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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1964
Page
1
In six years since a 1958 flood devastated Atchison business districts civic leaders and agencies rebuilt 12 commercial blocks and erected flood control measures. Sen James B Pearson cited the city’s dramatic turnaround as proof of responsive government benefitting the public.
A local description says a pedestrian mall project costing six million dollars, with city funding of 1.2 million, yields a model shopping center rivaling others. Ottawa’s downtown parallels include flood control and rebuilding, but Ottawa lacks a pedestrian mall with wide streets off street parking and spacious stores to attract retail trade.
A longtime school teacher asserts that modern students are far more unruly in classrooms than in the past. The narrator, though absent from classrooms for years, agrees based on personal observations and accumulated evidence.
A nostalgic reminiscence recounts Gertrude Brown at Eugene Field School, praised for firmness and care while detailing a regimen that included corporal punishment. The narrator recalls department grades, a legendary hose, and strong, era-specific school discipline shaping lifelong views on education.
Dear readers ask about cold sores linked to herpes simplex and whether a smallpox vaccination speeds healing. Dr. Joseph G explains some people with lip nerve sensitivity keep the virus for life and that smallpox vaccination can end the cold sore problem for some, though not always. Alcohol or camphor may dry sores. cosmetics offer little help.
Auld Lang Syne notes report Miss Mildred Marie Loux, daughter of Mrs. A E Loux, engaged to Stephen A Fischer, son of Mr and Mrs J H Fischer. Mrs Fred Kaiser elected Garfield PTA vice president succeeding Mrs Herbert Sheldon who resigned. Irene Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eoman Jones, sustained a deep thigh wound from a wheat separator requiring emergency care. 50 Years Ago Little Dorothy Elder invited friends to an afternoon party. Lee Layburn, two year old pacer owned by Bowler and Marsh of Ottawa, placed second in the two year old pace at Topeka.
A devotional note reflects on constant prayer and gratitude as God’s will. It asks believers to seek strength in the Lord, to be united with Him in everlasting love through Christ, ending with Amen.
Radio schedule spans morning to evening with shows like Top Of The Morning News Weather Serenade and Country Karavan plus a final historical note on Scotland Yard and its naming history from St Robert Peel’s reform era through 1890. The piece links broadcasting segments to a London police history anecdote noting the shift from Scotland Yard to New Scotland Yard while the old name persisted.
International Showtime on Channel 4 at 6 30 p m showcases Swedish Zoo Circus acts including a backward somersault on a tightrope camel parade sea lions clowns and equestrian displays plus a 1955 film style featuring Eddie Foy Jr Mickey Rooney and The Osmond Brothers The Seven Little Foys on Channel 4 7 30 p m Twilight Zone on Channel 13 8 30 p m follows a political refugee under threat Smalltown U S A narrated by Fredric March airs Channel 4 9 00 p m The Day the Earth Stood Still with Rennie Neal and Marlowe is on Channel 5 10 15 p m Tycoon on Channel 13 11 00 p m and South of Pago Pago on Channel 9 11 45 p m with War of the Wildcats on Channel 5 12 40 a m
NBC CBS ABC and independent channels present a dense Friday and Sunday slate featuring Rifleman Huckleberry Hound Johnny Quest The Addams Family and Movie House. Major action includes The Day the Earth Stood Still Nightly News Weather and Sports segments plus sports coverage of NFL NBA and college events across multiple time blocks.
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