Woman's Place in Work Expands with New Victory
A 25 year old office worker in New York became the seventh auditioning participant in a premiere for a new orchestral piece requiring non musical sounds. Two hundred million Americans workers include about 20 million women, and the piece hints at broader gains for women in employment. The piece asserts that women are increasingly entering diverse fields, including roles once held by men. The author suggests women will shape future leadership, even presidential history, when they pursue challenging jobs with resolve.
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Census Bureau
New York
United States
This and That Continued Success
This and That notes a jail escapee now in state penitentiary, US corn production dominance, Arthur Godfrey's ranking after Iowa, Canada’s newsprint gain versus US usage, a subscriber free copy offer, a new automatic washing machine changing domestic duties, a large US fiscal deficit estimate, record Atlantic air travel surpassing sailing, An Adlai Stevenson challenge to Ike for 1956 nomination.
No Complaints By ELV Firecracker Firing Fourth Of July Reflections
A nostalgic essay argues for allowing some firecracker noise as a patriotic Fourth of July tradition. The writer condemns anti firecracker laws, laments fewer big Roman candles, and contrasts past celebrations with modern bans and dangerous motor trips.
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America
Local notes from the past era reveal community items
A slice of history reports on a 15 year warning against dropping fire crackers in mailboxes, a senior Boy Scout troop formation, K-68 east of Ottawa slated for resurfacing, 25 years of remodeling at Robinson grocery, ideal corn weather for Franklin county farmers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tull visiting Osawatomie, a 50 year reference to a fire department horse, 31 Hungarians at a Garnett pipe line quitting for money, and Phillips clothing store moving near the bridge.
The Great Unknown Still Lies Ahead
A reflective meditation on human curiosity and the unknown. It contrasts ancient wisdom with modern science, questioning sleep, life, and the reach of knowledge. The speaker asks who we are, where we can go, what we can learn, and what the human race may become.
Workshop Patterns for a High Rest Chaise Design
The pattern explains a sturdy lawn chaise with adjustable backrest and detachable bolts for winter storage. It simplifies construction for amateurs and pros, with tracing diagrams to cut side members from a six foot board and assemble easily. Pattern 385 costs 25 cents or is included in a five-pattern Porch & Terrace packet for $1 postpaid. The article also notes a rise in electric light bulbs in new automobiles from 5.5 in 1925 to nearly 23 today.
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Porch & Terrace
Ottawa
Tell Children Truth About Sex Matters Case 0-368
A parent guide argues for frank science based sex education starting in early childhood. A three year old asks where he came from and the adviser suggests a casual reply while warning against myths. The column cites anecdotes of harm from false stories and promotes sending for further bulletins and charts.
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Joel B
Dr. Crane
Mother
Daddy
Joel
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Melott
Ind
The
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Television Air Schedule and Channel Lineup
A detailed list of programs across stations KBEQ TV WDAF TV KOMU TV KMBO TV WIBW TV and others for Tuesday June 28 and Wednesday June 20 including time slots 6 p.m. to 3 p.m. with shows like News Caravan Halls of Ivy Arthur Murray Meet Millie Fireside Theatre Danny Thomas Show and The Tonight Show plus various morning afternoon and late night programs across multiple channels.
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Comiclub
Hypermen
Doug Edwards
Dinah Shore
Commander
Julius la Rosa
Jo Bralford
the Face
Halls of Ivy
Arthur Murray
Cavalcane
Millie
Fireside Theatre
Danny Thomas
Daddy
Circle Theater
Dotty Mack
Red Skelton
Florian Zabach
Truth Or Conseq
the Bame
Unity
Studio 67
Theater
Amos 'N Andy
U.S.A
Evening Schedule Highlights From Herald Use Ads and Theatre Listings
A dense list of shows and radio programs across theaters and time slots. Packages include Siesta Theater matinee at 3:30, Howdy Doody, Captain Video, Relaxed variety blocks, and late-night broadcasts such as World Report and Five Star Final. Names include Godfrey, Ames Brothers, Wild Bill Hickok, and Las Rosa.
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Arthur Godfrey
Variety Theater
Sheilah Graham
Variety
Tenn
Ernie
Eohort
Guiding Light
Kitchen Klub
Woman's World
World Report
Welcome Travelers
Kathleen Carter
Robert Q. Lewis
Ted Mack
Bob Crosby
Miss Marlowe
Mr. Sweeney
Pinky Lee
Captain Video
Wild Bill Hickok
Comiclub
Peather
Doug Edwards
Fwddie Fisher
la Rosa
Hal
Star News
Godfrey
u—Godfrey
My Little Margie
Summer Theater
Biff Baker
Washburn VA
Studio
Radio Schedule Lines Aired Across KMBC WDAF This Evening
The listing shows radio programs on KMBC and WDAF including Ernie, Henry, and Henry Jerome segments at 9 and 9 30 with WDAF survey. Evening highlights include Dinah Shore Groucho and Bing Crosby followed by Keys to Capitol and Capitol News. The schedule closes with musical segments and late night features on both stations.
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KMBC
Tenn
Ernie
McGee
Henry Jerome
WDAF
Groucho
Amog
Andy
Truther Consey
Bing Crosby
Nea Hefil
Keys
Capitol
WDA
Long career of fire chief ends in Kansas City
Joseph Fee, longtime fire department chief and "a fireman's fireman," retired after 48 years of service in Kansas City. He became chief 30 years ago and estimates answering about 15,000 alarms. Fee witnessed the shift from horse drawn to motorized equipment as the department grew from 35 to 206 members.
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Kansas City
Kas
Joseph Fee
Fee
Ottawa Herald local post office section details
Fragmentary entry lists staff names and roles for Ottawa Herald in StaWwa Kansas with scattered subscription rates and mail area terms. The readable items include S. F. Harris Don Aula Guy Benedaker Don Shipman and mentions of advertising, mechanical, and subscription managers along with partial rate figures for one month to one year and area mail.
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R S. F. Harris
Don Aula
Guy Bnedaker
Don Shipman
Moward
Personal letters to Sylvia Sage at the Caenpaga News Herald
Readers are invited to submit any general interest problems for discussion in this column with a self addressed stamped envelope. Anonymous mail is not considered. Mail should be sent to Sylvia Sage at the Hutchinson Kansas paper.
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Sylvia Sage
Caenpaga News-Herald
Hutchinson
Ansas
Proper bridesmaid or matron of honor status questions
Dear Sylvia asks if a married woman can be a bridesmaid or matron of honor and whether two matrons of honor are acceptable at a wedding. She also inquires if the same rule applies to a best man or an usher.
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Sylvia
Lou
Bridesmaids and Best Man Roles Defined in Marriage Advice
The guide states that a bridesmaid can be either married or unmarried. In some cases all bridesmaids are married women. The best man and ushers may be married or single, with no difference in suitability.
Tattersall vest pattern in Sunday comic strip
Sylvia Sage recalls a Little Jadine strip where draft plans were cut up to make flowered vests. The vest is named Tattersall, a loud check pattern linked to the London Tattersall horse market established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall.
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Sylvia Sage
Little Jadine
Claire
London
Richard Tattersall
Life of Western Writer William MacLeod Raine
William MacLeod Raine was born in London on June 22, 1871. He moved to the United States at age ten and studied at Searcy College, Oberlin College, and the University of Colorado. Raine held roles as a principal, news reporter, and editorial writer in Washington, state, and Colorado, drawing upon his Texas-Arkansas border ranch youth for his westerns. He married Jennie Langley in 1905, who died in 1922, then Florence Hollingsworth in 1924, with one daughter Patricia. Florence died in 1942, Raine remarried Claire Parmeley in 1945 and resided in Denver.
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London
Searcy College
Arkansas
Oberlin College
Ohio
University of Colorado
Jennie P. Langley
Raine
Florence A. Hollingsworth
Patricia
Claire Parmeley
Washington
State
Colorado
Arkansas- Texas
Denver
Funerals Hensley and Others Held in Peoria Area
Funeral services were held for Katherine L. Hensley 81 at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev. E L Pugsley and Rev Kermit Blank officiating. Plodders club of Peoria attended, songs included Some Day We Understand and In the Garden. Pallbearers named, interment Highland cemetery. Also funeral services for Margaret Shide Brown 92 Pomona at Towners with Rev John Ward and Rev Carl Bush officiating. Songs by Everett and Rex Simmons and Rosalee Simmons. Interment Evergreen Mound cemetery. Charles Harley Ivey Jr 56 rural mail carrier died June 23. services at Lamb Funeral Home with Rev W A Elliott. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Interment Highland cemetery. Fanny Rose Hoopes 73 Pomona died June 22. service at McVey Dengel Mortuary with Rev R B Craig. pallbearers listed and interment Woodlawn cemetery.
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Hensley
Katherine L. Hensley
A. C. Johnson
Peoria
Lamb Funeral Home
E. L. Pugsley
Kermit Blank
Plodders Club of
Bruce Spears
J. R. Henning
Howard Tucker
Ray Evans
S. E. Burns
Louis Wichman
Ross Bird
Highland Cemetery
Ernest Watkins
Lee Finch
Ray Howell
Otis Elliott
Howard Kincaid
Clyde Langer
Charles Dawson
Fred Kaiser
Harry Holmes
Still Seek Clues In Youth's Death
Thelma Heien of Pleasanton Kansas says items found in a blood stained car did not belong to her slain son William How ard Heien 20 shot to death in his car and dumped near Ellis Kansas Police and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents continued the hunt with Sheriff Bill King and County Attorney Simon Roth Jr returning to Ellis County to aid the case
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Kansas City
Thelma Heien
Pleasanton
Kas
William Howard Heien
Ellis
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Bill King
Simon Roth Jr
Hays
Ellis County
Report Soon On Cutter Vaccine Investigation
The Public Health Service said a report on its inquiry into Cutter Laboratories polio vaccine may be issued the latter part of this week or early next week. The study followed a recall of all vaccine from the Berkeley, California firm after some vaccinated children developed polio.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Four youths cleared in Ellis roadside slaying inquiry
Kansas City police cleared four youths questioned in the roadside slaying of William Howard Heien, 20, of Pleasanton. The men were arrested after officers found Heien’s bloodstained car. they face vagrancy charges and one carries a concealed weapon. Investigators continue probing leads including a man using Heien’s name at a hotel.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Ellis
William Howard Helen
Pleasanton
Lester Haupt
Tommy A. Garris
Bishop
Calif
Haupt
Garris
Larry Shave
David L. Miller
Arvin D. Crump
Heien
Penney Auction Continues Today in Missouri Creek area
Hamilton Missouri penney and james homeplace farm hosts an Aberdeen Angus cattle sale with bidders from 18 states and Canada. First session yesterday saw 39 bulls bring 315350 and 25 cows 87650. J C Penney age 79, noted livestock business exit, selling 10 Missouri farms to consolidate holdings.
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Hamilton
States
Canada
Penney & James
J. C. Penney
Penney
Missouri
Bing Crosby Helps Fund New McArthur Hospital
In McArthur California Bing Crosby and Gary on a fishing trip learned the town lacked funds for a hospital. They returned with Phil Harris Jerry Lester Donald O Connor Red Nichols and Peggy Connolly to stage a benefit. Over 5000 people paid 20 dollars each, raising 20000 dollars. This plus existing funds ensures a start on a 68000 dollar hospital building soon.
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Mcarthur
Calif
Bing Crosby
Gary
Crosbys
Phil Harris
Jerry Lester
Donald O'Connor
Red Nichols
Peggy Connolly
Veteran Guard Officer Retires in Kansas
The Kansas National Guard announces Col. Samuel R. Moyer of Lawrence retires after 42 years of service. Gov. Fred Hall says Lt. Col. W. E. Treadway of Topeka will succeed him as colonel.
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Topeka
Samuel R. Moyer
Lawrence
Kansas National Guard
Fred Hall
Hall
Moyer
W. E. Treadway
Cities Cant Ban Low Flying Planes
A federal judge ruled that Cedarhurst Long Island cannot ban low flying aircraft near Idlewild Airport. Judge Walter Bruchhausen held the ordinance unconstitutional, sided with ten airlines and supporting groups challenging the village measure prohibiting flights below 1,000 feet over Cedarhurst.
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New York
Nassau County
Cedarhurst
Idlewild
Long Island
US Dist
Walter Bruchhausen
Brooklyn
Notice of Hearing in Day Estate in Franklin County
First published June 14 1953 last published June 28 1955 in Kansas Franklin County Probate Court In the Matter of Lucy B Day deceased petition filed by Alvin West administrator seeking final settlement of estate approval of accounts allowances for services and fees determination of heirs and assignment of remaining real and personal property defenses due by July 9 1955 at 10 oclock a m in Ottawa Kansas hearing will be held judgment and decree to follow if petition is not defended Alvin West Administrator Bowers and Bowers Attorneys for Administrator
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State of Kansas
Franklin County
Aaid
Lucy Eb, Day
Ottawa
Pettie
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Iowa
Grady
Atlantic
Adlai Stevenson
Ike
ELV
Robinson Grocery
Frank Tull
Osawatomie
Garnett
Phillips Clothing
Mythild
Orkshop
RIK Uth Wyeth
Speers
Kbeq-Tv
St. Joseph
Wdaf-Tv
Channl
Komu-Tv
KMBO
Wibw-Tv
K.C
Amos and
Studio 5
Amy Vanderbilt
Garry Moore
KMBCC
KMBOC
Morgan Beatty
Ajuu
KNBC
Suspence
People Are Funny
Wdaf—Dragnet
KALBC
Wdaf—Sound
Amon
Sound
Wild Bill Hickock
Television Theatre
Disneyland
Front Row Center
Mark Saber
RADIO
Ottawa Herald
StaWwa
Oateide
William MacLeod Raine
West
Sam
Cutter Vaccine
Penney Auction
Bing
Legals
Alvin West
Bowers & Bowers, Attorneys For Administrator
Community Survey
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