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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1964
Page
1
Editorial notes Albion Michigan residents vote to adopt the city manager system, becoming the 2000th community to do so. The piece compares growth from 1914 when only 30 cities used the plan to 1,800 in Western Europe, arguing numbers alone don’t prove merit and noting the challenge of imagining a mid-sized city without a chief executive.
The piece argues that city and county managers should govern without voting power, administering policies and taking blame for unpopular decisions. It promotes the manager form as superior, noting managers execute council choices and suggesting broader adoption at county levels.
A casual dinner with a touring couple leads to an instant sense of closeness. The husband, retired and worldly, travels between Rome Ireland London while his Italian wife, young and elegant, shares impressions of the United States and Rome. She notes welcome charm alongside European sophistication and hints at future contact in Rome.
A Q&A on ganglions or cysts in the hand and fingers arising after injury, their prevention, and treatment options. It explains a ganglion as a fluid-filled sac near tendon sheaths, notes common back-of-hand location, recurrence after aspiration, and surgical removal as most certain. It contrasts lipomas as fatty tumors and covers shingles, hysterectomy sexual health, and premenstrual sugar cravings in brief reader submissions.
An extensive channel lineup lists NBC CBS ABC and multiple local stations with program blocks from 4:00 PM to 12:20 AM. The grid includes News Talk Movie and Comedy features such as The Fugitive Witness For The Prosecution and The Doolins of Oklahoma plus game shows and variety programs. A note concludes with a curious fact about porcupines craving salt and breaking into homes.
The history notes mark October 6 with events from 1927 when The Jazz Singer heralded talking pictures, to 1964 milestones. Highlights include Edison’s kinetoscope demonstration in 1889, polygamy abolition in 1890, the 1941 World Series win by the Yankees, and recent political and sports milestones such as World Series outcomes and India’s water project completion.
TV listings feature Mr. Novak on Channel 4 at 6 30 p m Visions of Sugar Plums. Charlie O Rouke seeks teaching return after 15 years. The Doomed Dynasties on Channel 13 at 7 p m pre World War I Europe royal families edge toward unrest. The Quadripartite Affair on Channel 4 at 7 30 p m links murder of a UN scientist to a cobra like organizer. Witness for the Prosecution on Channel 4 at 8 30 p m Tyron Power and Marlene Dietrich. Kansas Campaign '64 on Channel 13 at 10 30 p m John Beatty chats with county clerk candidates. Tall in the Saddle on Channel 13 at 11 40 p m John Wayne and cast. Big Leaguer on Channel 5 at 12 10 a m Edward G Robinson and Vera Ellen.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade area and outside areas with monthly and yearly rates. The paper credits Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher and notes AP news use rights for local and dispatch content.
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