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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1961
Page
2
The piece argues nationalism remains essential as a safeguard against world government schemes. It notes shifts toward regional blocs in the free world while Communist blocs fragment under Tito and rising national identities. It warns that enduring nationalism could thwart Communist attempts at global domination within decades.
A reader critiques the doctor shortage and argues for expanding medical schools. The piece notes that doctors treat more patients in offices and hospitals, cut house calls, and rely on antibiotics and faster treatments, yet per capita doctor numbers have not risen. It questions who benefits and who is responsible for the current state.
A column notes doctors work long hours across hospital and office shifts, calling for more medical schools despite high costs. It argues urgency to train new physicians as population rises, with estimates of 50 million dollars to start a school and multi year timelines before graduates practice independently. It questions who gains or loses from inaction.
Auld Lang Svne notes from 25 years ago report a marriage license for John F. Clarkin Jr. and Helen E. Jennings of Ottawa, a new baby to E. E. Wills of Williamsburg, plus a child named Charles Meador after a tonsil operation. A telephone operator Dora Donald sustained a scalp wound at work when a ceiling fan blade broke loose. Alf Haxnes opened a new shoe store on East 2nd Street offering all shoes at 2.50. R F McCune advertises trading a Whitney piano for work horses.
A devotional prayer invoking Galatians 6 9 and asking Jesus to bless hearts with goodness. The text pleads to hold fast to what is good and to persevere in faith and service.
A compiled guide lists 6:00 to 1:05 a.m. programs across channels with soap operas, news, sports, game shows, westerns, dramas, and variety hours. Notable entries include Popeye cartoons, Huntley Brinkley, Five Star Theater, and Captain Kangaroo, with several exchanges of news summaries and weather updates throughout the evening.
Boone Iowa AP Most corn farmers want continuation of the government feed grains program through 1962. The National Corn Growers Association said 94 percent of responding growers favored extension, 86 percent backed a higher corn support price above 1.20 a bushel, and 2 percent preferred using tillable acres to determine long range program.
Classified text details postal rates and subscription terms for Ottawa Herald listings. Includes the Associated Press disclaimer and fragmented formatting from the periodical, noting price plans such as three months and six to twelve month terms, with area and trade rate mentions.
Hollywood AP reports the 1961-62 TV rating race opens in weeks with Gunsmoke expanding to an hour and CBS battling to keep its Saturday night grip. NBC counters with old Fox films, ABC leans on Welk and fights, while The Untouchables and CBS Reports loom strong against Sing Along with Mitch plus Wagon Train. Ratings drive industry drama as shows clash across networks.
Hollywood AP report on Robert Wood of NBC and TV censoring bodies at NBC CBS and ABC. The piece notes ongoing efforts to curb violence and regulate content amid complaints from diverse groups such as dental bankers milliners librarians plumbers florists and warehouse owners about stereotypes and misrepresentations in television programs.
Backers of the Kansas Missouri State Line Freeway will meet in Fort Scott August 25 to plan push for the project. Co chairmen Mayor H T Smith of Drexel Missouri and Dave Carson of Pittsburgh Kansas invite city officials from both states. The route along the state line would supplement U S 69 and U S 71 south of Kansas City.
Channel 9 features Man From Cochise and Adventures in Paradise with a treasure hunt. Channel 9 also airs Peter Gunn as a gangster fears a woman with secrets. Late movie The Little Minister stars Hepburn and Beal.
The history describes the founding of Bethany Chapel Baptist Church in Ottawa Kansas, tracing from a 1867 organization by Rev G Gray and twelve members through early pastors Dudley Tee Martin Wilson to establishing a permanent worship site at First and Sycamore in 1876. It invites area churches to submit histories and current pastor resumes.
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