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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1956
Page
2
An editorial notes June as Dairy Month in Kansas, highlighting the dairy industry as a top agricultural support after livestock and wheat. It cites promotional efforts by dairymen, including anti oleo campaigns and possible celebrity endorsements, and urges wheatmen to take note of dairy promotion strategies.
The debate over whether agencies must take the lowest bid or the best bid applies to state and local governments. The highway commission faced criticism for accepting a bid higher than the lowest, with its defense noting the paints met specifications. State buying parallels household purchases: choosing the best product within budget.
In a piece contrasting life in New York City's subway troubled metropolis with Ottawa and other midwestern towns, the author extols small town freedoms and independence. They argue city dwellers lack self-reliance, face crowded transit and high costs, and endure limited recreational space, preferring yards, golf, and picnics reachable by short drives. The essay lauds open streets, air, and family life in small towns over crowded apartments and canyons of buildings.
The voyage nears Gibraltar as the Andrea Doria approaches the Straits separating Europe and Africa. A nearby American destroyer salutes, pilots, cadillacs, and crews assist as passports are stamped and baggage gathered before docking at Gibraltar and continuing to Naples.
A son writes on Father’s Day about memories of a father who died young. He recalls early meetings, a pony, a first haircut, and his father’s quiet act of quitting smoking. The piece honors sons who grew up with fathers and notes how those with fathers are fortunate.
In Ottawa a reader reports the return of two Republican books Chandos and Strathmore lent years ago. Also missing are a garden hoe one umbrella two jackknives and a dictionary. Items can be left at this office with no questions asked. John Wells to move dry goods stock next Monday into the Welsh building one door north of Thorson's to serve old customers.
A dated column argues Jesus was popular in his teens, citing Luke 2 52 and Mark 4 37 39 to claim he was favored by God and man before feeding the five thousand. It links biblical figures Gideon Moses and Saul to popular perception and promotes a booklet from Dr. Crane with mailing details.
Facts compare planetary year length and element weight with a global opium production note. Mars requires 687 days to orbit the Sun. Lithium weighs one fifth as much as aluminum. Worldwide opium production totals 2000 tons annually, with legitimate medical needs using 500 tons.
Rates listed for one month by mail and three months by mail. The figures show area pricing and yearly options. The text is garbled with typos but conveys subscription costs.
Last minute changes complicate TV listings with potential inaccuracies. Networks scramble to update schedules as channels adjust air times and program titles across multiple time zones.
Radio and TV listings show June 16 with KTJO KMBC WDAF evening lineup. Programs include Dinner Music News Monitor Show Time Cow Town Baseball and Grand Ole Opry plus WDAF News. June 17 features KMBC Walter Winchell and related scheduling details.
Radio and TV listings show WDAF and KMBC networks with mentions of hospital, town meeting, Herald want ads, and various program blocks such as News Sports Top of Evening and campus news. The roster includes Morgan Beatty Henry Taylor and a United Nations story, plus a symphony segment and a Dilson Show.
A Peoria Imes Sunday round includes Mrs Detwiler and Mrs Minnie Van Osdell of Kansas City with guests in Ottawa and Rantoul. Patrons visit Alan Detwiler family. Measles illness noted for David Finch. Also listed are numerous social calls and a note on two new early bearing peach trees Sunhaven and Richhaven from Michigan.
Questions and answers from readers about Social Security eligibility for couples without children, moving payments abroad, earning limits and overpayments, early retirement at 65, ministers being covered, and survivor benefits for a mother and daughter. The column notes how benefits end at marriage or 18, and how to apply.
New York hotel man H B Cantor, president of the Dixie Hotel, envisions two 90,000 ton ships to carry 6,000 passengers each at a cost of 100 million dollars apiece. The plan aims to offer $50 trips to Europe for the average wage earner.
Harvie Ward, already 1955 National Amateur champion, claimed the National Collegiate title while playing for the University of North Carolina in 1949, marking a high point early in his storied career.
A brief devotional prayer fragment asks for faith in Christ and courage to live in obedience. It seeks guidance to fulfill a mission and to do God’s will, ending with the name Jesus.
Mr and Mrs Claudé Smith and Rich spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Charles Prior and Terre in Oklahoma City. Mrs Emma Atkinson visited Ottawa with the Holden family and stayed with the Hookings. Tea for Mrs Shaw was hosted at Mrs Robe in Ottawa. Underwood families hosted and visited in Ottawa and Kansas City. Starosta family had stitches removed from a leg. Wichita visitors stayed with Minsch and Decker families during ordination services in Lawrence. Karolyn Decker moved to Garnett for store work. Sutherland and Heth households hosted Monday supper. Patrol 1 Girl Scouts planned a future picnic with Cheryl Fitzgerald serving refreshments.
Washington reports the Air Force gave a noncommittal reply about whether the B52 dropped an H bomb over Bikini last month missed the target. The Atomic Energy Commission had no comment. Sightings after radioactivity faded sparked speculation of an overflight error beyond 3,500 yards from Namu Island.
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