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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1956
Page
2
The Ottawa High School basketball team and coach Harold Ik Stevens reach the state tournament after a regional title run. Despite facing larger AA opponents, Ottawa tied for the league championship and secured the regional crown, sending the squad to Manhattan to meet top Class K teams.
A campaign speech cites Adlai Stevenson warning that the family farmer is being driven to the wall across the nation. Politicians offer platform sympathy, but the shift toward mechanized, high output farming may push many farmers toward urban labor or larger, tech-driven operations.
A city park board proposal resurfaced as council notes emerged. Lloyd Stryker was named assistant manager at the Woolworth store. Roads in the area were being cleared after a snow, and the Ottawa Brick & Tile Company began tile production at its North Ottawa plant.
A block diary piece about spring in a suburban row of houses. The narrator notes jonquils returning and recounts a recurring stray cat that uses their porch for a litter, prompting exasperated plans to keep the cat away and hints at humane society outcomes. The tone is humorous and observational.
A collage of quips reflects on leadership after Glubb’s dismissal from the Arab Legion. Observations critique drivers in improved cars, rising undergraduate fees, fashion changes, dandelions on lawns, golf as escape, and lightweight trends in personal grooming. The Bible remains a constant reader amid shifting tastes.
New York interview with Alfred Hitchcock outlines a fanciful film concept using the nostril of the Teddy Roosevelt monument as a setting. He lists locations from New York to Mount Rushmore to Banff and Point Barrow, describing a six-scene chase across a dramatic American landscape. He notes his track record, TV work, and preference for suspense with ultimately rewarding endings.
Dor George W Crane argues marital happiness rests on understanding true facts and applying proper techniques. He urges couples to stop sulking, verbalize feelings, and follow a normal American pattern, promising transformation in months. He promotes a 200-point test kit for husbands and wives and instructions to obtain Crane’s charts from Hopkins Syndicate.
Buckskin Billy earns top billing in a late program segment with a final race and related entries. The listing includes multiple time stamps and numbers suggesting race lanes or times, with 6345 and 8530 appearing among the codes.
Mrs. El Bennett hosted a miscellaneous shower Friday night for bride elect Miss Jo Ellen Horn. The event featured several contests and gifts arranged on a long pastel decorated table. Invited guests included Mines, John Yerkes, Ed Morford, Charles Printy, R. S. Gault, George Dietrich, Frank Dietrich, John Craycraft, Louis Riebe, Frank Gerhold, and Fred Milt.
A historical Tuesday into Wednesday radio grid shows KTJO KMBC WDAF and WDAF carrying a mix of news shows dramas and music. Notable items include Dragnet Hecals Are Funny and X Minus One with KMBC Crusade plus various talk and entertainment blocks.
The column lists numerous residents and relatives including Herb McClure, Lon Kent, Joe Mahoney, Leon Mallory, Goldie Hunt, and others. Mrs. Sylvia Goeldner returned from Humboldt, and the Jack Smiths from Caney visited to be with Virgil Smith’s mother after surgery at Anderson County hospital. Eunice Severns from Manhattan arrived Saturday for a visit.
The notice lists monthly and multi month subscription options for Ra By Mail with one month three months six months and one year plans. The names Guy Snedaker Dan Shipman and Howard Hoadley are associated with the subscription details.
The text references a prayer from John 14 6 describing Jesus as the way the truth and the life and asks for faith and courage to follow it It also mentions a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Abe Severns and her sister Mrs Jack Smith and family
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