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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1955
Page
3
Editorial laments a future balanced budget remains elusive while warning against tax cuts before elections. It quips about endless government spends, waste, and ever wearing clothing items like pants pockets collars and shoes, using humor to critique fiscal policy.
A collection of satirical notes and observations on politics culture and society. It references Winston Churchill Franklin Roosevelt and Stalin and mentions Walter Lippmanns new study on western democracy. A Delaware Ohio birth is noted and a fifty year old column recalls rotten eggs at a girls basketball referee. The piece된다
A man offered to sell me a pair of trousers and doused the cloth with a suspicious substance during the encounter, prompting concern over the real intent behind the sales pitch. The incident reads as a cautionary tale about street bargaining and possible deception.
A major dust storm rolled over Western Kansas as year marks note harsh weather. Local reports mention weather impact across the region, with no further specifics available.
HAL BOYLE argues that silent wives confuse husbands more than noisy ones. A wife’s silence signals unspoken issues, and husbands often misread it as mere tiredness or lack of bragging. A veteran husband learns to fear quiet, as it may mask deeper grievances and prompt a wife to seek dialogue through calculated silence.
Reader sees Channel 2 4 5 9 13 listings from KFEQ WDAF KCMO WIBW KMBC stations with hour by hour programs including News Weather Luc y I Love Lucy boxing wrestling and film features plus late night talk and serials. Names include Captain Video Perry Como Bishop Sheen Red Skelton Amos and Andy and Jo Stafford Show among many others.
A fragmented radio grid lists multiple stations and programs including WDAF McGee WDAF Wings KNBC Baseball KMBC News and Rosemary Clooney. Entries reference various time slots and show titles such as Dragnet Radio Theater Classical Hour Suspense and People Are Funny alongside religious and sports segments.
A Chicago surgeon reports a 50 minute operation that can restore bloodflow to a damaged heart muscle. Dr. M. S. Mazel says 53 procedures in four years with two deaths and 45 patients back to work. The method targets coronary artery disease, a leading killer in the United States.
Frances J 34 asks Dr Crane how wives feign affection to keep husbands. He says husbands show public pride, praise, and small gestures to reduce frigid responses, noting wives benefit from daily compliments and gallantry. Public attentiveness supports a wife’s perceived loyalty. smarter husbands combine home and public courtesy.
A two car collision six miles east of Caney Kas killed Richard Allen Ringstaff 42 Parsons police officer. His daughter Eva Dean Ringstaff 21 Bartlesville Okla and Audrey Daigh 28 Wichita suffered cuts and bruises Daigh drove the second car.
Vernon L. Wiemeyer 27 confessed slayer re enacted the pistol killing of William T. Richardson 31 at the door of Richardson in El Cerrito California Police Lt Homer Johnson said the re enactment followed hours of silence before he spoke coherently Richardson a teacher at Armstrong Business College Berkeley had planned to wed Wiemeyer’s ex wife Barbara Jean 25 when the divorce was final.
Rep Avery of Kas is elected president of the Kansas State Society in Washington at the annual dinner dance. Succeeding Robert M. Clark of Topeka, officers include Charles Halsper of Topeka first vice president Joe Skubitz of Frontenac second vice president Robert Buhler of Atchison secretary and Mrs Marjory T Britt of Blue Rapids treasurer.
A Princeton Kansas rural mail carrier recalls his 24 mile route on March 15 1912 with two feet of snow and a biting northwest wind. He tied the U S mail bag to his horse saddle at eight in the morning and faced a snowbound day in Ottawa Kansas.
Earl R. Smith U S Deputy Game Warden from New Orleans recalls delivering mail on a harsh two day trek. He walked 12 miles in fresh snow to Brown home where Card games used in Civil War era deck were played. After an overnight stay he resumed at 8 am and finished the 24 mile route by 3 pm, noting the mail must go through. The Ottawa Herald mentions the event in March 1912.
First published 3 37 34 last published 3 28 55 the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin county Kansas adopts the herd law directing what animals may not run at large. Beginning March 1955 cattle horses mules sheep or swine may not run at large. notice to be published for four weeks. Signed by Lee Bonar F H Betz and H A Reeves with county seal. Bruce Spears, County Clerk.
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