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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1956
Page
2
Franklin county faces its tenth traffic death of 1956 during Labor Day weekend and may set a record for yearly motor vehicle fatalities. The editorial urges every driver to take personal responsibility, insisting safety depends on individual behavior, alertness, and control at all times to prevent further deaths and injuries.
Public prints report heavy Labor Day weekend crashes with deaths and injuries. Authors urge caution, noting crashes occur nationwide from midwest to east, as motorists seek faster trips on empty stretches. The piece laments the evolving term accidents and warns of the deadly outcomes.
Auld Lang Syne recalls the departure of Mr H Diggins a longtime Ottawa train dispatcher and social figure. A town picnic at Thomas Grove is planned by Olivet Grange. City commissioners pass traffic rules including dimmers, no looping turns in business districts, painted intersections, and curb parking limits. A drainage district plan for Franklin county will start with a five member committee meeting at Walter Pleasants office. Franklin county reports 833 of 99,086 autos licensed since July 1 with 39 motorcycles registered.
A suburban fourth grade teacher describes using Dr. Crane’s Fear Parties to help nervous pupils cope with effects of parental divorce. Students confess fears aloud, reducing tension by about half and fostering class unity, with parents asking what was done.
A local grandmother and granddaughter clash over Liberace and Elvis Presley ending with the granddaughter cut from the grandmother’s will. The column mocks politics, fashion, and social trends while noting changes in a county fair and public school space use.
New York feature on how amateur tinkerers like Eli Tchack of Linden New Jersey and George Lerner of Freeport Long Island launched successful ventures from household ideas. Tchack created a disposable broiling tray from aluminum foil and founded a firm selling Broil-a-foil trays, while Lerner invented Mr Potato Head using vegetables and plastic facial pieces, turning creative play into a major seller.
Citizens in Great Bend will vote on November 6 on a $1,290,000 school bond issue to fund a proposed new junior high school building and an elementary school building.
The speaker argues a husband who tinkers is valuable. one good simple idea can fund a lifetime of mink coats, urging wives to leave such men be when they merely dally with tasks.
Herald Want Ads notes inventor Alexander Graham Bell designed the Cygnet tetrahedral kite that carried a man to an altitude of 168 feet in 1907, highlighting early aviation experimentation and Bell's bold design.
Cand class matter noted for Sundays and holidays. Neves Balter publisher and managing editor with advertising and mechanical supervision. Subscription rates by mail: one month 2.00, three months 3.75, six months 7.00, one year 14.00.
A summary of TV and radio listings shows Sept 4 6 00 PM to 9 00 PM with KMBC WDAF KTJO and KMBC schedules including News News Top of Evening Truth or Consequences Recollections Press Conference Open House Campus Corn Sound Flite Fights Campus News Jazz and later Sept 6 program names Town Talk Dilson Show Want Ads Pay
A letter clarifies the Ottawa 40 acre question noting the site was actually 20 acres. It recounts the 1945 sale to the city for 1200 dollars, recorded in Franklin County deeds, and the 1952 sale to William D. McClure for 1500 dollars. The writer, a former mayor, explains his term ended in 1944 and he was not in office when purchases occurred.
A buyer and seller concluded a favorable land sale result, closing with a strong bargain and a clear, satisfactory transaction for both sides. Details of parties and location are limited in the fragment.
The Kansas Tax Commission may issue a second ruling this week on whether the Kansas State Teachers Association’s new $500,000 building in Topeka should be removed from tax rolls. Last June the commission ruled the property qualifies for the educational exemption. Shawnee County officials won a rehearing arguing the exemption does not cover a private association or lodge.
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