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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
2
Editorial notes counties and cities along the eastern border have long pushed to improve US 69 and seek inclusion in the interstate system. A proposed divided highway would place one lane in Kansas and the other in Missouri, serving through traffic while existing routes serve local communities.
A neighboring city newspaper front page carries a notice from a local Red Cross official stating the Red Cross never sells food or disaster supplies nor makes disaster loans and never expects payment for aid. The statement warns of misleading claims by unscrupulous individuals seeking profit from disaster misery.
The Ottawa Herald shows publication details with staff and subscription rates for trade and non trade areas. It lists prices by mail for different durations and notes AP reprint rights. The date indicates Wednesday May 17, 1661.
The column jots casual vignettes on policy talk a $30 a day limit for away from home expenses and social habits. It riffs on a son indebted to his mother a wife noting recovery from Mother's Day and a city full of Pancake Palace outs. It ends with a wink about Kilroy and spaceflight mischief.
A banquet bid farewell to Ottawa University coach Charles D Errickson and welcomed new coach Richard Godlove. Williamsburg High School graduates numbered 25 led by Madeline Rooney Allen Hoyt Treva Price Charles W Robe Jr Lily Woodward Max Davis Clark Doyle James Clark Elaine McGee Harold Price Wilma Tucker Charles J Bush Jr Robert Horne Reese Barton Rose Collins Edwin Hogan Phyllis Sutton Allen Starosta Wilma Pomeroy Raymond Gosey Eldred Shaw Ruth Adams Clair Curry Warren Robbins Kenneth Van Valkenburg. Dr J P Blunk and family moved into the Horace J Smith property on South Elm. Dr Blunk arrived as Ottawas eye specialist. The A M Spears bungalow nears completion at 1113 S Hickory. Work on a large gas engine at the water plant hit trouble fitting the fly wheel to the shaft.
Prayer excerpt praising work and strength drawn from Ecclesiastes 10 10 RSV asking God to whet spirits minds and bodies for labor in Thy fields and for the good of fellow men in Christ’s name. Amen.
A reader questions old hotel boiler safety and is advised the boiler poses no health risk. The column then shares a sinus trouble success story after quitting smoking, promotes Dr Motner’s brochure, and discusses foot odor remedies, boric acid concerns, and nail white spots with practical cautions and hygiene tips.
A dense OCR listing of TV slots shows 1960s era programs including Four O Clock Movie Early Show Popeye Wib's Funtime Highway Patrol News with Herald Mack Late Night News with Douglas Edwards Wagon Train Hong Kong Malibu Run and Hong Kong, Price is Right, Hawaiian Eye Donna Reed Peter Loves Mary Perry Como, Naked City, News and Weather, Five-Star Theater, Big Show, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, and Molten mix of dramas, comedies, game shows, and news across multiple networks with scattered times and repeated titles.
Local notes record numerous visitors and guests in the Richmond area including Ernest Henderson and Don Godfrey hosting an all day Greena walt Club meeting. Families from Kansas City Lawrence and Wichita travel to see kin in Paola, Garnett, and Em​.poria. A hospital admission and an emergency appendectomy are noted along with museum trips and school excursions.
NEW YORK AP remarks a farmer tires of hearing jokes about farming policy and rural life. The piece parodies government aid, college ambitions, bank loans, and old-fashioned farming tools through terse one liners and quips attributed to rural speakers. The row includes lines about paying for not growing corn, college ambitions, hired hands, farm votes, push-button plows, and changing rural life.
A crowded TV evening listing shows channels 3 to 13 with programs like Man From Go chise Hong Kong Malibu Run Wagon Train Price Is Right Ozzie and Harriet Hawaiian Eye Angel Ive Got A Secret Peter Loves Mary and The Leonard condition. Mentioned are guest Frances Langford Don Ameche Paul Lynde the West Point Cadet Glee Club and Chester Morris with several reruns and a late movie The Wife Takes A Flyer.
Louise Goff Reece, widow of B Carroll Reece, wins a special election in Tennessee's First District, defeating two opponents to fill the late congressman's unexpired term. The 62 year old, daughter and granddaughter of West Virginia Republicans, ran her first political race and carries a Republican hold in a district that has not sent a Democrat to Congress since 1878.
Hollywood AP reports Peter Falk, who lost an eye at age eight, faced early doubt from a New York agent but pursued acting through TV and off-Broadway. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Murder, Inc. and leads in Pocketful of Miracles, recounting how the eye has not hindered his career.
New York AP report notes 24 Emmy statues awarded across a lively telecast switching between Hollywood and New York. NBC’s Macbeth led with five awards including program of the year and best drama, while stars from Maurice Evans to Barbara Stanwyck highlighted the night.
Mrs John Sowell and Alicia of Overland Park were guests of Mrs Alice Knoop and Mrs Alice Christian. Mrs Pauline Hedges and boys were in Topeka with her sister Mrs L D Morlan and family.
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