Sears Roebuck & Co says newspapers led its promotional efforts during the past year as the company announced its 1956 business was the best in its 70 year history. Advertising outlay reached 78.8 percent of total spending, up about 9 percent from the prior year. He adds Sears’ ads are properly tuned to the public and avoid singing commercials.
The piece parodies public discourse and consumer culture, noting Supreme Court debates on speech and government, film runtimes, theater delays, smoking habits, presidential promises of a clean H bomb, and the ironies of refunds and guarantees. It ends by pondering news broadcasts and the fate of middle commercials.
A summary of local happenings: Latimers visit Kansas City on business with son Loren, Eli B Moore buys a new automobile, a two wheel trailer stolen from Ed Walton, Aubrey Henshaw injures a car drum diving at Forest Park pool, a son born to Ernest Pohl and family near Baldwin, J M McWharf and wife return from over 500 miles of travel, watermelon scarcity and price rise forecast, Ottawa fire department horse Si dies of indigestion, William Robinson returns from trips to Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, Charles Green leaves Home Phone for Independence to work with Electric Railway Co.
A Kansas personnel study of fifty World War II veterans who became farmers finds only mechanically and scientifically inclined individuals succeed. Those with math and practical reasoning do best, while city boys show rising interest. the moral is to know before starting and to have land, machinery, and reserve funds.
Clips And Quips notes garden clubs are holding annual spring shows featuring items like water lilies. A Lyons News item reports an Iowa professor’s beehive theft. Other quips recount winds shrinking soil from a soil bank, Mrs Adams praising her husband for mowing the lawn, and observations on barefoot summers and hurried drivers in Wichita.
A devotional prayer expresses gratitude for God's provision through Jesus Christ. It thanks God for love shown while sinners, asks for continued faithfulness, and pledges consecrated service in Christ's name. The text cites Romans 5 8 and centers on adoration, dependence, and prayerful commitment.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for inside and outside trade areas. By mail in the trade area one month.85, three months two dollars, six months three dollars and seventy five cents, one year seven dollars. Outside trade area one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars and fifty cents, one year ten dollars.
A dense OCR list outlines Channel 4 NBC CBS and ABC schedules with morning to late afternoon programs. Names like Danny Thomas Jimmie Dean Katherine Worth Little Margie and variety shows across multiple networks appear, alongside weather news sports and game shows.
A fragmented listing shows July 1 radio programs across KTIO, KOMO, WDAF, KCMO, KTJO, and WRAF. Programs include News, Sports, World Tonight, Disc Jockey, Mistery shows, and comedy segments featuring names like Bob Sanders, Rusty Draper, Bob Hope, and Amos ’n’ Andy.
Local society item highlights visits by Mrs. L. W. Suther- and the Fritts family, plus guests from Manchester N H and Manhattan. A July 4 outing with the Binns and Kinnisons, WSCS activities, and a reception for Rev. Wood and family draw about 70 attendees. Several Ottawan and Topekan guests appear, with cornet solos and missions news.
Denver woman Mrs Harry Huffman says she found a method to grow four leaf clovers. She claims that letting a four leaf clover go to seed yields three leaf clovers while picking blossoms makes plants spread roots and produce new four leaf clovers. She tends a garden bed about 15 feet long.
President Eisenhower plans a summer vacation at the U S Naval Base in Narragansett Bay near Newport if Congress adjourns in time. White House press secretary Hagerty said the timing depends on Senate civil rights debate, with Knowland suggesting four to eight weeks or more. The site is Coaster's Harbor Island. the President and Mrs. Eisenhower would stay in the base commandant's home.
A Philadelphia Red Cross note from Audrey W. Wilson proposes that many women named Audrey could contribute to hurricane relief. The letter urges a special appeal and has been sent to Red Cross national headquarters for consideration.
ORRICK MO Six men will share a $1 000 reward for helping to capture the Hickman bank robber. Paul G Williams of Citizens Exchange Bank said an insurance firm provided the money. Recipients include Keith Altman Clyde Fulter Bobby Fulle Billy Joe Hail Iven Thomas and Don C Brady. John Sweeney Mickman Ottawa Kansas pleaded guilty to robbing the bank and was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a car chase. the $10 770 loot was recovered.
A 13 year old Scout from Shidler Oklahoma was removed from a train in Indianapolis and taken to Methodist Hospital isolation ward with mumps. Doctors now monitor about 400 fellow travelers from the train for symptoms and potential exposure.
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