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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1956
Page
2
Gov. Fred Hall presses for a rehabilitation focused overhaul of Kansas prisons noting per capita population higher than peers and serious facility shortages. Critics label it spendthrift but the piece argues continued penny pinching risks costly riots and loss of lives, urging funding and action now.
Hattie Carnegie dies at 67 or 70 per AP. James Pratt named to lead Warren Shaw’s Kansas governor campaign. A printing error misprinted a headline involving Shaw and Pratt. Commentary on American history, weaponry, and a March idiom. A New York Girl Scout leader’s arrest for drug peddling shocks readers. Margaret Truman’s autobiography compared to her life. A whimsical note on a congressman and highway funding.
The article traces how eyewear shifted from practical aging aids to fast changing fashion. It notes men favor straight, minimal frames and yearly lens or frame updates, while women embrace upswept, interchangeable trims and color accents. It suggests eyewear now doubles as style, matching wardrobes and social occasions.
A morning in Ottawa reveals spring painting at Ottawa University as Tony Jones Hall suffers a searing blaze. Historical notes recall Robert Edwards, a LeLoup blacksmith, killed by a train 25 years ago. Other items mention Harry Worthington's job at a Davis-Wassmer store, Theodore Hashman’s Kansas City trip, and Dr. F C Hetrick at a state dental meeting in Topeka.
A feature portraits Johnny Crooks, veteran journalist and retiree, who found renewal after 52 years at the Associated Press. The piece contrasts his career devotion with the wave of retirement blues and notes his shift to a new Wall Street law firm job rekindling purpose and vigor. The narrative honors Crooks alongside peers like Jim Mills and Gandhi’s era.
Severe winds in western Oklahoma caused notable erosion and crop damage including wheat, per a federal-state report. A stray text fragment then shifts to a vocational guidance essay urging education, adulthood decisions, and the value of staying in school for higher lifetime earnings, citing figures for 4th to college graduates and advice on GI benefits.
Fritz F a 16 year old high school junior faces pressure to quit school for work to buy a car for a girlfriend His mother and authorities urge continued education citing the long term value Benjamin Franklin and Dr Paul C Glick are cited on lifetime earnings of dropouts The broadcast includes program listings and daily schedule notes without further details
Fragmentary radio listing shows scattered programs across KTIO KMBC WDAF KMEC and others. Includes news, sports, talk, and Opry segments with many unreadable words and garbled times.
The text notes urban populations rose 3.8 percent over five years while suburbs expanded 27.8 percent. It also promotes savings bonds as an investment, mentioning mailing and printing costs for a psychological chart from The Hopkins Syndicate.
Ottawa Herald catalog of staff roles and subscription rates with garbled text. Mentions editor publisher Snedakar, managing editor Joo Bhipman, advertising manager toward Hondrey, mechanical but, and various mail subscription terms including one month and one year options. Odd spacing and OCR errors present.
National Geographic Society notes penguins steal and hatch eggs. In Kansas City, Byron Byerley, 19, a former KU student, faces psychiatric evaluation amid indictments for a $368 robbery of Centerville bank on April 19, 1955. Co indicted are Louis Dee Young and James A. Debenham II with Mrs Frankie Evelyn Fletcher for a Jan 2 bank raid and an earlier Jan 28 attempt. The Richland bank robbed by three men tied to U.S. treasurer Georgia Neese Clark Gray, who witnessed the Jan 2 events. Grey’s home robbery left Billy Gene Ross dead. Four counts allege conspiracy, actual robbery, and attempted theft.
Directory of numerous churches and pastors across communities listing service times Sunday worships Bible school morning and evening, MYF and youth activities, prayer meetings, and weekly schedules. Key names include Wellavilla United Methodist Rev Paul F Leatle and Princeton Methodist Leu Bandon, with services across multiple towns and denominations.
A collage of devotional text and church schedules lists prayers from Isaiah and a supplication to God. It catalogs services at Antioch Baptist Lane Methodist Pomona Assembly of God and others with pastors, Sunday school times, morning and evening worship, youth meetings, and midweek prayer sessions across multiple Sundays.
TOPEKA The Kansas Power and Light Co in its annual report to stockholders outlined a 14 million dollar construction program for 1956. The firm serves 871 communities in 54 counties and reported 1955 net earnings of 4,460,000 dollars equal to 1.73 per share, up from 1.56 in 1954. President D E Ackers said the improvements cover electric and gas transmission and distribution, with a major project the addition of a 90,000 kilowatt turbo generator at the Tecumseh generating station near Topeka. Home accidents killed 27000 U S people in 1955.
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