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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1963
Page
2
For days readers see advice on buying lingerie with bewildering variety. The piece humorously notes 15 bra types and seven girdle styles, and jokes that fits require math and aerodynamics besides a tape measure. It praises women's ingenuity in solving a stubborn problem.
Dear AR and Mrs. LB the cardiogram reveals an infarction meaning scar tissue forming in the heart muscle even without a recognized heart attack. Many pass indigestion as attacks and heart disease remains dangerous yet not always fatal. Careful awareness can keep people healthy.
A jumble of columns includes political satire on Kennedy Nixon and Congress, opinion quips on kissing babies, medical Q and A about diaphragm use and basal metabolism, a note about a 1913 hunting license sale, a postal card from an Ottawa teacher in Zurich, a prayer, and standard newspaper boilerplate with editor details and AP rights.
A dense rundown lists programming across NBC CBS and ABC stations with show titles such as Sea Hunt Wagon Train Ventura and The Beverly Hillbillies, plus news anchors Huntley Brinkley Cronkite and Howard. It notes cartoons early and late time slots, film features including New Moon and Gallant Sons, and various drama and variety programs with times and channel cues. The schedule captures a fragmented, period-appropriate TV guide snapshot with numerous specific titles and host names.
Sonny Drysdale pursues Elly May with a taming plan on Channels 5 and 13 at 8. Jane Wyman and Dan Duryea star in Wagon Train episode The Wagon Train Mutiny with Comancheros in peril. Late movie includes New Moon on Channel 5 at 10 15.
AP reports the U S auto industry neared a record as passenger car number 7 13001 of the 1963 run will exceed the 1955 mark The seven millionth car was produced Thursday marking only the second year in history with over seven million passenger cars produced in a model year Chevrolet and Ford continue 1963 output along with Buick Special at Flint Chrysler Imperial and Dodge 880 from Chrysler East Jefferson Detroit as lines finish production
July 24 marks several historical events including the 1948 underwater atomic test at Bikini Atoll, Jacques Cartier’s 1534 Gaspe landing, Nelson losing an arm in 1787, the 1866 Capitol flag, 1922 Palestine mandate, Spaak's abdication demand in 1945, Tobey’s death in 2003, Carbo indictment in 1953, Kennedy-Arosemena talks in 1963.
Plans for a new post office at Yates Center Kansas were announced by Postmaster General J Edward Day through Tenth Region postal headquarters. The building will be contracted under the lease construction program with a site at the northeast corner of Main and Butler Streets.
The Herald announces a weekly reward of five dollars for the best news tip submitted by readers, encouraging community members to share valuable information for publication.
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