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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
2
In Sellersburg Indiana a bank robbery ends with a pastor shooting the fleeing bandit after the sergeant’s car blocks the road. The incident challenges the idea that Old West style gunplay exists only in fiction and previews tomorrow's headlines.
An anecdotal note on table manners describes frequent spills on tablecloths and carpets, especially by children, with buttered bread often landing on floors. The piece humorously admits the author is usually the first to spill and mentions Chinese dining style and chopsticks, joking that flawless meals are unhuman.
A collection of satirical observations on money, politics, and society. Notes on damages sums, presidential travel, hotel smoking laws, Indonesian politics, and schooling while humorously doubting headlines and human memory.
Bill Gray, returning from Dale Hotel Holdrege to Ottawa, began work at North American Hotel replacing ill health-resigned Joe Logan. Mrs. E W Smay learns her brother Ortho Moon is seriously ill in Cheyenne. E H Adamson family see their home at 429 S Hickory catch fire after church service, burning Sunday chicken dinner.
Ottawa recorded a 90 degree day as city crews struggled with a new street sweeper in cooperation with the electric light department. At Ottawa University freshmen and sophomores clashed near the Administration Building after classes, ripping shirts and shedding caps in a heated campus fracas.
New York by HAL BOYLE notes the American husband as a pioneer in changing food habits. Men seek varied, exotic foods, pushing the $50 million specialty food market while wives adjust menus and respond to their adventurous purchases.
Verna W a sixteen year old learns to cope with cosmetic worries by a psychologist who argues minor facial fuzz is not a marriage deal breaker He suggests a daily Compliment Club and a 30 day self esteem program to build a broader view of self and humor.
Topeka Kansas farmers plan a record sorghum acreage this year with 7,021,000 acres expected, up one third from 1956. The previous sorghum record was 6,501,000 acres in 1955, while corn plantings total 1,575,000 acres, the smallest since the 1870s and about one fifth of earlier levels.
Television program changes leave inaccuracies in the Thursday schedule. Entries show Dr N Ventor Laurel and Hardy News Dinah Shore Life and regional listings for WDAF KCMO KTJO FM and KTJO FM programs with news sports religious and disc jockey segments across 6:00 to 8:30 PM, omitting final schedule details.
Radio listings show KTJO FM at 9 00 with Music and News on WDAF and KCMO. Programs include Sutherland Show Tune lists and World Tonight by KCMO, with boxing at 9 30 and sports at 10 60. Attend church next Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Carpenter broke her leg and is hospitalized in Ottawa after attending a Spring Creek schoolhouse meeting. Mrs. Clarence Briles underwent surgery for a strangulated hernia and is recovering well. The Briles circle reports guests and hospital visits, while Rev. Don Shoemaker leads revival at New Hope Baptist Church.
Mrs Alpha A Hansen aged 98 widow of Logan founder Peter Hansen died at her home yesterday. A longtime local figure and early day merchant’s spouse, she is mourned by the community as Herald Want Ads note results.
Lane area residents attended weddings and family visits in Moran El Dorado Paola Fort Scott and Ottawa. High school students hosted overnight visits attended evangelists meetings and a student food sale while church and VFW activities elected officers and prepared for upcoming events.
A short devotional prayer praising God for witnesses who endured suffering and stood faithful to the cross. The speaker seeks grace to feed faith at the table, asks for a sweeter life, and closes with Amen.
Cattlemen were urged to be cautious in restocking ranges as drought regions receive rain. Don C. Collins of Kit Carson Nebraska told delegates at the 80th Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention that national numbers remain high and the market may struggle to absorb cattle on feed if drought persists. He cited high calf numbers in the corn belt and noted rains and snows in drought areas as signs of a potential improvement for stockmen.
Cut short ribs from the end of a standing rib roast. Brown the ribs and bruise with plenty of sliced onions while using as little water as possible to simmer into a meal.
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