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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
2
The Ottawa Herald page from Saturday December 30 1961 presents a local snapshot of events and notices. It includes brief items on community affairs, generic announcements, and small community notes typical of a late 1960s era newspaper page.
An Ottawa shopping-season piece describes a Christmas morning toy resembling a Martian visitor. It notes human strides toward distant goals may soon make such figures ordinary, and it warns readers not to glimpse more strange creatures during New Year celebrations. The tone blends hope and humor with cautious futurism.
A passenger recounts Flight 822 diverting to Shannon Ireland then Halifax Nova Scotia after a late takeoff from Zurich. The three French poodles aboard and 68 humans endured long delays, fuel stops, and a chaotic night before resuming toward Idlewild, with arrival about 15 percent late.
A reader asks about methods claiming to fix a baby's sex by douche solutions. Dr Mother replies that birth control concerns conception, not sex selection, doubts the theory, and stresses needing evidence and safety. The piece notes broader scientific advances and ends with a devotional prayer and local campus notices.
A dense list of TV programs across channels shows a marathon of movies sports and variety shows including Life of Jack London Bonanza Wagon Train Gunsmoke Perry Mason and Wagon Train along with news weather and church segments. It catalogs times titles and venues with numerous broadcasters and film names.
A scattered listing of Saturday and Sunday evening TV highlights across channels 5 to 9. It mentions parades, sports, films, and shows such as The Case of the Roving River on Channel 9, the King Orange Parade in Miami, and various programs including Walt Disney, Ed Sullivan, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Dennis the Menace, Candid Camera, What’s My Line, and Adventures In Paradise with multiple time slots and noted performers.
Radio lineup lists programs from KOFO including Top of the Morning and Serenade. Weather segments run 7:40 and 8:30 with noon weather. Agricultural markets and farm show segments appear around midday. Mentions Mary Blaine and Garnett Hour reflect local programming notes and community schedule.
The notice lists publication details for the Ottawa Kansas paper with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription prices for trade area and outside trade area by mail. It notes Associated Press news rights and exclusive local news publication rights.
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