Quiet Richland Town Sees Nightly Turmoil In Six Month Span
In Richland Shawnee county a cafe shootout ends with a cafe owner dead while a police officer and customer are wounded. Earlier a midnight bank robbery and kidnapping linked to former U S treasurer Georgia Neese Gray and her husband led to a gunfight in which a robber was killed and others captured. The town population around 1500 has generated more excitement than most cities in recent months.
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United States
Georgia Neese Gray
Richland Cafe
Get Out The Vote Critique From Salina Journal
The Salina Journal argues civic groups should not push get-out-the-vote campaigns. It notes many voters do not know governor candidates and questions the value of such efforts. The piece urges groups to inform themselves first and stay home on election day.
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Salina Journal
Kansas
Congress
After All All About Speed
A jet pilot explains takeoff like air leaving a balloon and fuel igniting without spark. The writer notes no electronics in this thrust idea and dismisses balloon details while the speed discussion fascinates.
Picturesque Innsbruck and Tyrolean Sunday Fashion
Innsbruck Austria, 100 miles from the Swiss border, reveals a scenic ascent through fir forests to a ski country heart. Tyroleans in traditional dress parade on Sunday, with gray-green suits, lederhosen, green hats, and embroidered skirts, creating a vivid cultural tableau that charms observers.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Drowning of a 12-Year-Old Boy at Marais des Cygnes
A twelve year old named James Call, son of Mr. Call the carpenter, drowned while swimming near town in the Marais des Cygnes east of Ottawa last Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock. He could not swim and was taken by two colored men to his home after the drowning. The funeral occurred Friday. Additional local notes mention a new training stable planned by William Baxter, a Scotland trained stockman. a reminder of the game law with fines for keeping chickens and the plentiful toads. Mr. Fish reports telegraph rate cuts benefiting merchants. a call for lower L. L. and G. Roads rates to improve Ottawa. a note on Little Women author and independence. and a remark that work is wealth.
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Auld Lang Syne
James Call
Call
Marais Des Cygnes
Suspension Bridge
William Baxter
Chicago
Baxter
Scotland
Fish
Ottawa
Little Women
Olin
Cheney
Natives Of Trinidad Have Sure Cure For Excess Weight
A Trinidad article touts limbo as the weight loss cure, claiming six weeks of dancing under a progressively lowered crossbar will slim the waist. The dancer loosens his body to a steel band chant, challenging others to limbo like him.
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Trinidad
B. W
United States
Smart Wives Know How To Hold Mates
Reader Chuck of Rockford Illinois seeks Dr George W Crane's help for a troubled marriage with four children. Crane urges wives to boost erotic affection and suggests mail order booklets on marriage and sex to prevent divorce, urging practical actions to protect home and family. He notes men seek more calories and arousal and advises wives to imitate ardor.
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Chuck K
Chuck
Calwaya
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Melott
Ind
the Hopking Syndicate, Inc
Limbo Dancers of the West Indies Enter Tourism Craze
The limbo, a Caribbean folk dance, dates to the 17th century and was revived in 1944 by Edrie Connor. Ruth Henry and Stretch Wilcox are noted record holders, with earnings far below professional artistic levels. Dancers face slim pay, yet the dance attracts tourists and American interest as a potential new craze for youths.
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Charles S. Espinet
Edrie Connor
West Indies
Ruth Henry
Antigua
Television Program Guide Highlights Mixed Network Schedule
A detailed listing of CBS NBC and local channel programs for an evening schedule. Entries include news, game shows, movies, dramas, musical variety and youth shows with time blocks and channel notes. Major items feature The Millionaire, Disneyland, Captain Kangaroo, Arthur Godfrey and News bulletins across the night.
Radio schedule roundup from June 28 1930s era station list
A dense listing details radio programs across stations WDAF KMBC KTJO KTSO WDAK KEMBC and others for Thursday June 28 and Friday June 29. Programs include Top of Evening BSidigan Beatty Drama News Jazz Baseball Conversation Campus News and Theatre with multiple hosts such as Morgan Beatty Nelson Eddy and Chimpior. Also shown are Pulpit Boxing and Dinner Music segments along with conduct of local sports broadcasts and entertainment features.
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KMBC
WDAF
Morgan
KAMBC
Bsidigan Beatty
KTJO
Nelson Eddy
WDAK
KTSO
KEMBC
KTIO
HSLBC
Dilson
Exceptional Yields in Lyon County Wheat Harvest
In Lyon County the wheat harvest peaks with yields up to 77 bushels per acre and common 55 bushel wheat, especially in bottom lands. Quality is described above normal aside from a few smut cases. The county has about 33,600 acres of wheat and is yielding roughly 105 percent of normal. Long lines of trucks deliver grain to every elevator.
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Emporia
Lyon County
Kansas Wheat Good to 1956 Crop Weight and Protein
The 1956 Kansas wheat crop tests well above average in weight and protein, per federal and state agriculture agencies. Samplings from 2,110 carload shipments across 61 counties show an average weight of 61.7 pounds per bushel and protein content of 14 percent, versus 1948-55 averages of 59.3 pounds and 12.3 percent. Last year’s crop averaged 61 pounds and 12.6 percent protein.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Spear Named Director of Messiah Chorus at Bethany College
Lloyd Spear, dean of the school of fine arts at Bethany College, is announced as director of the Messiah Chorus by Dr. Robert Mortvedt. Spear will continue as conductor of the Bethany Symphony Orchestra, while Roy Henry Johnson of Rock Island Illinois is appointed instructor of piano and theory, director of the a cappella choir and assistant director of the Messiah Chorus.
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Spear
Bethany Symphony Orchestra
Mortvedt
Roy Henry Johnson
Rock Island, Ill
A Capella
Messiah Chorus
Policy Committee Will Meet Friday in New York
United Steelworkers 170 member wage policy committee is summoned to meet in New York on Friday the day before a planned strike. A prior meeting ended with deadlock as talks stalled. President David J. McDonald announced the new session amid talk of a possible three year compromise.
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New York
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Lump-Sum Social Security Death Payment Details
Government offers a lump-sum death payment of 90 to 255 dollars to the surviving spouse or to anyone who pays funeral expenses if no spouse can claim. The benefit is in addition to other survivor benefits and depends on the deceased's earned benefits. Apply at the nearest Social Security office. a visit can be arranged if the claimant is bedridden. Claims may be filed within two years of death.
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Social Security Office
John Jones
Jones
Tom Smith
Tom
Life size animal patterns for wood dye transfer
Use life size iron on patterns to transfer images to wood with a hot iron. Patterns include parrot owl crow blue jay woodpecker robin oriole bluebird goldfinch and Kentucky cardinal. Pattern No. 109 costs 50 cents with name and address to Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
Prayer Invocation Reflects Light of the World Theme
A brief prayer praising the Father and Son, invoking the light of the world to inspire good works. The speaker asks for guidance to let their light shine before others so that people may glorify God and Jesus in heaven. Amen.
Woodring Names Campaign Head
Harry B. Woodring, Democratic candidate for governor, appointed Evan Griffith of Manhattan as his campaign manager. Griffith, a former Democratic state chairman and progress administrator, is president of a Manhattan bank. Woodring said the party must unite to win in November and that Griffith is best suited to cement unity.
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Topeka
Harry B. Woodring
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
Griffith
Woodring
Subscriptions Listed For Ottawa Herald Renewals
New and renewal subscribers to the Ottawa Herald are named including Baldwin Mrs. R H Morgan Frances Rice and several others across Ottawa Paola Pomona Quenemo Rantoul Richmond Waverly and Wellsville. The list shows names and towns with multiple patrons under Rt. routes and local addresses.
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Ottawa Herald
Baldwin
R.H. Morgan, Jr
Frances Rice
Garnett
Dean Kittle
Greeley Hershel Ralston
Lane
Walter Landers
Rt. 1
Ottawa
Max Cramer
R. M. Dixon
Earl Anderson
Ivan Brittingham
F. J. Weaver
Glen R. Hemming
E. L. Hume
Paola
A. J. Collins
Pomona
Delbert Anderson
Vera E. Brown
Cecil’ Houser
W. F. Linden
Edna McCurdy
Princeton
Hardry Beall
Della Yarham
Quenemo
Roly Cade
Minnie Townsend
Rantoul
M. L. Schwartz
Richmond
Ro Patterson
C. T. Peters
Earl R
Shaw
Waverly
Earl Alen Wellsville
Homer Matilean
Frank McMillen
Williamsburg
E. S. Hackett
Walter Red
C. W. Robe
H. A. Willis
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Channel
Newa News
Sky King News Movie Museum
Doug Edwards
Doug Fidwards
Disneyland
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20Th Cent
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Break the Bank Playhouse
Godfrey Biasquerade
Godfrey Rosemary Clooney
Eddie Arnolc
Godfrey
TBA
Patti Page
Mark Saber
Ernie Kovacs
Elizabeth Tennesse
Kangaroo
Kangaroo Garry Moore
Arthur Godfrey
Home Godfrey
Carson
Bob Crosby
Mickey Sfouse
Dinah Shore
Nickey Mouse
Paul Ford
Bill Hickok
Sgt
Preston Favoite
Annia Oakley
Ford Theatre Playhouse
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Dotty Mack Crunch
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Wdaf—Theatre
Kambc—Baseball
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KXBC
Kansas Wheat
The
Kain
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Vee
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Gtx Teiths
Ray Henry
Woodring Names Campaign Head
Legals
State OF Kansas
Kansas State
Kenneth Dowdy
Franklin County
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Felex
Board of Penal Institutions
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Kenneth Dowdyn
Catherine B. Powers
Fred Powers
Hia
Bowers
Township of
Homewood
Township Board
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Roy E. Herring. Glerk
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Ruby Schwarz
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