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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
6
The Ottawa Herald editorial credits the arrest of James Earl Ray as a step toward calming nerves after Dr. Martin Luther King’s murder. It argues Ray likely acted with others and notes his status as an escaped convict and petty thief undermines the lone killer claim.
The text notes no strong personal motive in Ray's background for the assassination. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said early on that evidence pointed to a single individual. The case remains unresolved with Ray's arrest and many unanswered questions.
In Johannesburg the city shows stark residential segregation with poorer black and white communities living apart. In contrast the better suburbs mix races in shared residences, revealing that social distinctions mask the physical separation.
The dispatch surveys South Africa, detailing apartheid era servant labor, wages, and living conditions. It notes thousands of Black and coloured servants, paid $18 to $22 monthly, living in workers’ quarters with limited time off. The writer observes segregationists’ pragmatism, acknowledges South Africa as resource rich and expanding, yet argues three million whites dominate fourteen million Blacks, a dynamic the world cannot easily alter.
Readers seek medical guidance on congestive heart failure coughs and enlarged hearts. Dr Molner explains most coughs stem from fluid in lungs and pleural space, not throat irritation, and diuretics may help alongside digitalis. Other letters discuss teen weight, postpartum abstinence, clinics for tuberculosis, and a note on heart enlargement causes and prognosis.
The Supreme Court ruled that a 1866 Reconstruction law bans racial discrimination in selling or renting housing, including private actions. The decision paired with other rulings broadened rights protections and suggested Congress could target private discrimination under the 13th Amendment. Justice Stewart wrote the majority, with a six justice to dissent. The ruling affects enforcement and opens access to court for those alleging housing bias.
Hal Boyle reflects on how different ages value memories over money, recalling simpler pleasures from youth like cap styles, bubble blowing, and mud pies. He notes domestic routines, porch social life, fudge making, and the reliance on a horse and buggy alongside a motor car, with tuberculosis fear and railroad hoboes as era markers.
AP reports Valerie Dicks of San Jose State College was chosen cute standing college girl of 1968 during NBC telecast from Miami. Viewers saw only clips from earlier homemaking tests and interviews, with little contestant identification. The program was poorly organized and rushed to crown a winner as Miss Dickerson cried.
In Calgary AP reports the Liberal party shows growing support in western Canada ahead of the national election. Analysts predict Trudeau could double his prairie seats, with gains expected in Alberta and Saskatchewan, while Manitoba may see losses. BC turnout boosts Liberal hopes.
The long listing shows a full broadcast day with numerous programs across channels including news, talk shows, dramas, comedies, sports, and movies. It notes specific times and program titles such as Leave It To Beaver The Beverly Hillbillies The Tonight Show segments and various soap operas and game shows.
Ottawa Herald lists publication schedule with daily except Sundays and holidays. It lists editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription rates for trade areas and outside trade area, with prices for one, three, six months and one year, and notes AP news rights.
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