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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1956
Page
2
Editorial notes that aviation has shed its daredevil image as private pilots arrive for an Ottawa Municipal Airport fly-in breakfast. Ordinary people in suits and families now enjoy crosscountry flights in enclosed cabins with heaters radios and comfortable interiors aided by improved weather and radio facilities, marking a shift from risky to accessible air travel.
An author explains election abstention citing past acts and bad choices. Recounts incidents from a penny found and spent in a grocery to riding a sled on a car, plus late voting apathy. Emphasizes that failing to vote outweighs earlier misdeeds and shapes the decision not to run.
In a political dispute from Fit, Scott, supporters say Congressman Errett Scrivner did introduce a Marmaton river flood control dam bill as part of a nine-dam package on the Marais des Cygnes-Osage river system. Hearings occurred in 1953 with authorization in 1954, and efforts began upstream at Pomona and Ottawa, reflecting Scrivner's long flood control leadership in Kansas and the Midwest.
The piece critiques impartial justice in speeding fines, notes income-based penalties, and references historical shifts from emergency measures under FDR. It comments on market excitement fading, a buffalo sighting rumor, a quirky local women’s group, and snatches of misquoted or nonsensical lines while musing on education and natural questions as cold weather nears.
Ottawa University president Dr W P Behan and Baker University officials agreed students should not guard campuses police will handle campus security. Marauders on either campus would be arrested. Schools deplore vandalism maring campuses. Bicycle stolen from Henry Constant reported. Multiple local notes: illness, sport forecasts, visits, and a box supper at Ohio City.
Dr. George W. Crane argues flowers at funerals uplift the living, citing a teacher recounting a quiet service and biblical examples. He says neglecting flowers dulls the ceremony and harms mourners, urging readers to preserve beauty and meaning in farewell rites rather than pursue strict expense cuts.
TV listings show a slate with MEBC News MBC News WDAF Henry Taylor KTae Sports and KMBC Jazz along with RTIO Symphony RMBC Orchestra and WDAF Music. Programs span news sports concerts and student programs across stations including WDAF KMBC and RTIO with titles like Telegraph hour Selected Features and Telephone Hour.
A jumble of radio call signs and show titles lists music news sports and personalities. Programs include KTJO KMBC WDAF KNBC EMBC KRMBC KTJG KTIO WDAY and WNAE with shows like pop music news and late night life. various hosts and times are scattered across the page.
Rex Woods Jr editor of the Arkansas City Daily Traveler will head the 3rd District Press Association for the coming year. He was elected at the organization fall meeting held with a four state Editor's Day at Pittsburg State College where Edmund C Arnold Synotype News editor spoke. The text notes eastern Mediterranean population at 170 million.
Congressman Leslie C. Arends of Illinois 17th District will deliver the Markham Lecture November 9 at 11 AM in Rice Memorial Auditorium on Baker University's campus. The Markham trustees funded a 20 year bi annual lecture series. Dr. William C. Markham and Carrie Hoover Markham, long time Baldwin leaders, endowed the series and supported Baker and Baldwin University through many years.
The passage notes a career path from Kansas State Editorial Association to Executive Secretary of the National Association of State Highway Officials, including twenty two years of service in Washington D C, with Bay or Sell referenced in want ads.
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