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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1968
Page
1
Editorial laments a Senate committee's 10-9 decision to block a Kansas fair housing law, arguing it would curb real estate discrimination and signal state resolve against racial prejudice. It warns that blocking state action fuels calls for national solutions and weakens state powers.
The text criticizes the Kansas Legislature for passing a secret ballot on fair housing measures and drawing comparisons to similar opaque actions in liquor legislation. It argues the public bears responsibility for elected officials and the representation they receive.
A new postal rule takes effect on April 14 allowing individuals to order advertisers to stop mailing, though aimed at curbing pornography solicitors, it could have broader use for those overwhelmed by junk mail.
The law allows any person who receives mail considered erotically arousing to demand the Postmaster General stop the sender from further mailings. Recipients decide which pieces offend, creating widespread challenges for advertisers. Contempt of court charges possible if the demand is ignored.
Red Skelton performs a pantomime heavy CBS hour shot from a New York stage with UN audience. He shifts between funny and sad characters, delivering English and French numbered bits. Walter Cronkite’s Vietnam Tet briefing follows, plus NBC’s planned Julia with Diahann Carroll and Phyllis Diller among new fall shows including Adam 12 and The Outsider.
A lay explanation describes inserting a catheter into a vein to reach the heart, allowing measurement of pressures and oxygen content, fluoroscopic monitoring, and potential dye imaging to locate defects. It notes safety, pediatric use, and evolving applications while reassuring a 60 year old patient about the procedure.
A devotional prayer invoking Psalm 139 1 seeking God’s intimate knowledge of the speaker. It asks forgiveness for shortcomings and sins and desires a purified heart to live as a loving child of God in Christ Jesus Amen.
In a Kansas University bulletin, Dr Raymond C Moore, state geologist, lists fossils named for Ottawa youths Robert Allison and Allen Graffham. Fifty years earlier, Ottawa high school incubator tests yielded 192 eggs with incubating chicks hatched throughout the day.
A 1960s AP report outlines fears of white decline in South Africa under apartheid. It cites a white population of 3.6 million versus 12.7 million Africans, plus 1.8 million colored and 486,000 Asians, with whites projected to 14 percent by century's end. The Afrikaner council urges larger white families and birth-control criticism, while officials push African birth-rate controls arguing poverty and strain. Economically, nonwhite purchasing power grows as white population grows slower.
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara described last weeks Gulf of Tonkin hearing as pure hell yet worthwhile for the historical record. He said the 62 000 words of testimony support the view that Maddox and Turner Joy were attacked on August 4 1964 and defended the U S response amid ongoing security concerns.
Boston AP report Gov John A Volpe signed a bill observing three holidays on the nearest Monday to their dates Effective next year Washingtons birthday will be celebrated on the third Monday of February Patriots Day on the third Monday of April and Memorial Day on the last Monday of May Labor and business groups backed the measure while veterans organizations opposed it
A dense listing of TV programming across channels with many shows and time slots. Notable items include 12:30 a movie, Tonight and Tonight, Jack LaLanne, Captain Kangaroo, Jeopardy, Eye Guess, Let's Make A Deal, Perry Mason, The Dating Game, Daniel Boone, Batman, Cimarron Strip, and Spencer's Mountain.
Subscription details list Ottawa Kansas rates for trade area by mail one month to one year with different prices. The notice notes editor Robert B Wellington and AP rights and that the paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news use.
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