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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1963
Page
2
Page Four Editorials recall Ruel Mitchell who lost both legs in a train accident as a boy yet built a life of college graduation, football team management, and wartime training with artificial limbs. He ran several Ottawa businesses and faced incurable cancer with unwavering fortitude returning home to Ottawa to die.
Tom L. Schwinn of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association objects to a proposed severance tax in Kansas. He argues the oil and gas industry already bears a heavy gross production tax and faces rising costs, imports, and declining prices, harming industrial vitality.
A reader explains that neck bone overgrowths or spurs can press nerves, causing head and shoulder pain. Traction aims to relieve pressure. surgery may be needed if it fails. The column notes spurs are common with aging and describes nerve impulse pain and muscle relaxation goals.
A breezy column mixes small town life with humor. George, a New York visitor, returns pleased and discreet. A sportsmen’s Mexico trip ends weathered and fishless. A uranium joke and Cold War quip punctuate light social observations. The Hawaii muumuu remark lands as fashion gossip.
Burglars hit three Ottawa businesses and several homes, taking loot including a bank cashier’s cash box. A car belonging to Dr. George W. Davis was stolen and later found at a Kaw river bridge near Eudora. Davis’s golf clubs surfaced in Tonganoxie and a medical bag with narcotics was recovered in Kansas City Kansas.
A devotional prayer invokes guidance to be bold missionaries and testify to others so they may find courage in Christ. The text cites Acts 9 15 as a chosen vessel and thanks the Father for daily opportunities to bear the name before Gentiles kings and Israel.
NBC CBS ABC and local channels list prime time and daytime programs with show names such as Sea Hunt Dragnet and Perry Como, plus news weather and talk segments. The dense schedule references multiple channels and varied eras, noting a mix of drama, game shows, cartoons, and public affairs across the day.
Channel 9 airs Hollywood The Fabulous Era at 6:30 with Henry Fonda narrating an hour tracing talking pictures from Al Jolson to modern times. Perry Como show features Ray Bolger and Lauren Bacall as guests and Bacall sings on TV debut. Late film Dear Ruth airs on Channel 5 at 10:15 with William Holden and Joan Caulfield.
Joseph Strauss of Allentown, who stopped driving last summer while continuing payments, set fire to his car after finding it parked downtown. He told police his estranged wife Ethel had possession and he had been walking. The interior was damaged and he was held on disturbing conduct charges.
The Herald announces a weekly $5 reward for the best reader news tip. Submissions encouraged from local residents, with tips reviewed by the editorial team for relevance and originality.
A local want ad reaches an audience exceeding 25 000, signaling strong reader engagement. The small classified item highlights ongoing demand for affordable goods and services in the community.
The NBC Continuity Acceptance Department works to present Spanish bullfights from Bud Palmer's Sports International with minimum cruelty. Filmed for broadcast Saturday Feb 2, the editors balance honesty with restraint by avoiding gore while showing banderillos and the bull’s kneeling. Frank Sinatra to host Oscar telecast. Bob Hope unavailable due to sponsor conflicts.
Richmond teens trapped by laundry coin-box break in are linked to a dog that led police to a suspect home. Bus driver spotted two youths inside an automatic laundry then the dog directed officers to a nearby residence where two 16 year olds were found, one with coins in a shoe.
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