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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1961
Page
3
President Kennedy urged editors to consider self censorship to hide secrets from Communists but critics say free press must stay open and diverse. The column notes risks of compulsory censorship and praises public access to information as democracy’s backbone.
The Ottawa Herald announces publisher and editor names and lists subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. It states membership in the Associated Press and that AP dispatches are exclusive for republication.
A columnist argues against teen smoking citing cancer risk and fire danger while noting no absolute proof that smoking causes cancer. Anecdotes from eighth graders, notes on public health efforts, and a letter request about suppositories and psychiatric treatment accompany local notices and a school class list.
Television listings show a dense schedule across theaters and theaters networks with programs from 3:08 to 10:45 pm. Notable items include Captain Gallant, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, The Big Sleep, Today show segments, and late-night classics like Jack Paar and Five Star Theater.
A listed slate shows Channel 4 presenting Sea Hunt with Mike and a youngster on a key job. Channel 9 airs Silents Please and Roaring Twenties with World War I vets likely to enjoy Mademoiselle from Armentieres. Channel 5-13 features The Case of the Violent West, Checkmate with Jane Wyman, Tall Man about a rainmaker, Leave It To Beaver, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke with illegal arms, Boxing with Doug Jones vs Pete Rademacher, Third Man about Lime inheriting a house, and late My Gal Sal on Channel 4 at 10 18. Sunday includes Astronauts with interviews, Lassie about Speedy, Dennis the Menace soap box derby, Maverick reruns, Ed Sullivan with the McGuire Sisters, National Velvet on Channel 4, and Lawman on Channel 9.
National Sign Company partners with Don Shipman Red Shofner and Rick Beatty to manufacture Pat-O-Pic E Z Star picnic tables in 6 and 7 foot sizes. Redwood tops and seats with tubular steel frames, foldable in five minutes, canopy option, vinyl canopy washable and stain proof. Available through Colby’s Furniture Weidmann Tire and White’s Furniture Ottawa.
Schedule lists hourly morning broadcasts from 6:00 to 10:00 with news weather serenades and devotions. Programs include Top of the morning segments at 6 35 6 45 7 50 8 40 and 9 35 along with News Weather and a Mary Blaine Time slot.
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