Ottawa editors urge room to expand amid flood fears
Editorial argues Ottawa must revise city zoning to allow future business growth as Bell seeks to replace dial equipment with a new central building. Flood control programs and rising downtown prices push for liberalized zoning to accommodate expansion and new industrial development.
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Western Bell Co
Hed
He L Telephone Company
Congress
Pomona
Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Judge probes Junket Use by Local Officers
Judge Clark Wallace questioned a sheriff's office expense bill totaling 372.25 for California travel to fetch a Pratt suspect on a bad check charge. He urged tighter central control of expenditures, noting county government lacks executive authority and proposing modernization such as a county manager or a more administrative county commission.
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Clark Wallace
California
Pratt
Ure
Wallace
Fire at Bullene's Dry Goods Store in Lawrence
A small blaze at Bullene's Dry Goods Store in Lawrence caused limited damage. another fire incident led to minor losses. A Tuesday evening social at the W tluwa House entertained about thirty guests. Rumors hint at a duel between local lumbermen on Silver Lake’s east bank at daylight, with intent to kill both principals. New hay shipments arrive daily, and the town notes seasonal activity.
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Lawrence
Bullene
Tluwa House
Ludington
Silver Lake
Shattuck
Nichols
Senate backs death penalty for narcotics offenders
Not The Solution argues against capital punishment for drug peddling, contending it reflects anger rather than crime deterrence. It notes the narcotics bureau is undermanned and underfunded, urging budget increases over executions to curb the drug trade.
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Senate
Old Age Pioneer Talk Sparks Local Debate
A local man argues that despite 60 being a milestone, true pioneers are those who founded the community and endured hardship. He contrasts canary island living in 200 a month with modern retirement, noting the shift from rugged beginnings to easier later life.
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Canary Islands
West Africa
Nome
United States
THIS AND THAT STRICTLY VISITING
A collage of snippets covers social curiosities from Mile Santee’s pro turn and Landy’s safe circle to royal curiosity, safety dog candy for meter readers, warm water trout by 10 years, farm law grazing benefit versus fencing costs, and a sharp NY Tires note on highway congestion. It closes with a quip on Elvis Presley versus Bing Crosby and marketing nostalgia.
Tact And Friendliness Sells More
Dr. George W. Crane discusses how tact, friendliness, and personality outperform mere price or quality in selling. He shares Freud as a model of persistence and explains that customers buy from the salesman, not the firm, urging teens to build people skills for sales careers.
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Sigmund Freud
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Diplomas For Prison Inmates Plan Outlined
LANSING Inmates at Kansas State prison soon will be able to receive high school diplomas. Walter A. Hunter, chairman of the State Penal Board, Monday outlined plans for new department of education at the prison similar to one in force at the federal prison and U S disciplinary barracks at Ft Leavenworth.
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Kansas State Prison
Walter A. Hunter
State Penal Board
Department of Education
U.S
Ft. Leavenworth
TV Schedule Fragments and Theatre Listings From 1950s Paper
A fragmented OCR listing day by day TV and theatre notes. Names such as Doug Edwards Joan Howdy Doody Ernie Kovacs and Mickey Mouse appear among programs and time slots. Local stations KTJO KMBC WDAF WDAY and others are listed with show names and schedule notes for Tuesday and Wednesday including News Weather and Entertainment features.
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Superman News
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Warner Brothers
Wyatt Harp
Guy Lon
Big Picture
Life of Riley
Phil S
Daddy Phil Sivers
Navy Log Science Theatre
Navy Log District Attorney News
Jimmie Pierson
Today And Tomorrow Today And Tomorrow
TV Guide feature by Ralf Hardester outlines upcoming shows and programming highlights for today and tomorrow, with emphasis on notable premieres, returning series, and time slots across major networks.
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Ralf Hardester
TV Guide
Prayer and TV Biz Mix in Fall Preview
An array of 1950s show business notes sketches Janet Blair set to play Norma Talmadge in The Buster Keaton Story with a quick shooting schedule, plus live road dates for Annie Get Your Gun and a Max Liebman spectacular. Edward R. Murrow sells a rough Around the World In Eighty Days cut and agrees to narration. Oscar Levant walks out on Words About Music unless picked up by a network. Frankie Laine may host NBC Sunday nights replacing Loretta Young Show. Carl Brisson and Maurice Chevalier are eyed for TV cameos. Shark Malone seeks Dale Robertson. M. D. Clark of Woodbury, Conn. considered for a role. Danny Kaye eyes Gore Vidal adaptation. A kitchen tip notes dull pans make better crusts. Prayer seeks divine guidance to live anew. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. contemplates a new film series abroad with the Duke of Edinburgh as hacker.
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Oscar Levant
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Loretta Young
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Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier
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Woodbury
Conn
Danny Kaye
Gore Vidal
Celebrities mingle at open house and showbiz buzz
A lively social note lists Jimmy Durante with Karloff at an open house for pals, Kirk and Anne Douglas at their anniversary with Sam Spiegel, Ray Bolger on the Stork Club floor, and other Hollywood names like Lucille Ball, Garbo, Jerry Lewis, and Peggy Lee. It also mentions Rocky Marciano rumors, Follies rehearsal dates, and light banter about betting with Edgar Hoover.
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Social Security basics and survivor benefits explained
A reader asks about Social Security options and survivor benefits for aged parents. The article explains eligibility rules, including surviving parents of fully insured decedents, age requirements, support proof, non remarriage, and how benefits are calculated and reduced by earnings. Readers may write with questions and include a stamped return envelope.
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Ray Henry
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