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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1956
Page
2
President Eisenhower announces he is available for a second term after months of GOP and Democratic speculation. He outlines his fitness and medical limits in a televised statement, stressing the final decision rests with the people and contrasting his openness with Roosevelt's secrecy.
The B36, a massive 10 engine bomber with hydrogen bomb capability, is being disassembled as the Air Force shifts to the faster B52. The article notes the B36 never deployed its bomb in war yet helped deter conflict and praises a future successor without further bloodshed.
Eliam columnist voices worry over President Eisenhower abstaining from publicizing golf scores and compares fishing secrecy to political transparency. Argues high scores or hidden scores matter little but privacy on certain details could influence voter trust and the electoral college choice. The piece ends with a metaphor about an iron curtain in golf clubs.
A column riffs on private airline lounges Admirals Clubs Ambassadors Clubs and Clipper Clubs while poking at aviation mishaps and politics. It surveys Congress, a toddier with a fur coat caterpillar, Olympic hopes and satire on presidents inaugurations and taxes in a brisk, opinionated tone.
Fifteen years ago reports warned the College of Emporia faced closure due to finances. L A Witham of Centropolis visited the city. J T Osburn became one of the city assessors. Twenty five years ago a robbery at E H Thompson drug store yielded about 85. Ottawa dealer H E Markham opened another car agency in Paola. Cusick's Cafe on 122 South Main opened. Fifty years ago Henry Cowan was in western Kansas on a land deal. Miss Belle Usbaum of Centropolis attended a business college in the city, while Lon Golding and W T Snyder of Williamsburg traded here.
Dr. Crane recounts Frances W and her husband Tom, who boosted his mood and generosity through a bold domestic psychology experiment. Frances altered her appearance and initiated affection. Tom revealed prior sexual insecurity and testosterone treatment, then improved markedly, changing their 25 year marriage. The piece links stinginess to masculine morale and notes U.S. merchant tonnage leading world totals.
A dense listing of 1940s radio and TV programs with times, titles, and hosts. Sessions feature Truth, Consequences, The Lone Ranger, Eddie Fisher, and Garry Moore among many others across theaters, dramas, and variety segments.
The page lists radio programs across stations KTJO KMBC WDAF WDAI and WDAF including names like Morgan Beatty Nelson Eddy Fibber McGee and McGee Box ing and a 10 09 time for a church services invitation. It mixes show titles hosts and times for Thursday March 1 and Friday March 2 with entries such as Top of Evening Showtime Campus News and Boxing along with a church service notice.
A short Upper Rooms prayer fragment requests daily guidance and forgiveness. It cites Psalm 34:6 and asks God to be an ever present help, offering humility, forgiveness, and new hope through Jesus Christ.
Atchison's W. G. Altimari 53 resigns after 29 years directing instrumental music in public schools and 11 years guiding Mount St. Scholastica College orchestra. He will join a Lawrence musical instrument firm. Formerly taught two years in Fieldona. His Atchison High marching band earned national honors in 1937 and 1940.
A security holders group led by 514 percent bonds seeks to halt consummation of Missouri Pacific Railroad reorganization. Judge George H Moore to hold a hearing on a final order creating a new company out of receivership while the group pursues an appeal to the Supreme Court after a Court of Appeals ruling. Homogenized milk storage guidance follows.
News From Stanton describes a Wednesday potluck dinner with Mrs Carl Grondrof hosting. Attendees include Hazel Coffman, Frances Beebe, Maggie Pontious, Jose Pontious, Carolee Miller, Mary Anderson, Juanita Bryan. Visitors from Rantoul and local guests are noted plus several dinner guest exchanges through the week.
Elbow to shin opening as major car brands display chrome heavy 56 models. Continental Mark II on pedestal impresses, Buick Wildcat III wows, Corvette and Thunderbird notable. Pinkerton guards deter trouble while crowds roam, Dodge polka dot pickup greets, and Pontiac cuts a life-cycle view. NASCAR notes 109 mph drag win for a 1939 Crosley powered by Olds engine at Daytona Beach.
Supper guests included Mrs. Gladys Collins of Idaho Falls and Wayne Brassfield of Edgerton, plus Mrs. Glenn Small, Mrs. Willis Smith, and son Robert. Mrs. Collins left for Idaho Falls after attending due to her mother Mrs. Carl Brassfield’s illness and death.
Emporia's Committee of Fifty seeks to acquire a 142 acre tract north of US 50 and west of the Lyon County fairgrounds to promote industry. The deal hinges on approval for a railroad spur across the federal highway with a $65,000 price tag announced by chairman Kermit Oakes. A separate 1955 note about Nepal's king describes his 10 day traditional mourning before coronation.
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