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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
1
Editorial condemns a Senate bill proposing to shift five major holidays to Monday, including Independence Day to the first Monday in July. The piece argues July 4 has tradition and warns of confusion if dates are changed, noting Christmas is excluded and long weekends may not justify altering history.
Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg were hailed as the two greatest living American poets as they aged, their reputations growing with each passing year. The excerpt notes their rising stature and mutual recognition in literary circles.
The piece argues that Frost, Guest, Field, Stevenson, and Sandburg deserve mixed appraisals. It notes Frost’s mastery but ranks him below Longfellow, while dismissing Sandburg as less poet and more historian. It cites Fog and a sample line to illustrate the point.
The listing shows a dense TV schedule with multiple networks and programs from 5:00 PM through midnight. Featured titles include Leave It To Beaver, Branded, Truth or Consequences, Gilligan's Island, Peyton Place, Fugitive, Topeka Tornado, Johnny Carson, Joey Bishop, Batman, Lost In Space, Pro Football Bears vs Rams, and a late movie lineup with titles such as The Devil's Pipeline.
Reader letters discuss desensitization shots for poison ivy and related reactions, noting some patients improve while cautions remain. A doctor explains risks, the need for medical supervision, and varied outcomes. Additional letters touch on unpasteurized milk and genital wart treatment.
Montreat North Carolina AP reports a church researcher said differences between generations and classes, not race, explain youth church defection. He cited an average 30 percent drop in child baptisms across churches while the national birth rate fell 13 percent.
ART BUCHWALD recalls nearly dining with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in Paris. a friend arranged a dinner at Novy with the Johnsons, but the invite was later rescinded, leaving the columnist and his wife to improvise as plans unravel.
AP News Analyst James Marlow links city riots and the Vietnam War as twin shackles on America. He notes futile hope for swift remedies, warns of possible more riots, and critiques U.S. escalation and the unlikely emergence of a popular, stable Vietnamese government led by civilian leadership.
New York AP report notes shifting insurer stance toward Medicare. Large life and health companies increasingly use administrative resources and government contracts to handle Medicare paperwork. The shift signals a broader view of corporate citizenship and long term public interest commitments amid social goals.
Washington AP says the U S Civil Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report persistent racial gaps. They cite higher unemployment and concentration in low paid work for Negroes and Spanish Americans, urge laws to enforce desegregation and allow civil action for harassment in school enrollment, condemning federal acceptance of freedom of choice plans.
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