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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1962
Page
2
City briefs from Ottawa Herald note local happenings and community items of interest recorded for July 25 1962. Short items cover civic matters, events and notices affecting residents.
An Overland Park man faced a lake rule ticket for lacking a rear vision mirror or observer in his boat. In court he cited city issued boating permit rules and a state booklet, both conflicting. The state's 1959 rules contrasted with a 1961 city rule.
A puzzled offender faced a minimal fine of two dollars plus court costs as authorities noted overabundant, overlapping government units from city ordinances to state laws and federal statutes. The piece critiques the constant call for new laws and the resulting bureaucratic mess.
Senator James B. Pearson of Kansas is named to the Senate Public Works Committee, gaining a strategic role in flood control water and highway legislation. His selection followed a vacancy caused by another senator’s death, and his brief tenure in the Senate has earned him strong regard from colleagues in Parsons Sun.
In middle life or later a doctor may diagnose arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis. Focus on preventing worsening and reducing symptoms. Vasodilators may aid circulation but not cure. Quinine can ease night leg cramps. Bourger's Exercise helps legs by elevating them then letting them hang, repeated ten cycles.
A list of quirky crime notes and health tips flows through this fragment. It cites four bellboys jailed in St Louis for aiding prostitution, notably naming Goolsby Scroggins, and mentions a Missouri mother charged with beating her three year old daughter to death. The piece weaves in aviation history, humor, and health advice from Dr. Molner, with notes on dieting, exercise, and heart care.
G C Robe bought Carl Biederman sporting goods at 217 South Main. Ottawa merchants note strong wheat crop boosting business. Walter Hull with Mrs Hull and Eugene Andrew with Mrs Andrew return from Colorado as vacationers. Thomas Crawford relocates from Melvern trading for North Mulberry home. Mrs M A Reeder visits son H S Reeder in Emporia. Ralph Hanes also returns from Colorado.
A devotional prayer recounts Acts 4 13 noting knowledge of Jesus. The prayer thanks God for revelation through Jesus and the Holy Spirit and asks for transforming power to be evident in believers countenances.
Channel listings for NBC CBS ABC and others show a dense lineup of cartoons dramas films and news segments across hours from early morning to late night. Notable items include Casper the Ghost Popeye and Mighty Mouse cartoons Hoc Patrol Wagon Train The Donna Reed Show and Naked City alongside news programs Huntley Brinkley Douglas Edwards and Steve Allen with various game shows and movies such as Sliver Dollar and Four Men and a Prayer.
A Wednesday TV rundown notes Man From Cochise features three escapees hijacking a school bus, creating trouble for the sheriff. Channel 9 at 6 p.m. also lists late movie Silver Dollar from 1933 starring Edward G Robinson and Bebe Daniels on Channel 5 at 10:15.
Published daily except Sunday and holidays, Ottawa Kansas. Robert B. Wellington editor and publisher. Subscription rates: trade area via mail one month 88 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.78, yearly 7 dollars. Non-trade area via mail one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, yearly 15.00. Member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news publication rights and AP dispatches.
Hollywood AP notes the late Jerry Wald’s talent as idea man in combining Hemingway early stories into a Nick Adams framework. Richard Beymer stars with strong supporting work from Newman, Dailey, Kennedy, Monty, Wallach. film praised for production detail, Michigan woods visuals, and Wald’s relentless drive despite occasional misfires.
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