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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
1
The columnist laments torn sports pages and recalls family ties to PeeWee and Little League. They discuss parental strain, coach disagreements, injuries, and the practical issue of a pothole ridden road into the park needing repairs before more car damage occurs.
HAL BOYLE reports two young missionaries in Viet Nam teach literacy to Brow tribes in a jungle area near Khe Sanh. Eugenia Johnston and Nancy Costello, funded by church groups, live in a bamboo house with a Montagnard helper named Ayoog, under guard by US Army and locals. They write alphabets, produce texts, and spread their faith while facing Viet Cong threats.
A letter asks for help with a 10-year-old girl weighing 140 pounds on a diet. Dr Mother stresses weight and calorie balance, highlights hidden calories in liquids and snacks, and urges exercise and patient, gradual dietary changes. Emphasizes parental support and teaching calories for life.
A brief devotional prayer asks God to deepen love among believers and to reflect Christ in every person touched, citing 1 John 4 20 RSV. The prayer prays for awareness of God and a miracle of love across all ages.
A traffic officer on a Florida highway spots an unusual scene. A convertible drives by with a monkey at the wheel beside its calm owner, prompting curiosity about the bizarre roadside encounter and its implications.
A courtroom satire notes a monkey behind the wheel triggers arrest in Florida. The piece argues no statute barred the act, mocks human drivers, and extends the joke to hippopotami driving, calling for equal rights and caution about constitutional protections.
LAS VEGAS AP scientist proposes lunar rock processing to extract oxygen water and hydrogen. A plant producing 24 000 pounds of oxygen monthly on the Moon could cut Earth to Moon transport costs by over a billion dollars annually, using a nuclear powered furnace to convert rock to carbon monoxide and hydrogen then to methane water and oxygen.
On June 26 1965 the calendar highlights include the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945 by 50 nations in San Francisco. Other events noted are the 1870 completion of Atlantic City’s first boardwalk, sugar rationing starting in 1918, Nazi compulsory labor service in 1935, Finland declaring war on Russia in 1941, and a 1955 visit by six Soviet officials to Belgrade to improve Yugoslav relations.
Australian drought leaves millions of sheep cattle emaciated and thirsty. Farmers delay planting and crops die as four million trees perished. Eastern Australia, about 300 thousand square miles, suffers the driest year in Sydney since 1888 with only 7.63 inches of rain in five months. Local officials warn that without rain by August feed and water shortages will worsen across New South Wales and western Queensland.
Washington AP report describes former Postmaster General J Edward Day facing scrutiny by the Secret Service over a dust jacket on his memoir My Appointed Round 929 Days as Postmaster General The jacket features 11 full color eight cent air mail stamps and could trigger a federal prohibition on such reproductions Day says the publisher will handle inquiries and lawyers are reviewing the matter
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