A Cold Fair Task
Ottawa Herald reports a cold fair task on page 4 dated January 11, 1962. The item notes weather conditions affecting event setup and attendee turnout with emphasis on practical challenges and local reaction.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1962
Page
2
Kansas fairs seek crowd pleasing acts amid TV era
In Topeka Kansas Fair Association members plan next summer’s events amid rising costs and dwindling novelty. They note traditional entertainments like grandstand shows rodeos and races face competition from television and broader entertainment. Officials stress broad support to sustain these fairs as pressures mount on budgets and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Fair Association
Topeka
the Fair Association
Mort Caplin Sends Humorous Tax Word to Public
In his annual greeting internal revenue commissioner Mortimer M Caplin notes taxes fund civilized society and jokes about the long 38 page form. The light tone echoing draft board greetings underscores the reader’s frustration with complex instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue
Mort
To Your Good Health Bus Ride Upsets Student
A mother asks Dr Mother for help with her daughter a high school freshman who gets carsick on the morning bus and cannot eat breakfast. A physician suggests patience and gradual dietary steps starting with salt crackers and milk then adding egg toast jelly fruit juice or fruit to improve nutrition and tolerance.
Odd Clippings Pack A Mixed Local Snippets
A collage of short items from Ottawa Kansas includes a local weight loss note, charity gag about Christmas cards, a turbine engine car test, a postmaster interview about timely mail, UN funding woes, a hospital recovery, Middle East politics jabs, lobbyist counts, parenting advice, a sinewy note from Dr Mother, a birth, theft, weather turning streets to ice, sled-wheeled delivery wagons, and a church prayer.
Television Log Mayhem of a Day's Schedule
A dense listing traces a full day of TV programming from morning to midnight. It names shows, hosts, and multiple networks across cartoons, news, sports, dramas, and movies, highlighting a chaotic slate with many repeats and crossovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Three Stooges
Berea
Dev Nelson
Gordon Jump
Wyatt Harp
TV Tonight Offers Classic Guild Lineup Across Channels
Channel 9 presents Wyatt Earp and Real McCoys with farm soy insights while Channel 4 features Outlaws and Dr Kildare. Channels 5 13 air Frontier Circus Swiss Family Gogerty and Tell It To Groucho plus Groucho interviews and a Mitch Sing Along hour. Late movie You Were Never Lovlier headlines Channel 9 Untouchables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Yates
Dr Kildare
Groucho
Hazel
Gertrude Berg
Jim Backus
Mitch
the Source
Untouchables
Jack Paar
Five Star Theater
Peter Gunn
Werther
Dev Nelson
Ichabod and
Star Theatre
Channel 4
Frontier Circus
Katy
Channel 9
Phil Silvers
Bob Cummings
Groucho Marx
Jack Wheeler
Patty Harmon
Three Sons
Steve
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