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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1960
Page
2
The rise of piggyback shipping sees over 19 000 trailers weekly moved by rail, 34 percent more than 1959. Shippers save time and costs. unions fear job losses and Hoffa calls for a federal study while Congress considers the issue.
This column riffs on social trends and political edges from the era, noting a prudent woman stockpiling ribbons, shifts in U S politics after Eisenhower, the lure of easy payments, and civic honors while recalling school integration tensions in New Orleans and the end of Southern womanhood’s gilded charm. It also marks 25 years ago notes from Santa Claus letters and local happenings.
A reader asks if scabies can affect the face, how it spreads, and if it is a warm‑climate infection. Dr Mother explains mites burrow under skin to cause itching, diagnosis by finding a mite, and that indirect transmission is possible but usually direct contact. The column also notes other itch causes, and includes a note on a vein‑covering makeup ask and a religious closing prayer.
A dense, fragmented listing of daytime and prime time programs across channels 4,5,9, and 13. Includes news, sports, cartoons, dramas, and movie features with numerous show titles referencing classic programs and actors of the era.
The article profiles high earning television commercial spokesmen led by Rex Marshall and a youthful gas company spokesman earning 75000 yearly. It outlines how top salesmen secure multi company contracts, and shares Marshall’s career view and eight guiding rules for success in sponsor communications.
A Christmas special with Maureen O Hara hosting reads the Nativity story from Luke 2. Also scheduled are reruns and films on channels 4 5 9 and 13 including Twilight Zone The Night of the Week Dan Raven The Flintstones Route 66 Eyewitness To History and The Male Animal with Henry Fonda at 10 40.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75, one year 7 dollars. Outside trade area: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8 dollars, one year 15 dollars. Kansas residents pay 2 1/2 percent sales tax. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with local and AP news republication rights.
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