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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1964
Page
1
Editorial notes Rep William Avery GOP governor candidate endorses a plan to fund schools at 40 percent of total costs to relieve local property taxpayers while opposing any new revenue sources including earnings taxes. It argues schools need more funds and taxes are high, questioning where relief will come from.
The letter questions funding for schools and notes Rep Avery opposes an earnings tax. It cites past attempts at severance tax on gas and oil halted by a drafting error and asks where alternative revenue should come from. The piece urges Avery to state his position clearly before the November governor race.
A first person reminiscence recalls Ellis Clark, veteran newspaper chief and mentor, describing his gold-rimmed spectacles and curled goatee as he embraced a long career in journalism while feeling he was living on borrowed time.
A memoir recounts early career as a train reporter traveling the 58 mile plug route to the city with Gen Custer era ties. The author recalls interviewing daily riders, the privacy gambit of locals, and station agent Sam Campbell’s tolling calls ending each shift.
A dense OCR style listing enumerates TV programs and times across a day, naming shows like Rocky and Friends, Captain Kangaroo, I Love Lucy, The Big Broadcast of 1938, and News segments, with many “Democratic Convention” entries and varied time slots, some unclear. It reads as a chaotic schedule snapshot from a broadcast page with multiple overlapping entries and reused daily lineups.
Dear Dr Molner advises on staph boils and iron or vitamin use, suggests possible anemia or nutritional defect, emphasizes scrupulous cleanliness and antiseptic soap, and points readers to a booklet on acne and diverticulosis with a 20 cent mail request. The column also notes that vaccines exist but costly, and recommends medical check for underlying conditions.
A roundup of local items includes visits to Kansas City by the Bigler and Day families, seven applications for Ottawa high coach post, Walter Pleasant buying 138 acres on Wilson Creek for 16560, Gertrude Slater teaching in Thermopolis, and Helen Wightman returning from Wichita. A rural religious note closes with a prayer about following Christ.
Highlights from August 26 1964 include the 19th Amendment becoming part of the Constitution granting women equal voting rights, the 1765 sacking of Gov Hutchinsons house, Robert Morriss release from debtor prison, the destruction of Louvain, Sagami Bay movements in 1945, Yamashitas surrender talks in Luzon, Khrushchevs Kremlin move, Eisenhowers Bonn visit, and UN observers surveying North Borneo and Sarawak for Malaysia joining.
In Monroe Georgia gunfire erupted between a crowd of Negroes and white individuals. Four Negroes were treated for shotgun wounds and a white man operated service station was wrecked. Police report hundreds gathered chanting and later damaged the station and two cars. Mrs Tommy Cooper, wife of the operator, drove into the station and was fired upon.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area by mail and outside area with monthly and yearly options. Publisher Robert B. Wellington is named, and the paper notes Associated Press rights exclusive for local news and AP dispatches.
The Democratic National Convention continues with coverage slated to run until tonight. Network air times list programs including Channel 5 10:15 p.m. The Big Broadcast of 1938 with W C Fields and Bob Hope. Channel 13 10:30 p.m. Rachel and the Stranger with Loretta Young and William Holden. Channel 5 12:10 a.m. Criminal Lawyer with Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyeatt.
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