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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1967
Page
1
A post office worker finds a seven year old Christmas card, one of his own, stuck in a cracked box. The piece lampoons tax forms and deductions, jokes about teenagers’ cost of living, and urges contacting the congressman about IRS rules.
Palo Alto engineer John H. Bloomer outlines a sunbeam propulsion concept using a 66 mile diameter space mirror and a mile wide central mirror to collect solar energy and power a laser system. The plan would launch a one way craft to Alpha Centauri in about 17 years, leveraging a sun orbiting laser array to propel spacecraft.
Channel 4 NBC and Channels 5 to 13 CBS Channel 9 and ABC are listed in the television log. The entry records available networks and channel numbers for viewer reference. The note seems to be a station lineup or schedule guide excerpt.
Two former army lieutenants celebrated discharge by visiting Russia and exchanging dollars on the black market to obtain rubles at a discount. One reportedly appropriated a statuette during the trip, prompting trouble with authorities.
The narrator recalls dealing in the postwar black market in France and Paris, detailing currency distortions, encounters with a White Russian moneychanger, and a $500 check that has never been cashed, amid reflections on the lax enforcement and lingering mysteries of the era.
A reader asks about heredity and having another child after multiple relatives show abnormal outcomes. The columnist notes heredity can raise risk especially when a close relative has an affected child, but urges genetic counseling at a major medical center to assess probabilities.
The Ottawa Herald lists publication details and editor Robert B. Wellington. It shows subscription rates for trade area by mail at one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars, and one year nine dollars, with higher rates outside the trade area. The paper notes Associated Press membership and exclusive local news use rights.
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