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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
2
An editorial urges graduates to seek service beyond academia. It highlights Verne Alden of Wellsville, honored by the University of Kansas and its Alumni Association for distinguished service to mankind, and suggests a broad, underused field of helping others through community work and leadership roles.
An Ottawa area storm alert prompted many to brace for calls, but none came. Residents learned of the danger at a civic gathering and saw the long siren as a familiar warning. The 20 second all clear followed later, and the near miss was treated as routine in Kansas.
A compact column surveys Elvis Presley contract talk and annual appearances, tax nostalgia, nickel-era finance, radio alerts, Cuba's Batista, Castros potential, Columbus misbelief, pizza culture, future grandchildren recalling a jalopy, a new golf course at Haskell Institute, and the redskin’s fate with a four iron, all in a breezy opinion tone.
Auld Lang Syne 25 Years Ago recaps Ottawan connections with Boldredge Nebr. on business. Theft reported of a one-horse power motor from a quarry. Bernard Mann opened a household repair shop at 419 N Main. A J McCabe of Council Grove joined Zellner Clothing. Judge Kerr fined a local drunk $3, raised to $5 for Sunday intoxication. Air dome management announced a weekly vaudeville feature with prices set at 18 and 25 cents.
A grandmother asks about her 21 month old who rejects table foods and drinks four eight ounce bottles daily while an egg is mixed into two of them. Dr M discusses early solids, gradual introduction of thickened foods, and keeping calm during feeding battles.
A brief prayer asks eternal God for peace and grace through Jesus Christ. The speaker praises divine purity and grace and asks to be baptized with a life giving spirit as part of a morning or daily devotional.
A humorous sketch imagines a Moscow couple celebrating their 110th wedding anniversary with ages 136 and 131, and their long-lived descendants. The dialogue covers aging, technology, investments, and memory, punctuated by playful bickering over modern conveniences and past wars.
A fragmented listing outlines Wednesday television programming with many time slots and program titles. Entries include news, weather, sports, dramas, talk shows, game shows, movies, and late-night repeats featuring programs such as Wagon Train Trackdown The Price Is Right and The Tonight Show style segments. The page reads as a dense grid of broadcast blocks and station identifiers.
The Ottawa Herald lists mail subscription rates for in trade area: one month 85 cents, three months 3.75, six months 7.00, one year 7.00. outside trade area: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. Editor Robert B. Wellington. Publisher Guy Snedaker.
Marvin Cline of Gary Indiana visited last week due to his father’s illness. Pvt Clarence Gretencord, son of Antone and Mrs Gretencord, graduated Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood and heads to Fort Chaffee Arkansas. Mrs M W Fishburn traveled to Kansas City for her father’s surgery. Local residents hosted guests from Topeka and Wichita. Arthur Pough to undergo eye surgery at KU Medical Center. Mrs W J Akin admitted to Newman Hospital for observation. Several families shared weekend visits in Emporia and Gardner. A storm damaged a TV antenna. Granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Henderson welcomed a grandson May 17 in Topeka. Edith Hodges remains unimproved after a stroke.
AP reports Phillip and Dennis Crosby, formerly expectant ranchers, chose show business over agriculture. Both married Las Vegas showgirls, Sandra Jo Drummond and Pat Sheehan, and have grandkids. Phil, a former Washington State football player, and Dennis, the quieter twin, now live in Westwood and Brentwood respectively.
Americans burned 59.154 billion gallons of gasoline last year, a record, with taxes totaling about 4.667 billion dollars. The American Petroleum Institute notes highway travel accounts for about 90 percent of consumption, with Kansas among states consuming over a billion gallons.
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