Pape Four Editorials and a Frozen North Pole Note
A light local column recounts Dr. Frank Barr a MU football fan receiving a honey filled bucket with ten dollars in pennies as a wager payoff from a traveling salesman. The piece also notes Lt Steve Mudrick now stationed at Richardson AFB after a promotion to First Lieutenant, far north from Ottawa and reporting subzero.
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Frank Barr
Tigers
Barr
Steve Mudrick
15Th Artillery
North Pole
Alaska
Steve
Ottawa
Young Mudrick
Richardson Air Force Base
David Mudrick
Saturday Notebook Christmas humor and local oddities noted
A local man laments not getting a dog that can cook or his wife leaving. A 50 star flag is suggested for a man who has everything, with Herald claiming 100 leftovers. Bankers push checking accounts for women, while Topeka girls are warned for taking phone receivers. Ottawa hosts a district highway meeting promising no parking tickets in the auditorium, despite crowding lots.
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Herald
Topeka
Ottawa
When Premature Baby Shows Heart Murmur Hope for Normal Life
A mother asks about a seven month premature infant with a loud heart murmur. Doctors note lungs clear, possible hole in the heart, and highlight improving weight gain as a positive sign. They emphasize that many children with repaired defects live normal lives and that precise diagnosis must wait until the child grows older. The letter also addresses health tips and a patient asking about lemon water and constipation, plus a wrist surgery scar and potential arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.L.E
Television Log Night Schedule Highlights and Movies
The log lists 1 PM to 1 AM broadcasting including Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, Red Skies of Montana, Close to My Heart, Monsieur Beaucaire, The Devil's Disciple, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and news and religious programs. Numerous sports and variety shows appear with multiple movie titles and syndication notes across channels and times.
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Walt Disney
Dennis the Menace
Jetsons
Sid Ken Sulliva
Bonanza
Real McCoys
Bell Telephone Hour
Apc
Firestone Fr
All Star Wrestling
TV Hour of Stars
Almanace Newsree
KOFO Daily Schedule Monday through Friday Programming
KOFO AM AND FM weekday lineup includes morning news and weather with a weather roundup and market notes, followed by sports and devotions. The schedule features time blocks for a serenade, bulletin board, noon tunes, farm show, commercials, and various music and news segments concluding with evening prayers and sign off.
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KOFO
Mary Blaine
Serenade
People’s Exchange
Karavan
Karavan AM
Munrie
Triad World Report
Triad
Prayers FM
Hall of Fame expansion adds Grayhound nod this year
A lighthearted news sketch notes evolving halls of fame including Congressional, Baseball, Agricultural, Football, and Cowboy honors with a proposed Grayhound addition. It jests about common sayings and local quirks while recalling a Du Quoin police incident with a dog bite on two visits and ends by imagining a practical gift certificate for appliance repair services.
Auld Lang Syne Yo-Yos Return to Ottawa High
Ottawa students welcome a comeback of Auld Lang Syne Yo-Yos while A L Cook Construction moves into a new West 2nd Street office. A dedication program at Eugene Field grade school saw Raymond Lucas’s overcoat go missing then recovered, with a later attempt to sell the coat by a young man and no charges filed. Ottawa grocers advertise Christmas prices on staples such as candy 12c lb walnuts 18c lb oranges 20c-40c dozen dates 10c lb. C H Cubbick of Theo Poehler Co Emporia visits Ottawa, formerly with Ottawa Wholesale Grocery.
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Raymond Lucas
Eugene Field
Ottawa
Prayer For Today Arise Shine Light Of The Lord
A devotional prayer invoking Isaiah 60 1 urging forgiveness for ignorance suspicion and bitterness and asking the gospel of truth love and justice to shine through believers toward the nations in the name of Christ Amen.
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God
Christ
Christmas TV Party and Deb Star Ball Highlights
Saturday and Sunday TV highlights include the Lawrence Welk show on Channel 9 at 8 p.m. featuring the Lennon family and Welk orchestra children with holiday numbers. A 10 a.m. special on Channel 9 proclaims the Hollywood Deb Star Ball hosted by Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows. Jane Wyatt hosts a music hour on Channel 4 at 9 p.m. with Florence Henderson and Earl Wrightson. Rise Stevens and Brian Sullivan with the Columbus Boychoir perform Christmas music on Channel 9 at 9 p.m. The Ed Sullivan show, taped at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, airs on Channel 5 and 13 at 7 p.m. with Frank Fontaine, Connie Francis, Louis Armstrong and his band, Carol Lawrence, and Jack Carter.
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Lawrence Welk
Channel 9
Lennon
The
Welk Orchestra
Santa Claus
Jane Wyatt
Florence Henderson
Earl Wrightson
Rise Stevens
Brian Sullivan
Columbus Boychoir
Princeton
N. J
Ed Sullivan
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Frank Fontaine
Connie Francis
Louis Armstrong
Carol Lawrence
Jack Carter
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Pape
S. Mulberry
Dr. Mother
Mrs. I.K
I.R
Dundee
Ill
NBC
CBS
ABC
Tarzan and the
Hot Stove
McKeever and
the Colonel
Faces West
Wyatt Earp
Chechmate
Sam Benedict
Jackie Gleason
Joey Bishop
Mr. Smith
Montana
Ste Bete
Carter Vs
Brennan
Hollywood
Monsieur Beaucaire
Lion
Almanac
Tim
Gosepl
Ga ER Roberts
Sacred Heart
Christophera
Industry
Alakazam
Camera
Flicka
First Methodist Church
Havig
Kansas City
Music of
Williamsburg
Brothers Brannagan
Admiral Byrd
A. A
Cecil
Christophers
College of the Air
Columbia
Cartoonland
Captain Kangeroo
Deputy
Feliz
Jack la Lanne
News
Pete and
Gladys
Jane Wyman
Guiding Light
Ernie Ford
Merv Griffin
Divorce Court
Bsules
Loretta Young
Daddy
Riley
Torey and Friends
Trurden
Land of Magis
Ken
Discovery
Camera Corner
Dev Nelson
Merle Harmon
Huntley-Brinkley
Walter Cronkite
Cheyenne
Lucille Ball
Danny Thomas
Stoney Burke
Mark Twain
Andy Griffith
Brinkley’s Journal
Bing Crosby
Chet Huntley
Steve Atsen
Our Times
Ahs
Almanac Newsreel
By Joh
SPH
John Birch Society
du Quoin
A. L. Cook Construction Company
West 2Nd Street
C. H. Cubbick
Theo
Poehler Company
Emporia
CVS
EWE
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Ees v
Carl Snyder, R.ph
Opp
Olor
Rhodes
Rod Stoger
Mackin
Peteran
Bvex
Juan
Teritice
Louis Prima
Horrors OF the Black Museum
Caroling Cy
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
AP News Dispatch
Gillette
West 4Th St
Tire & Sam S Supply, Inc
Technicolor
Walt ‘Disney
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