12 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1966
Page
1
Editorial warns that Ottawa faces rapid 40 year population growth doubling national and regional trends. It questions preparedness in schools streets and services, and criticizes current recreation areas parks and playgrounds. It recalls past bond issue efforts to improve park space.
The city faces rising costs and scarce land as it grows, complicating park acquisitions and improvements. Despite a thriving summer recreation program for children, space limits and an antiquated pool hinder progress. With shorter work weeks increasing leisure time, the need for more parks must be solved now.
A writer laments the overuse of the word real as an adjective and calls out the trend in everyday speech. He cites a college president and notes the drift toward distorted language, urging readers to curb the habit before it worsens and degrades clear communication.
Reader asks if histoplasmosis is only for children and seeks full symptoms. Dr Molner explains the disease is a lung fungus, can resemble flu, and requires thorough evaluation with chest X rays. The note cautions that many illnesses mimic flu and repeated respiratory problems warrant careful diagnosis.
James Marlow analyzes how Buddhist protests threaten South Vietnam's Ky regime. If Buddhists gain influence and push Americans out, the United States would face a political defeat with heavy consequences for President Johnson and the 1968 elections.
A dense listing shows prime time by channel with shows like Woody Woodpecker Rifleman Bat Masterson News Wells Fargo Combat My Mother The Car Petticoat Junction Red Skelton Dr Kildare McHales Navy Captain Kangaroo I Love Lucy General Hospital Password House Party To Tell The Truth Edge of Night Nurses You Don't Say Secret Storm Match Game Lost in Space Patty Duke Beverly Hillbillies Green Acres I Spy Long Hot Summer Gideon of Scotland Yard Trails West Diegal Young Dr Kildare Assignment Underwater Faith For Our Times
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports CBS missed the Masters playoff live as cameras lagged. Nicklaus Jacobs and Brewer reached the 12th hole before coverage began. viewers saw mainly crowd shots and plane footage. CBS aired commercials before Cronkite news as viewers waited.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription prices for trade and outside areas. Rates include one month to one year options, varying by mail and area, with copyright recorded as 1965. The paper notes AP use rights and publication scope.
Channel 4 offers What Makes Auntie Freeze at 6 30 p.m. Don t Eat The Daisies at 7 p.m. McHale s Navy at 7 30 p.m. The Best Things In Life Are Free features Gordon MacRae Dan Dailey and Ernest Borgnine at 8 p.m. CBS Reports The Other War in Viet Nam at 9 p.m. March of Time The Epic of Flight at 9 p.m. The Con victed with Glen Ford and Broderick Crawford at 10 15 p.m. The Garment Jungle with Lee J Cobb at 10 15 p.m. Mr Moto Takes a Chance at 12 10 a.m. Am bush with Gladys Swarthout.
On this date in 1861 a shot was fired at Fort Sumter signaling the Civil War start in Charleston Harbor. Also noted is the 1777 birth of Henry Clay and a 1960s remark about China turning down a UK proposal regarding Vietnam talks with Beijing and Hanoi.
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