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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1955
Page
2
Editorial argues Kansas pays more for textbooks by not providing free schoolbooks as 34 states do. It notes the state’s past belief in private enterprise limits, causing higher per pupil costs and reduced reuse. The piece urges reconsidering the arguments for school supplied books versus private purchase.
A column lampoons postwar American industry and social trends, noting cars grow smaller with no reverse, urban stereotypes fade, and golf ball hunting would fund the federal budget. It comments on Kansas University football and National Dog Week, with quips on fashion, parenting, and pop culture figures.
Auld Lang Syne notes 15 years ago the county commissioners appointed M. H. Forester B. F. Bowers and Clarence W. Hegberg to Franklin county draft board. 1950s items include Jimmy Foxx homer and 1000 women arriving for Kansas Methodist conference while 1930s dinner kickoff and local events are listed.
The Fort Leonard Wood commander bans profanity around new trainees. The column argues the order may barely curb swearing as youths embrace bold language, noting the army culture and the plain fact that it remains “a man's Army.”
Hal Boyle notes civilization sickness as chronic tension and crowding in America. He cites crowded cities, parallel work and leisure times, and weekday bottlenecks as causes. Proposes a 7 day work week with 16 hour shifts to ease pressure and restore leisure, cautioning against overhauling habits too slowly. The piece ends with odd observations on beef flavor and matchbook usage.
A featured piece argues psychology dominates athletic success, citing baseball star Ralph Kiner and others. It discusses mental outlook shaping performance, suggests a training-table psychologist, and cites hypnosis experiments increasing handgrip strength. The author urges coaches to employ psychology advisors to maximize players’ form and outcomes.
The recipe suggests marinating seafood in a seasoned French dressing then draining and mixing with diced celery green pepper and mayonnaise. Serve on salad greens and garnish with paprika capers or use sliced hard cooked eggs and gherkins as a garnish.
The Ottawa Herald evening edition runs as an exception Sunday edition with standard postoffice filing.
TV listings show a Monday September 26 schedule with multiple stations KMBC and WDAF. Highlights include Mr Keen 7 30PM Rosemary Crooney Amos and Andy and Band of America with various minutes given. The guide lists on the go and so forth with festival and telephone hour segments across channels.
Radio schedule items list programs on WDAF KMBC KNBC and WDAT for Tuesday September 27. Entries include News World Window Suspense People Are Funny Disk Derby and Stars In Action. Ernie Tenn stars on multiple stations with varying time slots and a TBA slot for KMBC Disk Derby.
Deeds recorded include transfers across multiple farms and urban lots in Wellsville and surrounding areas. Named parties include Harry C. Miller, Roy Warhurst, Robert Staadt, George W. Phibbs, Lyle Enyart, Henry Colby, C. L. Kent, Ward E. Booth, Ben F. Holmes, Jayhawk Land Co., Robert J. Hotchkiss, Fred A. Moore, Maxine Morrow, Earl P. Hart, Stanley B. Johnston, Wm. M. Christian, Ralph D. Wilson, Ray H. Nutt, H. E. Herring, Irvin Wray, Delmer E. Wray, Densil Cox, William J. Robinson, Walter E. Beal, School District No. 20, Anton J. Strafuss, Una. B Hinderliter, Arnold Hinderliter, Christian church, Morris Wilson, George C. Haas, Charles Wemmer, Joseph W. Ferns, Irwin C. Fowler, Richard Frederick. Transfers cover sections in NE, NW, SE, and SW quarters and various block and lot designations in Wellsville and Garfield Add. areas.
Rep Bill Avery plans to travel by car to his Kansas congressional district today with a CBS television cameraman and crew. The network will follow his activities next Wednesday Thursday and Friday to show what a congressman does during the recess.
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