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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1961
Page
2
Ottawa Herald page four television notes for Friday August 25 1961 list Channel 4 NBC offerings. Program details are readable portions with schedules and times.
The piece notes nearly a fourth of Kansas high school students dropped out over five years and highlights the massive lifetime earnings gap without a diploma. It calls for three forces to cut dropout rates: stronger parental guidance, greater business support, and enhanced education through guidance, curriculum expansion, and individualized help.
August nears its close with temperatures in the 90s and a 98 degree high, while July logged 16 days above 90. The letter notes an unexpected cool spell is not present and jokes that vacationing friends are being warned they are sleeping under blankets at home.
A devotional prayer praising God for making us rich through Christ Jesus. It asks for strength to hold fast to what we have received and to guard the crown given by God, ending in a prayer to Jesus.
A dense, fragmentary listing of TV programs across channels and times. Includes Popeye, Johnny Yates weather, Huntley Brinkley news, various theaters, serials, sports, and sermon programs. Mentions Channel Five studio shows and multiple program titles without full descriptions.
Reader asks about scoliosis and fusion surgery. Article explains curvature causes, progression, and that fusion stabilizes vertebrae to prevent further displacement. Also covers mild polio links, detection challenges, and that severe cases may require surgical treatment.
A collage of quips and facts notes that the ranch house loses heat to the newer two story home, an anagram yields bistro, dog days end as school daze sells, and Khrushchev speech captions range from mild to dire. Treasury reports near a million move up income brackets, while a pickled orka recipe sparks editorial ire. Patience, not haste, is praised amid busy rushes.
A car was stolen from in front of Lindsay Hardware Store in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Harry Woods and son Davie returned from a Colorado vacation. R T Orchard and Mrs WoC Harding attended a Democrat meeting in Topeka. An umbrella repairman stayed at the Occidental Hotel for ten days. E M Bowers of Pryor Oklahoma visited relatives including Ben Bowers. George Ford of the Star Laundry delivery wagon was ill with heart trouble.
Radio and TV guide fragment lists programs across channels including Mystery Theater and Movie Spectacular. It mentions Asphalt Jungle, This is Your Life, What's My Line, The Raver's Edge, Michael Shayne, and Five Star Theater with show times and theater names such as Unity Daily World.
Television guide lists prime time offerings across channels including Channel 9 with Man From Cochise and 77 Sunset Strip. Channel 3 and 13 with Rawhide. Channel 4 presenting One Happy Family Twilight Zone and Michael Shayne. Channel 5-13 fare including Route 66 Adventure Theater and The Twilight Zone. late films showcase Summer of 1955 with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas.
Hollywood reports a tense shift as the 1961 62 television season nears. Networks trim violence from action shows amid anti violence pressure while some producers admit regret over scenes cut or toned down. NBC executive Hubbell Robinson recalls a scene of a wife reacting to her husband as a cop proving hard to film and not fully successful.
The notice shows subscription prices for trade area and outside trade area by mail with monthly and yearly rates. It states the paper is published daily except Sundays and holidays and is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news rights. Publisher is Robert B Wellington and Guy Snedake.
Recording recounts Rev. Charles Favors arriving in 1927 and church improvements including a garage and utilities. Lists officers, deacons, trustees, choir and mission leaders, and Sunday School supervisor. Notes license of John Stovall, periods of low church funds, and Rev. Favors leaving in 1993 followed by Rev. Marshall and Rev. Davis with debts paid and pulpit furniture bought. Ends with a clerical correction for Lee Green Hudson and that the history continues next week.
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