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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1956
Page
1
A dense Ottawa page lists community notices, legal actions, and local incidents. Items include a piano tuning call, hospital transfers, jury duty announcements, theft and moving notices, a speeding guilty plea, moving plans to Sacramento, and a Junior Olympics award. Names include Jay Ellis H K Stevens and Jerry Patterson among others.
Ottawa mourns the death of Ceora Lanham at Tapeka after a long illness. Lanham, secretary of the Kansas Authors Club, ran the Lanham Travel Agency and entertained in Europe during World War I. She later led European tours and ran a Topeka expression studio. No immediate survivors are listed.
Admitted today are Mrs. Dean Kirkland of Rantoul and Linda Jean Kirkland from 719 W 6th with Karen and Marsha Bradley at 717 S Poplar and Michael Lynn Betz from Lane. Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Douglas of 726 S Cedar weighing 7 lb 2 oz. Dismissals include Mrs. Clara E. Brockus of Richmond and Harold Kirkland with baby son from route 3, Mrs. Eugene Brock with baby son, Gary Cole of 816 N Sycamore, and Larry Gilmore at 922 S Sycamore.
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce education council meeting yesterday recommended initiating a comprehensive survey of the state's educational system. The study would be initiated and completed promptly to aid in formulating recommendations for future educational progress across Kansas.
Funeral services for Phillip J. Fredricks, who died Oct. 24, were held Oct. 27 at McVey-Denger Mortuary. Rev. Ernest S. Worden officiated. Pallbearers: Herbert Fredricks, Ernest Blackburn, Glenn Greenfield, Hara Stewart, Walter Red, Gene Red. Albert J. Williams sang hymns with Mrs. R. L. Stevens. Burial in Antioch Cemetery.
The weather office reports clearing skies across most of Kansas after beneficial rainfall. Southeast areas saw up to 2.33 inches in Iola, with many towns recording varying amounts. A new cloud cover and scattered showers are forecast for western and north central regions tomorrow, followed by a mix of sun and clouds with thundershowers in the west and north central later. Maximums yesterday ranged from 56 to 68, with lows from 30 to 54.
MOSCOW announces a policy shift toward full sovereignty of communist states and signals talks on troop dispositions in Poland, Hungary and Romania. It promises to withdraw from Budapest when Hungary’s government deems it necessary, acknowledging further aggravation from continued Soviet forces. Zhukov says Warsaw Pact members must agree on any withdrawal from Hungary.
The Agriculture Department reports a near 1 percent fall in average farm product prices from mid September to mid October, the fourth monthly decline. Secretary Benson calls the drop slight and seasonal, while DNC chairman Butler criticizes the farm program. Prices remain 2.18 percent above a year ago and 3.4 percent above last December, with declines led by meat, corn, poultry, eggs and cotton. dairy, some vegetables, cottonseed and wheat rose.
A vintage advertisement promotes Printed Pattern 4598 for women's sizes 36 to 50. It highlights a flattering shirt waist dress with three sleeve styles, easy tissue directions, and a 4 1/2 yard fabric requirement for size 36. Order via Anne Adams at The Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept New York with name address zone size and style number.
The Legislative Council's committee on federal state and local affairs plans a higher base pay for Kansas county officials. Dr F H Guild said a new pay schedule ties salaries to county population levels. The committee will report to the full council on November 13 and also consider requiring banks to pay interest on inactive state funds.
The Agriculture Department shows Kansas farm real estate value per acre rising from 74.16 to 84.56 between March 1, 1951 and March 1 this year. It notes farm sizes increased to 416.3 acres by March 1954 and total Kansas land value nearing 4.23 billion dollars in March 1956, with year over year and period changes detailed. Mars is the only planet fully visible from Earth with a day length of 24 hours 47 minutes.
Former mayor Joe A. Lenski presents petitions for a special Pittsburg vote on abandoning the city manager form in favor of a mayor commission system. He cites 1,500 signatures but notes prior petitions were invalid for signing sheets not certified and missing stated reasons. city has operated under the manager plan since 1948.
The act concerns the right to work by banning employment denial under certain conditions and forbidding contracts that require membership or non membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment. It also prescribes penalties for violations.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt told a Kansas Democratic luncheon rally that the Democrats have a very good chance of winning on November 6. She recalled her late husband calling her the pessimist and said she now has great hopes if the people face the realities of the situation. She described the Middle East crisis as a long developing situation well known to the Eisenhower administration.
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