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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1961

Page

5

Kansas Justices Face Rural Versus Urban Gerrymander Claims

Four Kansas editors file to join a Tennessee case at the U S Supreme Court alleging malapportionment in Kansas districts depriving voters of equal rights. The 57 page brief details a 1947 Senate reapportionment fairness gap and a rural bias in the House. Wallace County cited against Sedgwick County as example. Voting day noted as Thursday October 12 1962.

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Apportionment Debate Ties Kansas Court Fate to 14th Amendment

A Kansas analysis argues vote discrimination far exceeds individual influence in Sedgwick County, Barton County holds two House seats, and average representatives cover 16,184 people versus Sedgwick’s 68,646 with five seats. The piece warns a Supreme Court ruling could upend how districts are drawn, risking legislative chaos and urban-rural power shifts.

Barton County Sedgwick Kansas Supreme Court

This And That from Karachi City Notes

A fragmented diary of Karachi life notes embassy proximity and weather, crime figures, ration changes, and odd anecdotes. It reports July murders at 292, local beggars per block, wages for printers and editors, hotel quirks, and cultural observations about town, radio, and fashion.

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Marriages of Cousins Risky Says Dr Mother

In a frank advisory, Dr Mother explains that genetics means intermarriage can reinforce faults and boost risk in offspring. She cites dominant and recessive genes, notes some states ban first cousin marriages, and urges informing young couples of the facts while acknowledging uncertainty.

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Ottawa High Students Report Busy Morning

Auld Lang Syne: Ottawa High School students toured a travel film narrated by Lowell Thomas and endured a fire drill all within an hour. Mrs W S Lowe fell on basement stairs suffering a head injury at 318 West 2nd. Rule Seymour, Ottawa University student, received a head injury and headache after being kicked by a mule at the city feed yard sale.

Ottawa High School Lowell Thomas W. S. Lowe W. 2Nd Rule Seymour Ottawa University

Channel 4 NBC Abc Television Log Highlights 1960s Schedule

Channel and station lists run through a dense, era specific grid of programs. It records daily shows spanning news, weather, talk, dramas, serials, cartoons, and movie time with multiple network slots and host names such as Gordon Jump, Huntley Brinkley, Douglas Edwards, Don Harrison, and Johnny Yates.

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TV Highlights Tonight Delivers Classic Dramas and Candid Tales

A busy slate features Huckleberry Hound on Channel 9 and Frontier Circus on Channels 5 13 postponed food poisoning plot. Connie Masters Story on Channel 4 with a vengeful husband return. Wyatt Earp, Donna Reed on Channel 9. Bob Cummings on 5 13 heads to Yucatan. Real McCoys on 9 debates selling McCoy property for a plant. Dr Kildare on Channel 4 and Investigators on 82H 5 12. My Three Sons 9 9:30. Hazel on Channel 4 with a parking ticket. Jim Backus on Channel 9. Sing Along With Mitch on Channel 4. Untouchables Season 3 on Channel 9. Late movie The Male Animal from 1942 starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland on Channel 9 at 10:15.

Outlaws Frontier Circus Wyatt Earpet Donna Reed Dr_ Kildare Bob Cummings Real McCoys Dr Kildare Investigators Hazel Jim Backus Mitch C.B y—Untochables Untouchables Channel 4 Connie Masters Connie Channel 9 Wyatt Earp Yucatan Bob Lionel Gloria Lambert Leslie Uggams Diana Trask Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland

Newhart Clever And Witty Newhart On NBC Debut

AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports Bob Newhart's NBC debut mixes sharp wit with social satire. The sketches mock private fire services and integration while Tarzan parodies neighborly pressure, delivering a lively, intelligent show that may raise audience expectations for the weekly series.

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Chico Marx Dead At 70

Hollywood AP reports Chico Marx born Leonard Marx died at 70 after months of illness. Oldest of the Marx brothers he helped transform low comedy into high art with Groucho Harpo Zeppo and Gummo. Last film Love Happy in 1949. Marilyn Monroe appeared.

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Kiata Newspaper Subscription Rates and Circulation Note

Kiata published daily except Sunday and holidays. Editor Robert B Wellington. publisher Guy Snedake. Subscription rates listed for trade area and outside trade area. Associated Press member, rights noted for local news and AP dispatches.

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