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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1963
Page
2
Editorial notes the Class of 1963 grew up under nuclear threat. The writer recalls August 6, 1945, Hiroshima’s bombing, his Navy voyage home for invasion duty, and a bridge conversation with Father Roger, a Catholic chaplain and former math and physics professor.
Saturday Notebook recalls prewar studies on atomic energy and prophetic warnings about war. The Hiroshima bomb changed the world, and the Class of '63 graduates into a “way out” generation living in an era of rapid scientific progress and a tense, faster pace.
This piece reflects on Hong Kong as the western listening post to Communist China with refugees, listeners, and observers noting limited access, and discusses Chinese mainland conditions, pride, and the rift with Russia. It projects future influence in Southeast Asia and possible shifts in power balance.
Brief local notes include a battery theft from Mrs. Sadie Spratt at 519 South Locust. Verne Garrett, a Bennett Creamery chemist, cut his right index finger when a glass ammonia container shattered while attaching a tube. Quin Kirkland filed as a Republican candidate for constable at 536 South Poplar. Nearly 50 enrolled for Ottawa Business College summer session. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kirkland of 318 South. Memorial Day address delivered by Rev. W. A. Elliott at Gardner. A proverb and a short prayer follow in the column.
On this date 1813 the frigate Chesapeake fought the British ship Shannon near Boston. Captain James Lawrence perished after the battle uttering Dont give up the ship. Also, 1792 Kentucky joined the Union as the 15th state and 1796 Tennessee followed as the 16th. Brigham Young was born in 1801 in Whittingham Vermont. Evacuation of Crete announced in 1941. Veterans Day name change in 1954. Eisenhowers 1954 proposal to reorganize the State Department. De Gaulle received full powers in 1946. Eisenhower defense of George Humphrey noted in 1959.
Lt Col Robert A Filby commands the 5th Transportation Battalion at Alpha 102 airfield near Ascom. His wife lives in Pomona. He is a Master Army Aviator valued for vast maintenance experience dating to the early days of Army aviation. About 130 aircraft undergo maintenance each month in the battalion's maintenance division.
Dr Molner clarifies that blood sugar levels indicate energy and may signal diabetes even with no symptoms. A sugar tolerance test over two to three hours is the sure method to diagnose diabetes, while blood used for transfusions does not rule out high blood sugar. Early detection aids control.
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