Tax by mail for personal property in Iowa town
A neighboring paper notes an Iowa town will switch to tax by mail for personal property assessments next year. Residents will report values on forms with guidelines, on an honor system. The shift aims to cut costs, reduce embarrassment for renters and bring in similar revenue as door-to-door assessors. The piece also mocks federal reports from the Joint Committee on Nonessential Federal Expenditures, questioning waste in mailing thousands of copies of its 20-page inventories booklet.
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Uncle Sam
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Fragmented musings blur news with social satire
A chaotic single-column reminiscence mixes local quirks with references to Hemingway and Oak Park, mocking youth, romance, and moral decline. It riffs on a busy Fourth of July, drownings, and civic sacrifice, ending with a jab at skipping Labor Day.
Prayer for Today Inspires Kindness and Service
A devotional prayer based on Matthew 25 40 asks for daily kindness to those in need. It prays for Christ like vision, love that constrains, and joy in serving the Savior through humble acts.
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Heavenly Father
Television Schedule Highlights From Ottawa July 2 1961
Ottawa Herald lists TV channel lineups NBC CBS ABC for July 2 1961 with a dense schedule across daytime and late night. Entries include Popeye Raiders Publicity stunts and varied programs such as Gales, sports clips, westerns, and serials featuring Zane Grey Theater Real McCoys Bachelor Father and other titles across Channel 4 Channel 5-18 and Channel 9 with news weather and entertainment blocks.
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Ottawa Herald
NBC
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ABC
Dear Dr. Mother: Exercise and diet aid weight loss
Reader Mrs A L, 60, wheelchair bound after a broken hip, seeks guidance on losing weight. Dr Mother explains how modest daily activity combined with diet changes can shed pounds, noting exercise uses fat and small daily differences accumulate over a year. Also discusses testicle descent and potential treatment options.
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Dr. Mother
Ottawa items recall 25 years past and local woes
Rex Zerbe underwent a ton sil operation south of Ottawa. J. L. Hitler east of Ottawa faced serious heat prostration. Clif McGuffin service station worker fractured a toe when a car wheel dropped on his foot. Peter Valliere of Princeton transacted business in Ottawa. Ottawa city council rejected all bids for Willow and Ash Street paving as above the engineer's estimate. John F. Martin moved from 403 West 3rd Street to 221 Ash Street.
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Ottawa
Clif McGuffin
Space Shot Faces Weather Test For Friday Liftoff
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Virgil I Gus Grissom awaits a weather window for a Friday launch after two days of delays. A 6 to 4 odds favored a clear 6 am EST go ahead but cloudiness postponed the first attempts. Grissom rested in tented seclusion as NASA refinements continued with a countdown restart and fuel adjustments following Cmdr Alan Shepard's May flight.
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Gus) Grissom
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Time lost in Kansas strikes noted by labor chief
TOPEKA AP Harald L. Smith state labor commissioner says Kansas has seen a remarkable absence of time lost due to work stoppages. He notes there were only 25 strikes in Kansas industries in 1960, 26 in 1959 and 33 in 1958.
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T Onty
Evening TV Highlights Pattern of Colorful Retro Lineup
TV listings show evening blocks across channels 9 4 5 and 13 with a mix of dramas comedies westerns and news specials. Notable items include Huckleberry Hound and Outlaws The Bil Doolin Story and CBS Reports on Charles de Gaulle plus a late feature Dangerous Robin and Gentleman Jim with Errol Flynn.
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KU Reactor In Operation
Lawrence AP reports the University of Kansas has a $146000 nuclear reactor operating satisfactorily in its first month of testing. Harold F. Rossen notes minor problems but overall progress remains strong and full operation is hoped for by September 1. The reactor supports graduate research and instruction.
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Rolla
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Thunderstorm Fatality Hits Hays Kansas Area
A severe storm swept west central Kansas killing one man in Plainville. Gusts reached 120 mph at Hays airport, hail the size of tennis balls fell at Gorham, and four inches of rain damaged an oil field camp north of Hays. Robert Ray Horton, 58, died attempting to move a power line from a gas meter behind his home.
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Great Bend
Local newspaper subscription rates and affiliations
Daily Ottawa paper lists subscription prices for within and outside trade area with monthly to yearly options. Names Robert B Wellington and Guy Snedake appear on the masthead. The paper notes Associated Press membership and exclusive rights to local news publication.
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Letters You Never Get From the Mailbag
New York AP queries reveal fragments of letters offering prizes and deals. A recipe prize with a Paris trip, a boy promised a hefty signing bonus, loan cancellation after a president's death, a car buyer gifted model and lifetime repairs. Also requests for flight to Washington and odd farming advice.
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