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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1961
Page
2
A visit to an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile base near Worden reveals an armed guard, keep out sign, and an 82 foot missile underground. The facility is one of nine around Topeka connected to a central command post linking to the capital, illustrating how distant conflicts feel close to home.
A local businessman hosts a Sunday luncheon in Gulberg Lahore featuring nine men and three women. Guests wear Western and Pakistani styles, exchange greetings, discuss politics and business, then depart quickly after a buffet of fried chicken kebab mutton and bread followed by coffee.
Reader letters explain vitreous floaters are tiny eye spots that drift in vision and cause little trouble. Doctors across regions say there is no remedy unless inflammation is present, in which case signs appear beyond the floaters. The piece also notes common habits to check movement and reassures most people will not go blind.
A devotional prayer asks believers to pray constantly in the Spirit, endure with perseverance, and intercede for all saints. It seeks divine strengthening, heart preparation for encounter with God, forgiveness of sins, deliverance from evil, and preservation of souls for Jesus’ sake.
A dense daily TV log lists numerous titles and time slots across networks, detailing programs from Popeye to The Danny Kaye show, with news, sports, weather, and various theatrical and film programs interleaved. Names like Gordon Jump, Don Harrison, Johnny Yates, Douglas Edwards, Huntley Brinkley, and Peter Gunn appear amid a wide slate of shows.
A collage of channel listings outlines tonight choices from Channel 9 with Huckleberry Hound and Wyatt Earp to Channel 4 Outlaws My Friend the Horse Thief and Dr Kildare. Channel 9 Donna Reed introduces a new girl Jeff finds promising while Feathertop features Hugh O Brian and Jane Powell in a musical fantasy. Late movie Alexander Hamilton starring George Arliss at Channel 9 10 15.
New York AP Barrie Chase formerly unknown as Fred Astaire's partner in a TV special is learning the tough facts of TV life. She will make her first Astaire free appearance as the dancing star of ABCs The Seasons of Youth next Wednesday night. She travelled to New York for the assignment and had met only the choreographer Bob Fosse two days earlier, with no idea how her numbers fit in.
In Pottsville, former chorus girl Lillian Reis saw her burglary trial end in a hung jury after five weeks and over 40 witnesses. The panel could not reach a verdict on charges she plotted a 478000 theft and bought a nightclub with some of the money, with initial ballots showing mixed verdicts before a deadlock formed. Reis, freed on 15000 bail, commented she believed she should have been acquitted.
Washington AP report says the White House will accept a gift turkey from the National Federation of Turkey Growers. Press secretary Miss Pamela Turnure states J. B. West, chief usher, will accept the bird and turkey will be served at the White House soon.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area by mail one month 85 cents three months 2.00 six months 3.75 or one year 7 outside trade areas by mail one month 1.50 three months 4.28 six months 8.00 one year 15.06. Also notes editor Robert B Wellington and publisher Guy Snedakese with AP rights.
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