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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1958
Page
2
A year ago new graduates faced a competitive market with high wages. Now cancellations from major firms have reduced opportunities and salaries, with top engineers and non-technical graduates finding fewer high paying roles. The teaching field offers greater security and likely salary growth due to rising educational demand.
The State Highway Department reports Kansas road fatalities fell from 663 to 544 in the first year of the new speed limit enforcement. A national trend shows a 10 percent drop in traffic deaths in the first quarter. Factors include harsher winter travel reduction, better roads and cars, and tougher nationwide enforcement, with emphasis on safer driving as a duty rather than fear of punishment.
This profile on President Eisenhower, observed from multiple angles in Washington, notes his robust health for his age yet a waning enthusiasm for the job. Observers cite jerky speech delivery, fading public ardor, and staff shielding him from bad news as signs of a state of diminished leadership.
Prayer for daily life and faith within the home, asking for a perfect heart and Christ centered living. Includes a Psalm 101 2 reference and a general appeal to learn more of Thee through daily experiences.
Mrs R C reports recurrent toenail loss with new nails growing yet re shedding due to infection likely fungus eczema or psoriasis. Dermatologist visit advised. other letters discuss lip hair plucking and ear drainage with mastoid risk and sinus trouble booklet offer.
Auld Lang Syne 35 Years Ago features Minnie Maude Macaulay, dean of women at Ottawa University, addressing students on etiquette. Other notes include Gladstones buying a home at 310 W Std, Yount obtaining a garage permit at 1224 S Main, and a marriage license issued to Dr. Harry H. Lane and Amy B. Holmes.
A dense schedule snapshot lists Channel 4 13 5 9 and a string of programs across NBC CBS and ABC including news weather sports cartoons dramas and game shows. It notes titles such as Superman Mickey Mouse The Price Is Right Gunsmoke The Hunter Wagon Train and Bandstand with various times and channel allocations. The fragment shows a busy prime time grid with multiple networks and a variety of genres.
The Walter Lankards, Earl Lizers, Joe Carpenters, and Merril Hiners spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Claude Richardson in Topeka. Benny Joseph infant son of Mr and Mrs Al Schwegman was admitted to Anderson County Hospital for treatment. Virgil Smith received a watch for 25 years of service with Phillips Petroleum Company and will retire next March.
KINNELON NEW JERSEY The Oscar Porters never finished decorating their hall wall and left it bare as a record of visitors since 1955. Oscar wrote ye olde 1955 house Visitors please register as a gag and autograph collectors kept adding signatures from congressmen mayors and other friends without papering over it.
The Ottawa Herald lists publication details with delivery rules and post office status, noting second class matter and distribution practices. Subscription rates are given for varying periods and regions, including in and outside trade areas, with monthly and yearly pricing as described.
The article notes rising global interest in gold as central banks have taken about 730 million dollars of U.S. gold this year while European buyers push gold on exchanges in London and South Africa. It cites factors such as trade balances, Middle East worries, easy U.S. money policy, and inflation fears, with talk of raising the price to 100 dollars per ounce to benefit the Treasury and miners. It also contains unrelated anecdotes about trivia and quotes from Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
A syndicated column excerpt playfully lists odd facts from mail and maps. It argues men reportedly outlive women in India or Ceylon, notes Nevada’s high marriage rate, and tosses in trailed trivia about Waller Brennan, crocodile tears, crocodile tears, and Buckingham Palace’s sprawling 1,000 rooms.
A WWI sergeant, weighing 174 pounds and living in the suburbs, notes that Meramec Caverns at Stanton Missouri will provide a judge free of charge for those seeking to marry underground. The Amazonas region holds roughly one tenth of the world’s flowing water, though the piece mentions a fish with an extraordinarily long name as a quirky aside.
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