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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1965
Page
1
Editorial lauds Howard Rubin, Garnett city manager, for forthrightness after gas explosions. He answered questions fully, shared what happened, and avoided image protection, fostering public trust and a refreshing commitment to truth.
A writer rails at the 1965 calendar layout, arguing the planner spoiled holiday balance by placing Memorial Day and the Fourth on Sunday and Christmas and New Year on Saturday, lamenting fewer days off and disrupted plans for families and individuals. The piece jabs at the calendar arranger, predicting protest and effigy burnings while noting personal groans and minor silver linings.
Dear Dr Mother letters share stroke recovery stories and daily physical therapy. One husband improves after eight weeks in hospital with progressive speech and mobility gains. Other notes discuss home health books, doctor recommendations, and pediatric bladder concerns guiding specialist care.
A small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Crites burned her left arm and face when she fell against a hot stove at home. The roof fire at Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Downing’s home was blamed on a defective flue. Probate Judge Clive Owen spoke on juvenile delinquency before the Garfield school PTA. 50 Years Ago Mrs. M. E. Doran visited her son Angus Wheeler in Lawrence. Karl Preshaw, once with a Chicago concert company, left to join his father County Clerk Preshaw. Walter Pleasant moved to a new residence on Cleveland Avenue Park Place.
A dense schedule listing NBC CBS ABC and more with shows like Huckleberry Hound Rawhide The Flintstones Gunsmoke Bonanza and Lawman across prime time daytime and late night. It includes sports events Shakespearean and western features plus religious talks and news blocks.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for the trade area by mail with monthly and yearly options and higher outside area rates. It notes Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher and carries an Associated Press designation restricting publication use.
KOFO lists a full day of programming from 6:00 morning sign on through 9:45 pm. The lineup features Top of the Morning, News and Weather, Serenades, Country Karavan, Kofo Karavan, Market reports, sports rounds, farm shows, church notes, and evening programs including Eventide Music and Evening Prayer.
Television listings describe Channel 4 programming from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. including the Jolly Jutland Circus taped in Copenhagen with animal acts and varieties, Don Ameche hosting a Christmas tour to entertain servicemen across Asia and the Pacific, Jack Paar and Edie Adams on air, and other film titles on channels 5 9 13 10:15 p.m. The night features a mix of entertainment acts, game shows, and classic movies with a wide cast of performers.
A Kennedy boyhood letter written at age 15 sold for 2700 dollars at a New York auction. A Khrushchev letter to the Bolivian president brought 1675 dollars. Sixteen Kennedy autographs and 212 famous signatures sold, totaling 55000 plus. The Kennedy note was written to a Choate School classmate in Connecticut.
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