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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
2
The Ottawa Herald critiques a congressional plan to fix the post office deficit by raising first class rates from four to five cents and imposing steep increases on second and third class mail including books magazines and newspapers. It urges examining underlying cost drivers before enacting broad rate hikes.
The text argues the U S Postal Service runs many extra services beyond mail delivery at a loss. It cites alien registration wildlife censuses tax form distribution hunting stamps savings bonds weather reports and parcel post. It urges separating true postal costs from extras to find the deficit’s cause and solution.
Dr Molner explains bad breath stems from nose throat and lung infections not just teeth. Climate may affect sinus trouble but chronic airway infections, smoking, infected tonsils or bronchiectasis can cause odor. Reducing or stopping smoking often eases symptoms and prevents catarrhal conditions.
A scrambled front of items notes a stolen lawnmower in a neighbor’s garage, sparking local chatter. It cites political quips about Barry Goldwater and the Kennedy era, then shifts to social humor and housing costs, weather notes, and a Bank Night crackdown in Ottawa. The column closes with a prayer and personal notices about local residents and a Moose lodge organizing effort.
A dense listing of TV programming across channels with cartoons, Westerns, soap operas, game shows, news, sports, movies, and theater features. Notable items include Popeye adventures, Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, Perry Como, Hawaii Five, Beachcomber, Gunsmoke, and The Captain's Kid among others as the day progresses from morning to late night.
The notice lists daily publication terms for 106-108 S. Main in Ottawa Kansas, with editor Robert 13 Wellington. It details subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75, one year 7 dollars. outside trade area by mail: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8 dollars, one year 15 dollars. It also notes Associated Press republication rights.
Hollywood gossip centers on Joan Collins amid a web linking Warren Beatty Natalie Wood Robert Wagner and Marion Donen. Collins dismisses romance rumors, cites seven year friendship with Wagner, and calls marriage a trap while noting Beatty and Wood pursued other partners.
New York AP notes rising concerns over casual speech in TV and radio programs. Tony Randall criticizes declining standards and will appear in NBC's Arsenic and Old Lace while Nixon returns for a guest spot. CBS expands with The Confed ers thrillers in England financed by NBC. Joan Benny appears on Jack Benny’s show Sunday.
On Channel 4 at 8 p.m. Perry Como hosts a special guest lineup with Lena Horne George Burns and Peter Gennaro and dancers. Burns sings and dances with Gennaro while Horne offers multiple numbers. At 9 30 p.m. David Brinkley’s Journal revisits the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Briner of San Carlos California arrived Thursday for a visit with Mrs Jim Cook and family and Gerald Johnson and family at Waverly They plan to visit Mrs Dean Coats and family Oak Grove Missouri before traveling to Illinois Michigan and Connecticut to visit relatives Then they will tour the Eastern Seaboard to Florida Old Mexico and El Paso Texas on the return trip Mrs Earl Wall Jr and Mr Bill Sutton will host the Busy Bee Club at Central Community Center Thursday February 1
Leavenworth officials report over crowding at the Kansas Penitentiary. Director Col. Rexroad told Kiwanis that two inmates occupy cells barely large enough for one. Total prisoner count reached 1,908, exceeding the 1,100 design capacity.
The Greeley Cooperative Association held its annual meeting Saturday in the Greeley High School gymnasium. A free lunch and door prizes were provided. O W Lacey serves as president with Vernon Veltheen as secretary and Lavern Scheckel as manager. Eldon Giles was dismissed from Garnett hospital after recently suffering a heart attack. Maurice Peine and Hubert Lickteig attended a Lane meeting on the Garnett reservoir proposal north of Garnett. Lickteig served as temporary chairman. Mrs James Townson and Tannie and Terry returned home after weeks in Wichita with her relatives.
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