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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1959
Page
7
12 year old Sherry Wood has received over 700 pen pal letters from 45 states Canada and Hawaii after briefly seeing no responses. She is overwhelmed by the volume and unsure how to answer or fund stamps while considering sharing pals with local friends.
In Washington, the House failed to override the president’s veto of a bill stripping the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson of power to refuse loans to rural electrification cooperatives and farmers. The vote was 280 to 146, four Democrats short of the two thirds needed. Democrats and Republicans alike faced pressure as they reconsidered big federal outlays and anticipated veto risks on pending bills.
TV star Arthur Godfrey underwent a five hour operation for lung cancer at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Doctors reported the left upper lung lobe tumor was removed, Godfrey remained in recovery, and his wife Mary stayed at his side. Hospital bulletin notes five year survival odds from the American Cancer Society. Godfrey, 55, faces an uphill battle but is described as recovering well.
About 1 000 women from Cherokee Labette Montgomery Wilson Neosho and Crawford counties are expected in Pittsburg Monday for a district home demonstration unit gathering. The event coincides with National Home Demonstration Week May 3 9.
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