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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1964
Page
1
The piece argues that improved technology radar radio and TV credit weather warnings and advance notice with sirens urging people to seek shelter in basements or cellars. It stresses being informed saves lives and endorses prudent safety despite inconvenience.
A reader asks how to time medications around meals and what to do for various conditions. Answers note aspirin irritation on an empty stomach, when to take drugs for appetite, digestion, acidity, or spasm, and that meal timing aids daily dosing. Other letters cover stool color, vitamin E theories, and sleeping position with high blood pressure.
A charity dinner priced at 100 dollars a plate is planned next month to benefit the Agricultural Hall of Fame. The piece reflects on rising costs for farmers and mentions tax related price increases affecting vending machine operators.
The item recalls the April 23 marriage of Erma Willene Spears to Howard Courtney Ogg, with remarks on visiting relatives in Kansas City and a KU Phi Mu Alpha election. It also notes 50 year items including Mary Nelson and Kathryn Cook at Odd Fellows anniversary, Clyde Kiler’s vacation, and a letter from L A Dunn about a brother working near Tampico.
Prayer from II Corinthians invites believers to receive God's grace, confess sins, and seek strength to live Christlike lives. The prayer thanks God for immeasurable love and redemptive grace and ends with an Amen.
A brief item notes relief as the overcoat is shed on a Friday scene. Casual tone highlights seasonal change and everyday comfort without further details.
A long OCR log lists dozens of TV slots from 5:00 to 11:30 including Rifleman Huckleberry Hound News Weather Sports Destry Route 66 Bob Hope Burke's Law Twilight Zone boxing Jack Paar Alfred Hitchcock Make That Spare Baseball Scoreboard Dragnet Daily Word Rendezvous Rendezvous etc. It reflects a full day on television with multiple networks and varied genres.
TV guide style listing for 1872 era with programs on channels 5 13 4 9 and 9 including Varies: Sister Blandina in a Western town school scene Groucho Marx in Time for Elizabeth and That Was the Week That Was Jack Paar with Bette Davis and Sergio Franchi Steptoe and Son episode boxing Narvaez versus Dorado Kings Row Informer and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer with Rendevouz.
The KOFO daily lineup lists 6:00 sign on with Top Of The Morning segments, then outdoor sports, weather, markets, and repeated news pages. The schedule includes agricultural markets, farm shows, noon tunes, country karavan slots, and multiple KOFO Serenade programs, followed by a series of bulletins, town notes, and various music blocks.
On this date in 1788 John Paul Jones captured the British sloop-of-war Drake off Bel fast Scotland. Also noted are the 1704 Boston News-Letter first long running American newspaper, the 1800 founding of the Library of Congress, the 1898 start of US Spain war, the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, 1941 Nazi moves toward Athens, a 1960s carrier dispatch to West Germany, a Panama landing, and Cold War test ban talks near Geneva.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication with editor Robert B. Wellington and pricing for trade area mail subscription one month to one year, and outside trade area rates. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
A meeting of all owners of land in Rural Water District No. 2 Franklin County Kansas, Latimer Water Association, will be held in the District Court Room Ottawa at 8:00 P M on Monday May 4 1964. The gathering aims to elect district directors adopt bylaws discuss water use rules and the water system and to act on other business.
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