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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1961
Page
4
Mrs. W J Hink won first in fancywork at Booth Grange hall near Melvern for a painted able cloth. County Agents judged baked goods and garden produce displays while Frank Davis recovers from surgery at the Veteran Hospital in Kansas City.
Pokey the 920-pound Angus shown by Leon Nelson of Burdick won grand champion steer at the 29th Kansas National Junior Livestock Show in Wichita. Reserve grand champion Hereford was Sunny shown by Lynn Geffert of Haven. Shorthorn champion Salty weighed 910 pounds and was shown by Paul Trueblood of Osage City. Donna Town of Haven, an 8th grader, won the grand champion fat lamb with her Southdown Bob by. Reserve fat lamb went to John Scheele of Riley.
Johns Hopkins philosopher Dr George B Boas criticized American adults for clinging to childish entertainments and artificial youthfulness while aging. Speaking at Duke University on child health issues he argued adults fail to accept their age and urged support for a projected single unit of one billion children to foster world peace. He noted pediatrics’ age group notions hinder true childhood understanding.
At the White House East Ballroom, a seven performer company from the American Shakespeare Festival Theater staged a 30 minute program ordered by President Kennedy for visiting Sudanese President Ferik Ibrahim Aboud. Mrs. Kennedy called it sacrilege to cut Shakespeare short. Guests sampled scenes from Macbeth Henry V As You Like It The Tempest with excerpts including Duncan’s murder and Troilus and Cressida’s assassination.
Actress Bette Davis filed a libel suit in New York seeking damages against Dell Publishing Co. The action targets a May Modern Screen article that allegedly portrayed her as an aging has been with no future. Dell moved in State Supreme Court to strike malice allegations and portions of the complaint.
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