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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1956
Page
2
Editorial notes with regret the sale of Capper Publications to Oscar Stauffer and associates. It praises Capper founder Senator Arthur Capper and notes the high journalistic standards preserved after the transfer. Concludes the Cappertinn legacy remains intact under new Kansas publisher leadership.
The piece argues metropolitan newspapers overstate their value to advertisers. It notes readers spend 15 to 30 minutes daily, skim many sections, and suggests smaller papers offer better attention with comparable or better impact per ad. It contends readers focus on limited sections, negating the claimed mass reach.
A columnist notes Elvis Presley earns vast sums for brief TV appearances and stirs teen crowds who scream at his moves. The piece contrasts his fame with Sinatra and discusses youth fad culture, media coverage, and mob psychology amid teen behavior and integration news.
The weekly paper lists various notices and brief items including a Want ad seeking a good cook and washer, a comment on installing lightning rods at a new school house, plans by C D Aiken to build a residence, hunts in Franklin county with 3 chickens shipped east, Ottawa public schools reporting 456 in School Unient, livestock shipments to Kansas City, Miss S E Nunn opening a weaving establishment above Ring and Smith, Miss Price offering new hats, visits by Mrs Sam Davidson of Quenenio, Chief Clerk A D Williamson off duty due to illness, H P Lockhart returning to duty after vacation, preparations for winter at city hall with two gas stoves, and a slate of candidates for local offices. Also noted are sale advertising for a driving horse with or without harness.
Random observations on taxes news itself and social quirks. A Terre Haute undertaker bikes down the Mississippi to ease tax worries while the joke about polite dogs and talking pets sits oddly. A weathered journalist in Egypt is expelled as media turns.
An Indiana talk outlines how driver anger and unsafe behavior cause crashes. A speaker in Hoosier State portrays the chain reaction from a breakfast insult to speeding and road rage. He cites safety advice, urges calm mornings, space between cars, and cooperation with police to reduce deaths.
Lists new and renewing subscribers including Thomas O'Dea route 2 Ottawa E W Warner route 1 Princeton Mrs A D Hostetter Wellsville Lawrence Dyer route 1 Pomona Thad Stevenson Lane Floyd Meisner route 2 Williamsburg James Cubit route 3 Garnett Mrs Inez Garvin Melvern and others.
Crab grass is a fast maturing annual plant that grows from seed and dies with the first frost. It completes its life cycle quickly and contributes to weed concerns in warm season lawns and fields.
Last minute program changes hinder full accuracy of television listings. This note notes possible shifts in schedule details and urges readers to check current guides for updates.
Readable listings show Sept 18 programming across KMBC WDAF and KABC News. Baseball and news blocks mix with show times including Morgan Beatty and Ted Heath segments.
A fragmented radio grid shows 8 00 and 10 00 time slots for WDAF and KMBC programs including News Jazz and Election Trends. The listing mentions Truth or Consequences Recollections Groucho Fire and Three Bcores with various local stations.
Gov. Fred Hall said he has made no decision about his future and doubts acting before his term expires next January. He plans an extended trip with Mrs. Hall after leaving office and just returned from five weeks in California. He will meet state officials to discuss a union drive by AFL CIO State County and Municipal Employes Union among highway workers. He says the drive aims to organize 75,000 public employees and may be a liaison and lobbying voice, with no clear view on legality or contracts with the state.
Kuiken and other state officials were slated to meet with the governor to discuss the union issue, outlining possible actions and responses. The meeting aims to align on policy directions affecting labor relations and state governance.
Walter Curtis of Clay Center, chair of the Republican Valley Water Users Assn, urged the Kansas Water Resources Board and Army Engineers to survey current and future water conditions in the lower Republican River Valley. He asked mayors and chamber leaders to back the request, citing concerns about water availability during extended droughts.
Curtis-Wright Corp announces a hypersonic test vehicle that reaches several times the speed of sound within two seconds of takeoff. The rocket is designed as a research tool to collect data on heating pressures and aerodynamic shapes at hypersonic speeds, in cooperation with the U S Air Force Research and Development Command.
Mayor Edmund Orgill of Memphis Tennessee ordered continuous wired music for his waiting room to soothe impatient constituents. The notice also mentions buy or sell opportunities through Want Ads.
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