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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1961
Page
2
Johnson County commissioners debate a federally funded road project under the federal secondary road plan. The $86,000 project must display Uncle Sam and the state above the county on the public notice, with the county allowed only small print to note its 50 percent share.
Sam calls the tune for a $43,000 project as state and federal funding cover part of the cost. Johnson County will display signs noting the county pays half, with Uncle Sam and Kansas given prominent display per regulations. The episode highlights government spending and control, a lesson in modern governance.
A column argues that France under Charles de Gaulle has become a de facto police state with strong central power. It lauds his restrained use of authority while warning about a future without a clear successor, debating revolution or party system returns as France contemplates leadership beyond De Gaulle.
The piece reassures that menopause brings normal changes and occasional symptoms like hot flashes and irritability, dispelling myths of insanity or drastic behavior. It notes most adjust within months with hormone guidance and tranquilizers rarely. includes reader questions about prostagain injections and weight guidance, ending with a prayer and a church tone.
Channel lists a full day of NBC ABC programming from 5:00 to 11:38pm including News with Harold Mack Huntley Brinkley reports Sports with Monte Moore and Dev Nelson Weather with Gordon Jump and Johnny Yates classic titles such as Stagecoach West Wagon Train and Five Star Theatre details multiple films and serials plus The Big Show and Captain Kangaroo among others
A garbled collection of old notes recalls a halberd post in a basement, a record heat in Ottawa at 118.5 degrees, births and retirements near Ottawa and Kansas City, a Wells Fargo employee leaving Ottawa for dry goods work, and a 1200 Stier returning from Sabina for a state convention of the Kansas Ke atract Association.
Ottawa Herald announces subscription rates for trade area by mail with monthly and quarterly options and prices for longer terms. Outside trade area rates listed with similar term options. Newspaper notes Associated Press news use rights and publication scope.
Nine Missouri counties along the Kansas border cut wolf bounty payments. Full grown pelts now earn $6, down from $15, and pup pelts drop from $2.50 to $1.50. Kansas offers $2 for an adult wolf pelt, prompting suspicions of cross-border cashing.
Deeds record shows transfers including Ralph A Bruce to Jean C Smith lot 23 block 20 and Harold E Sohn to Robert W Warren in section 28 15 21, plus many notes of parcels in Univ Add Chester T Medaris to Luther Amphenour NW4 Sec 217 19 and other lots in various blocks, replat and additions, with names including Norris F Burke Burl S Beam George D Scott Ty Dale Denniston Searl R Hicks James H Gregg Elsie M Roberts Merle B Willhite Neva A Moon Tau KY Burroughs and more across Rantoul and adjoining parcels.
TV listings describe programs on channels 9 8 53 4 and 5 13 including Focus On America Expedition science Rifleman and Stagecoach West. Descriptions note baseball from Comiskey Park and a Korea war story The Return plus My Three Sons and a late Anna Karenina screening.
U S steel firms expand foreign ore sourcing as domestic shipments decline. Quebec ore tested at Fairless Works with harbor loading capacity set to 1,000 tons per hour, potential St Lawrence Seaway use, and Labrador and Latin American supplies rising. Liberia and Canada among growing suppliers. Mesabi Range shifts to higher grade taconite amid efforts to boost output and capacity.
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