28 Jun 1965
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
1
Editorial from the Ottawa Herald on Monday June 28 1965 discusses current events and public concerns reflected in Page Two. It offers opinions on local developments and national issues, framed in the newspaper’s characteristic voice for readers seeking context and commentary.
The steam locomotive era ends as truck tractor units replace trains on concrete highways. Two trailers per tractor may carry as much as boxcars, sparking debate over safety and convenience. Kansas authorizes longer tractors to keep business from moving to neighboring states amid trucking industry pressures.
Eight months after Kennedy's assassination Congress moves toward a constitutional amendment to clarify succession when a president dies or is disabled and there is no vicepresident. A federal crime to kill a president is also debated. passage unlikely before 1967.
Channel lists NBC CBS ABC and others with a dense daily guide of shows from Yogi Bear to The Beverly Hillbillies. The log details program names channels and time slots across multiple networks and late night entries. It reads as a full day broadcasting chart with many classic TV titles and live action series.
The class of 65 at the University of Kansas numbered over 2700 graduates. They gathered in caps and gowns at six, marched with a faculty escort to the football stadium, and after a program of speeches, filed to the 50 yard line for handshakes and diplomas before dispersing.
A reader criticizes the University of Kansas for handing out diplomas on stage amid a televised spectacle. The writer laments staged ceremonies, calls the diplomas mere props, and warns that stadium commencements undermine academic ideals and expose athletes as amateurs in a system prioritizing show over tradition.
A health column warns against storing liquids in nonstandard bottles as children risk poisoning. Dr. Molner notes toddlers explore bottles, citing statistics on 2,615 poisoning cases in young children. The piece urges keeping dangerous substances out of reach and previews upcoming notes on common poisons.
Published daily except Sunday and Holidays at Ottawa Kansas subscription rates shown for trade area by mail one month one dollar three months three dollars six months five dollars one year nine dollars outside trade area by mail one month one dollar fifty three months four twenty five six months eight dollars one year fifteen dollars The Associated Press license is exclusive for local news and AP dispatches usage.
Voyage on Channel 9 at 6 30 features Doomsday as Seaview goes on war alert after radar detects a large number of missiles. Channel 5 airs a 7 30 pilot comedy First in a series about Young Willie McGhee leaving New York for Cleveland.
On June 28 1778 Mary Hays later known as Molly Pitcher carried water to heat stricken colonials as Sgt John Hays fought at Monmouth Courthouse New Jersey. The note recalls the famed moment when she loaded his gun after his collapse and kept water flowing to exhausted troops. One year ago President Johnson vowed to risk war if needed to preserve peace in Southeast Asia.
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