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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1958
Page
2
The Air Force apologizes for dropping an unarmed A-bomb in Florence South Carolina. Mechanical failure caused the event and the triggering mechanism malfunctioned, with no accidental detonation. Residents fear air strikes yet recognize effort to reduce hazards as bombers fly over.
In Our Readers, Mrs Magee asks for the meaning of Marais des Cygnes. The explanation traces the river Osage from Fort Leavenworth to the Osage Nation with local Kansas usage retaining the Marais des Cygnes name and a Swans legend.
A dated talk on birthday gifting in marriages. The piece jokes that wives often prefer personal gifts over kitchen gadgets, noting the challenge husbands face in choosing something meaningful. It muses on aging, birthday anxieties, and the difficulty of balancing practicality with personal taste.
A collage of comments on TV late night shows, space travel, presidential politics, business giving, personal nerves, fashion trends, and workplace life. It muses on future moon landing identity, a dull show, corporate philanthropy, and the stubborn East West split, with social shifts and idle unemployment in Washington noted.
Daily meditation notes a gardener’s bouquet wilting when water is short to illustrate lukewarm faith. It urges surrender of all to receive Christ’s power, calling the reader to lay aside small held back sins and seek full grace through prayer. Marcia Mary Ball, Southern Rhode Island.
The 14 month old Auld Lang Syne Charles, son of Mr and Mrs Oscar LeMaster, 724 N Sycamore, is ill with a complication of diseases. Mrs Clara E Liming of Williamsburg displays furs from Arkansas in a Herald window including two raccoon pelts a possum and a child cat. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lee L Rogers 848 E 8th. Ada Sallee began work at the Aurora theater as pianist and singer. City Marshal Peter Litch organized polling place locations for the city election. Work began on restoring the old city work house site behind the courthouse with leveling and seeding to grass.
A dense listing of Channel 4 through 13 programs shows a busy prime time lineup with cartoon blocks, sports, news, variety acts and stage plays. Notable titles include Mighty Mouse Captain Grief Trackdown Lone Ranger Perry Mason Dick Clark and Alfred Hitchcock features across the evening.
Bids for two University of Kansas residence halls totaled 2,724,000 as base prices while preliminary estimates stood at 3,265,000. Low bidders were Harmon Construction Co. for general work 1,832,259 Kendall Plumbing Inc. for plumbing and heating 644,000 and Bead wall Electric Corp. for electrical 248,141. Officials noted many alternates are involved and bids will be studied before awarding contracts.
The American Council on Education presents a final problems and policies report. It calls for immediate national effort, higher value on intellectual achievement, expanded fiscal support, better teacher salaries, and preservation of local control to strengthen the nation’s education system. The plan emphasizes federal leadership without central control and stresses research funding, teacher supply, and continued diversity in American higher education.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade and outside trade areas. Rates include by mail one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75, and one year 7 dollars within trade area. outside area one month 1 dollar, three months 3 dollars, six months 5.50, and one year 10 dollars.
The listing shows a local radio schedule with program blocks from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. including church services for First Methodist and Centropolis Baptist, a 12:00 Sports Roundup, 12:15 Music from Masters, 12:30 News and Weather, and 12:45 Music from Album. The note mentions a Sunday exception for Federated Church.
Louisville Mrs C W A McCann wife of a state senator turned on her TV and saw a newsreel of her husband snoozing during a Senate session just after lunch His wife phone rang and she said she would replace him The senator replied he was not sleeping just thinking about the next bill
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