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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1956
Page
2
A columnist blasts contemporary pop lyrics for repetitiveness and cliché. He derides songs about blue suede shoes juke-box babies and parental waltzes, praising Moritat and Poor People of Paris for lacking words, and laments crude lyricism in the Picnic theme as well.
A jumble of crisp satirical lines on postwar topics. Notes on air force bombers, end of season sales, farm revolts, legal aid, taxicab babies, golf matron mothers, a florist joke, preventive medicine, debt in partial payment times, and a Time Magazine profile of Marilyn Monroe.
In a mixed town gossip column, farmers fear drought and seek moisture to lift gloom while wives seek town jobs to survive. A Yankees fan recalls Mantle’s 500 foot Kansas City drive and the lure of big league stars in a small town. A nudism promoter faces complaints, a physician warns of possible flu or smallpox return, travelers note hotel demand, college alumni comment on panty raids, and residents call for fewer political talks and more teachers and schools.
The Lawn Festival for the Baptist church benefits returns next Wednesday evening June 11 with the Ottawa Silver Corner Band. Swings and amusements will entertain attendees. Also notes that fishing after the flood yielded mixed results and a turtle was the only catch in seining. The Central Kansas Medical Society will meet June 3 at Junction City for physicians. The Fontana iron bridge over the Marais des Cygnes was moved twenty miles during the flood. Farmers Grangers push home economics groups in Illinois and Ohio, urging Kansas adoption.
SYLVA NC A profile of John Parris a veteran reporter who traded a diplomatic career for life in western North Carolina The piece traces his roots from the coastal plain to the mountains his wartime reporting days in London Africa and the United Nations and his turn to outdoor drama Roaming the Hills and Mountaineer writing His wife Dorothy Luxton supports the move and the couple embraces a simpler life where he logs long daily drives and finds spiritual peace away from big city glamour.
The Ottawa Herald presents staff credits including Editor Publisher Guy Snedaker and Managing Editor Don Shipman. Subscription rates are shown for in-area and outside-area mail plans, detailing monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly pricing amid legible but erratic OCR.
A Hillsdale College psychology talk highlights that each year of college increases lifetime earnings by about twenty five thousand dollars. The piece lists pointed student questions on divorce advertising IQ education and religion and concludes college delivers keener thinking and broader horizons.
The Wellington Rotary Club canceled an invitation to Gov. Hall, with directors voting 7-2 due to the club policy to stay away from politics. Publisher Stewart Newlin confirmed the action, noting the same stance would apply if Warren Shaw or another candidate were invited during a political campaign. Tonight's meeting honors retiring mayor Myron Van denburg.
TV guide fragment lists channels and time slots for May 28 including Purple Sage Gordon MacRae News Caravan Mickey Mouse Early Show I Love Lucy December Bride and various regional programs across Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 9 Channel 13 NBC CBS ABC with notes on last minute scheduling changes and multiple station listings for KTJO KMBC WDAF KNBC and KMBC News with sports and film fare scattered through the evening lineup.
Radio listings show KTJO WM and KMBC WDAF and WDALF programs across May 29 and 30 including dinner music news and top shows. Notable names include Roger Fredrikson Murvan Beatty Groucho and Campus News. Several times and stations listed with varying programs and late night entries.
Several tornado funnels were reported last night near Great Bend with none touching ground. A sighting occurred about six miles northeast of Great Bend, with other reports at Odin Holsington Holyrood and Susank. Mrs Kenneth Schepmann of Holyrood reported living two miles west.
A writer notes a funnel dipping toward the ground several times while mentioning that diphtheria has been virtually eliminated as a cause of death in the United States. The item reflects dated health rhetoric and a casual observation of a dangerous condition.
A feature by Ralf Hardester surveys NBC plans for next season. Sponsors have bought all remaining time, totaling about 9 million dollars. Nero Wolfe title contenders include Burl Ives and Francis L. Sullivan. Pearl Buck’s first TV play is eyed as a spectacular. Bob Hope and Orson Welles are slated as guest stars on I Love Lucy. Jackie Cooper and The People’s Choice renewed for next fall. Don DeFore steps down as president of the network.
A fragmentary transcription recalls a morning prayer from the Upper Room. A devotional line quotes Luke 19 20 RSV about the pound kept in a napkin and asks for forgiveness for inaction while seeking divine help to use talents as stewards of God’s love and compassion.
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences may name Johnny Mercer as successor. Gene Fowlers Great Mouthpiece on Clarence Darrow could become a TV series. Brian Donlevy stars in the pilot. Quiz show Do You Trust Your Wife stirs trouble as a contestant couple seeks divorce over a missing question and a wife’s large weekly payout changes a husband’s work habits.
James V. Humphrey, former mayor, city attorney, and Geary County attorney, died yesterday after a lingering illness at age 91. He served as a Supreme Court commissioner about 36 years ago and helped shape Kansas election rules. He was a long-time member of the State Board of Law Examiners for twenty years.
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