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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1963
Page
2
An editorial narrator recounts a traveling salesman who limped into the Herald office after a car crash west of Emporia. He sustained back injuries, a cut face, rib bruising, and a damaged car costing 1100 dollars. The piece cites a traffic expert on car impact at 55 mph and the fatal seconds that follow a collision.
The description chronicles a driver fatality in a high speed crash. From the initial impact through the seventh tenth of a second, vehicle components fail and the driver is impaled by the steering column. The narrative ends noting the driver is already dead as the final moments pass.
Dr Mother offers breathing tips for emphysema and anxious breathers while advising awake practice to improve chest use. A booklet Acne The Teenage Problem is available for 20 cents with return mailer. Local items report a birth, a barn fire, ostrich gift, and a bank president purchase. Church prayer closes the column.
Channel four to thirteen daily lineup lists shows from NBC CBS ABC and more with programs such as Dragnet Wagon Train The Life of Riley News Hour Weather Sports Nightly News and classic series including Batman Lone Ranger and Lassie among many. The log also mentions film features and public affairs programs alongside children and educational segments throughout the day. The entry captures a dense snapshot of 1950s and 60s broadcasting with multiple networks and timed programming blocks.
On May 15 highlights include Francis Baily’s beads observed during a solar eclipse. Bartholomew Osnold’s Cape Cod discovery. the first American milestones set between Philadelphia and Trenton. Lucy Stone Blackwell’s National Woman Suffrage Association formation. the Netherlands World War II surrender. the 1955 Austria occupation treaty. Rocky Marciano’s 1951 comeback KO. the Soviet Union’s overland satellite launch. and Kennedy sending 4000 troops to Thailand amid the Laotian crisis.
A Bob Hope last season finale special on Channel 4 at 8 features Patti Page and Fred MacMurray. Channel 4 also airs Zsa Zsa Gabor with Johnny Carson at 10 15. Channel 9 at 10 15 has Steve Allen with the Mills Brothers. Channel 5 at 10 15 shows The Bride Goes Wild starring Van Johnson and June Allyson. Channel 5 and 13 at 8 present Beverly Hillbillies with Pearl and Dr Twombly.
Writer visits Dagupan on Luzon island and describes a Sunday Rotary Club picnic under mango and coconut trees. locale details include nipa huts on stilts, rice fields, fresh local seafood, and a contented rural crowd enjoying a festoon of dishes without canned or frozen foods.
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