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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1961
Page
2
A Kansas town mails sewer charges based on water use as a common way to fund waste handling. The piece notes rising TV breaks widen ads, a wedding flower detail, a jailbreak cash cover story, a broken leg after a horse-avoidance jump, a humorous line about stalemate, and teenage girls expanding vocabularies compared with their mothers.
In years ahead sewer charges will be a standard utility alongside light water phone and gas as towns fund treatment plants instead of bonds. A Kansas City reader praises a Franklin County Nurse who comforted him outside a high school and hopes future care in Ottawa.
Dear readers assess two main mental illness classes brain damage and emotional illness. Brain damage implies irreversible loss, while emotional illness may respond to treatment as research advances. Psychiatrists use behavior, questioning, and illness history to judge prognosis, with incurable cases clearly communicated to families. Also notes on olive oil myths and a sinus trouble booklet by Dr Molner.
Auld Lang Syne J W Bill Kincaid Ottawa High School coach attends Kansas coaches conference in Topeka. A daughter Janet Pauline born to Mr and Mrs George Zielsdorf 834 N Sycamore. John Watts north of Ottawa sustains arm fracture cranking a well pump. Courthouse clock bell arrives weighs 1300 pounds cast at Troy NY foundry for east tower. Mrs Bernice Porter visits sister Mrs O G Criss in Wray Colo. Mrs James Scott injures bruises after a fall on 428 Willow steps. Religious verse and prayer close column.
A dense log lists daily program slots across channels with numerous shows, movies, cartoons, and public affairs. It notes titles like Popeye, Route 66, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Lucille Ball, and Star Theater along with time stamps and cross‑references to film features and specials.
Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sunday and holidays. Subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 85, three months 62, six months 1.75, one year 7. Outside trade area by mail: one month 1.60, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. Associated Press is entitled to local news and AP dispatches.
Evening schedules list Channel 9 offerings including Man From Cochise Manhunt and Lawless Years with Ruditsky. Channel 5 13 features Route 66 Adventure Theater Twilight Zone and Person to Person while Channel 4 presents One Happy Family preview The Picture Window and Lawless Years. Late movie Seabiscuit with Temple and Fitzgerald on Channel 9 at 10 15 p.m.
Craig Mitchell aged 15 was rescued after four hours on a 300 foot Adirondack Mountain ledge in North Creek New York State Police and Forest Rangers dropped a rope to him and he climbed to safety.
Missouri officials say Donna Marie Stone may be too young to face murder charges if she is 13, with 14 allowing adult trial. Stone and John Myers, 32, are held in Texas after confessing to four killings across Illinois Missouri and Texas.
A historical note explains funeral options and costs in Ottawa Kansas, detailing where services may be held, how bodies are prepared, and four cost categories. It cites a 1960 National Funeral Directors Association survey showing many services priced between 500 and 999 dollars, plus variables like facilities, staff, and casket value.
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