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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
3
L B Paine of 317 Maple writes during Boy Scout Week praising the Boy Scout program. He notes 20 years as a scoutmaster and five years on the executive board, highlighting that scouting builds men and that scoutmasters deserve special credit for guiding troops and shaping leaders.
In my high school days I began smoking around the same time as I started playing Floating Poker Game 1. The game is portrayed as less dangerous than smoking with no risk of lung cancer from stud, only the risk of losing one’s shirt.
A memoir recounts teen poker games in old town venues. Players used pennies and kitchen matches as chips on Friday nights and Christmas afternoons. Games moved from Main Street rooming houses to a bank vault front and then to Chenoweth Bros. Embalming Parlor where a cot offered access. A policeman intruded once, joking “full house,” then the group never returned to the bank.
A reader asks about a new freezing method to remove cataracts. Dr Molner explains the probe technique assists standard eye surgery but does not replace conventional lens removal. The practice has been used widely, while thousands still undergo traditional methods. hot compresses offers no proven effect.
A brief prayer asks God to open hearts to grace and deliverance. It urges trust in divine love and power through Jesus Christ, seeking spiritual victory over suffering without despair in this world.
Associated Press reports Michigan governor George Romney remains convinced he will win the Republican nomination. Romney dismisses stepping aside for Nelson Rockefeller, asserting he will win in New Hampshire Wisconsin and at the Miami Beach convention. He notes that a single strong showing in primaries could extend his campaign against Nixon and possibly influence Rockefeller’s caution in entering the race.
AP Political Writer Jack Bell reports Rockefeller’s move to resolve New York City garbage strikes drew labor praise but unsettled conservatives. Rockefeller backs Romney for now, with 92 NY votes at stake. write-in hopes loom in Oregon, yet his path to the GOP nomination hinges on conservatives’ willingness to accept his liberal leanings amid fights over state labor policy and city home rule.
Carl Glatt, 52, executive director of West Virginia's Human Rights Commission, endures hate calls and threats after years of fighting discrimination in Appalachia. He steers education over investigation, earning $12,600 as he survives Senate investigations and political pressure to remain in his post.
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry notes Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Pearl Bailey performed on a bare large Madison Square Garden stage for a USO benefit. The backstage and audio were passable but the visual setup and edit tape produced a ragged broadcast. CBS aired My Father and My Mother as scheduled with Ralph Bellamy and Jane Wyatt.
Daily Ottawa Kansas TV log lists a lengthy broadcast day with a dense slate of shows across networks and time blocks. It notes programs such as News Weather Olympics The Virginian Lost In Space Green Acres Weather Tonight and a wide mix of game shows dramas comedies and films.
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