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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1964
Page
1
Editorial notes experts forecast US inhabitants reaching about 362 million by 2000, nearly doubling in 35 years, challenging food, housing, schools, and employment. Cautions that population projections are uncertain and depend on evolving government spending and policies.
The piece discusses flawed population forecasts, noting expected peaks around 75 million and a postwar birth boom. It highlights longer lifespans and a current slight decline in births, with uncertainty about how steep or lasting the drop will be and cautions against excitement over higher forecasts.
A personal reminiscence recalls the Chenoweth brothers who ran a funeral parlor in a storefront on Main Street between Stingley’s Meat Market and Ott’s Grocery. Their business diversified to framing pictures and selling Wallace Nutting watercolors, with ornate beards as a town legend. The tale hints at a dramatic sudden death linked to the family enterprise.
Rival teams hitched to their hearses and dashed the length of Main Street in a spirited County Fair race. The Chenoweth hearse won by two lengths. The winner received a case as reward, driving details forgotten, and there is a note about a future discussion on card playing.
Advice on preventing pimples and acne stresses gentle cleansing with soap and water and a soft brush, followed by rinsing. Discusses antiseptic detergents to reduce bacteria, avoidance of irritation, and when to seek medical help including dermatologists and possible antibiotics. Also notes vitamin guidance, anxiety effect, and methods to avoid scarring while acknowledging teen acne often improves with age.
Auld Lang Syne notices list general committee members B. W. Kelsey Dr. Edward Wheeler Jr T. J. Cummings A F Stephenson and Melvin Miller under Howard Murphy 25 years ago. Proceeds from a prowling incident were reported by Fred Fenton with theft from Mrs. Fenton.
A dense, fragmentary TV grid lists NBC CBS ABC and local channels with a long slate of programs. It names news Weather Sports dramas comedies Westerns talk shows and movies with many time slots and channel numbers. The entry mixes show titles hosts and schedules in a sprawling telecast log.
The Ottawa paper lists subscription options for local trade area by mail at one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars, and one year nine dollars. Outside trade area rates are higher with one month one fifty, three months four twenty five, six months eight dollars, and one year fifteen dollars. The paper notes Associated Press exclusivity for local news and AP dispatches.
On this date events include Roosevelt signing the Selective Service Training Act creating the first peacetime draft. Samuel Adams born in Boston in 1722. Antietam began in 1862. American Legion incorporated in 1919. Hong Kong surrender formalized in 1945. Other items note ethics body for comics association in 1954, Khrushchev visit in 1955, Malaysia federation in 1963, and incidents in Jakarta.
TV guide lists Face The Nation on CBS Channel 5-13 at 6 30 p m with Patty Duke interview The Green Eyed Monster season premiere on Channel 9 at 7 p m Shindig on Channel 9 at 7 30 p m guests include Sam Cooke Everly Brothers Donna Loren Wellingtons Bobby Sherman the Blossoms Alan Sues Jackie and Gayle and the Righteous Brothers Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief on Channel 4 at 8 p m Riding High on Channel 5 at 10 15 p m Unfinished Business on Channel 5 at 12 10 a m A newly found mountain range 4 000 6 000 feet high is reported in an uncharted region of Queen Maud Land Antarctica
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