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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1961
Page
2
The Ottawa Herald for Tuesday October 3, 1961 presents page four with local briefs notices sports and society items. Read for concise updates on community events and happenings in Ottawa Kansas during this midweek edition.
The editorial argues gambling remains illegal in Kansas yet unlicensed machines exist and are publicly tolerated. It suggests legalizing devices or changing laws to ban federal gambling stamps, citing community use by clubs and calls for policy clarity. A burglary incident highlights the value and unpopularity of police presence.
A letter from Mrs M G argues that her husband’s growth is cancer, not a boil, and questions the acceptability of hospital care. The writer cites the Union Health Center’s diagnosis and emphasizes patient fear, denial, and the conflict between union clinics and private practice.
A collage of letters and anecdotes critiques nuclear war prep, mass shelter needs, and public figures while endorsing cancer awareness and treatment. It urges realistic views on prevention, early detection, and patient acceptance of facts. Dr Molner promotes healing tips for ulcers and answers reader questions in a hopeful, practical tone.
Auld Lang Syne reports C L Summers bought the Richmond Enterprise from Russell Dizman. 0 H S senior class officers: Eldon Olmstead president, Charles Burrows VP, Richard Lister secretary, Dorothy Madison treasurer. Harold McMillan to Ottawa for tonsil operation. Vera Gormly improving from tonsillitis. Mark McCoy returns from Springfield Missouri business trip. Mal Rambo visits from Lawrence to see parents. A closing prayer asks for unity and fellowship in faith.
A dense OCR of a TV guide page lists daytime and evening programs with channel numbers, show titles, and cross references. The excerpt includes cartoons, news, game shows, dramas, weather, and sports segments across multiple networks with varied lineups and times.
Kansas City AP says the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show will crown its queen Thursday night from ten candidates nominated by Big Eight schools and area land grant colleges. The list includes Carolyn Parkinson, Patricia Har ris, Eunice House, Mary Eldridge, Janet Glover, Ann Saviage, Lane Gunner, Manora Stanfill, Gloria Gannaway, and Louise Kuehn from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas institutions.
A dense listing of TV highlights across channels features reruns and new series. Notable mentions include Gunsmoke spinoffs and Bugs Bunny on Channel 9, Dick Van Dyke on Channel 5, and Red Skelton with Eve Arden on Channel 5 13.
Speaker Sam Rayburn has entered Baylor Hospital in Dallas for tests to uncover delays in recovery from a back ailment. A Dallas surgeon will oversee care, though the physician’s name was not released. Doctors estimate several days of tests and consultations. Rayburn, 79, had lost weight but is considered in good condition. He returned to his Bonham, Texas home for rest on August 31 after a stay away from Congress.
New ABC series Ben Casey debuted with Vincent Edwards as a neuro surgeon on the verge of being fired for brash methods. He battles an allergic rabies complication while attempting critical brain surgery on a dying child, amid nurse resignations and clashes with senior doctors.
Capt. Dick Merrill, a central figure among early commercial pilots, ends his formal piloting career after 41 years with Eastern Air Lines. At 67 he plans to keep flying, aiming to fly to age 90, with 37,000 hours and an estimated eight million miles logged. He and Gene Brown were the airline’s first pilots in a mail craft later preserved in the Smithsonian.
The Ot tawa daily press lists publication details including daily schedule excluding Sundays and holidays. It notes editor Guy Snedake and publisher Robert B Wellington with subscription rates: trade area one month 85 cents, three months 625, six months 3.7, one year 7. outside trade area one month 150, three months 425, six months 800, one year 1500. Also states the paper is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatch rights.
Richard L. Weston of the Optimists discusses Youth Appreciation Week November 13 to 19, stressing praise for teens not violators and noting the 10 percent of youths who excel while 90 percent seek recognition. The American Legion County Government Program in Butler County offers a miniature government experience for juniors and seniors in area high schools, with participation from Augusta El Dorado Rosalia Cassaday and others.
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