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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1956
Page
2
A 1940s editorial argues that the old Canon 35 forbidding courtroom photography is outdated. It notes advances in cameras allow unobtrusive access and urges a modern general rule. It questions radio and TV access based on microphone and camera intrusion.
A collage of fragmented notes mentions a surplus sale at the Topeka Air Force depot for nursing bottles traps sewing machine parts and boots. It also notes Indianapolis tax repeal calls and insurance payouts on car purchases. The piece gibes about margarine butter flavor modern school lighting and oyster dining trends plus a KU athlete’s performance and golf prowess.
A reader notes dwindling TV enthusiasm and a renewed interest in movies after years of TV watching. They cite better films, color balance, larger audiences, improved picture quality, broader content, and fewer edge blur effects as reasons for returning to cinemas, while laments ads and commercials.
A mix of vintage items notes and local happenings include the College of Emporia continuing operation a year amid financial pressure a committee seeking funds to buy robes for the Ottawa University choir auctioneer Ary Hargrove in Wellsville visiting the city work on Hoover Dam in Nevada promised 25 years ago eggs rising to 18 cents in town and a death of Dr Archibald S McCandless aged 50 at home plus local building plans and travel notes
HAL BOYLE notes spring arrives with a city wind that changes the mood and awakens renewal around streets and parks. The police, garbage crews, and pedestrians sense a shift from winter dullness to fresh warmth, inviting hope and a brighter city rhythm.
A column counsels couples to act the part of a loving pair for six months to avert divorce, urging praise, shared churchgoing, romantic outings, and learning new sex techniques. It promotes a booklet on marriage problems and cites Dr. Crane and The Hopkins Syndicate.
Yon Shipman and Howard Hoadley publish a weekly paper in Ottawa Kansas. Subscription options include monthly, quarterly, six months, annual, and mail delivery. Rates vary by area with outside area pricing listed. includes Sundays and holidays.
On Wednesday March 14 listeners tune into a packed prime time lineup. KTJO presents Dinner Alusic and Frontier at 6 PM, followed by WDAF and KMBC offerings including Morgan Beatty KNBC Show Time and Truth or Conney. Echoes of drama, music, and news fill the evening across KTJO KNBC WDAT KMBC and WDAF.
A fragmented schedule lists radio programs across KMBC WDAF KTJO and KNMBC stations. Programs include Crusade at 9 00, Campus News, Top of Evening, Nelson Eddy music, Great Gildersleeve and Cartoon style shows with many unreadable fragments.
Kansas State psychologists Arthur Brayfield and Walter Crockett report no significant link between employee satisfaction and productivity. A 231 office workers study showed job satisfaction aligned with high output in only 5 percent, suggesting firms should focus on factors that actually drive production rather than attitude surveys.
U S Senator Frank Carlson announces candidacy for a second term. He praises President Eisenhower and his policy program, pledges to balance Washington duties with Kansas campaigning, and cites his Kansas record. Five Democrats have announced for the race.
Do You Know Recreational visits to U S National Forests totalled less than 19 million in 1946 and more than 40 million during 1954. As much as 50 pages of printed material can be photographed on a pocket sized card and read by viewing apparatuses. Americans consume about 475 million bushels of wheat a year.
Po mpton Lakes library ends fines for overdue books during forgiveness week and collects 87 volumes. Among them are two books overdue for more than five years, illustrating generous return of materials to the collection.
Today and tomorrow by Ralf Hardester surveys Nielsen ratings with Lucy leading The Tonight Show rumors swirl about Steve Allen moving to Las Vegas NBC. Frank Sinatra starts his own TV film company. Rosemary Rory Meyer and Julius LaRosa pair. Perry Como gains a summer secretary. Jack Benny is 62.
Margaret Truman, the 32 year old daughter of the former president, plans a small quiet wedding in Missouri next month. She will wed Clifton Daniel of the New York Times at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. No date has been set.
The Twentieth Century Fund states Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal is the largest man made lake in the world. Separately, estimates put the U S population of black bears at about 170000 across the United States.
Our Father prayer expresses gratitude for deliverance from sins and peace in Christ. It asks guidance to walk in Thy way and to sing praises to Thy holy name. The text reflects a devotional prayer tone focusing on thanksgiving and spiritual supplication.
The Associated Press reports a blustery March day across most of the country with wet foggy, cloudy conditions. Only the Southwest desert and Florida showed brightness while rain, snow, and cold air affected the Midwest and Great Basin regions. Grand Forks saw a 34 degree drop to 13.
The statement specifies geographic positioning of oceans in the Panama Canal Zone with the Atlantic Ocean to the west of the Pacific Ocean. No events, dates, or entities beyond the two oceans and location are involved.
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