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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1955
Page
4
Editorial praises Ottawa University Braves and coach Don Meek for winning the Kansas Conference title and notes the team also placed second in football this school year. It highlights a balanced athletic program at Wilson Fieldhouse and backs nonpaying student athletes.
The Kansas Legislature considers a 70 mph daytime and 60 mph night speed limit with passing loopholes. Critics call the measure a safety travesty, arguing it permits lethal higher speeds during passing and fails to reflect safer statewide standards.
Nearly 100000 Topeka residents faced a near zero day when a gas line broke, revealing modern life’s fragility. The piece riffs on old comforts, university sport, and humorously on politics and public life, ending with an Army surplus skeleton note.
A roundup of past local items includes Sheriff Harry Cochrane seeking re election, Ottawa to host a state pneumonia control station, lamb like March weather, demand for seed oats, interest in a city election, Ottawa Boy Scouts earning merit badges at First Baptist church, Miss Emma Southard visiting Topeka, C Barnhart moving to 508 Sycamore, and J W Davenport facing grip issues.
The piece notes the Republican convention moving to San Francisco's Cow Palace and the Democratic gathering at Chicago's Stockyards Amphitheater. It reflects on crowd behavior and public sentiment, hinting at broader political theater and voter engagement expectations.
A humorous essay on a perfect lazy Saturday from the ELV column describing homely rituals. It portrays delaying chores, changing into pajamas, reading, watching TV, napping, and meals in a comforted cycle of rest. The narrator champions loafing as a simple, satisfying life.
Larry P. returning veteran criticizes American girls for being gold diggers while praising European women. He urges gals to show gratitude with constant compliments, arguing this is key to winning and keeping dates and hearts. He cites cost of dates and a disdain for indifference as turnoffs.
A New York legislator proposes a constitutional amendment granting women equal rights. The piece argues Congress ignores a chance to restore parity, noting states like New York and South Dakota already have protections, while detailing social and legal dynamics surrounding alimony, employment, and jury service. The column mixes satire and opinion on how equal rights could impact men and society.
The passage argues for equal rights in law and social customs, proposing reciprocal changes in behavior between men and women. It critiques wealth distribution, maternity and paternity leaves, and contemplates the effects on widowed men, suggesting an overhaul of traditional burdens and freedoms.
A dense listing of daily programs across KFEQ-TV Channel 2 and peers including Frontier Theatre Captain Video Weather News and classic sitcoms. Notable entries feature Bishop Sheen Bob Hope Perry Como Perry Come Disney movies and The Guiding Light with extensive afternoon and evening time blocks.
Daily broadcast grid listing KMBC WDAF WDAP KTJQ ETJO and related stations with times from 6:30 to 10:08, including programs such as On the Go Radio Theater Dragnet News and various hour slots across March 1 to March 2 with scattered station codes and program titles. The fragmentary schedule references hour marks, show titles, and station identifiers, reflecting a media timetable for a regional network.
A reader writes from Hutchinson Kansas about parental control of teens, noting girls calling boys, shifting school norms, dancing in class, dating culture, and concerns about early marriage. The letter argues parents should shape children's values so they have reason to return home and focus on schooling before forming independent lives.
Rates listed for various subscription terms in Malt and By Mail options. Covers one month three months six months one year in and outside area. Includes advertising manager and business terms with headings and likely unclear text.
The letter discusses parenting challenges in modern times with closer external influences, urging parents to maintain home discipline, assign responsibilities to sons, and screen company, especially around cars. It also covers questions about military allotments, employment in orphanages, practical nursing as a career, and local subscription updates.
The interior of the Patee Theater in Lawrence East, one of the Midwest’s oldest houses, burned out last night and adjacent buildings suffered smoke and water damage. Fire Chief John Miller said the loss was not yet estimated and the cause was unknown. The fire began before the night show opened. no injuries were reported.
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