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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
5
An Ottawa area letter notes a rural Kansas district vote by 26 patrons to censor high school plays such as South Pacific Oklahoma and George Washington Slept Here. It criticizes outdated annual meeting laws, missed notices, and uneven ticketing in Ottawa parking, urging school law overhauls.
Concise household health guidance on preventing flu spread. Isolate the sick, use masks, cover coughs, dispose of tissues, wash hands, avoid bed contact, and ensure rest. Vaccination timing suggested for next season, with two shots initially. Also includes notices on leg cramps, diabetes honey questions, hair growth myths, and hemorrhoid booklet offers with mailing details.
A dense OCR log lists TV programs by time and title, including Hunt, Dragnet, Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, Twilight Zone, The Honeymooners, Carson, You Bet Your Life, Captain Kangaroo, and many others. It notes sports results like Orioles games and headlines Cronkite. It reads like a chaotic daily station schedule with assorted news, Variety features, and early evening fare.
Tonight channels feature the President's European trip with a 6:30 airing on channels 5 and 13 of his ancestral visit in County Wexford Ireland. Channel 4 repeats at 10:15, delaying Johnny Carson by 15 minutes to 10:30. Channel 4 also airs a Bob Hope Moscow rerun at 9. Late movie is Two Smart People at 10:30 with Lucille Ball and others.
This travel note surveys Finland from its Baltic boundaries to its forests and islands. It covers geography climate and history including Swedish rule, Russian grand duchy status, the Winter War, Karelian coupling, language quirks, cuisine like smoked reindeer tongue, vodka and berries, utilities reliance on wood, modern hotels with quirky room numbering, and local civic notes about Ottawa charity drives and a pigeon flight from Jeannette to Rio de Janeiro.
Reverent prayer invoking Barnabas and Paul who risked their lives for Jesus Christ, thanking God for Jesus and the church, asking guidance to live by Christ’s teachings, and praying in His name for steadfast discipleship.
On June 27 1963 several notable events are recalled including the 1776 execution of Thomas Hickey in New York for plotting to capture George Washington. Other items reference a 1652 New York anti speeding ordinance, York Pa surrender in 1863, Joe Louis Galento bout in 1939, FBI arrest of Nazi saboteurs in 1942, a Korean War air action in 1950, Churchill’s health in 1955, a 1960s Atlantic air tanker crash, and Kennedy's stance on Formosa and the Pescadores in 1963.
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas told reporters at Idlewild Airport in New York City that new African nations lack legal talent and urged sending teams of United States lawyers. He spoke as he and Dr. James H. Robinson, director of Operation Crossroads Africa, prepared to study legal and educational problems in seven West African nations.
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