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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
2
Ottawa launches its annual Community Chest drive with workers visiting homes and businesses to raise 20000 for seventeen civic and charitable agencies. The target is less than 2 per resident, but meeting the quota ensures full funding for all agencies next year. Public support is urged to help Ottawans contribute generously.
A aviation firm scientist warns that progress in aircraft tech outpaces practical use, likening it to cars outrunning their own utility. The piece compares rapid advances in speed to traffic jams, suggesting future speeds may stall overall travel as pilots lose feasible craft to operate.
A syndicated column sketches New York City as unchanged yet bustling. The United Nations building impresses visitors while Broadway crowds, panhandlers, and pricey theaters define evenings. Grant’s Tomb offers river views, with locals rare in the attraction.
A group gathers at Rev. and Mrs. Harmon Allen home after tabernacle services to surprise Mrs. Allen on her birthday. Attendees include Mrs. A. E. Buch Mrs. H. D. Plank Mr. and Mrs. Grant Benedict Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Robe and Miss Thelma Bowers of Neodesha. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Foltz. Gene Adams injured his arm near Ottawa. The Humphreys trade property on Willow for Clark property. Dr. Max Kaiser visits Ottawa relatives. Life Service League of Ottawa University met in Tony Jones Hall with talks by several speakers and Miss Alberta Brooks singing.
Fifty years ago an early frost dropped to 21 degrees pushing Ottawans to hunt stoves and stove pipes while Mrs. Theodore Johnson and her baby returned from Iola. Bertha Hunt began work at Leader Mercantile. June Wood visited Lawrence with Lola and Georgia Smart. Adelaide Duchesne planned departure to New Orleans for winter. Prof. Hamil hosted eighth grade students at Lincoln school. Present were Ethel Anderson Flossie Hayes Bernice Reed Nellie West Georgia Wilson Ruth Henderson Florence Horner Lillie Fisher Arthur Drake Bert Anderson Howard Flinchpaugh Fred Flinchpaugh.
Perry Como and his viewers are reminded of haircuts while he jokes about old trade ties. A lively race between Dick and Estes dominates, with quarrels and retorts amid a wary tone toward a courier. A humorous tale about a hat return follows. A Kansas State cheerleading school is noted as a one day event costing one dollar. Ike barnstorms across whistlestops. Government cannot provide parking space for all. Los Angeles may reach 12 million with smog choking fresh air. Crime rises. honesty pays better than crime.
Dr. George W. Crane argues that the true parent child relationship is spiritual not blood based. He urges adopting couples to embrace children without stigma, notes chromosomes and birth are outside parental creation, and encourages adoption of older children as well. He offers a 200 point test for good parents and invites readers to adopt when possible.
Navy scientists Malcolm D. Ross and Morton L. Lewis will ride a pressurized gondola under a giant balloon to reach as high as possible in the stratosphere. The Minnesota launch near Minneapolis will test a laboratory in the upper atmosphere for research not feasible by other means.
Last minute program changes hinder full accuracy of listings. Times listed include 7:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 19:15 10:30 and 10:45. ALind Te Today.
A brief TV radio schedule shows KMBC and WDAF listings for October 1 with times 6:00 PM through 8:30 PM. Programs include KMBC News WDAF segments, sports, entertainment shows, and talks featuring Morgan Beatty and other hosts.
Radio PM schedule lists KMBC and WDAF programs including Jazz WLAP Election Trends Town Talk News KNBC Dilson Show and sports entries. Entries show times such as 8:00 and 9:09 with various show names like Bob Howe Fan Club and Dilson Show. Additional items include Want Ads Pay and box listings with minor misprints in program names.
Warren W. Shaw Republican candidate for governor says he received a letter from President Eisenhower praising party responsibility and stressing that parties must be accountable for government. Shaw notes the letter was a followup to a San Francisco convention conference and discusses aligning executive and legislative leadership.
Water from Gavins Point Dam kept the Missouri River flow steady in September as dry conditions drained natural inflow. Gavins Point releases accounted for most flow at Omaha and Kansas City and half at St. Louis, with 1,264,000 acre-feet withdrawn from storage during the month.
A Pentagon report shows a marked drop in defense worker security cases in the first 16 months of a new personnel security review system. It lists 517 cases submitted versus 2,210 under the old 20 month system jettisoned in 1955 by Secretary Wilson. Former regional boards handled security in secret defense plants until Wilson centralized reports to a single office.
Ottawa readers shown as new and renewal subscribers including J B Hamilton Route 1 Glen Carpenter Route 2 Frankie Walker Route 4 Elmer Perkins Route 2 John R MacEchron C A Waggy Route 1 Pomona Don Linden Route 2 Leonard Humphrey Route 2 George J Denker Route 1 T T Beauchamp Route 1 Williamsburg Leslie Clark Route 2 E R Goff Route 1 Osawatomie Howard Vaughn Route 1 Overbrook Ollie Gruver Route 1
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