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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1962
Page
2
Editorial lauds beauty and order, urging Democrats to agree to not post campaign placards on utility poles fences or stakes to keep the county tidy. The piece supports mutual restraint, noting election debris mars Kansas countryside and lingers long after polls close.
A wage study board proposed a 10.2 cent per hour raise for 450000 railroad workers. Officials call it non inflationary while unions say it’s insufficient. managers call it inflationary. All seek the President's decision, likening him to an impartial umpire who pleases neither side.
Dear Dr Mother clarifies terms mental illness insanity and crazy noting insanity is legal not medical and a precise border is elusive. He describes how emotional health varies with circumstances and urges using the term mental illness or emotional illness and judging sever ity by case, not label.
A nostalgic column questions the Hollywood Oscar night spectacle while Kennedy chair and brioche coiffure trend stories mingle with critiques of public image. It notes government reliance on business profits and parodies gendered exercise norms with dry wit.
The page records a 1940s style TV schedule with many show titles and times, plus local civic notes. It notes the Elks Lodge purchase of the Shaner Building at 114-116 West 2nd Street for a lodge hall, and a June 1 sales tax effective date. It mentions fire inspectors in Ottawa visiting Kansas and a cost estimate of fires at $500 per minute.
NEW YORK AP Perry Mason star Raymond Burr travels through New York en route to a two week Italian holiday and discusses the show moving to a smaller studio and a Thursday night slot Burr criticizes season scripts and format while planning housing stumbles The story also notes Steve Allen taking over a 90 minute late night program as Mike Wallace exits The Steve Allen Show will return to a Tonight Show style format after the series shifts.
A devotional prayer requests divine guidance to radiate light and show compassion for the weak and neglected in the name of Jesus, seeking Christlike love and nourishment for those in need.
206-1088 was Published dnly except Bunting and Holidays. Second class postage at Ottawa, Kansas. Robert B. Wellington Editor And Publisher. Subscription rates to trade areas by mail one month 85 three months 92 six months 3.73 one year 1. Outside trade area by mail one month 1.50 three months 4.25 six months 8.00 one year 235.00. Member of the Associated Press. The AP is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of local news printed in the newspaper.
Tonight's Editor's Choice on Channel 9 at 9 pm features SAC the Big Stick. Gen Thomas Powers outlines Strategic Air Command scope and command of nuclear weapons with safety factors. reruns fill the season schedule and Duke Ellington and his orchestra appear on Gary Moore's show on Channels 5 and 13.
Washington AP The House passed a bill to set federal standards for hydraulic brake fluid used in motor vehicles A voice vote sent the measure to the Senate Rep Kenneth A Roberts D Ala says sub standard brake fluids cause many brake failures leading to accidents
Richmond announces eighth grade commencement exercises set for May 21 with Father Gilbert Burns as guest speaker. Students listed include Dean Kueser Janice Wagner Carl Maley Don Berger Robert Harris Sharon Jordan James Schwegman John Gracey Roger Stevenson Lynne da Hermreck George Hiles and Mary Purvis. The May 26 high school banquet follows. Dr James B Kenna will speak on Our Yesterdays.
U S Representative Robert F Ellsworth warned that eliminating the Kansas National Guard would strike about 70000 dollars from the Ottawa area's economy. In reply to a voter's question he gave estimates of losses for Garnett and Paola at 40000 and 50000 dollars respectively.
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