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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
2
A Newton morning scene features a cowbell, a voice on a two way radio, and a hand powered water pump. The fragment evokes activity around campers early in the day with lively sounds filling the woods.
Members in eight of 27 chapters gathered for a weekend campout at Harvey County Park with attendance over 200. The Kansas group, hosting the third annual state convention at Toronto Reservoir September 5-7, expects 300 families and plans events, skits, and dignitaries. Kansas will host the National Campers and Hikers Association in 1966 with about 15,000 people.
AFL notes after two-year layoff for Sam Baugh with the Houston Oilers. Baugh analyzes league strength, trades Jacky Lee for Bud McFadin, and backs George Blanda as long as he stays hot. Injury updates: Banfield knee surgery, Burrell hamstring, Cannon may shift to fullback. Key roster moves: Jancik to split end, Denveall to tight end, Henningan target, and Appleton competing for front four. Oilers eye another running back as offense reshapes for 1960 season.
Opening September 1 through October 30 allows daily hunting of 12 doves with a 24 bird possession limit. A new rule requires one fully feathered wing attached on all dressed migratory birds until reaching home or a preservation facility to aid field identification.
AKRON Ohio AP Masters champion Arnold Palmer and major winner Jack Nicklaus after a practice round believe the Firestone Course is ready for the $50,000 American Golf Classic starting today. Palmer and Nicklaus note the par 70 layout and firm greens should yield low scores with 276 cited as a winning target. Also in the World Series foursome are Ken Venturi Tony Lema and Bobby Nichols.
Pete Herman, bantamweight boxing great now blind, recalls the 1921 New Orleans bout with Jimmy Wilde as the Prince of Wales watched ringside. Herman notes weigh-in tension, Wilde’s reluctance, and the 17th round knockout that reclaimed his title before his later life decline.
A 200 foot NASA balloon drifted 300 miles over Missouri and Kansas at 24 miles up. It launched from Moberly, tracked to near Concordia, Kansas, where the 135 pound instrument package parachuted to a field, dragging its chute to a road in front of trackers. NASA physicist Donald Kniffen called the flight successful and quipped it will give a farmer a good haystack cover.
United States weightlifters head to two day trials at the World's Fair to select a seven man Tokyo squad after a lean 1960s showing. Coach Dave Matlin cites 1963 Pan American Games success with six golds as optimism against strong Russians, Japanese, and other rivals. Over 60 lifters compete across seven classes with early events slated for opening day.
The 1965 66 Federal duck stamp contest has been announced by Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. Artists are urged to submit designs featuring waterfowl species not previously on stamps. Eligible drawings include many mergansers scoters geese and tree ducks with five excluded due to prior appearances. Anyone 16 or older who hunts migratory waterfowl must have a stamp in addition to a state license. Proceeds fund land acquisitions for waterfowl. For details contact the Office of Information Fish and Wildlife Service, US Interior, Washington DC 20240.
An advertisement claims to kill the athlete's foot germ in three days with T-4-L products. It offers a 48 cent refund if not satisfied and shows skin sloughing and new skin formation. Also promotes T-4-L foot powder available at Raney Drug Store for sweaty feet and odor control.
Geneva RP The Soviet Union said it would sign a general treaty banning the use of nuclear weapons and end nuclear aggression at the disarmament conference. Semyon Tsarapkin urged support for a world conference to draft such a treaty, while Western delegates called the proposal impractical. Imru urged action to implement a 1961 U.N. resolution for consideration of a general ban by the United States and Russia.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield paid tribute to Morris Cleavenger, 59, a retired AP reporter found dead in his Washington apartment. Mansfield honored Cleavenger for covering many western states and called him a good man and reporter whose wise counsel will be missed.
BemidjiMinnesota AP Vikings enter their fourth NFL season as the youngest club. Only Grady Alderman remains from 36 original players. Norm Van Brocklin relies on Fran Tarkenton at quarterback with rookie Carl Eller and Hal Red among promising newcomers. Front four to rush, ground game led by Bill Brown, Tom Mason and Ted Dean. Also watch Eller Jim Prestel Paul Dickson and Mick Tingelhoff reinforce defense alongside linebackers Hawkins Winston Jobko.
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