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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1957
Page
2
Editorial argues Kansas will repeal the two bottle import exemption as a revenue measure. It warns enforcement costs will exceed gains, pushing border residents toward illegal border trading while noting broader price differences across state lines and reflecting on nostalgic days with trolleys and horse cars.
A measure before the Legislature with committee approval would provide $5 per credit hour for Kansas two municipal universities and 14 junior colleges, start with a $1 million first-year cost, and argue aid would supplement existing colleges. Critics warn it lacks integration of higher ed, risks future uncontrolled expansion, and sets costly precedents for Topeka and Wichita institutions.
A group at a civic club recalls early town days with humor and pride. They remember a hotel dining room with coat rules in heat, seven course meals for 1.25, a nickel and dime Pearl White serial, and the endlessly unresolved Iron Claw. The reminiscence celebrates old time entertainment and local lore.
Dr George W Crane argues fear drives blood pressure fluctuations in his syndicated column. He cites stress and anxiety as key factors influencing readings, advising readers to manage worry through relaxation and practical coping strategies.
A fragmented column mixes literary notes with travel humor and a medical yarn. It references Auntie Mame as a top fiction pick, comments on Dulles travels, and pivots to a medical tale of a Colonel Harry whose blood pressure fluctuates wildly under emotional stress. The piece advocates heart health, clergy counsel, and a 30 day Compliment Club experiment from Dr Crane, framed as public interest guidance.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Cowden east of Ottawa. J H Foster started work at Markham Motor Co. Izaak Walton League drained a rearing pond on Fred Martin farm southeast of Ottawa releasing fish to county streams. Mary O Flaherty of Ottawa, a student at Emporia State College, sang in Olivet to Calvary cantata at First Methodist in Emporia. Will Lowe resigned as cutler at Haskell Institute and moved to a farm south of Ottawa. Dr L P Gentry moved his veterinary office to Bodley barn. Frank Robacker of Agricola visited Ottawa. Clella Merchant became bookkeeper at Pierson store.
A fragmented 1950s style survey notes U S adults show varied travel habits. It cites Minnesota’s water, air and bus travel, air journeys within states, and that many have never traveled far. It mentions press, rhubarb, and several quirky claims about biology and society in a rapid miscellany.
Fragmentary text notes popular ice cream types and a stat about 75,000 American miniature railroad fans spending 15 million dollars yearly. It claims average fans are 35, with specific income, home, wife and three kids, and 6.8 hours weekly time on toy trains. A quoted line attributes a controversial philanthropic quote to William Bolitho.
Last minute changes scramble channel lineups for March listings across NBC CBS ABC and local stations. Key segments include news Dragnet Entertainment Biography and Weather with varied times on WDAF KCMO KTJO FM and more.
Ceremonies honored Thomas Benton Murdock and William Allen White, pioneer El Dorado editors, during the opening of a new building on the former El Dorado Republican site. A plaque commemorates their work. Murdock founded El Dorado’s Walnut Valley Times in 1870, and White trained under Murdock.
Senate Republican leader Knowland of California said it is a close call whether Republicans or Democrats will control the next Congress. He told newsmen he expects a tight decision in next year’s elections.
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved President Eisenhower's nomination of Judge Charles Evans Whittaker to the Supreme Court. The vote, held behind closed doors, followed a public hearing where Fyke Farmer of Nashville testified.
A Tennessee lawyer calling himself sympathetic to international communism denounces Whittaker at length as “opposed to human liberty,” while readers are urged to face difficulties in faith and rely on divine power through prayer. The item reflects a period tone with religious invocation and political contention.
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