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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
2
Editorial cites a presidential conference in Annapolis reporting a decline in the physical strength of the younger generation. Over 50 percent of draftees fail military tests, attributed to less walking and more driving. Automobiles and mechanization reduce muscle use, prompting calls for science to create new methods of physical development.
Madrid mixes old Castilian grandeur with Franco era bustle. Tall pink brick blocks rise near stone façades as modern arches clash with dusty streets. Siestas linger as rich and poor pace through a city of grand avenues, slums, and seedy palaces awaiting future deeds.
A farm house was looted while the family attended church. The piece questions why burglars are not more active and notes that many lock rooms and cars but several people leave doors and car keys unsecured. It contrasts city and rural behavior, mentions Los Angeles smog, and rails at photographers chasing the President in hospital as unseemly peeping Tom tactics.
Dr J H Foulds proprietor of a Turkish bath institution in Osage City died suddenly on Saturday evening, likely from morphine overdose to aid sleep. He had practiced in Lyndon and often visited Ottawa. The report notes his restlessness prior and rapid death after being found unable to speak.
Riley Dietz, a Hutchinson Naval Air Station sailor, spent three weeks in a Concordia jail for an unpaid $35 traffic fine. His Iowa legislator father helped secure his release amid public scrutiny and Navy food criticisms. Dietz sent mixed signals about funds, claiming family money while appealing to Navy officials. The case highlights how politics moved the outcome and sparked debate over base meals.
Mrs Crane, mother of five, is praised as a shrewd bargain hunter who saves money for the family through careful purchases and timely bargaining. The column extols female shopping acumen, contrasts pampered shoppers, and offers clothing psychology advice for body types while noting Crane’s seamstress skills and thrifty household practices.
Hollywood star Clark Gable announced his wife Kay Spreckels is hospitalized at Cedars of Lebanon for a heart condition. He has taken a room at the hospital to stay close to her as medical staff treat her illness. The report notes Gable, 55, and Spreckels, 38, in the scene surrounding the domestic distress.
On Tuesday channels four five and NBC CBS ABC present evening lineups with early shows Dinah Shore News Caravan and On the Trail. The lineup includes classic cartoons Buckey Mouse Mickey Mouse Superman and Western Wyatt Earp followed by films and theatre programs at six to ten pm.
A midweek radio guide lists KTJO KMBC WDAF and more with times for news, sports, music and shows. Highlights include KMBC baseball, KTJO campus news, WDAF truth or conseq and Groucho, plus Dilson Show, Open House and open ads.
Soviet forces in East Germany will see Western observers as 33,500 troops withdraw, leaving about 235,000 still in place. Invitations went to US British and French officers in Potsdam, with Heidelberg-based U.S. spokesman signaling an imminent official relay.
Washington June 18 Rep Reuss proposes a bill to deny unlimited overseas travel funds for congressmen. He says a quarter of members travel abroad yearly, spending several millions of dollars in foreign funds as they follow U S aid. Some lawmakers defend trips to monitor U S dollar spending.
Dr Harry R Wahl 70 former dean of the University of Kansas Medical School died of cancer after several weeks illness and recent operation. He served 37 years on the KU faculty including 24 as dean and 2 as head of pathology. Regents planned to name a science hall after him and name him professor emeritus upon retirement. Survived by widow two daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
Germane home craft patterns from Ruth Wysth Spears feature a ten gallon ice keg for picnics, insulated with rock wool and colorful. Also included are a napkin holder, insect screen, hurricane candle holder, and decorative scrolls and chan ticleer designs. Pattern 447 costs 25 cents, with name and address to Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept. Bedford Hills, New York.
A prayer excerpt centers on Jesus statement of aid to the hungry thirsty stranger naked sick and imprisoned from Matthew 25 35 36 and a closing petition asking God through Jesus Christ to make lives examples of faith for winning others to Christ Amen.
The AFL CIO Building and Construction Department ended its two month opposition to state and local AFL and CIO mergers. Richard Gray, Building Trades Department president, said unions should discontinue the boycott and support George Meanys plan to form a committee to set a general policy on work jurisdiction.
Vern J. McCaslin 61, president of a Wichita chain of variety stores, died Saturday from complications of injuries suffered in an auto accident May 30. A Jasper Missouri native, he leaves a widow three daughters and two sons. Also noted: Dartmouth 1955 56 basketball captains Ron Judson and Larry Blades named forwards for the coming season.
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