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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1960
Page
2
Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce notes poor attendance cost the annual Holiday Basketball Tournament. They explain the event offers fast paced, higher class basketball at low cost, with twelve games for $3. It urges residents to attend more next year and enjoy the Jaycees Tournament.
Kept Alert notes increasing court cases and more citations for reckless driving and speeding. The piece credits stricter enforcement with Ottawa finishing 1959 without a traffic fatality, attributing it to police vigilance and careful drivers rather than luck.
On Dec 24 tenants of a local landlord received written notice their rent would be increased the first of the year. The piece touches on politics culture and public figures with humorous asides about Eisenhower Nixon Rockefeller and a wary view of social trends and modern life.
A brief devotional passage invokes Psalm 121 and prays for divine presence and expanded compassion through the life-giving Christ. The prayer expresses reliance on the Lord as creator and seeks a deeper indwelling sense of spiritual guidance.
Dear Dr Mother answers common questions about preventing colds in children. Vitamins and diet help reduce colds but do not prevent them. immunity is temporary and exposure leads to new colds. Sunshine aids health but cannot stop colds. keep kids indoors and well hydrated when sick. Vaporizers do not cause pneumonia. avoid drafts and sudden chills. Additional letters address a tall preteen girl’s development and a teen with weight gain concerns, plus a note on weight loss guidance and pamphlet availability.
Auld Lang Syne recalls H D Smith becoming Terraplane Hudson dealer in Ottawa. Herbert Hoover reports his bicycle stolen from junior high grounds. Esther Jagnow teaches Hawthorne 2nd grade but is ill with mumps. A new brick North Ottawa building nears completion for the fire department. Olio Milam harvests 4,000 bushels of corn from 100 acres. Ottawa adopts slogan Hear Ottawa Hum as cold spell begins. Osawatomie Globe notes humming sound from gas meters heard by Ottawans.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area by mail with monthly and yearly prices. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays and credits editors and publisher. It also states Associated Press rights for local news and AP dispatch republication.
President Eisenhower may tour Latin America with a two day stay in Buenos Aires on Feb 24 or 25 as part of a four nation trip. Argentina’s Foreign Minister Tadaba announced the plan after talks with President Frondizi amid unconfirmed Washington expectations.
TV schedule list shows Channel 4 5 13 NBC CBS ABC offerings across daytime and primetime. Programs include Bandstand News Weather Superman Marquee shows Gordo 13 News Sports and late-night talk with Steve Allen Hennesey You The reader gets a dense catalog of titles and times rather than narrative coverage.
A New York AP column compiles light facts and witticisms from readers. It includes notes on hypnosis rates, wind direction from cows, Tibetan tongue etiquette, and reflections on taxes, telephones, and history.
Thirteen people, mostly teenagers and Mora family members, were questioned Sunday after a party involving Mora family members saw several fights. Police described multiple altercations during the gathering.
In Los Angeles the state begins its case against Dr. R Bernard Finch 41 and Carole Tregoff 23 charged with murder one and conspiracy to murder Barbara Finch 33 last July 18 Both pleaded innocent A 12 person jury was impaneled last week and the prosecution expects about a month to present its case
Americans grow more package driven as packaging demand outpaces total growth. Industry forecasts 1960 gains in containers, plastics, and glass production, with billions in sales and new packaging technologies expanding shelves and factory output.
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