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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1964
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald editorial argues that rising automobile liability insurance costs reflect higher claims and require a reformed premium system. It notes current practice allows higher rates for under 25 drivers, older drivers, and accident-prone individuals, asking whether premiums should instead reward safe driving.
The text argues for adjusting auto insurance rates toward fairness by rewarding accident free drivers with lower premiums and offering surcharges or higher premiums after major crashes or traffic convictions. It suggests flat fees for all drivers and incentives for each year without claims. It also supports ensuring the insured pays extra when a major crash occurs, for a period after.
The piece argues automation is not the sole culprit in unemployment, highlighting do it yourself as an overlooked factor. It describes grocery clerks who once wrote down orders and stocked items while customers chatted, implying changing labor dynamics.
A reflective piece discusses how self service in shopping, DIY home tasks, and dial telephones reduce traditional labor roles. It argues for policy action to protect employment, notes historical items from 25 and 50 years ago, and includes a prayer excerpt. Old quotes and parentheticals reflect a period voice on social change.
A dense channel guide listing NBC CBS ABC and more across hours from 5:00 p.m. to past midnight. Program titles include The Lost World Voyage I’ve Got A Secret To Tell The Truth Danny Thomas I Love Lucy The Price Is Right Petticoat Junction Falcon Joe shows and afternoon soaps like The Guiding Light Search For Tomor row Truth or Consequences and Edge of Night with news Weather and farm reports interspersed.
National campaigning kicks off in Kansas with three speeches by Republican vice presidential nominee William E. Miller in Topeka Hutchinson and other sites. Udall and Mrs Humphrey plan appearances in Emporia Wichita and Topeka as both parties prepare for the November election.
London psychiatrist Dr Trevor C N Gibbons told a Veterans Administration panel that World War II exposure appears to influence rising delinquency among teens in England notably the Mods and Rockers. He cites a study noting five year olds during WWII are more susceptible and weighs medical treatment versus institutional care. Gibbons attends a 10 day Menninger Foundation conference in Topeka with 29 behavioral scientists from 14 countries studying delinquency across cultures.
Channel 4 offers The Lost World at 6:30 p.m. and Paul Newman: Actor in a Hurry at 8:30 p.m. Channel 5 features The Skipper Surprised His Wife at 10:15 p.m. and The Big Broadcast of 1937 at 12:10 a.m. Channel 5 at 9:00 p.m. covers Communist Conspiracy.
A library display guides voters through candidates, parties, and the presidency with backgrounds on Goldwater and Johnson era books. Featured titles include Barry Goldwater portraits, Conscience of a Conservative, The Lyndon Johnson Story, Diary of Democracy, A History of Presidential Elections, The Presidency Today, Order of Battle, and The Cause Is Mankind.
On this date in 1901 President William McKinley died of wounds from an anarchist’s revolver. Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president. Also notes a year ago Quintuplets four girls and a boy were born to Mr and Mrs Andrew Fischer in Aberdeen South Dakota.
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