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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1957

Page

2

A Need For Leaders Editorial Rousing call at jamboree

Editorial argues 50 000 Boy Scouts at Valley Forge highlight the nation’s need for adult leadership. It cites 3.2 million Scouts and one adult leader per three youths, urging Ottawa to recruit more leaders to sustain the scouting program’s goal of shaping future national leaders.

Valley Forge United States Kansas Pennsylvania Washington Florida Ottawa

Economy Wanes as Senate Keeps Budget Pork Campions

Ottawa notes show economy push in national budget with river work Pomona reservoir funds and Marais des Cygnes approval, Senate adding items. House bargains continue, setting stage for compromise committee and further haggling. Commentaries mock political contrast and social trends.

Ottawa House Pomona Reservoir Marais Des Cygnes Senate Senate House

Prayer and warning notes follow in old paper fragment

A religious prayer passage urges faith and patience to witness for thy cause. A Yellowstone warning notes safety around bears with a quirky rug remark attributed to the Augusta Gazette. An Atchison Globe item mentions a man passing the Jeneses in a race and receiving a trophy amid a bankruptcy mention.

Christ Yellowstone Park Augusta Gazette Atchison Jeneses Atchison Globe

Airy church service and sizzling heat prompt comfort ideas

In a humorous column the writer laments church heat and crowd discomfort inside a hot church service with old benches and stale air. He suggests theater seats, air conditioning enhancements, and fresh-air fans as possible improvements. The note touches on local events including a church dedication, street resurfacing, and public dog-license enforcement.

Ottawa Herald subscription rates listing and details

The Ottawa Herald provides daily local news with subscription options. Rates shown include trade area by mail: one month eighty five cents, three months two dollars, six months three dollars forty six cents, one year seven dollars. outside trade area by mail: one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars ninety cents, one year one hundred? (unspecified).

S. Main Ottawa Kas Robert B. Wellington Guy Snedaker

Television Schedule Fragment Channel Listings

A dense OCR of a mid century television grid lists channels CBS NBC ABC and more with times from early morning to late night. It names programs and personalities such as Mickey Mouse, Laurel Hardy, News, Weather, Sports, Price Is Right, Romper Room, Godfrey, Bandstand, Theatre, and various specials across multiple channels and time slots. It reads like a local paper’s TV guide with numerous program titles and host names scattered throughout.

Mickey Mouse Little Margie Laurel Hardy Rocky Jones Helen Q’con'll NBC News TV Theatre Tio Tve Highway Patrol

Count Basie Not A Man To Take Life Seriously

NEW YORK - Count Basie, 52 next month, speaks of living every day like Saturday night. The pianist, famed as dean of jump swing, recalls early gigs, 12th Street jazz lanes, and his rise from $3 a night in a Jersey coast restaurant to three transatlantic tours. He cites Duke Ellington, Armstrong, Dorsey, and Benny Goodman as lifetime inspirations and names St Louis Blues as the all time great tune.

New York William Basie Bill Count Basie Basie Red Bank N. J Jersey Coast Benny Moten Reno Club 12Th St Kansas City Duke Ellington Satchmo Armstrong Tommy Dorsey Benny Goodman

Girl Craves Dominance Teasing Engaged Boyfriend

Janet J aged 22 engaged to Jerry a mild cultured accountant seeks physical dominance and provokes anger to provoke a reaction hoping he will restrain and roughen her. Dr Crane explains attachment to paternal dynamics and female masochism while Janet nags to force a more masculine role and hints at a follow up.

Janet J Jerry Dr. Crane Janet Lalways de Crane Hopkine Syndicate Melott Ind

First Atomic Blast Was 12 Years Ago

AP report marks the 12th anniversary of the Alamogordo explosion. It notes the dawn of the atomic age, subsequent wars and devastations, and the global move toward peaceful and military uses. It highlights fallout concerns, various nuclear applications, and international progress including Britain and Russia in atomic development.

Alamogordo Earth New Mexico Desert Yireshima Nagasaki West East America Russia United States Britain

Cinders Ordered for Icy Roads Next Winter

ST JOSEPH Missouri weather hit 98 degrees as Missouri Highway Department engineer Paul E Zimmerman announced ample cinders collected to spread on icy highways in the area next winter.

ST. Joseph Paul E. Zimmerman Missouri Highway Department

Lower Grain Rates Urged At ICC Hearing

Southern grain freight rates are 40 percent higher than the North, heard at an Interstate Commerce Commission session in Kansas City. The Southeastern Association of Railroad Utilities Commissions filed the 1955 complaint against the Santa Fe Railroad, with other complaints from cities companies and boards of trade against Southeast railroads. Walter Scott of the Kansas City Board of Trade said grain and grain products in the Kansas City area bear unreasonably high rates.

Kansas City South Interstate Commerce Commission Southern Railroad North Santa Fe Railroad Southeastern Assn. of Railroad Utilities Commissions Southeast Walter Scott Kansas City Board of Trade Kansas City Territory

Overbrook approves $10,000 bond for school equipment

Voters at Overbrook pass a $10,000 bond issue for equipping the town's new grade school by a 158 to 107 vote. The sum allocates an asphalt tile floor for the multi purpose room along with sidewalks shelving and cabinets in addition to the $198,000 bond already approved for the annex construction.

Overbrook

Soldier shoots self after wife has baby

An Army spokesman said Georgia soldier J C Arden L Alexander, 45, of Hawkinsville, shot himself in his apartment yesterday, 24 hours after his wife gave birth to their third child. He had 16 years of Army service.

Ft, Riley Georgia J.C. Arden L. Alexander Hawkinsville

Chuck Stewart and Son Auctioneer Lynn Brodrick Director

Chuck Stewart and Son conducts an auction led by Lynn Brodrick serving as director for the sale. The event involves bidding, catalog items, and coordinating auctioneer duties across the floor. Local buyers attended with interest in identified lots and real estate offerings.

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