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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1965
Page
1
The Kansas Senate approved a resolution calling for a constitutional convention to overturn the U S Supreme Court one person one vote ruling. The writer argues the move undermines representation, favors farm interests, ignores urban shift, and wrongly blames federal growth for modern issues.
Miami Beach AP report cites Ronnie Straw of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association alleging that private power companies overcharged customers by 3.4 billion dollars in seven years through excessive rates. The table lists Kansas and Missouri firms with reported returns and overcharges, while company spokesmen call the figures distortions and restate rate reductions and regulatory reviews.
A dense list of TV schedule entries covers daytime and evening programs. Notable items include Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Petticoat Junction, Peyton Place, The Fugitive, The Man Who Found Himself, The World War I segment, and multiple News weather and movie slots across late morning to midnight.
A columnist predicts rapid shifts in currency value within a year as pocket money loses intrinsic worth and coins may become nickel alloy or plastic while the author remains unfazed by the coming change.
The author argues that fiat money will replace coins backed by gold or silver as global demand outstrips supply. He notes currency trust and government backing as key, forecasts silver coins fading within months and gold backing becoming obsolete, urging hoarding of remaining gold. He recalls a 1933 $2.50 gold piece and laments turning it in.
A seven year old boy died from a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm. The discussion covers how strokes occur in youths, factors like high blood pressure and artery deterioration, and when brain surgery might help.
Twenty five years ago Miss Anne Hubbard spent the weekend in Topeka as a guest of Miss Peggy Ann Landon. Miss Astrid Carlson left for Chicago to visit her father. Mr. Frank Carlson. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eneichen and Bruce Devin of Rantoul left for a motor trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fifty years ago burglaries hit Warren White grocery and A Yates meat market at Logan and Cedar, with food stolen. J W Mitchell attended a grand lodge session in Salina. Miss Grace Casey, stenographer for Ralph F Page, was ill and unable to work.
NBC's The Stately Ghosts of England offers a stylish tour of old mansions with tongue in cheek commentary. CBS NBC cover Sir Winston Churchill funeral plans and satellite coverage. Nielsen ratings show CBS edging NBC and ABC, with Bonanza and Gomer Pyle leading.
President Johnson's fiscal plan for July 1 starts with 2.2 billion more spending and a 1.75 billion cut in excise taxes. The package aims to boost business orders and citizen spending, but proposed cuts to existing programs could hurt some companies and communities, with widespread effects on costs and taxes across the economy.
Tonight viewers can tune into Mr. Novak on Channel 4 at 6:30 p.m. featuring four male students living under illegal, unsupervised conditions with weekly visits from a tough observer. Death Valley Days follows at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 4 with The Race at Cherry Creek about rival frontier editors. Channel 4 at 8 p.m. offers Two Women starring Sophia Loren who wins an Oscar and a Critics Award for her World War I escape film. On Channel 13 at 11 p.m. Back Street stars Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullivan. Channel 5 presents The Bride Walks Out at 12:10 a.m. and Typhoon features Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston.
On January 26, 1830 Daniel Webster delivered a famed union defense in the Senate. Michigan joined the union in 1837 as the 26th state. Births and deaths include Grace Moore in 1947 and General MacArthur in 1880. Notes cover past anniversaries and 1960s events in Los Angeles and Algiers. Negotiations with Panama over the canal stalled a year ago.
106 S Cedar Ottawa Kansas publishes daily except Sundays with Robert B Wellington as editor and publisher. Subscription options vary by trade area with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and yearly rates. outside trade area rates are higher. Associated Press membership grants exclusive local news publication rights to the paper.
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