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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1956
Page
2
Editorial notes 1332 parking spaces at Missouri and 4506 student cars plus 1396 staff/state vehicles. New policy discourages student car use and imposes rules that can lead to expulsion. Author argues cars aren’t essential in a small college town and criticizes parental pressure to buy a first car.
A reader discusses the persistent struggle with dieting amid conflicting diet plans. He admits liking food, the lure of seconds, and the challenge of avoiding desserts, while noting cafe meals differ from home meals and weight loss remains elusive. The piece highlights confusion and personal resistance to strict rules.
Residents of Ottawa and surrounding Marais des Cygnes valley area are invited to a two day celebration hosted by local merchants and civic leaders to honor the approval of the flood control bond by Ottawa voters. The event marks a milestone in the city’s history and nationwide flood protection efforts benefiting the region.
In St Paul area schools all non classroom projects are cut to fund teacher salaries. The piece notes quirky asides about cows, gasolines, and oddities from aviation to ornithology. It cites Audubon Park’s female whooping crane laying a second egg and Dag Hammarskjold’s Middle East trip.
Subscribers will pay five cents postage for county papers starting July 1 1873 in advance at the post office. The Lawn Festival on ex-mayor Welsh grounds next Wednesday will feature four croquet sets and illumination. An accommodation carriage will offer free transport from Ludington House to the grounds. The Fontana iron bridge over the Marais des Cygnes, 150 feet long, was swept away by recent flood to a point opposite Newell's mill two miles distant.
HAL BOYLE muses on National Tavern Month as spring arrives and disinterest grows. He celebrates taverns history from Roman roads to colonial meeting places, jokes about party conventions in taverns, and asks readers to toast their favorite bartenders by listening to their troubles and perhaps buying a martini. The piece notes wartime Irish soldiers forming part of the Continental Army.
Dr George W Crane argues for practical auto safety ideas and bold improvements. He cites Mrs Ragsdale of Knoxville and A J L Hume of Pan American Airways in Miami, urging left foot braking and a combined brake throttle pedal, noting failures by manufacturers and praise for safety groups. He recalls past proposals for U.S. land takings to build a highway and notes skeptics who doubted American progress.
A garbled TV guide fragment lists times and programs across channels including Channel 4 Channel 5 NBC CBS and ABC with entries such as Mickey Mouse Early Show News Caravan and The Millionaire. It notes last minute program changes making full accuracy impossible and contains multiple stray numbers and titles.
HOLTON Eas First District Democrats last night elected four delegates to the national Democratic convention and recommended Mrs. Harry Woodring of Topeka as delegate at large. Delegates were Dan Cain Topeka Henry Lueck Netawaka Tom Corcoran Clay Center and Gordon Alvin Seneca. Alternate delegates were William Congdon Powhattan Carl Wassenburg Maryville and Jean Evans Topeka. Tally Daniels Clifton was nominated presidential elector. The Jordan River flows 200 miles to travel the 65mile distance between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea.
A brief prayer passage quotes Luke 11 13 and asks God to fill believers with the Holy Spirit. The prayer seeks growth in goodness grace fellowship and service through divine filling for Jesus sake.
A chaotic broadcast lineup includes KMBC and WDAF stations with varied shows from dinner music to news and sport segments. The text then shifts to promotional lines about Jord an River climate and Bermuda proximity, followed by an enrollment ad for Stewart Beauty Academy in Topeka Kansas.
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