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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1960
Page
2
In the Ottawa Herald dated Monday August 15 1960 an editorial column offers commentary on current events and public concerns. The piece presents opinions shaping readers views while noting local and national perspectives without requesting actions.
The 1959 Kansas State Geological Survey report notes water levels fell across the state after surveying 800 wells in 76 counties. Western Kansas down a foot, central six inches, and the area studied two feet lower. Experts cite higher use and more rainfall running off, urging conservation, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs to prevent a desert future.
A brief prayer urges stirring of hearts to follow truth beyond comfort. It seeks bold living for Christ, asking God to make believers uneasy with self-satisfaction and to act with love and peace in all boldness.
A reader asks which staple foods to avoid with arteriosclerosis. Dr Molner recommends weight control, reducing fats especially animal fats, regular safe exercise, and maintaining calm. Another reader asks about salt use. salt is salt whether cooked or raw, and the body cannot be fooled.
A roundup of local notes from Ottawa Kansas recalls a Union Public Service Co safe being robbed of $200, city milk ordinance efforts, staff vacations, Seventh Day Adventists convention plans for Forest Park, new City Hall furniture, and September move. Also bids for a Washington school sidewalk and publishing details of local paper rates and AP rights.
Channel 4 shows Riverboat described as a floating powder keg while Channel 9 airs Cheyenne as a Cripple Creek marshal. Channel A offers a Texan ally confessing murder and The Death Devera of Pentecost Island jumps from trees on Channel 9. Films and specials across 5 to 19 feature Bud Myrna Loy Rocking Horse Winner and God Is My Co Pilot with Campanella and Levenson joining in varied times.
A Joy Stilley column argues that while men sleep eight hours and busy dads work, mothers shoulder most household duties. It counts hours for writing, cleaning, shopping, cooking, laundry, and child care, concluding mothers still labor long beyond men’s workdays.
AP Hollywood reports best seller Lolita will be adapted for the screen with James Mason signed for Humbert and Tuesday Weld touted as Lolita. Mason warns of protests but calls the project a potential career milestone and moral film, while co star Julie Newmar describes her acting method as agitating her essence.
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