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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1959
Page
2
Editorial comments on tense end of year 1959 Congress debates, party line pressure, and Eisenhower vetoes. It argues the veto of a public works bill was prudent though some projects were urgent, warning against hasty reshaping of planned programs. It notes lawmakers flip stance when party lines pull hard.
Advice on posture for car seating, mattress support, and back care. Discusses normal causes like posture, lifting with leg muscles, obesity, osteoporosis, and internal issues such as prostate, kidney, or colon conditions. Includes reader query on daily enemas and a note offering a booklet on bed wetting.
A letter from a friend facing gall bladder surgery invites a $1 pool to guess stones removed. Commentary notes rising auto use and highway deaths, truth saving memory, bond troubles, a first mention of a delinquent tax sale, and jokes about stop signs and a beam following the earth’s curvature.
A resident named Mrs N Van Meter cut her left thumb while slicing cabbage at 1010 S Hickory. Dr Arthur Bernhart has joined Ottawa University as a new professor of physics and mathematics. Fred A Wicke passed the state pharmacy exam. Glen Lemaster obtained the agency for the McIntyre automobile, a high wheeled hard tailed model drawing rural mail carriers. Cement sidewalks were being laid at Quon University FH. Holmes displayed a sunflower stalk measuring 15 feet 5 inches.
A prayer invoking gratitude for work as service to God and neighbor. It asks for offering the best work as worship through Jesus Christ and includes a variant ending with Our Father in heaven.
Public notice from Ottawa Herald listing subscription rates by mail for the trade area. Details include one month five cents, three months two dollars, six months three dollars and seventy five cents, and one year seven dollars. Published by Robert B Wallington with editor Guy Snedaker. Association info noted.
A dense scan of daylong listings shows Channel 4 NBC CBS and ABC delivering a mix of dramas westerns games and news. Notable programs include The Rifleman Walt Disney Take Five Sports and Cheyenne with a backdrop of soap operas news weather and variety shows throughout the day.
Weekend visits dot the Richmond area as Abe Severns family gathers in Oklahoma City and Mr and Mrs Kermit Kruger host relatives. A church education program for high schoolers gains school board support, with lunchroom seniors planned for Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club members. Local families welcome returning service member Dick Benton and family from Japan, while Mr and Mrs Glen Garrison and sister Miss Gladys Garrison visit relatives.
Three night bombings rocked Little Rock amid integration jitters. Fire Chief Gann Nally’s station wagon was destroyed, the school board building was hit, and the mayor’s office was blasted within 35 minutes. No injuries reported. authorities investigated.
County clerk Bruce Spears says overall levies are down this year with county and city shares mixed. He notes the state levy remains 1.75 per thousand assessed value and that several townships are down while others rise, reflecting adjustments across the budget.
Smith inspected wreckage and returned to police HQ as reports awaited. FBI was summoned along with North Little Rock officers. The blast heavily damaged Knoop Construction’s office with a steel panel knocked into the street and shattered windows at a school board building. The concussion from the bombing lingered.
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