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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1956
Page
2
Editorial argues parking meters exist to safeguard customer parking in Ottawa. A recent festival saw merchants and employees occupy 140 spaces with no meters, proving convenience for visitors hinges on meters. The piece questions future free parking days and urges keeping meters to ensure ample spaces for customers.
A discussion of highway planning shows how slight route choices affect total miles and costs. The U S Bureau of Public Roads emphasizes minimizing traveler distance and expense, noting that a seemingly expensive detour can save money through reduced total travel.
Auld Lang Syne reports William Webber finishing a decorative sign for Mr May cer and offering sign crafting. Providence brings a refreshing shower. Ottawa House on Second offers comfortable lodging. Grangers and merchants unite in town trade efforts. Gen Canby’s remains are laid to rest in Indianapolis cemetery. Lawrence to host a grand reunion of Civil War veterans July 30, likely Kansas’s largest gathering.
The piece argues that Kansas law prohibiting branch banking aimed to protect local banks from giant nationwide chains. It notes changes in the state with growing cities and suburbs and suggests allowing in-city banking facilities while preventing branches outside the original city limits to balance convenience and competition.
An Eastern Kansas minister is hospitalized after a power mower caught a coal hanger and pierced his chest. The column riffs on trust, press freedom, fat men and chairs, tax loopholes, a Massachusetts congressman jailed for taxes waives pay, and a humorous note on a barbershop quartet and unwound gold watches stored away.
A reflection on piano lessons from a former student who failed to become a pianist. The piece recounts years of practice, parental funding, and a wary view of continuing if progress stalls. It suggests parents should quit after two years if no clear musical aptitude appears and jokes about dancing lessons.
A high school senior asks how to overcome stage fright. The response notes many famous speakers were shy at first and offers practical steps: speak loudly, position the microphone, greet rear rows, grip notes to steady hands, start with a quotation, engage specific audience members, and finish strongly. It also mentions Demosthenes Moses and ends by promoting a booklet for further advice.
Deeds recorded this week include Warren Milton to SW Reed for Lots 31 33 55 37 Block 3 Dundee Place in Dundee, Ben Holmes to Jayhawk Land Co for NF tract on 11 17 19, Richard LaNier to T H Fleming for Lots 7 9 Block 114, Glen Wesen to Verne White for SW of NE quarter 17 17 20, Walter Wantland to Walter Bolen for Lots 8 10 Block 19 BS T, Clara Curtiss to T H Fleming for Lots G H Dundee Lot 2 Block 2 Otts Add.
Television schedule snippets list Channel 4 5 9 13 NBC CBS ABC with hour by hour blocks from 5:00 to 1:30 across May 21 22. Programs include Mickey Mouse Studio Meet the Brass News Caravan Early Show and numerous classic shows such as Burns and Allen Victory Theatre Bandstand and The Edge of Night among others. The page notes last minute changes may affect accuracy and several shows are labeled TBA or time unspecified.
A devotional prayer passage citing Matthew 28 19 and thanking God for the Bible and its messengers. It asks for gratitude through accepting the gospel and spreading the good news to all creation, ending with a prayer in Jesus name.
The Ottawa Herald lists recent new and renewal subscribers including Melvern Harry Bebee and W C Yockey Rt 1 Ottawa G F Eversmeyer Rt 2 Ottawa P A Johnson Pomona Nels Kristenson Princeton Preston Stockard Wellsville Mrs Linnie Tyler.
A fragmented listing shows May 21 and May 22 radio and TV panes with programs, hosts, and times. Names such as Morgan Beatty Henry Taylor Roger Fredrikson and Frederick appear among dinners music news and campus items. The schedule includes Dragnet baseball jazz festival and Want Ads Pay items across KTJO KMBC and WDAF stations.
A statewide enrollment for Blue Cross Blue Shield runs until June 1 offering a new Semi-Private Plan for hospital care in Kansas. The plan adds benefits and coverage and invites residents to contact local enrollment offices or write Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka for full details.
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