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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1962
Page
2
A Missouri attorney general campaign to enforce an old Sunday sales ban has sparked debate among county prosecutors. They met in Jefferson City and adopted a resolution allowing local officials discretion on what counts as flagrant violations, signaling a tolerance to minor breaches.
The bulletin notes covering Washington highlight three major news parades overlapping as Congress sits and the President delivers the state of the union. It argues that the United States, as the leading free nation, shapes the state of the free world amid constant global attention.
Dr Molner notes chest percussion began with Austrian Dr Joseph Auenbrugger, inspired by tapping wine barrels. The method helps assess lung and heart condition, though newer tests exist. Initial criticism gave way to acceptance as the idea proved valuable, a pattern seen with medical advances.
A collage of observations and queries spans jokes about Janus and hybrid political chatter to reflections on war, convalescent medicine, and social change. It muses on anti missile drills, draft quotas, bikinis at a fish market, and aging medical advice.
Mrs Ed S Sheldon of Ottawa was elected president of the 2nd District Women's Republican Club. Howard Hughes set a cross country air record from Los Angeles to Newark in 74 hours in an open cockpit monoplane, averaging 332 mph and using 200 gallons of fuel. Others include Beardsley Weidner with a shoulder dislocation from skating, George Lathrop and Fred Bougher traveling to Kansas City on business, Dr W C Harding ill with grip, and A BR Cumpston of Centropolis meeting on business.
A devotional prayer asks to turn love into deeds not words and to invite God’s spirit to renew the speaker’s life. The prayer seeks rich faith and joy for those walking with the Master and ends with Amen in Jesus name.
A dense listing shows NBC CBS and ABC air a mix of cartoons news sports and features throughout the day. Notable items include Popeye Huckleberry Hound Red Skelton comedy Burns shows Twilight Zone and Gunsmoke with film features like Destination Tokyo and Flesh and the Spur among others.
A detailed lineup lists midday and afternoon program blocks including News and Weather, Farm Market Analysis, church services and music shows such as Sunday Serenade, Music from the Masters, and Serenade in Blue. Also lists Outdoor Sports for Kansas, KNBC? Notable hourly slots include 12:30 Weather Forecasts, 2:30 New and Weather, and 5:15 News Sports and Weather leading to Sign Off.
The notice lists the Ottawa Kansas publication at 106 108 S Main with editor Robert B Wellington. It provides daily publication details and subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area by mail, including monthly quarterly six month and yearly options. It also notes Associated Press republication rights.
ROY L. SMITH argues the Samaritan woman at the well shows Jesus treating a despised individual as worthy of dignity, illustrating Christianity’s exaltation of the human person. He contrasts this with modern life pressing individuals into mobs, stressing the supremacy of the individual as the foundation of Christian civilization.
Tonight Channel 4 airs a Civil War history feature using stills in action titled Lee the Virginian. Narration by Thomas Mitchell. Also an hour long Color music program A Measure of Music directed by Donald Voorhees with stars Jane Powell Andres Segovia Earl Wrightson the Chad Mitchell Trio Maria Tallchief Erik Bruhn. Air time 8 30 p m.
A $70,526 damage claim by Rev. L. H. Young of Morland Kansas was denied in U S District Court in Wichita. The verdict came as a directed verdict by Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr against Young after a collision on U S 283 near Hill City Kansas on March 3 1960 involving Vincent Trucking Co of Lockney Texas driver Ennis Lee Hemphill and an insurer.
Francis E. Fiske a 74 year old resident of Barnes Kansas died when his car ran off U S 54 about five miles west of Vaughn and overturned State police sought an autopsy after finding a heart medicine in the car and theorized sun glare may have blinded him
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