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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1958
Page
2
Editorial reflects Kansas river claims of pearl finds a century ago and shifts to modern loss of topsoil from floods. Army Engineers estimate flood damage at ten million dollars when including land erosion. Authors urge dams, contour plowing, grassed waterways, and farm ponds to conserve soil and protect agricultural wealth.
A Kansas newspaper survey finds low voter interest in the upcoming primary. A Fifth District straw poll mirrors the trend as most voters can name top state officials but not the lesser Republican candidates. Chanute lawyer John McCall notes voters focus on opponents, highlighting support for a constitutional amendment to remove the high court from elective office by replacing voter selection with a governor’s appointment process.
A rambling column muses on voter knowledge and historical figures like Al Capone. It jokes about a Wright Field veterinary link to military procedure and hints at U.S. diplomacy and vacations, mentioning Beirut, San Francisco, and Hong Kong in a wry travel note.
A reader questions a patent medicine shortcut for kidney illness and Dr Molner urges returning to the specialist and finishing tests. Mercury in a child’s diet is warned against. gelatin may aid arthritis with protein focus and sugar caution. A note invites Veg vitamin pamphlet requests. Sherman Adams coat anecdotes link to a Miami Beach 1960 convention bid critique.
Prayer reflecting on loving one another as taught by Thy Son. A devotional fragment emphasizes God’s desire for power and love to be upon believers, guiding daily life. The text echoes a heavenly address to Thee, expressing reverence and moral aims for Christian conduct.
J W Roberts of the Model Laundry was ill. Forest Park Sale drew a large crowd with 140 cattle 423 hogs 40 sheep and 14 horses offered. S E Webb died at 424 Willow after a long illness. He was an early pioneer employee of the Leavenworth Lawrence Galveston Railroad. Blanche Morrison hired as Liberty School teacher northwest of Ottawa. Mr and Mrs R H Parmalee moved from 211 Cedar to a flat over Baughman Bakery.
A dense OCR style listing outlines a TV schedule across Channel 4 NBC Channel 5 13 CBS Channel 3 and ABC with multiple time slots. It includes cartoons news sports weather plays and dramas such as Mickey Mouse Playhouse 90 Price Is Right and Gunfight era titles. The piece reads like a newspaper TV grid from mid-century with channel numbers program names and timing cues.
Washington AP reports a Senate approved bill to ease railroad burdens by allowing government guarantees for 15 year loans up to 500 million dollars for capital investments and maintenance. The measure empowers the ICC to order train discontinuances crossing state lines and to cut services within a state if not essential or burdens interstate operations.
The Ottawa Herald lists publication details, editor and publisher names, and subscription rates. Rates show in trade area by mail from one month to one year with pricing. Outside trade area rates are given for one month to one year.
The 1959 Franklin County budget lists welfare as the largest item with an estimated cost of 661 067 dollars. The department operates under federal state and county funding with about 25 percent county share. Wanda Baird directs a staff of 11 with Helen Carey as fiscal officer and outlines five aid categories and average monthly costs per person. Administration accounts for about 6.8 percent of the budget and welfare costs are rising nationally, influenced by postwar social needs and the war's lasting effects.
Attorney General John Anderson ruled Fort Scott must seek bids for moving a gas line under a new city reservoir. With an estimated cost of about $20,000, the city cannot enter a contract with Cities Service Gas Co. unless it is the sole bidder.
Three prisoners broke from Gray County Jail Tuesday in Cimarron. C. W. Parnell and Harvey Gene Parnell of Oklahoma City and Dean Houser of Ensign Kansas escaped after hammering a wall hole with a broken water pipe. A stolen truck tied to the escape was later found abandoned in Dodge City as the search spread there.
Logan R. West a 65 year old farmer and stockman was found hanged at his home seven miles west of Colony Kansas Coroner Robert Stevens said he had been despondent over ill health and the death is under investigation by authorities
A daytime schedule lists programs from 9:35 AM through 6:25 PM including Lombardo at 9:35, Church Notes, Record Review segments, News Summaries at 10:30 12:30 3:30 5:30, Bulletin Board, Around Town, Farm Program, Erret P. Scrivner, Saturday Serenade, People’s Exchange, Varsity Drag, Sports, KOFO Komment y, Sundown Serenade.
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