Ottawa considers Locust Street bridge amid flood control plans
Ottawa voters face a bond issue for flood control funds that may delay a new Locust street bridge. City officials fear the aging Main Street bridge could close during flood works, making an early Locust crossing necessary to keep traffic moving. The Locust route is favored by drivers seeking to bypass Main Street traffic lights.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Locust Street
After All We Eat Too Much By ELM
Most adults eat more than they should with hot cakes fried chicken and mashed potatoes common cravings. Children should eat leafy green vegetables daily, and research lists top liked and least liked vegetables among kids. The author argues against forcing children to eat disliked foods and praises the value of leafy greens and raw tomatoes.
The Investigation of Investigations Congress Should Examine Itself
Congress must review its own probe drive after launching 116 investigations last winter and authorizing 21 more. The proposed meta inquiry would tally man hours and travel, cost, pages of testimony, and the fate of the compiled data. It warns the zeal for inquiry could hinder other work if unchecked.
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Congress
Executive Department
Anyone For Tennis
A column blends snippets from sports and culture noting tennis as still played, poetry, musicians from Warsaw, Cadillacs for writers, new encyclopedias, Billy Graham remarks on women’s dress, Heart Fund growth versus Polio Foundation, and a doorbell salesman ending day with two prospects saying no reluctantly.
Old Ottawa items recall 15 to 50 years past
A slate of brief items from two eras recounts Muriel Gunn as senior high school pianist for chapel 15 years ago, coal chutes razed north of town, a county corn husking contest on Leonard Allen farm, Otis Eliott president of Ottawa 5.B.A. chapter 25 years ago, and Roy Churchill with W M Kinnison leasing main floor at 207 Main for a clothing business. Also noted are Hartford State Bank closing, J S Ricker selling a 320 acre farm to Horner of Illinois for 23000, Rev J T McKittrick becoming United Presbyterian pastor leasing Miss Kaiser's Elm residence, and Silas Haines amid a land deal in Lane today.
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Muriel Gunn
Santa Fe
Leonard Allen
Otis Eliott
Ottawa 5.B
J. S. Ricker
Ottawa
Mr. Horner
Illinois
J. T. McKittrick
United Presbyterian
Clara Kaiser
Elm
Silas Haines
Lane
Good Newspaper Week Reflections On Community Duty
HAL BOYLE notes National Newspaper Week, praising the press as a community mirror and alarm clock. He explains a good paper informs, chronicles life events, exposes wrongdoing, and embodies the shared memory of readers, while honoring the craft and sacrifices of newspapermen.
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New York
Look Beneath The Obvious For Motives
Dr. George W. Crane analyzes everyday irritations at a Chicago department store. He suggests looking beyond sharp words to underlying fatigue, hunger, and stress as motives, using Timmy and his mother as examples. He urges readers to become psychological detectives to reduce domestic friction.
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Timmy
Chicago
What is News and Why It Matters in Newspapers
A reflective musing on the nature of news and the role of a good newspaperman. The piece cites Gerald Johnson of the Baltimore Sun defining news as what interests a skilled editor, arguing nations with strong press persistently deliver quality information.
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Gerald Johnson
The
Baltimore Sun
Ottawa Herald Evening Edition formatting notice
The fragment lists staff roles and subscription rate figures for the Ottawa Herald. It names S WY Harris Don Huls Guy Snedaker Dot Shipman Howard Hoadley as staff and shows pricing for by mail subscriptions in trade and outside areas, including one month to one year terms.
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S. WY. Harris
Don Huls
Guy Snedaker
Dot Shipman
Howard Hoadley
Television Guide Highlights Live Shows and News
Buckskin Billy Eddie Fisher News Caravan Playhouse Father Knows TV Theater Duffy's Tavern Weather items appear in the program lineup. The listing notes a mix of serials, variety segments, and a weather forecast for viewers tonight.
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Buckskin
Billy Eddie Fisher
CBS
Ernie
Guiding Light
Wonderland Kitchen Klub
Travelers Wonderland World Report Ab
Travelers Wonderland Purple Sage
Ted Mack
Margie
Bob Crosby
Way of
Dragnet Playhouse
Lone Ranger
Ford Theater
Johnny Carson
Su N.O. Police Highway Patrol
Liberace News Tonight
Leavenworth approves 1.85 million bond for schools
Voters back a 1,850,000 bond for a new Leavenworth high school on a 60 acre site and a separate elementary school. The measure passed 2,570 to 2,023, its second approval after a 1954 1,659,000 bond was invalidated on a legal advertising technicality.
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Leavenworth
Morning and Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
A dense listing of Oct 6 radio programs across KMBC WDAF and related stations. Shows include News with KMBC and WDAF, quizzes, talks, serials, comedy programs such as Groucho and Amos and Andy, musical segments, and Derby and Town topics. Names like Ernie, McGee, Godfrey, and Town Talk appear among the lineup.
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KMBC
Jeep
Gildersleive
WDAF
Godfrey
Newa
EMBC
Amos
Andy
Orchestra
Embc—Town
Ernie Wdaf
McGee
Americans Use Four Yellow Pens for Each Other Color
A concise note reports that Americans use four yellow pens for every one pen of another color. The observation highlights color preferences in everyday writing tools and suggests a skew toward yellow ink usage.
Kansans Meet Stevenson on Midwest Farm Woes
Four Kansas Democratic leaders led by Kenneth T. Anderson and Marvin A. Harder met Adlai Stevenson in Chicago to discuss economic problems facing Midwest farmers. The delegation praised Stevenson as top presidential timber among state party workers. he declined to comment.
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Chicago
Kansas
Adlai Stevenson
Kenneth T. Anderson
Emporia
Marvin A. Harder
Topeka
Véra Heath
Merriam
Elmo Mahoney
Dorrance
Stevenson
Salina Contractor Wins Butler County Lake Project Bid
Pratt L. W. Lexford of Salina awarded a state lake contract in Butler County for 74,164.80 dollars. Director Dave Leahy outlined the lake's location ten miles south and six miles east of Leon with a 124 acre service area.
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PRATT
L. W. Lexford
Salina
Butler County
Dave Leahy
Leon
Life Term For Murder In Wyandotte County Court
Nelson Huntley Lindsay, 26, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in Wyandotte County Court. Lindsay is the third man convicted in the holdup slaying.
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Kansas City
Kas
Nelson Huntley Lindsay
Wyandotte
Lindsay
Notable Finance Collector Roy O Johns Dies at 67
Roy O Johns, 67, a finance company collector, died last Jan 24. Two others pleaded guilty two weeks ago to murder charges and received life sentences: Willie Lee Straten, 21, and Rese Lee McGree, 22. Lindsay was sentenced by Judge Willard M Benton.
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Roy O. Johns
Willie Lee Straten
Rese Lee McGree
Lindsay
Willard M. Benton
Halleck to keynote $100-a-plate GOP dinner
Republican dinner in Kansas City will feature Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana as keynote. About 500 attendees from Missouri and Kansas expected.
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Kansas City
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Missouri
Kansas
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