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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
1
The piece blames four resort town riots over the Fourth of July on teenagers, beer, and especially neglectful parents. It argues youths learn lawlessness from home, noting many parents are unaware or unconcerned about their children's whereabouts and activities.
The essay traces how the automobile gradually supplanted the horse, noting initial resistance and slower progress. It recalls early cars with many failures and the laughter of onlookers, and contrasts modern views with a 1915 classified ad about trading a car for vacant lots.
In a Dear Dr. Molner column the doctor warns that six hours of sun daily for a tan raises skin cancer risk and suggests moderation. He notes iodine plus oils may stain skin but excessive iodine can irritate skin and not prevent sunburn, favors commercial lotions. The piece also covers a reader seeking hair growth guidance and mentions adrenals and ACTH therapy under medical supervision.
AP News analyst James Marlow argues this Congress is unusually effective under President Johnson. Despite Viet Nam distraction, Democrats outnumber Republicans and Johnson’s pressure keeps lawmakers focused. Key actions include a constitutional amendment on presidential disability, school aid, medicare, social security health care, civil rights voting protection, urban affairs, housing, and higher education funding.
The Public Health Service reported 1964 continued a decline in births in the United States and a new law affecting infant mortality. Provisional vital statistics also indicated marriages leveled off in the last few months.
The Ottawa Herald notes national 1964 birth total at 4 054 000 and birth rate 21.2 per 1 000. Deaths reached about 1 801 000 with a 9.41 per 100 000 rate, the highest non epidemic rate of the 1955 64 decade. Infant deaths totaled 98 100, down 4 percent from 1963.
Channel line up lists NBC CBS ABC and more with a dense slate. Programs include news weather sports daytime soap operas and multiple game shows and movies such as Fear Strikes Out Desert Fury The Bonnie Parker Story and Rio Grande in varied time slots across channels.
Virginian on Channel 4 at 6:30 features an Eastern millionaire misled by the desert. Channel 4 at 8 presents Fear Strikes Out with Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden. Channel 9 at 8:30 shows a wrestling match thriller with the Strangler and guest stars Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. Later Channel 9 airings include Desaert Fury and Woman's Devotion. Channel 13 at 11 offers Rachel and the Stranger with Loretta Young and William Holden. Channel 5 closes with Invitation to Happiness at 12:10.
On this day historical notes include 1898 Congress annexing Hawaii by joint resolution. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was read to the Colonial Army. In 1846 Commodore Sloat.
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