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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1964
Page
8
KC Dog Percy, a 9 year old English bulldog at the municipal shelter, receives Christmas cards from across the United States after an AP distribution. Donors include nurses, children, and pet owners. about six dollars has been donated for a special Christmas dinner.
Sen Hubert H Humphrey plans to coordinate federal civil rights work after becoming vice president and hopes to decide within ten days if a new supervisory agency is needed He is reviewing current programs to ensure prompt direct action for those denied civil rights and will meet Justice Department officials involved in desegregation and voting rights efforts today
Capt. Jude R. McNamara of Davenport Iowa arrived in South Viet Nam six weeks ago and crash landed twice in Communist territory in four days. He survived both crashes with no injuries and described the landings as routine. Both incidents involved engine trouble in his Skyrader aircraft, which were destroyed on the ground after evacuation and removal of arms.
Three of four miners survived a cave-in at a coal mine near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. One man Lawrence Malachefski 37 of Plymouth was buried under 60 to 70 tons of coal more than 300 feet underground and was killed. Workers labored to reach the body on a snow swept mountainside for several days.
Police in Paterson New Jersey recovered a stolen car thought to be used in the $511000 bank truck robbery. The vehicle was found near the church rectory where three masked men had held a church service and abducted four priests and a janitor before fleeing with the cash. Clothing found along a roadside matched a witness description of the robbers.
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service forecasts a 1965 wheat crop above 941 million bushels based on Dec 1 conditions, about 12 percent higher than this year and three percent above average. All crop production is projected at a record ninth or better level despite small acreage.
Ottawa Herald lists daily editions except Sundays and holidays with subscription rates for trade area by mail. One month 1.00, three months 3.00, six months 5.00, one year 9.00, and outside trade area one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches for local news.
Washington AP The Postmaster General John A Gronouski said unprecedented public cooperation marks this Christmas mailing season with 99 percent of cards and packages to be delivered by Christmas Eve and a record 7 billion pieces of mail delivered by Thursday night. Last year’s total was just over 7 billion. Mount Kilimanjaro was first seen by a non African in 1848.
TV ratings for the two week period ending December 6 show ABC leading with 19.5, CBS 19.3, NBC 18.8. NBC tops with Bonanza, CBS follows with Gomer Pyle USMC, ABC has Bewitched. CBS airs a Christmas documentary from Appalachia and a festive Silent Night moment.
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