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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1955
Page
2
The editorial notes Kansas endures a dry year with some areas seeing record drought. It links farm income declines to lower prices while reporting last week’s department store sales up three percent from 1954 and July tax receipts higher than the prior year, arguing Kansas is economically balanced between industry and agriculture despite the drought.
The Kansas Legislature faces a long fought issue over a two percent severance tax on oil and gas. Supported by the Russell County Farm Bureau and many farmers, the plan would tax out-of-state producers without burdening landowners. Other states already impose severance taxes, funding substantial revenues for Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, with no evident slowdown in oil development.
A fragmentary column sourly notes riders and readers, humor, and civic life. It lampoons school safety pleas, a Venice sighting about blind Venetians, shark fear campaigns, and readers who mistook a whooping crane for a shikepoke. It also remarks on Grandma Moses turning 95 with a wry, affectionate tone.
A hometown lad, once seen as a rough painter, climbs to vice presidential assistant in a major corporation. He is noted among local successors who have made good, with a rise from small town roots to a significant corporate role.
A nostalgic reflection praising high school football culture and student involvement. The author celebrates new band uniforms, cheering squads including more girls as cheerleaders, and between halves programs, urging readers to attend games to renew faith in youth.
A look back recalls Auld Lang Syne era when President Roosevelt signed the nations first peacetime draft bill. It also notes a Scott store opening soon, a Union Public Service free cooking school, new downtown parking lanes, and the Ot tawa Electric Supply at 406 Main. Fifty years ago YMCA plans, Herr encyclopedia gift to Ottawa High, and Kate O Flanigan joining Davenport store were reported.
A 700-pound Hereford yearling with a window in its side, created by Dr. E R Frank, serves as a post operative demonstrator in Kansas City to show rumen digestion. Oscar Straube explains rumen feeding speeds up digestion with bacteria, as the steer tours Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Governor Fred Hall lauded Kansas car dealers at the Kansas Motor Car Dealers Assn. convention for supporting highway safety. He noted 286 cars equipped for high school driver training, a half million dollar investment, and a 26 million safety program on major routes. He also announced strengthened patrols and Turnpike staffing gains as part of broader safety and road improvements.
Doctor George W. Crane explains that stuttering in young children is common and usually temporary. He notes that many kids outgrow the speech pattern as they develop and urges parents to avoid pressure, to listen patiently, and to seek professional advice if persistence continues.
A Hopkins Syndicate feature discusses stuttering in children, urging parents to ignore normal toddler stuttering to prevent permanent issues. It cites examples like Danny and references famous figures. The piece also lists TV programs and a 1955 Missouri tagging preview amid a station schedule.
Radio Sunday lineup lists segments on KMBC and WDAF with sports, bands, and telephone hour. Mentions Baseball EMBC Tenn Ernie and festival coverage. Schedule items reference hosts like Morgan Beatty and Henry Taylor with times around 6 to 8 p.m. on KMBC and WDAF.
Fragmented OCR shows Ottawa Herald Evening Except Sunday edition with staff roles Teems Halter Managing Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager and Mechanical Supt Don Bhipman Howard Hoadley Mall subscription rates in trade area and mail options One year six months three months one month and other small illegible entries indicated.
The Public Health Service announced a release of 3 819 621 cubic centimeters of Salk antipolio vaccine. One cc equals one shot. Of the total, 1 248 000 ccs go to the free inoculation program of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the rest to states for children aged 5 through 9 under the voluntary control program.
Ann Campbell a 21 year old University of Oklahoma senior was chosen Miss Football of 1955. She defeated nine other contenders from the United States and Canada in a contest judged by seven panelists evaluating beauty poise personality photogenicity and demeanor.
Major auto makers including Ford unveil 1956 safety gear such as a deep-center energy-absorbing steering wheel safety door latches front and rear seat belts instrument panel padding and crash cushioning safety rear view mirrors. Ford previews cost not disclosed, with other manufacturers boosting safety in campaign. Also tips on winterizing cars with SAE 30 to 10w-30 oil anti freeze and snow tires chains and new terry cloth seat covers. Local humor remark about ambulance driver Joe Towner.
Highway patrolmen and sheriff's officers raced 140 miles to bring blood from Wichita for a woman in a Great Bend hospital. The search for Mrs. Glenn Offutt, 37, was tied to a critical blood supply as a newborn daughter survived while a dog and a cat mentioned in the report are noted. An emergency call was made when St. Rose Hospital’s negative blood supply ran out.
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