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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1956

Page

3

Overhauling Fund Drives Urged For Health Agencies

Editorial cites St. Louis Globe Democrat series by Marguerite Shepard on 1954 fundraising disparities among eight health agencies. Calls for a unified system tied to United Fund drives to avoid wasteful, repetitive campaigns and ensure funds reflect need.

St. Louis Globe Democrat Marguerite Shepard United Fund National Foundation For Roosevelt Polio Foundation Arthritis and National Association For Mental Health American Heart Association American Cancer Society National Tuberculosis Association United Cerebral Palsy Associations Globe Democrat United Cerebral Palsy Fund Eisenhower Ottawa

Read And Heed By Elm On Traffic Law Facts And Fears

This piece warns drivers about common traffic law myths and risky habits. It notes pedestrians have right of way at intersections and crosswalks while drivers must stop for school buses, red lights, and yellow lights. It contrasts cautious and reckless speeds and urges adherence to speed limits to avoid law enforcement.

Dave

Capital Punishment for John Gilbert Graham

John Gilbert Graham, 24, of Denver planted a time bomb in his mother’s suitcase causing a midair explosion that killed 44 people. Convicted of premeditated mass murder, he requested immediate execution but a judge ruled no death sentence before August due to legal technicalities.

John Gilbert Graham Denver Graham

This and That Settle Up First

Wry reflections on marriage finances and military waste mix with social quips about umpire eyewear and obituaries. The column jokes about Navy uniforms, seeing-eye dogs, and tin cups while noting Nixon’s likely vice presidential nomination. A poke at Red China and UN population rounds out the light, punchy roundup.

Amateur Athletic Union Nixon Red China United Nations

Ottawa Fire Hall Talk Sparks Local Plans

Auld Lang Syne notes a hook and ladder company is strongly talked of in Ottawa as a new fire department addition. William Webber finished a sign for Mr. Meyer the new baker.

Ottawa William Webber Mr. Meyer Baker Pomona Calvin Fisk Ludington House Senate Roller & Company

Brotherhood Emphasized By Churches

An early broadcast essay argues parents should let children experience church life before age 21. It compares spiritual nurture to nutrition and schooling, praising Sunday schools and moral organizations as free sources of moral formation for toddlers and older youths.

Frank YMCA CYO Silvetion Army Brotherhood of Mankind The Hopkins Syndicate

Prayer and charity roll in old age assistance report

Prayer for today asks mothers to guide children to worship, while a General Assistance ledger lists payments to individuals and organizations for rent, medical care, ambulance, supplies, and services totaling thousands with multiple entries for hospitals, utilities, and case grants. The document reads like a historical relief record with names, places, and amounts spanning medical, housing, and support payments.

Ruel Barr Ransom Hospital Southwestern Bell Richard L. Sma Wille FR. Peacock Ralph Pau Gladys G. Acanis Tata Emma Brown Earl eDer Mott, Jr Margret Martin Luella A Parrott Wightman's Co Bruce Spears Drs Richardson Shoe Store Kenneth Hollweg X-Ray Troat Norman Lumber Co Ernestine Fisher Mianick Motor Co Hewitt Chevrolet Co Kelsey's Grocery, &Roceries Miami Co Lamb Funeral Home Br. Oln Wollen Coughlin's Funeral Home Ambul Trene Draper Lin H. E. DeTur Wilma Hucelson Lee Perkins Same Sea Stanley Henderson Mary Wittan Cate C. W. Colbern J. N. Carter RF. L. Duniep Cheney N. Side Waymire’s Grocery Brujin & Co Abe Ethel Green

Weekend Radio Schedule Fragments From May Listings

A scrambled OCR of broadcast timetables for Saturday May 13 to Monday May 14 lists stations KTJO WDAF KMBC EMBC WDAP and others with a mix of news shows dinners and music blocks. It captures program labels like It’s Time News Monitor Jubilee Town Meeting and Hour of Decision across multiple stations, though many entries are garbled.

WDAF Onitor Katbc ELIBC WDAP KMEBC Newas KMBC Grand Ole Opry WDAT HMBC Wrhakf EMBC Dilson WWDAF Morgan Heally MEBC WDAY Herry Taylor KRUBC Embc—Firestone WIDAF WSDAF U.N Lawrence Welk ETJO Frederick Bancs Newa

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