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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1956
Page
2
An Ottawa youngster on a bicycle sped along Main and ran a red light narrowly avoiding pedestrians. The piece laments escalating bike rider rudeness and urges including cyclists in traffic safety campaigns to curb dangerous behavior.
In New Mexico the Air Force builds an 18 million guided missile center deemed vital to national defense as the arms race with Russia accelerates. Three thousand workers stage picket lines to pressure a sub-contractor’s 21 employees to join unions. The incident prompts questions about restraints on big labor and public interest in avoiding coercion, weighing the impact on many against a single job.
A collage of social quips and political jabs on fashion, medicine, race, and politics. Notes on a doctor’s simple practice, a grandmother’s upbringing with old remedies, and subtle critiques of campaigns and desegregation rhetoric. References include Kefauver and imagery of cars and fashion.
Forty years ago Ottawa University began its fifty second school year with a morning chapel program at 9 30 and a flag raising on campus at 5 00 as the day’s main event. Local citizens were invited to attend and join in the celebration.
El writes on the election season and the odd practice of candidates being given Indian head dresses. He questions if recipients keep the headgear and imagines how such hats would fit in campaign life, noting the expense for tribes and the impracticality for candidates. The piece ends with fatigue at seeing these tribally symbolic gifts in politics.
Auld Lang Syne Gas Wharton led a raid into Osage county last week for subscribers but failed to recruit support. Snow accuses him of electioneering for himself to sway Osage county voters. Lumber trades show rapid sales with McDonald’s yard unable to add visible stock. Hawley leaves Ottawa to return to Canisteo New York to settle there.
A clergyman criticized for dull sermons is advised to adopt sales psychology. The piece outlines practical steps: use clear language, illustrate with concrete examples, involve the audience, craft a strong text, tell stories, and end with a sharp close. It urges mailing for a booklet by Dr. Crane to improve preaching performance.
New York essay reflects on Dr. Ernest R. Mowrer's Northwestern University study debunking suburban bliss. It notes aging suburbs fracture into cliques, rising roles for parents and spouses blur gender lines, and many fear suburban life more than city living.
A dense listing of TV programs across channels NBC CBS ABC and others for Sept including shows like The Early Show Mickey Mouse Club News Weather and a sequence of game shows dramas and variety hours with stars Jane Wyman Phil Silvers Garry Moore and Liberace among others, detailing daily time slots and program pairings.
A dense listing of Sept 6 programming across KTJO KMBC WDAF and other stations. It covers dinner music news sports shows theater and baseball broadcasts, then late night music and campus reports and an open house segment. The schedule lists show times and program names with multiple station pairings.
A companion column in a Hutchinson News-Herald feature presents reader questions on romance, etiquette, home projects, and hair care. Sylvia Sage answers with direct guidance from friendship to social manners, including handling relationships, returning invitations, and practical beauty tips.
C L Howard urges Ottawa citizens to file a petition with 375 signatures to trigger a city election on a new garbage disposal ordinance. Citing Kansas General Statutes, he notes ten percent of 3,726 votes from the last mayoral election is 372, a fraction over, and argues 375 voters suffice to force a vote. He stresses the need to register to vote in upcoming elections.
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Gossip from The Talk of the Town notes Mickey Mantle pursues endorsements and appearances ahead of a tax hike while Grace Kelly avoids conservative counsel. Look Magazine questions Hal March income, and Elvis demands heavy security as Frank Sinatra figures in high pay. Jeannie Simmons teases pages, and Walter Winchell and Sherman Billingsley feud publicly. The item also mentions Jayne Mansfield’s rapid rise, Rocky Marciano’s weight, and Eddie Fisher’s dinner stunt.
LAWRENCE Kan Dr Arthur J Mix 67 longtime professor and 22 year chairman of the botany department at the University of Kansas died Saturday night in a Houston hospital He joined KU as an instructor 40 years ago became full professor in 1924 and chaired the department from 1931 to 1953 He was treated for an aneurism at the KU Medical Center and later sent to Houston for surgery Survivors include his wife
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