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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1956
Page
2
Connecticut governor deploys 100 National Guard members in 42 jeeps and three helicopters to monitor highways on Memorial Day, suspending licenses of speed violators to deter infractions. Light traffic limited tests but prompted discussion of a similar Fourth of July trial and military training benefits.
The SS Andrea Doria, newer for New York to Naples, is compared to the Queen Elizabeth. Doria carries 1,178 guests with 567 crew, 294 first class, 330 cabin, and 617 tourist, and features three swimming pools, multiple public rooms, and a crew to passenger ratio of 47 to 1. The piece notes class divisions aboard and comments on design inspired by snobbery.
A columnist argues over Father’s Day June 17, noting critics see it as a commercial ploy while supporters value a day of rest and homage for fathers. The piece compares Father’s Day to Mother's Day, Christmas, and other observances, urging neutrality and personal choice in observing such weeks.
Barker and Gatch es Gallery offers views of the broken railroad bridge of any size. Mr Gatch arrived on Saturday after the accident to survey the wreck. The new Methodist Church at Princeton will be dedicated next Sunday June 15 with Rev P T Rhodes presiding elder in attendance. After July 1st new postage stamps will feature profiles and colors including Franklin Lincoln Washington and more. Water subsidence revealed lumber piles around the furniture factory filled with snakes. workers kill them but dislike the situation.
New York based entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. plans to star in a Western film and hopes to costar with Frank Sinatra in Jazz Train. He cites historical Black cowboys, notes earnings from records and TV, and highlights his big collection of Western history items and cameras as part of a lifestyle built on ambitious, varied talents. He aims to remain independent by age 46 through prudently managed finances.
Dr George W Crane discusses a Covington Kentucky YMCA project with Willard Wade to stress family life. A 100 acre Youth Camp nearby will host a Family Life Institute with a 15 acre lake, student scholarship in training and college scholars as caretakers plus summer work and leadership roles.
A portrait of Sammy Davis Jr detailing intense rehearsal days with 15 cups of coffee and 7 to 10 bottles of cream soda, his disciplined reading habits, and a performer’s creed. He values honesty, audience connection, and giving everything to the act to avoid being seen as a phoney.
The United States accounts for roughly half of globally manufactured products, reflecting its dominant role in global industry and production capacity across sectors. This level of output underscores the country’s manufacturing base and export potential amid international trade dynamics.
Local TV schedule notes last minute changes and potential inaccuracies for Friday June 8 listings. Programs include KMBC baseball boxing boxing and jazz segments on WDAF and KMBC with evening news and theater features.
Radio listings show a Saturday schedule with ET times across WDAF KMBC and WDAF stations and a Sunday lineup including KMBC and WDAF programs. Notable items include news, talk, and town programs, with ball scores and monitor segments interspersed throughout the two days.
Topeka Kan bids will be opened June 21 at Hutchinson for major improvements on 36 miles of highway in south central Kansas. Other bids cover 1380 miles of bituminous sealing and 35 miles of county secondary projects. Major items include 4.9 miles of grading and concrete pavement paralleling U S 54 from Wichita to Augusta to form a four lane highway. Bids also seek 1.3 miles of grading and two bridges connecting U S 81 bypass with U S 50S northeast of Newton. Plan calls for 10.5 miles of bituminous surface on new U S 54 in Pratt and Kiowa counties Cullison to Haviland and 10.4 miles of bituminous base on U S 50S from Lewis to Belpre in Edwards County.
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In 1900 about 714 million Americans owned their homes compared with 25 million today. Tdthium is described as the lightest known metal. The United States sold 1 264 925 000 cases of soft drinks in 1955.
A devotional prayer expressing gratitude for spiritual rebirth through Jesus Christ. It reflects on being once dead in trespasses and sins and being made alive again through faith, concluding with an Amen.
A condensed directory of church schedules across Wellsville and surrounding towns, listing pastors, service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and midweek activities for Methodist Baptist Presbyterian and other denominations. Includes Wellsville churches such as Wellsville Methodist and Wellsville Baptist along with Centropolis and Princeton congregations and Catholic mass times.
New and renewal subscriptions include Baldwin Alvin Johanning Roy C. Taylor H Teghtmeyer Rt 2 Ottawa Gould Rt 4 Ottawa J F Burgess Bryan Stewart Pomona Charles Eichenberger A A Crist Princeton Clifford James Richmond Ralph Kramer Wellsville A F Breithaupt Williamsburg Merle McClain John Rea.
A district court petition filed by the Franklin County Kansas Board of County Commissioners seeksjudgment to determine taxes interest penalties and charges due on multiple tracts of land and mineral rights in Franklin County Kansas including parcels in Ottawa Pomona Williamsburg and park place addition with undivided mineral interests and long standing oil gas rights listed a wide range of sections townships and ranges and specific lots and blocks and descriptions to be sold at public sale to satisfy the liens with parties and owners identified or claimed interests named in the action
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