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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1963
Page
2
Eloise Warner, O H S senior, writes that the town’s failed school bond leaves students feeling overlooked and worried about the future. She criticizes noisy surroundings, aging facilities, and urges residents to back a bigger, better building to attract quality teachers and restore hope.
The New York Mirror, once the country’s second largest circulation paper, ceases publication after a bitter 114 day strike by 1,400 employees. Subscribers must find another newspaper, as the paper’s lingering death follows a violent labor dispute.
A reflective column contrasts youth hardships with national growth as 700 new golf courses surge this year against 58 in 1952. It jokes about converting fields to fairways to solve the farm problem and proposes free club memberships for displaced farmers. It satirically weighs restaurant job shifts, university life, and regional pride in Kansas, while noting UK politics and a quirky 100-year-old North Carolina resident's cold-free regimen.
Dear Sir explains glaucoma risks and detection via tonometer, outlining normal readings, treatment options, and the need for physician follow up. It also covers surgery to relieve eye pressure and changes in habits, diet, and care as part of management.
A long clipped schedule lists channels from Channel 4 to Daily Word with programs across morning to late night. It enumerates shows like The Rifleman, Beverley Hillbillies, I Love Lucy, Johnny Carson, News hours, Weather segments, and various game shows, movies, and cartoons, reflecting a busy broadcast day.
Chronicle presents Four Views of Caesar at 6 30 on channels 5 and 13 exploring the Roman Emperor’s character with Plutarch Shaw and Shakespeare perspectives and Caesar’s own. Producer Richard Siemanowski directs the pro gram while Art Carney visits Danny Kaye on Channel 5 and 13 at 9 p.m. with Te Arohanui Maori ensemble in a separate spotlight.
President Kennedy issued a Thanksgiving proclamation noting early Virginia and Massachusetts observances. Richmond resident John J. Wicker Jr. praised the move as he has campaigned for Virginia recognition, arguing Virginians celebrated Thanksgiving on December 4, 1619, over a year before the Pilgrims' Plymouth landing.
At the Kansas Farm Bureau convention in Wichita Directors were re-elected to two year terms. Named were James W. Patton Hiawatha Joe Jagger Minneapolis Leonard Weddle Bloom and Leonard K. Sherer Mullinville. Women’s committee returns include Mrs Don McDonald Mrs Fay Vestal Webber Mrs Perry Counter Oberlin and Mrs Audrey Dyer Clearwater with Dai Thiessen Independence elected third district director and Mrs Russell Booth Osage City chosen for the Women’s committee.
Nielsen ranks NBC coverage of Kennedy inauguration and World Series among the most watched in TV history. The piece notes NBCs space program and Rose Bowl as other audience leaders while discussing CBS and ABC shows like Miss America and East Side West Side. It highlights how dramatic real life themes drew viewers, and critiques East Side West Side for overloading the hour with storylines culminating in a baby's death by rat bite.
In Kenosha County Court a 23 year old man forfeited 59 dollars bail on a charge of malicious destruction of property. Authorities say Richard Hawsthorne threw his mother in law's lawnmower through the picture window of her home.
Auld Lang Syne 25 years ago notes Betty Murray ill with scarlet fever. F E Plains lost part of a finger in car fan belt. Esther Jagnow, Hawthorne teacher, ill with tonsillitis. Ottawa commissioners ban burning trash except 6 am to 2 pm and require alley cleanliness. Fire destroyed house and barn on A Hull farm west of Ottawa. Bement family moved from 1017 S Main to 919 S Hickory.
A concise devotional quotes Matthew 17 20 and offers a prayer of faith. The speaker petitions God to strengthen their faith and to do with them as Jesus would for his sake.
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