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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
2
The piece notes faults in re servesists and National Guardsmen including food, housing, equipment, and training gaps. It cites camp stories from civilians pressed into service, criticism of the Pentagon, and a private punished for a letter to a hometown newspaper. It questions if Berlin will feel calmer by spring.
A travel sketch contrasts Bombay with New York, noting its vast population, busy streets, and Europeanized shores. The author describes diverse districts from rich hilltop mansions to busy docks, British Raj architectural echoes, and modern co-op buildings while praising the city as a pleasant place to spend a day despite heat and late departures.
Dear Dr Mother explains causes of thick toenails and how to prevent them. Infections and pressure mainly cause thickening, with circulation issues in older people. Advice covers footwear, pedicure, straight cut nails, avoiding ingrown edges, and hygiene. For fungal infections, hygiene helps but medical treatment with griseofulvin may be needed, as nails take weeks to grow out.
Auld Lang Syne notes 25 years ago record Delores and Thomas Miller of 725 Pecan under chickenpox quarantine while Mrs. Arthur Shaffer and family faced typhoid fever. A second Ottawa bus line addition. Arch Brown and family visited relatives in Iola. Dr and Mrs W L Jacobus welcomed a daughter. Ottawa trappers report good season with possums muskrats raccoons skunks and an occasional mink.
A religious reflection urges repentance and renewal for Christmas season. It references Isaiah 55 7 and asks readers to prepare themselves to receive Thy Son anew. The prayer seeks God s mercy and guidance to abandon what hinders the Christ’s return.
A dense list of TV schedules across the day detailing programs from cartoons and westerns to news, talk shows, and movies. Entries note channel slots, show titles, hosts, and occasional film or segment names, reflecting a full broadcast day lineup with occasional weather and sports updates.
A collection of former President Harry S. Truman's letters and papers has been donated to Cornell University's Olin Research Library by Arthur W. Wilson. The set includes letters from Truman to Wilson, with the earliest dated January 8, 1919, written from a camp near Verdun in France where he described the muddy base and fickle wartime rumors of moves to Germany or home.
The workshop patterns in Pattern 401 provide complete directions and actual-size guides for the alphabet to create personalized wastebaskets letter racks unusual book ends and a magazine rack. The pattern costs 35c and is part of Odds and Ends Packet No 54 offered for $1 by The Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept Bedford Hills New York.
TV guide lists a mix of entertainment for the evening including Ozzie and Harriet on Channel 9 with a dinner invitation, Bugs Bunny on Channel 9, Laramie on Channel 4 with Tom Wade out of prison, Marsh al Dillon on Channels 5 13, Bachelor Father with Pattie Page, Dick Van Dyke on Channel 5 with a necklace plot, Dobie Gillis channel 5 13 inspired by Browning, New Breed on Channel 9 about a wife’s husband’s friend, Alfred Hitchcock on Channel 4, Red Skelton with Amanda Blake on Channel 4, Dick Powell drama A Swiss Affair, Death Valley Days on Channel 5, Yours For A Song on Channel 9, Garry Moore with Eydie Gorme, a Carol Burnett interview, Cain's Hunned on Channel 4, Delbert Texas on Channel 9, an Ernie Kovacs special on Channel 9, and the late movie Chain Lightning starring Humphrey Bogart on Channel 5 at 10:45.
Hollywood AP reports Sandra Church, Broadway star of Gypsy, will debut on film opposite Marlon Brando in The Ugly American. In a candid account, Church recalls a modest child acting career, polio role, and later Broadway triumphs, noting that her first adult movie marks a long awaited comeback.
Bing Crosby’s London stroll becomes a relaxed off beat variety hour with Dave King Marian Ryan and Terry Thomas. A court room number, a pub finale and a Bob Hope appearance close the show. NBC’s Brinkley sparks debate over language in news vs drama.
GOODLAND AP The Sherman theater manager John Lindsey refused 24 children from viewing Splendor in the Grass after advertising no one under 16 could attend without an adult. His policy, supported by the Sherman County Ministerial Alliance, led to upset parents and calls to Lindsey. Reverend R Scott Copeland said the rule was not a gimmick and reflected chain orders.
The Ot tawa Kansas paper lists 106-1088 Main Published Manly except Sunday and Holidays. Robert B. Wellington is editor and publisher. Trade area rates are 85 per month 62 for three months 3.75 for six months and 7 for one year by mail. Outside trade area rates are 1.50 per month 4.25 for three months 8.00 for six months and 15.00 for one year. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news publication rights.
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