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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
2
A Kansas tax official was dismissed after admitting failure to file his own state income tax returns. The article notes efforts to enforce tax compliance, promising closer checks and prosecutions, and suggests staffing and cross checking with federal returns to boost revenue as Gov Hall seeks more income.
A disjointed column sketches European mass services by Billy Graham, Mrs. W. E. Pigg buys a small thing, and jokes about tastes. It notes a departed figure who drank from cans, summer fashion, a Kansas turnpike concession by a Chicago caterer, a patchwork club meeting in Independence, a local Republican leader’s fall, and President Ike at Geneva awaiting mailed postcards.
Ely writes with a satirical voice about a Moscow based Pravda correspondent Eugene Litoshko granted permission to attend a Shakespearean festival in Stratford Connecticut. The piece lampoons tourists and English culture, contrasting earnest scholars with weary travelers and TV announcers.
A state fish hatchery truck delivered 6000 crappie bullheads and bass to stock Tally creek northeast of town. W A Laird grew a 12 foot corn stalk. 25 years ago Mr and Mrs W Evans bought the H B Paramore estate at 2028 Locust. Frank Haucke campaigned for governor. 50 years ago Sheriff Cody and County Attorney Pleasant checked Richmond on business as Charles Green fell ill and bridge work on the new Rantoul span neared completion.
Mailbag items discuss the American wife of tomorrow with advice on grooming and homemaking skills. A General Mills survey of 180,000 senior high school girls shows 83 percent well informed on looking neat, 71 percent learned housekeeping, 52 percent skilled in cooking, and 45 percent able in child care. Notes on fashion designer Dior and card tones follow, with reflections on personality signals in choices. The article cites trends in marriage timing, consumer habits, and dress/underwear shifts, including high bra sales last year.
Topeka reports the average daily population in Kansas state mental institutions fell to 4,462 in the 1955 fiscal year from 4,551 the prior year, despite admissions reaching an all time high. State institutions director Dr. George Jackson cited the decline amid rising intake.
Lawrence Kansas special report recounts three KU couples returning from Oak Hill cemetery who described a ghost that crossed in front of their car and moved slowly into the graveyard. The six students offered detailed descriptions prompting others to patrol the cemetery at night.
Dr. George W. Crane relates a reader story of a long unhappy marriage transformed after a wife followed his marriage advice. The husband quits drinking, stops fleeing for taverns, and maintains devotion with a balanced approach to erotic and gastric needs. The column touts a booklet offering marital guidance and requests payment details for sending the publication.
Peggy Rawlings two year old daughter of Roy and Mrs Rawlings of Moran is Allen County’s first polio victim of the year. Ill since July 7 she was taken to the KU Medical Center for observation with a diagnosis of polio.
The Ottawa Herald prints details of subscription rates by mail and trade area. Pricing options include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual plans with specific terms and areas listed by month and duration.
Television schedule dated Thursday July 1 lists programs across channels 2,4,5,9, and more. Entries include news, soap operas, dramas, variety shows, weather, and late-night movies with program times from early morning to midnight.
A dense schedule of radio segments and fan clubs includes concerts by EMBC Orchestra and EMBC Showtime, baseball scores from KMBC and WRAT News, and fan club broadcasts on WDAF stations. Notable items feature Fibber McGee, Beewall, and various local news updates across KMBC WRAR WDAR WRAT and related networks.
Shawnee County Assessor John Towle nears a three year effort to locate four Kansas City Kansas family members who own four cars and repeatedly report lost tags each year. Towle reports letters to the family acknowledging missing tag problems and asks state motor vehicle officials to check for possible cooperation.
A special political letter from A L Shultz notes Kansas cities face rising bonded debt per capita with 90 percent of towns over 1 000 population boosting indebtedness. State indirect tax gains of 6 ½ million in the year end 30 June ease deficits but threaten future funds for school aid and fuel, motor fuel and highway taxes. Inflation and cheap money praised by politicians as a windfall while towns seek revenue cures amid a looming 3.8 to 4.05 million tax levy.
Towle, a Kansas City insurance agent and operator, proposes setting 1951 to 1958 taxes on a Cadillac, two Oldsmobiles, and a Studebaker. He also suggests the family contact him to arrange assessment on their personal property.
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, renowned oil magnate and one of the world’s richest men, died yesterday in Lisbon at 86 from a kidney ailment after illness since January. Known as Mr G or Mr Five Per Cent, he kept a low profile, lived at the Hotel Aviz, built a vast art collection, and accumulated immense wealth from Iraq Petroleum Co.
Duarte Calif doctors announce Suzan Ball has a cancer recurrence after a leg amputation 18 months ago. Unofficial sources say the cancer is in the lung and she has been hospitalized since July 5 at City of Hope Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Joe Plaschka and Mr and Mrs Russell Retter visited the Mans home Monday night with ice cream and cake. George Finley of Richmond bought the Wayne Riley farm and plans to move around September first. Patsy Martin and Don Cook passed Ottawa driver tests with Patsy first in girls division and Don second in boys division. Mrs Carl Adams and Mrs Arthur Atchison returned from Denver after the death of Clara Morton July 10. Oliver Smith of Kansas City visited daughter Mary Walters last week. Numerous relatives and friends visited C W Martins at Ottawa. Bill Sutton toured Ottawa to see granddaughter Sally Reeder who had appendectomy at Ransom Memorial. Lois Stankard and another Stankard sibling work in Kansas City. Lt Max L Slankard heads to Key West for stationing after three weeks with family. Russell Retter’s guests included Dalas Donaldson and Lawrence visitors. Community Farm Bureau watermelon feed at Forest Park. Ice Seat Sa and Acorn School Movie night sponsored by Sunflower HDU.
Funeral services for Mrs Hallie R Monroe who died July 17 were held July 20 at 10 30 a m at Lamb Funeral Home Rev Roger Fredrikson officiated Pallbearers included Don Harbison Dean Berlin Ray Koontz E Z Haley Carl Richardson and Earle Kasdale Members of the Merry Go Round club and the Chandire Ward and Friendship classes at First Baptist church attended the service Interment followed at Hope Cemetery An average of 224 tin cans for every American was made in 1054
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