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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1957
Page
2
Sen Russell calls for a jury trial provision as civil rights clashes with federal contempt control. Southern lawmakers argue juries favor whites in Negro rights cases, citing Emmett Till and postwar legal bias. The administration backs federal judges for civil rights enforcement, while the South demands juries.
A Topeka based department will enforce the driver financial responsibility law passed by the last Legislature. The act requires drivers involved in fatal or costly accidents to prove ability to pay damages. failure to do so will suspend licenses and lift car registrations. The goal is to remove financially irresponsible drivers from highways, though past license laws failed due to tax enforcement.
A columnist argues vacations always drain funds. Bank loans and letters of credit are urged but fail to prevent overspending. Saving a year ahead is praised yet still won’t guarantee financial return. The piece concludes vacations feel appealing but end with little money left, whether traveling or staying home.
The author recounts a day trip from Seattle to Whidbey Island then through Blaine to Vancouver. Delays at the border over a missing entry permit lead to telegraphing for authorization. After a lengthy wait, they cross into Canada, face hotel fulls, and end with a hurried check in during an Elks convention.
A light quip notes how a husband can wait all day for dinner yet struggle with five minutes more, reflecting playful domestic humor from the Lawrence Journal-World.
Auld Lang Syne items recall a son born to Mr and Mrs Harold Fish on West 7th Street and petty thefts as a spare fire and wheel were stolen from Lillard McClay’s car. Rollo H Harrison campaigned in Ottawa for county commissioner while Polly Gowans and her pianist circle performed in Emporia. Fifty years ago Ottawans used 15 tons of ice daily, painted Main Street signs for socials, R L Robinson led wheat yields at 40 bushels per acre, and W S Adams laid a new cement sidewalk before Blum’s meat market.
A devotional prayer invoking Romans 12 17 urging believers to seek honest deeds and overcome evil with good through divine strength. It asks God to deepen the love of Christ in practice and to broaden His kingdom and honor among all peoples through Christ. Amen.
The Ottawa Herald presents subscription terms with trade area and outside rates. It lists by mail options: one month eighty five cents, three months two dollars, six months three dollars and seventy five cents, one year seven dollars. Outside trade area rates show one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars and fifty cents, and one year one dollar.
Radio listings for KOFO cover Monday through Friday with 9:30 News Weather 9:35 Timely Tunes 6:00 Top of Morning 10:00 Womans World 6:45 Weather Roundup 10:05 Serenade 6:50 Top of Morning 10:30 News Weather 7:30 News Mkts Wibr 10:35 Serenade 7:45 Top of Morning 11:00 Bulletin Board 8:00 Boris Karlote 11:63 Around Town 8:05 Top of Morning 11:30 News Weather 8:30 News Weather 11:35 Top Tunes 8:35 Top of Morning 12:00 Peoples Exchange 9:00 Morning Devotions 12:15 Farm Program 9:15 Bentment’s Melodies 12:30 News Weather 12:45 Today’s Almanis 4:00 p m Geroett Hour 2:00 Karavan 2:30 News Weather 2:15 Party Lns 3:00 Bulletin Board 3:05 Records Yesteryears 3:15 Manhattan Melodies 3:30 News Summary 3:35 Varsity Drag 5:30 News Weather 2:45 Sports :00 Sundown Serenade
Bethel area residents recount visits across Kansas City and nearby towns. Maurice Fishburn and Caroll joined Sidney Clark for a stay with Stanley Fishburn. Ben Baker and Arlyss with Andrew Pelkey hosted dinner at Law rence. Attendees include Turner, Eubanks, and Vance families. Franklin County HD U I Play Day in Ottawa. Centropolis reunion in Forest Park Ottawa with many local names.
A small ad notices expert radio and television repair services labeled Keen Way. Contact Ph 637 for service estimates and quick device troubleshooting.
A business man asks what the lower blood pressure number means. Dr George W Crane explains systolic and diastolic pressures, how arterial walls stretch with each beat, and why the lower reading reflects capillary condition. He notes emotional stress can raise the top number, while the bottom changes less.
President Eisenhower received a sterling silver replica of the 1957 tenthousandth baseball, once used to open the American League season, now in Cooperstown. Walter B. Gerould and Calvin Griffith presented the piece, which Griffith notes the Senators are improving. The replica will eventually join the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene Kansas.
An engine room fire aboard a Navy ship carrying 3500 tons of ammunition was put out quickly. The Mauna Loa reported a blaze about five miles from Ambrose lightship and was towed to Gravesend Bay near Coney Island for safety.
LEWES England Dr John Bodkin Adams fined 2400 pounds six thousand seven hundred twenty dollars for 14 of 16 charges involving larceny cremation forgery and dangerous drugs. He pleaded guilty to most counts and was acquitted on related charges from London. The court dismissed two accusations here.
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