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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
2
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Editorial notes a 1961 Kansas legislature grant of 25000 dollars for alcoholism study and a 1963 lack of measurable results. Governor Anderson proposes an unpaid panel around Labor Day to examine alcoholism, amid doubts the effort will yield new insights beyond existing literature.
The piece argues that alcoholism is an illness needing therapeutic hospital treatment, not a Puritan sin. It condemns jailing drunks as futile and stresses rejecting the notion of the drunk as a sinner in favor of medical intervention to curb recurrences.
Dear Mrs C W asks about black tongue spots and vitamin use. Dr Mother explains causes include antibiotics, iron deposits from mouth irritation, toothpastes or denture creams, smoking, and suggests stopping antibiotics if advised, brushing the tongue, or adjusting vitamins. Other letters cover myocardial infarct, heart care booklet, English literacy for cosmetologists, growth limits in teens, kidney transplants, urethritis, and note sections.
A fearless priest towed a teenage girl to safety after a seven mile swim to shore. The scene sparked comment on Christian standards. other items include a political fund drive, a TV quiz prize, and local notices. Ottawa wheat prices rose to 52 cents a bushel as Avis Kramer fractured her arm, and 90 year old Rebecca Adams died at her daughter's home near Ottawa.
A short devotional prayer appeals to God the Father to spread the gospel to every family on earth. It especially asks that children everywhere come to know Christ as Savior, referencing the Lord's Prayer and missionary exhortation from Mark 16 15.
A dense fragment shows a late 1950s television grid with programs across networks. Notable items include Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, Frankie episodes, sport scores, news, weather, and various film and cartoon features interspersed with religious and Almanac segments.
Coming from a distance to attend Vera Cassity's funeral in Garnett were Ben Cassity Boone Iowa William W Russell George T Medill Jr E F Yea
The Sino-Soviet rift fractures world communism into two centers Moscow and Beijing struggle to control parties from Brazil to Australia while East Europe leans toward China. Khrushchev defends peaceful tone but faces growing internal pressure as splits widen and threaten unity.
August 9 1963 marks history events from 1848 Free Soil convention Buffalo NY to 1945 US dropped bomb on Nagasaki. Also noted: 1905 Portsmouth peace talks, 1775 Paine The Crisis published, 1842 Webster Ashburton treaty, 1963 anniversary countdown and recent disarmament efforts. Lew Wor Sham golf ten years ago and Dag Hammarskjold Middle East talks five years ago. One year ago nuclear test treaty proposal rejected by Soviet Union.
Tonight on Channels 5 and 13 at 6 30 the western Rawhide shows Incident of the Woman Trap with a wagon of mail order brides and a broken axle. Channel 4 at 9 features Jack Paar hosting Bob Newhart Peter Ustinov and Walter Slezak. Channel 9 at 10 15 has Steve Allen with Keenan Wynn and others. Late movie The Green Years stars Charles Coburn on Channel 5 at 10 15.
A string of relatives and friends from Kansas Missouri Nebraska Wyoming Indiana New Jersey California and Illinois were listed as recent guests of various households. Notable names include Mrs Lula Hobson Mr and Mrs Stanley Allen Mrs Marjorie Bright and Mr and Mrs R S Gault among others visiting in Plattsburg Kansas City and nearby areas.
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