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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
2
The Ottawa editorial notes the spring tornado season, Kansas dangers, and improved warning systems. It cites a statistician showing fewer deaths in 1954 58 than earlier periods, yet Kansas still led states with 106 deaths, urging vigilance and readiness, including a local basement plan for shelter.
The piece laments space terms and political pace, notes the space age aims a 600 mile per hour jet for the secretary of state, recalls Algiers Casbah memories, and comments on Khrushchev rumors and a man busy with figures during Mental Health Week.
The Franklin County list includes Ruth Collins Clarence Keith Eugene Collins Ellen Bair and Frances Coward as degree recipients at Kansas State College. Avis Adare is welcomed, born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bell of 832 Olive. Mrs. E. P. Goodwill of Williamsburg suffers minor injuries after a car collision in Ottawa. Quin Kirkland regains health enough to be seen on the street. Minnie Gault ends Acorn school term with a picnic for students and patrons. J. F. Berlin submits the final county assessors report.
Dr Molner warns that hitting a child with a ruler or book can cause brain or hearing injury and that kicks can injure the spine or cause lasting harm, urging restraint and citing safer parental discipline. He also advises immediate dental care for a chipped tooth and explains normal heart rates for a 63 year old, with a note offering a booklet on constipation.
The Ottawa Herald lists publishing terms with trade area and mail rates. Rates include three months at $2 and six months at $3.75 with postage paid in Ottawa Kansas.
A devotional prayer asks for strength and courage through faith. It seeks divine help to use talents for the kingdom and to become strong links in the eternal life anchor, offered in the name of Christ.
The page catalogs a dense slate of television programming across channels and times. It lists cartoons, dramas, game shows, news, sports, films, and variety programs featuring performers such as Mickey Mouse Gordon Elliott Ann Sothern and Dr Ichabod with segments including News Weather Sports and Daily Word.
AP analysis notes Belgium France Italy West Germany Holland Luxembourg push toward a common tariff and freer trade among themselves. They aim to reduce barriers with 11 OEEC partners, then extend to dollar and sterling areas, while facing internal unification challenges and external uncertainty for American exporters.
A compilation of brief facts and quips from AP columnist HAL BOYLE and others notes lifetime widowhood for the average U.S. wife estimated at ten years, aging husband dynamics, design anecdotes, diet tips, blood facts, TV antenna risks, poetry quips, and trivia on candy, body, and weather. The items include historical cost comparisons for Disney animation, Meramec Caverns weddings, and planetary temperatures, with quotes from notable figures and observations on marital health and social trends.
Sunday dinner guests included Earl Phillips De Soto and M B McLees with El Bennetts. Gaults took a Lawrence picnic and visited their grandson Dale Gault a KU student. Gaults plan Colorado trip this week. Mrs Bob Kuiken and children returned from Kansas City visit. Sister Martha Jordan Brown and husband moved back to Kansas City from Orange Calif. Mrs Bertha Wolfe Blue Mound dismissed from Anderson County Hospital and stays with son H C Wolfe and wife. Dennis Wolfe Kansas City were Saturday supper guests. Harry Gault and Scott family visited La Plata. Jerry Milchelt Herb Wolfe Jr Mrs Herb McClure and Miss Mabel Chandler planned alumni banquet for May 30. Werschyi Battara welcomed a daughter born April 28 at Anderson County Hospital. Mrs Reid Freese and Noel to spend part of Noel’s vacation with Olen Freese family in Wichita. en route visit Evans Freese in Hutchinson. Lloyd Stanley Garnett and John Craycraft visited. Fremont Hornberger Baldwin spent Friday with Alvin Hornberger. Betty Smith resigned as music teacher at Richmond schools.
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