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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1964
Page
1
Saturday Notebook notes season changes in schools. A 25 minute commencement speech was advised by a speaker who quipped an address need not be eternal to be immortal. Ottawa students planned a skip school day but the principal thwarted it. Local business leaders bemoan parking lot defeat and discuss funding a new high school alongside county road unit costs, totaling a net tax rise of one mill.
NBC offered a affectionate tour of carnivals with Sally Rand sharing insider tips and feats while CBS aired Masters golf with Arnold Palmer failing to break the course record. ABC’s Sonny Liston Cassius Clay bout footage lagged with slow motion stills and commentary, dragging six rounds into a half hour.
AP report discusses spring as a time for self improvement and doublespeak. It presents examples of double talk with literal translations, illustrating how social speech hides real thoughts and opinions in casual conversation.
A writer ponders the term Ombudsmen as used by The Economist and muses on its possible English roots. He entertains Swedish origins and Stockholm as a plausible source while admitting uncertainty and seeking a Swedish reader to clarify.
Dear Dr. Molner weighs in on hygiene dangers from unwashed hands in food prep. A reader notes an elderly relative who resists hand washing, advising calm insistence that children grow up with hygiene habits or she must stay out of the kitchen.
On April 18 1942 Maj James Doolittle led 16 B 25 bombers from the Hornet inland to attack Tokyo Kobe and Nagoya in the war s first homeland strike. Also noted are Paul Revere s ride in 1755 the 1906 San Francisco quake the 1916 German submarine policy warning the 1944 Balaklava capture the 1945 Manila atrocity disclosure the 1964 dust storms in Manitoba and Eisenhower s 1955 appointment of Christian Herter as secretary of state.
The notice lists publication details for 106 S Cedar in Ottawa Kansas, editor Robert B Wellington, and subscription rates by mail for trade and outside areas. Monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly prices are provided, with a contact number CH 2.4700 and a note about Associated Press rights.
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