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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1959
Page
3
Craytford Richardson of Kansas State University notes hay 45 years old, chemically analyzed with protein around 19 percent and crude fiber 21.34 percent. He says old hay can be fed safely, though pro vitamin A is absent.
Silver Leaf held an electric project meeting at the Jefferis home with James Dunn demonstrating Adequate Wiring the Home. Lonnie Bones showed Soldering a Wire as members practiced. Jefferis taught splices. Lucky Clover met at Trinity Methodist Church with projects and fair ribbons. Alan Buck spoke, Everett Davis gave a Home Beautification talk, Sharon Cragg Health talk, Cathy Bowen and Karen Cragg parliamentary talk. Helen Lederer demonstrated health topics previously shown at Topeka Fair, assisted by Susie Wood. Silver Leaf at Emery Green School elected officers. Richard Landers spoke on participation. Officers named: Roger Keith and Alfonso Mages presidents, James Dunn and Jan Jefferis vice presidents, Dorothy Glanville and Mary Ann Hewitt secretaries, Pattie Abersold and Carolyn Mages treasurers, Jill Jefferis and Diane Bones reporters, Dorothy Glanville and Gary Rice council reps. Dress a Cut demonstrated by Sharon and Gary Rice. Jayhawk meeting opened with junior officers. Patricia Williams president, Joyce Pearson vice president, Florence Higd on secretary, Rebecca Low.
The FAR AND NEAR club elected officers at the September meeting with Jim Milliken as President and Loretta Anderson as Treasurer. Project talks by Margaret Good Florence Higdon and others highlighted the session along with demonstrations on flower arrangements and pattern measurements.
University of Southern California suspends Kappa Sigma and places members on probation after 21-year-old Richard T. Swanson dies during an initiation. Swanson choked while attempting to swallow a large oil-soaked liver chunk as part of pledges’ hazing. The fraternity’s charter was revoked by its national headquarters.
Local clubs gathered at John Brown Park and multiple homes for lectures on keeping a neat clean house. Members from Lane May 14 women 14 attended, with reports on Play Day and food buys, and bids read for Crestview Nursing Home. Several groups named hosts and topics.
The first part of the lesson on Housecleaning was given by Mrs. Wilma Cooper. A letter from former president Mrs. Audrey Barker now living in Portland Ore was read.
Topeka AP State Revenue Director John Kirchner says a 2 percent compensating use tax on newsprint and ink for publishing newspapers is again effective. A ruling by Atty. Gen. John Anderson voids a 1959 Legislature concurrent resolution aimed at outlawing Kirchner’s use tax in lieu of a retail sales tax on newspaper subscriptions.
In New York the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev’s private elevator stalled on the way to the 35th floor Presidential Suite. The operator could not move it past the 30th floor, so Khrushchev walked up five flights with his escort Henry Cabot Lodge, joking that it was a capitalistic malfunction.
Tips for soybeans suggest reducing cylinder speed to 400 800 rpm and spacing to 5/16 to % inch. A rotary recleaner helps harvest clean beans in weedy fields, and attaching a pickup will aid when beans lie down in fall.
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