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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
1
Editorial argues Kansas lacks a presidential primary and party bosses dominate delegate selection. It notes Docking era patronage, calls for reengaging grass roots through primaries and pre primary endorsements to empower rank and file voters and create meaningful democracy.
A columnist mocks Edsel B. Ford Institute researchers for teaching chimpanzees to play tic tac toe and suggests a future where apes perform human labor such as screwing nuts, shoveling coal, and garbage pickup, arguing monkeys should share burdens in the workforce.
Reader asks why a salty mouth taste occurs. Causes include mouth breathing, dry saliva after sleep, certain medications iron iodine quinine toothpaste dental materials and smoking. Advice covers sleeping habits medicine intake mouth hygiene and dental check. If persists see physician or dentist as nerve disorder rare.
Prayer note begins with a faith message referencing Mark eleven twenty two. A wolf drive will be held west of Paola tomorrow with participants meeting at Calvary Hall at 1 30 p m. A drive last Sunday resulted in the killing of one coyote. Thirty years ago a fire destroyed about one hundred shocks of fodder and corn on the Ransom and Kissinger farm at Ransomeville, likely started by sparks from a Santa Fe locomotive.
Washington AP reports F Clifton White attended the RNC meeting to aid California Governor Reagan and Shafer in a bid for platform influence. The piece notes no formal Reagan Dirksen alliance with Rockefeller Romney Nixon prospects, and outlines governors backing Rockefeller and Reagan as potential openers in a contested convention.
Nostalgia pervades Monday television as Lucille Ball teams with Vivian Vance and reunites with Garry Moore and Durward Kirby. Danny Thomas features a nightclub act with essays and songs. Carol Burnett’s return to Garry Moore era formats and 1937 production numbers highlight CBS segment. Andy Griffith plans two films and a TV special. Mayberry R F D replaces his current CBS hit. The Smothers Brothers pass summer duties to Paulsen and Campbell, and Dean Martin’s summer show includes Joey Heatherton and Frank Sinatra Jr. The Red Skelton Hour is recommended tonight, a pantomime solo act recorded before a UN audience.
MPs gathered for the key vote on Labour's bill to limit immigration of British citizens born abroad with non British parents. The Conservative opposition backed the measure though not as a binding pledge. The Times criticized the bill as unconstitutional while the Daily Mail warned of overcrowding and rioting elsewhere. Four amendments aimed to block the bill were expected to fail.
Washington AP. Differences among the President's Commission on Civil Disorders persist as members near completion of a landmark report on last summer's riots in Newark and Detroit. Some commission members favor a tougher approach to rioters, while others push for broader examination of police tactics. The panel will still call for law and order and address contributing crimes like narcotics trafficking, with a planned Sunday release.
A dense listing covers daytime and prime time programs from 5:00 PM to 12:20 AM including Leave It To Beaver Flintstones Truth or Consequences and Nightly News Weather Sports and various dramas comedies and talk shows. Notable entries include Captain Kangaroo Jack LaLanne Captain Kangaroo Merv Griffin News and Weather segments plus films like Ride A Crooked Mile and Niagara.
The Ottawa Herald of Ottawa Kansas lists its publication details editor Robert B Wellington and subscription rates for local and outside trade areas. It notes as a member of the Associated Press the exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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