Notable Ottawa Notes on Taxes and Tissue of Talk
The Saturday Notebook riffs on income tax shocks and rising living costs sparked by a larger family, jokes about a $23 000 study on toy stability, and quips from local politics and police hiring. Lois Smith returns to the Herald, provoking remark from the city editor.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Strowig
Rotary Club
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
From Our Readers: Busing Stirs Strong Opinion
A Pasadena to Ottawa reader argues against anti busing sentiment and cites firsthand effects of a year old busing plan. The letter describes overcrowded conditions, improved balance and morale after integration, and the positive social impacts on black and white students.
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Nixon
Ottawa
Pasadena
Calif
Board of Education
Television Log Compiled Schedule Teems With Daytime Lineup
A dense OCR list outlines a multi-day TV grid with dozens of programs across networks. Entries include CBS News, ABC News, sports, westerns, soaps, comedies, and movies featuring multiple stars, show titles, and time slots, reflecting a full broadcast day rhythm.
Protect Your Ears Dear Dr Thosteson
A parent informs Dr Thosteson about their 16 year old son who has earned the Boy Scout swimming merit badge and is pursuing the Senior Life Saving. The note emphasizes ears protection in the context of youth swimming training.
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Dr. Thosteson
When to Avoid Swimming With a Punctured Ear Drum
Dear Mrs V W asks if her son should continue swimming with a punctured ear drum. Advice: water can enter the middle ear and cause infection, nose clips or ear plugs are not reliable, avoid swimming unless a doctor approves, and in pools chlorination helps but lakes and rivers should be avoided. With care the ear drum may heal or be repaired, discuss with an ear specialist.
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Thosteson
California
Tree Plantings Recalled by Ottawa Historian Clara Kaiser
Clara Kaiser, 94, recalling Ottawa's early tree plantings as Arbor Day nears, recounts local specimen trees, from a hackberry on her 1901 West 5th street home block to elms, maples, pines, and oaks planted by A. P. Elder, Judge Benson, Peter Kaiser, and Ot tawa University efforts, plus community efforts shaping an Avenue of Elms.
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Ottawa
Clara Kaiser
Cedarhouse
W. D. Bancroft
West 5Th
5Th and
Elm
A. P. Elder
F. C. Herr
Miss Kaiser
Peter Kaiser
Grace Meeker
Miss Meeker
Joe Kilbuck
Point Barrow
Alaska
A. W. Benson
4Th and Mulberry
Jasper P. Mason
Milo Hewitt
Sears
Santa Fe
Dr. Markham
Henry D
Crane
Ohio
Frank Swift
Homer Meecham
Meecham
New Mexico
George Marshall
John Pinney
Skunk Run
Elmer Hardrode
Sam Kirby
Kirby
Fort Scott Crossing
Lester Hoffman
Milan L. Ward
Ottawa University
Beeler
H. F. Sheldon
A. P. Elder Sr
F. Kelsey
Forest Park
City Park
Church Clergy and Navy Clash Over Chaplain Supervision
New York AP report shows Protestant leaders pressing to move final authority for military chaplains from commanders to church bodies. The Navy court martial of Cmdr Jensen underscores jurisdictional tensions with churches insisting moral oversight remains with clergy, not military.
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New York
Navy
A. Raymond Applequist
Washington, D.C
General Commission On Chaplains and Armed Forces
Cmdr
Andrew Jensen
Dr. Applequist
Interdenominational
Cmdr. Jensen
American Baptists
Applequist
Charles Willis
Valley Forge
American Baptist Chaplaincy Service
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Ottawa Herald
Sam
Japan
Herald
Lois Smith
Lois
Jan Price
NBC
CBS
ABC
Sports Challenge
CBS Golf
Wide World of Sports
Aachale
Wild Kingdom
Lassie
CBS News
News
Lawrence Welk
Mod Squad
Hee Haw
Emergency
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick van Dyke
Rio
Arnie
Adam
Wilburn Brothers
the Monitors
Johnny Carson
ABC News
Davey and Goliath
Tom and Jerry
Oral Roberts
Rex Humbard
Groovie Goolies
Insight
Herald of Truth
Your Church
Reluctant Dragon
Mr. Toad
Jerry Falwell
Public Eye
Cathedral OF Tomorrow
Doubledeckers
Lancer
NBA
Meet the Press
National Automotive Test Toy
NBC News
National Geographic
Cannon
Special
FBI
Golddingers
Jimmy Stewart
Bonanza
Simon Locke
Tom Jones
Rome
Bill Russell
CBS. News
Faith For Our Times
Christophers
Captain Kangaroo
David Frost
Beverly Breckenridge
Dinah Shore
Lucille Ball
Concentration
Somerset
Lucille Rivers
Etcetera
Cafferty & Company
Guiding Light
Doctors
Bay City
General Hospital
One Life To Live
Mike Douglas
Jeff
Hogan‘s Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Buck Owens
Willie Boy
Harum Scarum
Fast Company
Another World
Secret Storm
Petticoat Junction
Big Valley
Daniel Boone
Glen Campbell
Nichols
Marcus Welby
Nashville Music
Andy Griffith
Cyrus Piersol
Centennial
4Th and Walnut
City Hall
The
Salina
Kan
Schilling Air Force Base
Central
Gary Cook
Associated Press
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