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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
2
The piece argues driver habit changes are needed to reduce casualties and urges cautious driving in residential areas. It notes frequent child injuries from traffic and stresses parental teaching of street dangers, while acknowledging no easy solutions and citing personal vulnerability even at low speeds.
A humorous survey by Johannes Heidelsberg contrasts European sleeping customs. It visits Britain, France, Denmark and Germany, describing cold rooms, heavy curtains, and varied bed comforts while noting how quickly sleepers drift into warmth and rest.
A June themed entry lists notable dates from 1700s to 1980s with quick remarks. Items include rail travel pioneer 1835 Providence to Boston, 1870 Great Divide locomotive, 1815 peace peeks, and a 1980 Korea alert, plus Berkeleys land deal and tomato introduction by Corne.
A roundup of short notes recalls events from 15 to 58 years past including Roosevelt urging defense funding, a 4 legged chicken sighting near Ottawa, teeth loss at a LeLoup movie, IOOF noble grand election, a 1928 Essex theft, a bulldog poisoning, rising photographs in Ut- Ottawa, and Dunn's Dry Goods staff picnicking at Tally Creek.
Helene S aged 36 recounts how following Dr George W Crane diet plans reduced her weight from 159 to 125 pounds and revived her husband’s interest. She notes a shift from platonic kisses to affectionate in kitchen closeness and late movie outings as she regained her youthful figure boosting marriage and energy. The piece promotes Crane diet booklets and related psychological charts.
Mary A Kelly ships a large grin and grit as a guest finder for Dave Garroway’s Today. She hunts famous figures from bed to studio, sometimes racing to meet guests at dawn in limousines, hotel lobbies, or airfields. Her feats range from guiding Ava Gardner to unmasking a missing Kerensky alert after Stalin’s death.
In a casual interview Mary notes she wakes people with work, not romance, and jokes about quitting for farming to raise cattle. She mentions Halley’s Comet’s long observed cycle per the National Geographic Society. Endadv for pms Wed. June 1. Safe-U. S. Savings Bonds.
A dense listing of prime time and daytime shows across KFEQ TV and other Kansas City stations for Wednesday and Thursday June 8. It details time slots, network names, and program titles from 6:00 p.m. through late night, including news, specials, dramas, variety shows, and children’s programming. The guide emphasizes local station lineups, with multiple channels and alternating programs such as Hawk Hickok, Perry Como Show, Arthur Godfrey, Disneyland, Twilight, News Caravana, and Western Movie, among many others.
A fragmented radio grid lists programs for June 1 and June 3 across KMBC WDAF KTJO and KTJO stations. Items include news, sports, baseball, shopping, and interviews with hosts Morgan Beatty Dinah Bhore and McGee, plus shows like Globe Sports and Loner Interview.
Kansas City Board of Education fails to renew superintendent Dr. Mark W Bills contract runs to June 30. Six member board split evenly on renewal, asking for successor. Bills has led district since September 1952.
Kansas International Farm Youth Exchange delegates report in Washington on June 10 before five months on foreign farms. After an orientation with host-country embassies, all but one will sail June 18 from Quebec to Europe. Delegates include Kay Ann Ahlerich Luxembourg Dale Fooshee Garnett Luanne Hicks Goodland Joyce Holdsworth Abilene Richard McGuire Lucas and Eula Mae Murray Conway with Marilynne Grimsley Liberal flying Miami to Brazil June 47.
The Ottawa Herald page presents a classifieds style listing with subscription options and rates. By mail options show pricing for one month three months six months and one year, with a possible price of 81.00 for a year. The readable text includes mis-spellings and broken phrases resembling an old newspaper ad.
Belgium Merlin Peck of Haviland to Austria John Rodgers of Paradise to France Frances Russell of Garden City to Finland and Donna Stauffer of New Camdenia to Switzerland, outlining a wave of relocations to multiple nations.
A Tom Desmond of the Red Cross disaster director reports revised tornado casualties for the Oklahoma Kansas area. Central relief headquarters opens branch offices in Cheyenne and Leedy Oklahoma. Blackwell Oklahoma totals show 20 dead 68 major injuries 182 minor injuries 68 hospitalized. Udall Kansas totals show 79 dead 118 major injuries 104 minor injuries 143 hospitalized. Cheyenne Oklahoma totals show 2 dead 3 major injuries 3 minor injuries. Leedy Oklahoma totals show no deaths 2 major injuries 2 minor injuries 5 hospitalized.
Monterey New York report states 18 year old Jack O Neill drowned yesterday in eight inches of water after apparently being knocked unconscious by a fall from a bridge into a creek. State police described the incident and noted the shallow water location.
Irene Akin has accepted the job as assistant professor for history and Dean of Women at the College of Emporia, with start planned for September. The item lists numerous local and regional residents and visits, including military, family, and social engagements across Kansas and nearby states.
News item reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne, found by a world famous research institute, shrinking hemorrhoids and relieving pain without surgery. Available as Preparation H suppositories or ointment, with money back guarantee.
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