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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1965
Page
1
The Donald F. Duncan Co of Luck Wisconsin files for bankruptcy. Assets are $50 cash and 400000 yo yos with debts of $1.1 million. The piece reflects on yo yos as an early business venture and chuckles at changing toys from yo-yos to hula hoops and skateboards.
The piece lauds Sally Rand as a key Chicago figure who saved the 1932 World’s Fair with fan dancing and glamour. It notes her arrest in Omaha for an indecent performance, defends her artistry, and urges Chicago to honor her with an endowment and public service role to inspire women to pursue dignified, artistic fan dancing.
A reader asks if three X ray sets are needed to assess a lung issue. Dr Molner explains serial X rays help detect changes to rule out cancer or other serious disease, even when annual heart area X rays show no malignancy, and notes cost but stresses value of decisive information.
On this date in history, 1929 Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg Briand Pact to renounce war as policy with 43 factions present. Gibraltar fell to the British in 1704, Salt Lake City founded in 1847, Moscow bombed in 1941, Bikini Atoll atomic test in 1946, Truman commuted Oscar Colazzo in 1952, Adams resigned as NYPD commissioner in 1960s, Konev health resignation in 1955, Cyprus crisis talks with Papandreou in 1965.
A playful essay describes how a child named Tad discovers a toad during a yard outing. The time of the toad marks a flood of questions from Tad and a scramble for parental biology knowledge as pockets fill with beetles lizards and even a garter snake. The piece ends urging parents to bone up on natural science to answer the questions and ensure the race survives.
Washington AP report notes Congress nearly completes a bill to make assassination, kidnapping, and assault of the president, president elect, or vice president a federal crime. The Senate approved by voice vote and sent it to the House with two minor amendments. The measure would criminalize attempts and conspiracies against designated officials and imposes the death penalty unless a jury recommends otherwise.
The Ottawa daily paper at 104 S Cedar publishes editor and publisher Robert Bi Wellington. It lists trade area rates by mail: one month 1.00, three months 3.00, six months 5.00, one year 9.00. outside trade area: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. The paper is Associated Press member, with AP content for local news.
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