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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1961
Page
2
The Cuban delegate accuses the United States of training an army of Cuban refugees to invade Cuba. Adlai Stevenson denies the charge while noting past Cuban assault fears. The piece questions current refugee activity and suggests a decisive U S stance toward aiding returnees.
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific vie to control the Western Pacific railroad as the Interstate Commerce Commission reviews the case. Santa Fe argues merging Western Pacific would intensify healthy competition and strengthen its finances. Ottawa city officials and the Chamber of Commerce back Santa Fe, asserting benefits to the region.
This piece views Faletti's Hotel as a colonial era inn on The Mall with a central lounge and two wings housing 60 rooms, a dozen air conditioned. The author details a suite with 14 foot ceilings, a leaking bathroom, and a heated fireplace, noting the staff of brown boys and the price of six dollars a day while praising its old fashioned hospitality.
Medical columnist explains mastoid involvement and mastoiditis. Antibiotics now treat many cases without direct ear infection surgery, though delayed treatment or deep spread may still require safer, less disfiguring operations. Risks include impaired hearing and fatigue from chronic infection.
Short devotional prayer expressing gratitude for divine love and mercy. Asks for renewed strength to live a life oriented toward God’s glory, ending in Christ.
A dense schedule lists daytime and evening TV lineups across networks with programs like Popeye, Gunsmoke, The Price Is Right, You Bet Your Life, and news bulletins. Entries note hosts, show titles, and time slots including Harold Mack Doug Edwards Gordon Jump and Monty Moore among many others.
Hollywood star Gene Autry reflects on the Angels first season in Los Angeles. He notes a 70 win record despite rainouts and heavy doubleheaders, cites 600000 in attendance, and plans to focus on team growth with a return to acting later. Autry expects a larger crowd and discusses stadium and management efforts.
Channel by channel guide lists programs across networks. Notable items include Man From Cochise on Channel 9 and To Tell the Truth with Toni Gilman on Channel 5, plus Cheyenne on Channel 9 and The Rifleman on Channel 9.
Ottawa Herald lists publishing details for 106-108 S Main and notes dually except Sundays with subscription rates. Rates show one month to one year options for trade and outside trade areas, with prices ranging from 1.50 to 15.00, and the paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news use.
AP TV-Radio Writer Cynthia Lowry notes Jack Benny remains the era defining comedy icon. The NBC CBS season opener features guests Phil Silvers Garry Moore Jack Paar and Alan King but fails to surpass the familiar Benny persona. The piece surveys period shows on NBC ABC and NBCs Show of the Week highlighting Dick Powell Show Premiere and The Joey Bishop Show with mixed reception. Hazel and Mrs G Goes to College proceed well led by Booth and Berg.
AP reports sixteen U.S. Peace Corps volunteers arrived Sunday to begin service on the British island colony of St Lucia in the West Indies.
NASA plans an early Saturn test flight in Florida to prove the first stage of the 1.3 million pound thrust rocket. The eight minute flight will reach 95 miles altitude before a ballistic coast and splashdown 235 miles southeast in the Atlantic with no recovery.
Eight high school boys drowned after a motorized canoe carrying twenty eight youths aboard crossed a river in Pangasinan Province. The craft's motor failed and the vessel was swept into Lingayen Gulf where it capsized on Saturday.
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