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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1968
Page
2
Ottawa Herald summarizes brief items from its February 2 1968 issue including local notes, notices, and short reports across civic and community subjects. No distinct main event identified in readable text.
Editorial summarizes Kansas Retail Council push for Sunday closing arguing seven day operation raises costs and prices. It notes claims that only limited consumer dollars exist and Sunday sales do not create new demand, and questions the council’s consumer protection motive.
Backers of Sunday closing claim practical aims but their push serves to curb competition. They want state help to restrict rivals, including discount stores and border chains, that operate seven days. The public should question why the state would determine store hours and products sold.
A nostalgic note recalls a Saturday ritual where a child earning grocery money received a sack of candy as a reward. If the child bought bread at the bakery, a large sugar cookie accompanied the purchase on the walk home, illustrating simple neighborhood generosity.
The speaker recalls old time buying habits where merchants delivered free, offered gifts, and provided house calls. Yet he questions value, noting high credit charges of 18 to 36 percent and questioning whether surface generosity hid a costly reality for shoppers.
Reader asks about aspirin dosage for arthritis and poison risks. Dr Mother reassures normal adult doses are safe when properly taken and warns against leaving pills where children can reach them. Includes Bible verses, prayers, and several short reader notes on health topics and a 25 to 50 year nostalgia segment.
A dense overnight to early morning grid lists hundreds of program titles across news, weather, sports, dramas, comedies, movies, and variety shows. It details air times from 5:00 PM through 12:35 AM, including entries for Flintstones, Gun S, Star Trek, The Apartment, The Lost World, The Best Years Of Our Lives, and numerous specials, with recurring mentions of channels, blocks, and special notes.
AP reports Kansas City Union Station, once a grand 1914 hub hosting 200 daily trains, now handles 66. Debates swirl over converting the eight story brick complex into a shopping center museum or hotel, while proponents tout high speed rail links and airport connections using existing tracks.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes television commercial characters fade like Wanda the witch and the dove, as ads lose magic and charm. Only a few gimmicks remain, including a white tornado cleaning a corner and a tiny toy car ad with a life size girl reacting.
Washington reports cautious progress between the nations railroads and unions representing 600000 workers toward a calmer era. After signing health and job protection pacts both sides plan a summit with three rail presidents. Wages not ruled out but not discussed, as leaders push to ease decades of bargaining battles and heavy federal intervention.
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