13 Oct 1964
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1964
Page
1
An editorial argues for funding Ottawa United Chest with 14 approved agencies and a single-package drive. It highlights low admin costs, quick fundraising, and broad civic participation, urging every business, wage earner, and home to contribute within 10 days.
The piece remembers the Goldwater Special campaign train once a presidential itinerary icon. It details private cars for the candidate and family, staff lounge and dining rooms, secretaries and mimeographers, the press cars, cattle car terms for guests, and observation platforms for speeches, noting how the old train era fades as planes and television rise. The writer recalls three months aboard, the daily rigors, and hints at the crew required to run such a questing mobile campaign.
Dear Dr. Mother explains common causes of bad breath and practical fixes. Emphasizes mouth, nose, and throat sources, dental care, flossing, and identifying foods or habits that worsen odor. Advises medical check for sinus, tonsil or lung issues. mentions digestive clues and the role of saliva, plaque, and trapped particles.
A devotional piece asks God to illumine the world and make believers peacemakers. It seeks dedication to God, instruments of praise, and ends with a Christ centered amen.
Emerald Church destroyed by lightning sparked blaze. Plans call for rebuilding on the same site using surviving walls and framework. Ottawa notes record a bold daylight car theft on a Buick sedan owned by Carl B. Ross in front of the C. M. Ott home at 703 S Main. A Washington district welfare committee outlines plans for the coming year. Judge A Franklin travels to Quincy Illinois to visit his son Jenner.
James Marlow surveys how Soviet actions have punctuated U.S. elections from 1956 to 1964. He notes Khrushchev's frequent comments on Kennedy and Nixon, the 1960 space and U2 incidents, Bulganin's letters to Eisenhower, and 1956 and 1961‑62 crises that pulled focus from campaigns.
A dense scroll lists TV slots from 5:00 PM to midnight showing Woody Woodpecker Bugs Bunny News and many others. Programs span cartoons dramas news sports game shows and movies including Summer Olympics Tokyo 1964.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars, one year nine dollars. Non trade area rates: one month one dollar fifty, three months four twenty five, six months eight dollars, one year fifteen dollars. The paper remains a member of the Associated Press and credits AP news dispatches and local news.
Summer Olympics on Channel 4 at 6 30 features a track and field preview rowing semi finals featherweight weightlifting finals and yachting. Man From UNCLE on Channel 4 at 7 30 presents The Shark Affair with a modern pirate stealing piano tuners aspirin and shoe laces. Channel 4 8 30 Love Nest stars June Haver and William Lundigan. Channel 5 10 15 Criss Cross stars Burt Lancaster Dan Duryea and Richard Long. Channel 13 11 10 The Clay Pigeon stars Bill Williams Barbara Hale. Channel 5 12 10 The Bank Dick features W C Fields Cora Witherspoon and Una Merkel.
Washington AP reports a controversial Army experiment to train low mental and physical standard youths for enlistment is indefinitely delayed. The program, planned for January at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, is paused pending congressional review linked to a major draft retention study. Volunteers with modifiable deficiencies would receive six months to a year of special training.
On October 13, 1744 Molly Pitcher was born as a hero of the American Revolution. 1792 the White House cornerstone was laid by George Washington. 1845 Texas ratified the U.S. Constitution. 1942 a House bill aimed to lower WW II draft age from 20 to 18. 1943 Italy declared war on Germany. 1964 round up notes five and ten years ago events and meteorological and political items. One year ago Cuba faced Hurricane Flora death tolls noted by Fr. del Castro.
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