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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1963
Page
6
A satirical notice critiques a Canadian scientists’ claim of a two inch tall grass that quits growing. The author muses on color, gardening fatigue, and a wish for grass that stays trimmed, joking about color preferences from purple to green. The piece lampoons scientific tinkering and seasonal gardening woes.
Dr Molner discusses organ transplants noting body rejection as the main obstacle and that skin grafts can fail while own body tissue can replace removed areas. The piece shifts to satirical political and social quips about Goldwater Kennedy Congo moonshots and plastic currency with Bernard Baruch’s lingering faith in the future.
A parish prayer opens the page, followed by a mixed column of inquiries and letters on health and daily life. Readers ask about skin tightening without surgery, early stuttering clues in a child, and fruit kept overnight. A local fair recalls Gov. Haxman’s luncheon, Maj. De Seversky’s long flight, a bicycle accident, a teaching move to Coolidge, and Rev. Holt promoting Ottawa University.
A dense listing shows a full day of TV programming with many networks and shows. Notable items include Dragnet, Hawaiian Eye, The Great Stars, Captain Kangaroo, The Price Is Right, and Wagon Train among others, with times scattered and multiple channels referenced. The Herald promises a $5 weekly tip reward.
Tonight on Channel 5 at 6 30 Dwayne Hickman Eartha Kitt and Lizabeth Scott perform on Stump the Stars. On Talent Scouts Merv Griffin hosts Carol Burnett George Montgomery Dick Clark Jackie Mason and Alan King introduce talent on Channels 5 and 13 at 7 30. Dorothy Provine appears on Hawaiian Eye on Channel 9 at 7 30. A Night With Nora Stewart airs with Mary Pickford memory segment and Hollywood The Great Stars on Channels 5 and 13 at 9 with Henry Fonda narrating and names Chaplin Valentino Cagney Bogart Garbo Gable and others.
Lavern Scheckel takes over the Western Auto store in Garnett on September 1, after serving as manager of the Greeley Co-op. He is joined by a note of local moves as families return from trips and staff changes.
On September 3 1963 many events are noted including Labor Day observance since 1894, the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution in 1783, Vincennes voyage circumnavigating in 1826, Pershing made general in 1919, Bevin comment on Fort Knox in 1947, Dulles on Germany partition in 1958, Nasser on US Britain policies in 1953, and the death of author E E Cummings aged 67 last year.
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