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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
5
The House and Senate clash over fifth cent gasoline tax road funding with counties set to receive differing shares. Rural interests push for more to counties for miles of roads while urban legislators argue cities pay the most taxes. The piece urges basing allocations on wisest expenditure to serve the most people.
A collage of quirky notes from diverse topics. A Kansas mother laments her son’s view of a squeaky-shoe avoiding teacher. The piece notes trends in home design, Eisenhower’s pace, stag suppers, waiting-room magazines, detergent ads, and a Coventry myth about Lady Godiva, closing with a neighbor’s grievance about a wife spending his vacation.
A fragmentary item from Elm prints a blunt remark about a difficult person. The brief note uses a harsh expletive as emphasis, reflecting a local voice or columnist style without broader context or identification. No dates, places, or organizations are provided.
A 1S years ago report notes farmers awaiting favorable weather to plant oats while Mrs. John Kelsey is re elected Lincoln school PTA president. Other items mention a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard, reseeding oats after freezing, a regional junior high gym basketball tourney, local wheat at 90 cents, and historical prices and travels of Watts Crain and Miss Cora McKay.
Kay Stanley, a leading woman toy manufacturer, argues the 1950s toy industry has gone culture crazy. She pushes toys toward real play value over education labels and explains her rise from Chicago kitchen projects to a five-floor factory with two million dollars in annual toy sales. She notes parents and schools push educational play, while she seeks toys that entertain and reflect adults’ daily activities in kid form.
Managing Editor Guy Snedaker announces changes in business staff. Advertising M Ber Howard and Hoadley Mechanical Fupt are referenced with subscription rates by mail for various durations and areas. The fragmentary text outlines trade area rates and outside area mail options with months and durations but lacks complete details.
Dr. George W Crane counsels Agnes S. a 15 year old high school sophomore in a small town about the dangers of going steady for social comfort. He warns that fear of being left out can lead to coercion into illicit relations, pregnancy, and harm to future prospects. He urges independence, church involvement, and broader life goals beyond romance. The piece notes the publisher and a request for Crane’s psychology charts.
The Herald reports new subscrip tions and renewals from multiple towns including Ottawa Richmond Atchison Wellsville Pomona Williams burg Rantoul Malvern Paola Greeley Baldwin Waverly Garnett with names such as R Frakes A L Rumford C J Mers man Vernon McCall Clayton McCall Clarence Peine Mrs H Everett J V Fitzgerald Leslie Randle Henry Jackman J W Ames C W Oakley and others Save with U S Savings Bonds.
A dense listing of TV programs across Channel 9 KEEQ TV Channel 4 WDAPF Channel 5 KOMU KBMC Channel 13 WIBW and Topeka affecting St Joseph Kansas City and Topeka with time slots from 4:00 p.m. to 11:50 p.m. including news Weather Forecast Captain Video Dinah Shore Burns and Allen Burns and Allen and many occupations. The page enumerates shows by channel and time with multiple repeats and interspersed sport and film segments.
A dense OCR page shows a Tuesday through Wednesday set of radio schedules across KMBC WHAF WDAF KTJO and other stations. Programs include Mr Keen Dragnet Radio Theater Amos and Andy and Navy Show with varied times and overlapping segments.
About 129 people attended a Pomona Kansas athletic banquet last night honoring Romonda Miga School athletes. The Pomona Lions Club sponsored the event with Don Meek as speaker and Dr. John Hudelson as master of ceremonies. Coach Bob Burd presented letters to twelve Pomona High School athletes.
A car struck a culvert twelve miles west of El Dorado last night killing James Donlard McHone twenty of Wichita and injuring Kenneth Duncan of Kechi. It was Butler County's first traffic fatality of the year.
Pvt. Roy E Schulz son of Mr and Mrs Carl Schulz Rantoul has been transferred to Camp Pendleton California His new address is Pvt Roy E Schulz 1517343 H S Co 2 M 5 2nd Inf Tr Regt MCB Camp Pendleton California
Tennessee asks the U S Court of Appeals to overturn an SEC order allowing Mississippi Valley Generating Co to issue 5 million dollars of stock for the Dixon Yates project. The state calls the contract illegal and argues the SEC failed to check legality under the Molding Company Act. Joining in are Tennessee communities and subdivisions in four states. The plan would fund a 107 million dollar plant at West Memphis Arkansas to supply TVA with power for AEC sites.
The Labor Department estimated February 1955 began 90,000 new housing units, a record for the month. This marked a 20 percent rise from February of last year but only a 2 percent increase from January 1955 starts. January to February gain typically exceeds 6 percent. Through the first five months of 1955 starts totaled 178,000, up 26 percent from the 141,600 in the same period last year.
The Better Living H D U met Tuesday with Mrs Ada Seerns. Mrs Virgil Smith assisted Miss Severns in lesson on home accessories. Guests included Mrs Lawrence Dillon who demonstrated salt beads. Reports note several locals visiting and family updates from Garnett and Topeka.
Charles McFarland sports director at KCKT facing charges of second degree burglary grand larceny and possession of stolen property in a $5500 burglary linked to Gates Drug Store theft. Gene Krupnick of Tulsa also charged with second degree burglary and grand larceny. Police chief quotes McFarland claiming he helped place personal belongings in a storage room without knowing contents.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Leona Hay who died March 9 were held at Pomona Methodist church Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev L F Waring officiated with pallbearers Ed Neeley Ben Nitcher Wayne Bush Porter Shaw William Cain and Ernest Gilliland. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr and Mrs L C Geiger arranged the flowers. Nine U S presidents were Episcopalian six Presbyterian five Unitarian four Methodist two Dutch Reformed Church two Baptist one Disciples of Christ one Congregationalist one Quaker and two no church.
Legal notice lists candidates for nomination to Ottawa Kansas offices for the March 22 1955 primary. Names appear for Commissioner of Streets and Public Utilities and Member Board of Education with various voters and petitions. City Clerk attests with official seal and date in March 1955.
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