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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1963
Page
2
A reader from Ottawa argues that local taxpayers overpay for elections and criticizes Chamber of Commerce efforts. He urges support for a better school facility, warning enrollment may fall in ten years without action.
A writer argues for moving all holidays to Thursday to maximize recuperation and economic benefit. He proposes two to three additional official holidays each month, creating a system of twelve four day breaks, aiming to reduce unemployment and sustain essential services. He deems Christmas unusable this year and notes the strain on workers and unions.
Dear Doctor letters urge thorough exams including proctoscope use to catch colon cancer earlier. A widow recounts her husband’s death despite multiple checkups, urging doctors to routinely perform complete histories and bowel exams and to tailor tests to patient needs.
Auld Lang Syne notes recall Princeton’s recovery after a major fire that scorched half the business district. The post office and Peoples National Bank were rebuilt to signal normalcy. An old time box supper and Gay Nineties party at Eugene Field School featured Field students in costume to advertise the event. Corn loans of 57 cents per bushel were offered to Franklin County farmers starting December 1. 50 years ago, N V Hudelson and family returned from Phoenix and Dr Ralph Spencer added a nitrous gas machine to his Ottawa area practice. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ed Lister northeast of Ottawa.
Channel listings present a dense schedule of programs across channels with times and titles including Rifleman Naked City Perry Mason Dr Kildare My Three Sons and The Ed Sullivan Show among many others. The list reads like a block of TV guide data for an unspecified day.
In ROCK PORT Missouri Billy Dean Hines and Keith Proctor both 19 and 24 were jailed for 60 days after they tried to smuggle 3.2 beer to inmates James Neff 17 and Charles Tunnell 20 in Tarkio. The beer was left outside a jail window and led deputies to arrest both couriers.
A scrambled TV guide fragment lists show names and time slots from 5:15 to after midnight including Rocky and Friends News Lawman Speak-Up Ballad of a Country Great Adventure Route 66 Bob Hope Burke's Law Harry's Girls Farmer's Daughter Twilight Zone Boxing Jack Paar Alfred Hitchcock Make That Spare Johnny Carson Weather Outer Limits Movie Casablanca Stand By For Action.
On this date 1806 Napoleon issued the Berlin decree declaring the British Isles under blockade and forbidding trade or correspondence with England though few warships were afloat. Other notes mark NC ratifying the Constitution in 1789 Edison revealing a talking machine in 1877 and Saarebourg capture in 1944.
FAA set delivery positions Tuesday for the first 70 A. J. 5 supersonic airliners with TWA as the initial customer. Pan American World Airways holds the second spot with a $100000 deposit per plane. subsequent orders include Alitalia, American Airlines, and multiple placements for TWA and Pan Am as more jets are allocated.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade area and outside regions with monthly and annual dues. The item credits Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher and notes Associated Press rights and exclusive local-news publication.
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