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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1955
Page
2
A discussion on Udall tornado aftermath highlights lessons for future catastrophes. It calls for defined command in disasters, stricter access restrictions to rescue zones, and responsible public response to avoid hindering relief efforts. The piece notes wartime reflection on civilian resilience and cites broader wartime contrasts between British and German outcomes.
Hamburg emerged from near ruin after World War II with docks rebuilt and new factories housing, stores, and modern utilities. Reconstruction proceeds rapidly with expectations of a much larger, more efficient city within a generation as progress follows victory’s spoils to the vanquished.
A column reflects on skipping gifts this spring as relatives are not graduating soon, noting savings for a future girl, and discussing wedding gift etiquette, thank you notes, and the practicality of money gifts for graduates. It laments missed thanks and ponders where the saved money has gone.
Auld Lang Syne recalls Ottawa events from 15, 25, and 50 years ago. FE Heron visited for the 75th anniversary, Al Strafuss predicted Europe’s war end by July 4, J. T. Black, 84, was hurt near Second and Main, Lawrence Crater became city clerk, sewer work at Hickory Street nears completion, and Frank Heckroot assumed gatekeeper duties at the Missouri Pacific crossing. Also noted: C. W. Nolan and wife in Kansas City and Henry Gray buying Murphy cafe.
A reflection on the book Journey for Margaret by W L White as the war’s end marks a decade since WWII. The piece notes White’s London evacuations, his rescue of a girl named Margaret, and the later fame of the tale through a book and film. It also mentions Barbara White entering Stanford University as a bright postwar memory.
Dorothy Staley of Alamo gordo New Mexico shares a reader note about Dr George W Crane WORRY CLINIC dehydration plan. She experiments with ice wafer pours to curb thirst and appetite arguing cold wafers last longer on the tongue and satisfy hunger better than drinking full glasses.
TV guide lists programs across KFEQ WDAS KCMO WIBW KMBO and KMRC for Tuesday May 31 featuring sports, talk, dramas, variety shows and movies. Notable items include The Perry Como Show, Hall of Ivy, Cavalcade of America, and Amos n Andy among others with time slots spanning 5:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Readable items show a chaotic radio grid listing programs and hosts across KMBC WDAF KTJO KiBC and others including F.B.I Dinah Shore Groucho and Campus Corn. Many entries appear garbled with overlapping station codes and times.
Dice cooked beets and mix with cream style cottage cheese, mound on salad greens, and serve with crisp crackers.
Ottawa Herald carries basic subscription pricing data with inexact OCR names and terms. The fragment lists internal staff roles and mail rate options by area for one month three months six months and one year with outside area rates, but the details are garbled and unreadable.
TV GUIDE Magazine previews summer schedules with non competing shows on alternate Saturdays from NBC Max Liebman. CBS and NBC announce upcoming specials and new series including The Windows, Buckley, and Johnny Carson’s Public Defender while Ed Murrow’s See It Now is replaced. Werthell Corey to star in Dr. Christian replacement. Liberace in featured picture with Dorothy Malone.
Sixty nations have resumed normal diplomatic relations with Japan since the San Francisco peace treaty was signed in April 1952. The development marks a broad restoration of ties after the postwar settlement.
Industrialist W. W. Sebald funds self-reliance awards for high school seniors in Middletown Ohio and Ashland Kentucky, totaling 3000 dollars for about 20 students. Recipients include a farm buyer, multi job holders, and honored scholars balancing work, church, and athletics while supporting their families. Sebald, rising from $30-a-month beginnings to a $245,000 salary, urges broader adoption to reward teens who take responsibility and develop initiative. Government data underscore high costs to build new public schools, from 13,000 to 55,000 dollars per classroom.
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