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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
11
Eugene Gilbert reports teen opinions on sex education arguing it should start in grammar or junior high. Key findings show most teens learn from peers, with parents and schools seen as best sources if properly equipped, and a call for clinical instruction to prevent miseducation.
Police in Down Patrick near Belfast found a seven year old boy described as uncared for and living like a chicken. He cannot eat human food and cannot walk or talk. The boy was found in a hen house adjoining a cottage where a widow and her two daughters live. He is hospitalized in Belfast for examination by physicians and authorities investigate alleged cruelty.
Topeka Gov Fred Hall announced that 12 present or former state prison and women's industrial farm inmates received sentence commutations. The clemency office reported 107 other applications heard on July 26 and August 30 were denied and 13 were granted.
Williamsburg couple Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fritts traveled Wednesday to Saturday through Randolph Speed Otis Mullinville and Dodge City stopping with relatives Gus Kotalli Ralph Brown and Willard Bitts. They toured local schools and visited Kate Scott and Frank Bitts households near Pomona Quenemo and Willard Bitts.
General Nathan Twining warned that continuing shortages of skilled technicians could push the Air Force to adopt simpler, less effective planes and weapons. He contrasted U S shortages with Soviet training, noting Russia will graduate about 420,000 engineers in five years, and said a tech retreat could result if deficits persist.
Bladensburg Maryland police recovered 71 pistols 2 shotguns 3 rifles 1 bazooka 11 burp guns 2 machine gun barrels and 4 broken bayonets from 30 teenagers who gathered them at a junk yard. The dealer had purchased old weapons from the government and stored them there.
The number of deaths from an automobile collision on a country road near Parsons has climbed to three. Frank Johnson, 25, Parsons, died Monday night. The other victims were his father Roy Johnson, 47, and Robert Lee Baty, 18, Thayer. Two other persons were injured.
The Institute for Crippled and Disabled unveils an electric mat that triggers automatic door opening at the slightest touch from a patient in a wheelchair or with a crutch, signaling a new accessibility aid.
Plagued day and night by bladder discomfort described as caused by unwise eating or drinking. Doan's Pills are advertised to ease bladder irritations, relieve back ache headaches and general pains, with a mild diuretic effect aiding kidney output. Large economy size marketed as cost saving after 60 years of use.
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