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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1963
Page
2
From Our Readers by F Russell Pitman urges community harmony over the school bond issue. He favors a privately modern high school, funded in part by taxpayers, and argues for a central, highly visible location and broad sale to unite Ottawa and the University. He calls for patient work to find a note of agreement.
A lay explanation explains how heart beat can resume after stopping, describing chest thumps, external heart massage, and external pressure methods. It notes that recovery depends on cause, with coronary thrombosis unlikely to recover, while temporary stoppage may respond to shocks, electrostimulation, or external massage, and emphasizes brain protection during circulation restoration.
Frequent moralizing notes target a group singled out for publicity amid claims of excessive profits at the public expense. The pattern echoes prior criticisms aimed at steel makers, organized crime, and patent medicine firms as undertakers face similar censure.
A discussion on funeral industry practices and public attitudes critiques the mawkishness and charges around burials. The piece notes a looming congressional probe, questions reforms, and argues for tolerance of minority views on posthumous arrangements including cremation, medical donation, or plain burials.
A dense schedule rundown lists TV programs by time slots from afternoon into late night. It names multiple shows across genres including westerns, comedies, dramas, news, weather, and children's programs with numerous repeats and crossovers.
American Education Week observed November 10 16 with aims to raise public understanding of education curriculum teaching methods and higher education. Community events include family gatherings in honor of birthdays at the Stoneking home and visits by relatives from Topeka. Pomona Rebekahs hosted guests from Quenemo. Pomona Bridge Club met at the North American Hotel in Ottawa. Pomona High School elected B Team Cheerleaders with Barbara Lindsey Peggy Mundy and Sandra Church chosen after tryouts.
New titles join Richmond city library shelves including A Finger In Every Pie Case Rascal Run To Day light The Battle of Gettysburg and more Readers Digest and other volumes appear with fall 1963 notices Seventeen attend Lions dinner at school lunch room Nov 4 Family night dinner slated Nov 18 Capt Bean to speak Complaints and visits span from Oregon to California Local hospital updates list patient Ronnie Pedrow and Mrs Edith McCall Frist Methodist Library additions include Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible and a new English Bible in memory of French Booher plus Varieties of Protestantism The Dietrichs visit for a 50th anniversary in Greeley and weekend stays in Wichita Falls Topeka Norfolk and other cities Baby born to Ned Kelsey and family, and other local retirements and moves flagged through late Nov content.
Karen Howard of Williamsburg won a Bronze Medal in a Free Methodist Church speech contest for ages 9 to 11. Participants came from Ottawa and Williamsburg.
On November 11 1963 the Associated Press chronicles key events tied to Veterans Day. Highlights include WWI ending in 1918 after the Armistice near Compiegne France Wilson remarks Americas war aims complete. Other notes reference Maryland 1776 New York Athletic Club 1868 Washington 1889 and more.
Wellsville Baptist Church pastor Rev Homer Ganong Dennis Shields and Glenn Layton Jr met in San Antonio with Billy Graham Evangelistic Association leaders on November 4 to 6. They explored a possible area wide crusade in Wellsville in June 1964 or 1965, aligned with the Heart of America Crusade in Kansas City in 1965. Dr Grady Wilson praised the invitation and the community size for such an undertaking. The Wellsville delegation returned home on November 6.
In Oak Ridge Tennessee atomic workers at two plants vote today on a tentative contract after a 28 day rise and a 22 cent wage increase. The strike has idle 4500 workers while Atomic Trades and Labor Council and Union Carbide Nuclear Co. negotiators reached a deal following a bargaining session. Previous hourly wages ranged from 2.42 to 3.41 dollars.
Hartley B. Edwards will sound taps at Tyler's Veterans Day observance using the bugle he carried beneath the Arc de Triomphe 45 years ago when the armistice took effect. Edwards served in Gen John J Pershing's private drum and bugle corps during World War I.
TV highlights list shows a 9 p.m. program on Channels 13 featuring The Yanks Are Coming about American troops marching to war in 1917 with clips of enlistees and Black Jack Pershing’s units in France. Channel 1 also airs guest segments with Jimmy Stewart Phyllis Diller and Johnny Carson at 10 15 p.m.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices by mail across areas with monthly and yearly options. It also notes Associated Press ownership and exclusive use for local news and AP dispatches.
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