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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1958
Page
2
In Chanute six slot machines were seized at a VFW club as a front page item notes. The 25 Years Ago column recalls warnings to penny punchboard operators after attorney general rulings that such promotions can be considered lotteries. The piece laments gambling’s persistence and weak enforcement across Kansas communities.
A fragmented report notes three civilian airliner crashes and military plate incidents within 3% months, with five investigations already underway. It critiques fiscal imbalance, jokes about modern youths, and adds assorted remarks on politics, health funding, and personal anecdotes.
The column quotes several opinions from Kansas newspapers. Topics touch cost of living and inflation for families, temptation with age, strawberries market signals, witty quotes on teachers and wisdom, and science advancing as a global moon observation post.
A devotional prayer quotes Romans 12 24 and asks for daily awareness of God's presence. It seeks protection from temptation through divine love and power and ends with Amen in the name of Christ.
In his health column, Dr Joseph Molner opposes promoting a leg elevating device for night use to treat cramps. He values patient confidentiality, warns against advertising commercial remedies, and emphasizes treating cramp causes through circulation, diet, exercise, and appropriate medicines. He advises seeing a doctor for a yellow discharge in a teen and offers his arthritis pamphlet by mail.
Auld Lang Syne Clarence Rea and Ralph Russell bought a service station at Logan and Cherry from Mose Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ewart and Julia White traveled to Manhattan for Decoration Day. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Claud King at 829 W. 7th. Fifty years ago Forest Park mill shipped flour to Arkansas dealers. Ralph Williams of North Hickory found 90 four leaf clovers in one day. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Cook of Red Jacket and Cedar.
A scrambled OCR listing shows Channel lineups and programs across multiple networks, naming news, sports, dramas, movies, and variety shows. Entries include Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Tedious time blocks, cartoons, and public affairs, reflecting a mid-century station grid with scattered errors and misreads.
Hollywood AP reports Oscar winner Red Buttons discusses how winning the Sayonara supporting role changed his career. He cites new respect, responsibilities to fans, and ongoing acting study in New York. He plans nightclub dates this summer and says no TV series next season, focusing on guest shots and scripts.
The Ottawa Herald lists mail subscription rates for the trade area and outside, detailing one month payments, three month, six month, and yearly totals for in area and out of area readers. Names editor Guy Snedaker and master Robert B. Wellington appear amid the publication notice.
The Al Kippers were Sunday dinner guests at John Sommier's home in Greeley. Clarence Gaults spent Sunday with C. H. Guions in Topeka. Janet Merscham remains at R. E. Merscham home to attend Bible school for the next two weeks.
Rev and Mrs Bill Brewer and Rev and Mrs Bradley Johnson of Osage City attended the Springfield Fellowship meeting and Mission Conference. Robys, Hawaii missionaries, spoke at the Quenemo Baptist Church on May 18. Vacation Bible School runs June 2 to June 6. Olin James and family spent the weekend in Topeka. James parents attended a Kansas City golf tournament. Mary Woods of Osage City visited with the Achroce family.
A partial listing of KOFO radio programming spans the day from 6:00 AM to 2:36 PM. It outlines segments such as Top of Morning Weather Round-Up News Markets and a sequence of Serenades, devotions, a farm program, and the Garnett Hour with various news summaries and bulletins.
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