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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1965
Page
1
A compact note on page two of the Ottawa Herald dated Tuesday July 6 1965. It records a historical newspaper page segment with no clear single event described in the readable text.
Editorial notes four year drought in the Northeast and severe floods from St. Paul to Denver, plus flash floods and fires in the West. It questions weather control as a feasible solution, recalling the era’s optimism about a computerized future and Buck Rogers style promises.
The piece argues nature should be studied to cooperate with weather rather than fight it. It warns against relying on dams and levees as a Maginot Line approach and urges funding for research that reduces famine floods droughts and fires by understanding and working with weather.
A columnist muses on how small monetary thresholds divide crimes into misdemeanors and felonies in Kansas and similar states. Using examples from theft values around 49.99 versus 50.01 and even a horse or car, the piece illustrates how law treats acts differently, raising questions about malum in se and malum prohibitum and the role of precise values in sentencing.
A medical column notes a clinic talk by Dr. Morris Weiss on treating chronic diseases like epilepsy. Advice stresses explaining what the disease won’t do to a patient rather than focusing on outcomes, with broader relevance to handicaps and patient resilience. The piece also includes reader queries on eye health and local notices about church building changes and wartime adoption efforts.
The notice lists subscription prices for local and trade area readers and identifies Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher. It notes daily publication with holidays, Ottawa, Kansas post, and states the Associated Press rights for local news and dispatches.
AP analysis traces President Johnson's commanding press presence in 1965 as he steers major announcements from Vietnam to the Dominican Republic. While Congress remains relatively quiet, Johnson's constant statements and televised updates shape national focus, even as skeptics warn of potential policy wobble if events sour.
Listings of tonight's broadcasts include Mr. Novak on Channel 4 at 6:30 p.m. From the Brow of Zeus on KABIE Channel 13 at 7 p.m. Death Valley Days on Channel 4 at 7:30 p.m. Rebel Without a Cause on Channel 4 at 8 p.m. Three Smart Girls on Channel 9 at 10:15 p.m. Brigham Young on Channel 13 at 11 p.m. They Flew Alone on Channel 5 at 12:10 a.m. The Light That Faded on Channel 5 late night.
The article notes that no physical marker can stay at the North Pole because the earth's axis face shifts as Arctic pack ice drifts across it, altering the pole's position.
A dense channel log lists NBC CBS ABC and more across hours from 5:00 to 1:05, detailing show titles such as Woody Woodpecker Bugs Bunny News Texan Joey Bishop Petticoat Junction Peyton Place Fugitive McHale's Navy Captain Kangaroo News and many others with times and channel markers, reflecting a full day’s lineup.
On July 6 1854 a preliminary meeting in Jackson Michigan helped spark the later Republican party. John Paul Jones, noted American naval hero, was born on this date in 1747.
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