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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1961
Page
2
FCC chief warns licenses judged by community needs
FCC Chairman criticizes television as a vast wasteland and says license renewals will be used to assess whether stations serve community needs. He denies censorship while urging viewers shape content, triggering objections about policy overreach. The note blends editorial asides on culture and politics with brief local items and organizational details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Regulatory Agency
Television Schedule Fragments Reflect Busy Friday Night Lineup
A jumbled listing shows a dense Friday slate with Popeye, Highway Patrol, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, and Route 66 among many others. The page blends TV programs, sports, news, and film features across stations noting times, hosts like Jack Paar, and famous titles such as Bonanza and The Life of Riley.
Dear Dr Mother Epilepsy and skin conditions guidance
A reader asks about epilepsy treatments and pamphlets, noting progress from few decades ago to current methods using multiple drugs to control convulsions. Dr. Moler and the American Epilepsy Federation are cited for resources, along with a book on epilepsy and other health notes on mongoloid babies, cellulitis, skin tags, leg cramps, and a Kansas medical society update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Rapid
American Epilepsy Federation
Reservoir Road
Quincy
Mass
U.S
Canada
Measles Vaccine Proved In Tests
Dr Samuel L Katz of Harvard Medical School reports a single shot measles vaccine shown to offer lifelong protection. In tests 4000 children over 232 years were studied with 84 exposed after vaccination remaining disease free while 70 to 400 percent of an unvaccinated group developed measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Harvard Medical School
Samuel L. Katz
Katz
The
Medical Society of New York
Morning Weather Roundup and Schedule Notes
The excerpt lists a morning schedule of news and weather segments on KOFO and related church programs. It mentions times such as 4:40, 9:00, 9:15 and 10:00 with items like Weather Forecasts, News, Church notes, devotionals, and music segments including Easy Melodies and The Christophers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kofo Hbereanade
Kofo Ferenace
Mary Blaine
New Melodies
Easy Melodies
the Christophers
KOFO Serenade and News Schedule (Kansas)
A condensed listing of KOFO radio programming for a Sunday, detailing Serenade and News and Weather segments, hourly blocks from morning through evening, including shows like Church Program, Farm Show, Sunday Serenade, and Sundown Serenade, with notes on sign offs and various bulletin and weather updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KOFO
Karavan
Koro
Karaven
News
Washington Report
Mundown
Serenade
Nowa & Weather
O'door
Debutante Kidnapped Cited In TV Highlights
Pittsburg Kansas report notes a debutante is kidnapped as TV listings mention Channel 9 programs Man From U.N.C.L.E Ham Harrigan and Rawhide. Judge Don Musser visits district court to hear a state case seeking authority and to discuss a new ordinance to attract industry to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawhide
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Don Musser
Harrigan
Guest Stars and Carol Channing on TV Circuits
New York AP reports dangers of guest stardom on TV with Carol Channing describing the need to match her style to other writers and departments. She notes the challenge of conveying her voice to writers wardrobe hair and directors on shows and cites a Pittsburg ordinance case about Channel 9 and a Troubled fashion designs issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carol Channing
Carol
Pittsburg
Sunset Strip
Mediary
Tri-Alloy Inc
Charles Loew
Burns
Judge Musser
Lowe
Supreme Court
Flight Pay For Jaunt In Space
Cmdr Alan B. Shepard Jr earned an extra 14.28 for riding a rocket into space last Friday. As commander on flying duty he must fly four hours a month, his Atlantic voyage from Cape Canaveral took 15 minutes and paid one sixteenth of May flight pay. He receives no special astronaut compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Isoever
Shepard
Deborah Kerr
Atlantic
Cape Cadnaveral
Fla
Iit
Gifts to Uncle Sam Would Reduce National Debt
The House approved a bill by voice vote to accept gifts of money or property to retire federal debt. Proceeds would enter a special account for paying government obligations. The measure moves to the Senate, where a similar bill died previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
House
Senate
Appanoose Baptist Church Began in 1877 Ottawa History
A 1870s Franklin County history piece notes Julia St John started the first organized Baptist Sunday School in the area. Rev Isaac Hertick served Greenwood and Pomona, and in 1877 the Appanoose Baptist Church formed with 18 members. Worship began in a frame schoolhouse, then a stone building, with early members listed and baptisms at Appanoose Creek. The church began constructing its own house in 1877-78. To Be Continued Next Monday Ottawa Kansas.
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Franklin County
Appanoose Sunday School
Stome
Cargy
Raymead Cook Farm
Isaac Hetrick
Pomona
Greenwood
Appanoose
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