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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1963
Page
6
The editorial traces Thanksgiving from a harvest thanks to a legal holiday and family reunion. It laments loss of original meaning, notes paid time off, and calls for a shift in focus from feasting to reflecting on gratitude amid national change and leadership transition.
A storyteller foresees retirement as a time for fulfilling pursuits such as writing for recreation and crafting letters, yet muses on light mischief including doodling on forms and a pencil shaped punch card device. He imagines adding slots to punch cards to disrupt calculations, then resists the idea as potentially criminal and dangerous.
A public health Q and A discusses rheumatic fever, penicillin, and sulfa allergy with emphasis on heart damage prevention, monthly penicillin, and watchful doctoring. Other reader questions cover eye floaters, Bartholin cysts, teeth cleaning, and conception amid alcoholism, followed by a short prayer.
NBC CBS ABC and local channels list a dense Friday schedule with hours from early morning to late night. The log names many programs including Sunrise Semester, Today, Mr. Rogers? Captain Kangaroo, News, Truth or Consequences, Jeopardy? and movie slots, with multiple channels and time blocks across the day.
A 25 year old blurb notes Miss Roberta Lamb returned to Stephens College in Columbia. Ottawa saw a wave of burglaries with three homes entered and little taken. Mrs. W. L. Jacobus Sr.'s home was entered and Jane sacked. Wallace Wells reported seven pocket books stolen, and Dr. E E Wheeler's home saw attempted entry. Madam X production guests Miss Inez Chalmers and Mrs. A M Spears won tickets for spotting ad spelling errors. Rev H W Chaffee spoke at First Methodist about the Zurich convention with about 200 in attendance.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription rates for trade and outside areas. It notes Associated Press ownership of local news and AP dispatch rights.
On Wednesday November 27 1963 major events include the Hoosac Tunnel completion in Massachusetts after 1855 beginnings and a deadly London storm destroying Eddy stone lighthouse with heavy casualties. Other items note Bulgaria Greece Yugoslavia peace terms 1919 and Holland WW II puppet leader trial in 1945. Eugene ONeill death marked ten years prior. Five years earlier Berlin free city proposal by the Soviet Union. One year ago Varig Boeing 707 crash near Lima with all aboard killed.
Washington AP The White House said no one in the late President John F Kennedy's staff has handed in a resignation to President Johnson. The new President is standing on his word that he is leaving to Kennedy's former top aides to decide if they wish to continue serving the incoming administration.
Twenty century Fox pulled 950 copies of the New York release Take Her She's Mine to delete scenes linked to Mrs. John F. Kennedy. A spokesman said a character address to Mrs. Kennedy and two line readings resembling Kennedy were removed. The film was to be dubbed and res hot?
Kansas City AP report notes Sir Harry Howard lord mayor of Perth will switch on over 80 000 bulbs for the Plaza Christmas display on Thanksgiving night. The lighting honors memory of President John F Kennedy and supports world peace and understanding. Sir Harry arrived in Kansas City and was greeted by Mayor Jus W Davis becoming an honorary citizen.
Mrs. Mary R. Schissler marked her 104th birthday in Albany while her great great granddaughter Susan Lochner turned one year old.
The 57,000 bushels of corn piled on a waterfront street in Hannibal have been hauled away to elevators. Tom Hooley, manager of the grain terminal, reported the last of it disappeared Tuesday morning.
Vaughn Meader, famed for lampooning Kennedy and family, says he does not expect to perform the imitation again. His manager says Meader will postpone two nightclub appearances out of respect for the late President. He previously spent about five minutes of each show on Kennedy imitations.
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