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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
2
Editorial notes Kansas ends fiscal year with a 36.2 million balance in general and sales tax funds, up 11.9 million from last year. Republicans claim the surplus stems from a tax hike while Democrats blame distribution decisions. Regardless, the state finishes with money in the treasury and likely no higher taxes next year.
The column wryly comments on a doctor offering waiting room amusements, debates wage over wages and Castro’s regime, and a peppy note on aviation speed. It notes Boy Scouts and candles at Colorado Springs and jokes about Kennedy, Lodge, Nixon, and Johnson sharing a sailor’s trait.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade area and outside trade area by mail with monthly quarterly and yearly options. It notes Kansas sales tax and credits Associated Press rights and local news republication protections.
Dear Dr. Mother advises against using a plastic belt to whip a two year old for misbehavior. Emphasizes teaching not punishment, suggests firm tone and timeouts as effective methods. Includes reader questions on menstruation hygiene snoring and leg cramps with practical advice.
Auld Lang Syne 25 Years Ago notes Mr and Mrs Virgil Smith travelled to Williamsbur g on business. Mrs Wayland Blair, Ottawa's famed fisherman, hauled three bass totaling eight pounds. Residents urged to sign petitions for a new Field School to the state school fund commission. Fifth street paving from Cherry to Main begins. State Attorney General F S Jackson to speak at Ottawa University fall semester opening. Ottawa to host the 41st Kansas Free Methodist Church conference starting Aug 19 in a North Oak Street tent.
A devotional prayer asking for daily strength through Jesus Christ Our Father grants resilience in life’s hardships and asks for endurance through the Lord’s power. The short plea centers on faith in Christ and prayerful reliance on divine support.
Hollywood reports NBC will debut Michael Shayne on fall television starring Richard Denning as the hard drinking detective. Denning notes he will portray two famed fictional sleuths this season, after his Mr and Mrs North run. Hope and Williams also moving into guest TV spots with Como and Shore.
Mrs Myrtle Horstick announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Duane Williman of Santa Clara California on August 4. The infant Lee Bruce Duane weighs 6 lb 10 oz. Harold Staley the grade school principal notes kindergarten birth certificates are needed on opening day for rental text books. Mr and Mrs Russell Maag and son of California Missouri were guests of the M W Fishburns. Theresa Feldott Batavia Alabama Elizabeth Greishar Fairmont Minnesota and Mary Stella Herb Kepple visited Mr and Mrs Lambert Bures.
A dense list of Channel 4 5 9 13 programs across NBC CBS and ABC. Featuring news weather and entertainment blocks with Huckleberry Hound Alfred Hitchcock Groucho Marx Captain Kangaroo and early and late night slots. Includes daily news anchors Cronkite Don Harrison Gordon Jump and Don Harr.
Hollywood AP reports Gary Cooper at 54 is back in movies after illness and surgery. He describes uremic poisoning, prostrate operation, and colon removal for an obstruction. He lost 12 pounds, plans to star in First Train to Babylon in Paris with Marlon Brando’s Pennebaker, and expects two more films plus a TV project The Great West.
Negotiations on the Kansas Centennial Medal design are complete and the U S Mint in Philadelphia will produce 20,000 silver medals. The coins, slightly smaller than a silver dollar, feature a pioneer family and covered wagon with a rising sun on one side and the title Statehood Centennial with a sunflower on the other. The centennial commission covers production costs under a law sponsored by Kansas members of Congress, with final approval by the Treasury secretary.
A young attorney weighs which of three women is Miss America on People Are Funny. CBS newsmen discuss Cuba. Donna Reed Show features Mary studying a doctor. Real McCoys stars Kate’s ex-suitor and wife. Bentley, Jeannie Carson and The Untouchables offer drama. The Vikings, Valley of the Sun, Drums Along the Mohawk and Accent On Love fill the late feed.
HAL BOYLE notes in a humorous AP piece that beyond 365 medical ailments there exist office borne diseases science has not named. He lists comical conditions like One-day pneumonias and Afternoon sickness, describing office behavior and quirks that hinder productivity and precision in a light tone.
Washington announced plans to shift 20 to 25 million bushels of grain from Midwest storage to the eastern seaboard. About 15 million bushels will be kept in idle WWII freighters on the Hudson and James rivers, boosting civil defense reserve stocks. The East total storage is about 4 million bushels. Under Secretary Morse said the move aims to boost near eastern population centers and free space in producing areas for this year’s crops.
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