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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
2
Ottawa residents debated Saturday courthouse closure after the county commissioners rejected the idea citing Ottawa as a Saturday town and the rise of five day work weeks. Proposals included Monday closing or staggered reduced Saturday staffing to grant more leisure time.
From Our Readers letters discuss the end of leash law enforcement on June 30. In the 200 block Maple, bond removal is noted and enforcement gaps are blamed for dogs roaming, barking nightly, and unpenned pets. CO E Dawkins 2168 Maple signs the letter.
Dear reader asks if sunbathing harms or helps. The doctor says sun is both useful and risky. moderation is key. Too little sun causes rickets. too much risks burns and possible skin cancer over decades. Getting enough sun for a tan is fine. avoid burning and excessive exposure.
A devotional prayer asking Heavenly Father to guide daily life and keep spirits ready to enter eternal life with Jesus. The text cites I Corinthians 15:50 RSV and ends with Amen.
G D Weilepp Randolph Bundy and Dr F M Eoff return from a national Kiwanis convention in San Francisco. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hoopes of Pomona. J M Crooks of West of Ottawa suffers a severe cut cleaning a combine. Keystone Dramatic Co booked for appearances at the Airdome listing plays Fate or A Woman Against the World A Woman With A Past The Girl from Pike's Peak and East Lynne. W B DeVilbiss returns to work at Peoples National Bank after a vacation in Iowa. Leslie Haynes departs for Colorado on a vacation trip.
On this date in history several events are noted including Grover Cleveland declaring martial law in Chicago in 1894 to handle railroad strike disorders. Other items mention Rhode Island charter in 1663, Spain in 1779, John L. Sullivan’s bareknuckle win in 1889, and WWI era actions in Sayville. Also referenced are 1945 carrier damages in WWII, East Berlin strikes a decade ago, Eisenhower Ottawa talks five years ago, and Kyushu floods a year ago with many deaths.
Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Day and family of Council Bluffs spent the Fourth of July with Gil Chambers and family. Edith Cries returned from a month with her daughter. Paul Schroeder and family of Lorraine and Larry Lombard of Albany Ga are parents of a daughter born June 30 weighing 8 lbs. Grandparents are Lombard and Reeve seniors. Layne and Linda Junita Colorado visitors called on Clayton True family.
A dense listing of TV and radio programs across the day from soap operas to news, weather, and sports. It enumerates show titles such as Dragnet Huckleberry Hound Peter Gunn and The Untouchables, with times, channels, and occasional notes on guests or themes, reflecting a crowded mid-century schedule.
Tonight on TV a new Your Funny, Funny Films debuts with home movies narrated by the makers and guest celebrities. Betty White and Allen Ludden appear on To Tell The Truth with Kitty Carlisle and Tom Poston on Channels 5 and 13 at 6 30. Channel 9 airs Your Funny, Funny Films at 7 30.
In Paris at the Ritz bar Georges, longtime manager, greets a returning patron to find the historic room transformed by interior decoration into a glitzy cocktail lounge. Once a premier meeting spot for locals and travelers, the bar now bears a modern makeover that he cannot prevent, though his warm welcome remains.
President Kennedy upholds captive nations’ right to freedom in a proclamation tied to his European trip and renewed calls for world peace. He praised a strengthened U S European partnership and noted ties between nations are stronger than ever. Kennedy spent July Fourth with Khrushchev on Cape Cod and sailed Nantucket Sound aboard the Honey Fitz, gifting a model sailboat to John Jr.
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