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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
10
Lawmakers in at least 18 states considered Sunday closing bills this year, tightening restraints on large discount houses and reflecting the impact of a 1961 Supreme Court ruling. The move aimed to restrict Sunday commercial activity rather than close it, with at least four states enacting or debating such measures.
Across Nebraska Missouri and Kansas new Sunday closing laws face court challenges while Minnesota bills are vetoed. West Virginia raises penalties for third offenses. Far Western states drop specific Sunday laws. Missouri’s law was upheld in St. Louis Circuit Court. Kansas bans Sunday groceries after 10 am with farm parts exemption. Nebraska curbs 65 goods Sundays with Mom and Pop exemption. New York adds religious observance option. Rhode Island allows plant sales Sunday. New Hampshire permits small shops to sell necessities. Texas approves Sunday bowling. Oklahoma uniform day of rest measure fails.
Nell Barnaby surveys The Mouse on the Moon by Leonard Wibberley and The Wine is Bitter by Milton Eisenhower while Helen Comstock presents American Furniture, an illustrated reference. Betty Smith’s Joy in the Morning follows Annie Brown’s adventures from poverty toward resilience.
Washington AP report: House Ways and Means Committee approves continuation of the $309 billion national debt limit through Nov. 30. Leaders plan a House vote next week. Absent action, the limit would fall to $285 billion on Aug. 31.
Phoenix 13 year old Joseph Meeker competes today against six girls in the Maricopa County junior cooking championships to prove boys can master the stove as well as the icebox.
In Sicily a police roundup of Mafia suspects reached 400 with the arrest of 60 more men. The crackdown followed the June 30 booby-trapped car slaying of seven policemen, intensifying a statewide push against the underworld.
A Blue Scout rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carried a 50 pound ionosphere study payload. The instrumented probe aimed toward 8000 miles in space for a four hour journey to measure electrical particles affecting communications.
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