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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1956

Page

2

Editorial contrasts church courage with white supremacist tactics

A warily voiced editorial argues segregationists in the South overstep in extremism. It notes Protestant ministers brave in opposing racism at personal cost, Catholic priests facing less risk yet joining the clash over faith. The piece condemns the cross burning before a New Orleans bishop and likens supremacist actions to prewar Germany, warning they undermine American values.

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Fragmented musings on media, weather, and culture

A collection of stray notes discusses press page counts versus readers and compares Elvis Presley with Johnnie Ray and Frank Sinatra. It jokes about holidays, travel worries for women, a Kansas cyclone near Cleveland, a quirky architectural model home, and Gene Autry exiting radio after 16 years.

Elvis Presley Johnnie Ray Johnie Frank Sinatra

Ottawa Kansas Libel and Local Happenings Chronicle

In Ottawa Kansas editor Ed Smith praises original cards while W E Smith runs a billiard saloon. The Kansas City Times faces a $20,000 libel suit. Ottawa suspension bridge washed away with heavy mud. L A Barney promotes himself as a painter amid hard times. Ottawa Journal described as coarse and irregular in exchange. Snow and Melius claim to publish the libelous sheet.

Ed Smith W. E. Smith Ottawa Kansas Kansas City Times John Walruff L. A. Barney Barney Ottawa Journal Snow Melius Thayer

Here To Stay Weddings Boost Economy Says Editor

Exclusive forecast notes a surge in weddings this month with merchants cheering. Diamond rings jewelry stores home goods and outfits drive steady business as brides and grooms buy dishes silverware clocks appliances and even cars. The society editor cites interviews with merchants to claim weddings remain a durable economic force across times of plenty or hardship.

Las Vegas

New Matinee Idol Weede Proves Age No Barrier

New York Broadway star Robert Weede, taller dreams aside, became a major success at middle age in The Most Happy Fella. Once a concert and opera singer, he credits a helping hand and self belief for his breakthrough and now mentors young singers while championing love over age and appearance.

New York Robert Weede Weede Broadway Ede America Frank Loesser Porgy and Bess Tony Corredence Mn Weede Antal Metropolitan

Williamsburg Sadona Chapter Hosts Friendship Night Visits

Williamsburg Sadona Chapter 0 E S met Monday with Mrs. Maxine Starosta Worthy Matron presiding. Mrs. Jo Brown District Aide Ottawa made her official visit and a monetary gift from the chapter was presented. Visitors from Quenemo Melvern Pomona Waverly Ottawa Garnett Olpe attended. Musical numbers by Bob Binns and Larry Anderson followed by a game. Refreshments in joining room. Tables decorated with roses honeysuckle. Picked fence table decor with dolls in arch roses. About 90 attended. Mrs. M R Wren presided at serving table.

Sadana E. S Maxine Starosta Jo Brown Ottawa Quenemo Melvern Pomona Waverly Garnett Olpe Bob Binns Larry Anderson M. R. Wren

Contesting For Prizes Stimulating

Dr George W Crane recounts a dentist and his wife turning prize contests into a mutual hobby. They won two $1000 prizes and describe how contesting fosters mental activity, family bonding, and practical writing skills while offering occasional cash awards. They advise plain entries, originality, and keeping within word limits.

Mars. Crane Crane Hopkins Syndicate Melett Ind The Hopkins Syndicate, Inc

Television Listings and Schedule Fragments

A dense, fragmentary TV schedule lists channels Channel 4 Channel 9 Channel 13 NBC CBS ABC and many programs. Titles include Eddie Fisher Newa Caravan News Travel Elizabeth Man Called, Star Stage Boxing Truth or Cause Weather Sports and Classic shows like Perry Como Mickey Mouse Rin Tin Tin and Roy Rogers. The listing reads like a late 1950s to 1960s local guide with times and station logos, but the text is garbled and partially unreadable.

Radio Schedule Fragment From KMBC and WDAF Stations

A fragmented schedule lists KMBC and WDAF programs for a Saturday, including KMBC News at 11 39 and hourlong shows like Its Time Walter Winchell and Newa. The garbled text mentions Ball Scores, Town Meeting, and Opry related items with uncertain times and programs.

KMBC WDAF Embc—Jubiles Wr5 EMBC Dilson Walter Winchell WDAT Newa Oyn Wdap

Ottawa Herald Subscriptions and Miscellany Amid Data

Subscribers include Baldwin George McCracken and Raymond Pearson with various others listed by name and location. Also notes Wisconsin milk production share and Saratoga carrier ventilation output for radio city halls, reflecting unrelated facts in a fragmented clipping.

Ottawa Herald Baldwin George McCracken Raymond Pearson Jarnett H. H. Day Lane Henry Dunkak Rt. 2 Ottawa Clair Bayless Roy, Bates Pomona E. A. Wampler Richmond Dan Licktelg John Peters Wellsville F. Broers Gerald McGough Co. W. Scott H. L. Young Wisconsin U. S Saratoga Radio City

Sunday At The Country Churches

A reader list of area churches with service times, pastors, and youth programs across Wellsville and surrounding towns. Notes include Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, and interdenominational parishes with morning worship, Sunday school, MYF and BYF youth groups, and midweek prayer meetings. Southpaw Chris Van Cuyk, previously with the Dodgers, is pitching for Chattanooga as a related note.

Wellsville Faust YT Leslie Methodist Youth Fellowship First Baptist Church Quenemo Cecil V. Kramer Union Chapel Methodist Leo Sandon Princeton Methodist Oliver Baptist Roger Cantrill Carl A. Grondott Rantoul Methodist and Presbyterian A.mn Stanton B.U.B Spring Ridge Presbyterian Peoria B.U.B Richmond Paul A. Davis Unday Seventh Day Adventiste Ninth and Sycamore H. H. Meyers Lawrence Centropolis Christian Donald F. Hood Home of Christian and Community Ronald Seward A.m Ronald Kerr Williamsburg Charles Minsch Greenwood Baptist Silas Wilma Rugh Pomona Methodist — Church School Wayne Morgan Emerald St. Patrick’s Jack Harrington Centropolis First Baptist Ben Nicholas Centropolis Baptist Carl Bush New Hope-Ruhamah KR. B Ruberman New Hope Princeton Christian Robert Todd Antioch Baptist Hal Hawkins Hendrix Touy Baptist James Leftingwell Temons Assembly of God Pete Ratzieff Ing Lang Methodist George M. Boicourt Chris van Cuyk Dodger Chattanooga Tenn Asia Oakland Calif Ottawa

Prayer Note Emphasizes Love as Faith's Measure

A devotional prayer urges living by love as Jesus taught and states faith is judged by love for others including friends enemies relatives and strangers. It invokes Our Father and Jesus as guiding figures and ends with Amen.

God Jesus

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