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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1967
Page
1
Kansas State University president James A. McCain urged new students at the first convocation to make scholastic excellence the primary goal. The editorial notes many undergraduates may seek to dodge military service and some students, including women, may focus on other interests, dimming the ideal.
The passage describes diverse student motivations at Kansas State, from athletic scholarships and fraternity pledges to college atmosphere and studying abroad. It notes Kansas State’s Manhattan campus and student body as typical of American universities.
The Topeka Daily Capital runs small encyclopedia-like snippets at column bottoms. These compact inserts cite curiosities such as the Whirligig Beetle having dual eyes for air and water and notes that Gibraltar hosts monkeys in their natural state in Europe.
A reader laments mixed accuracy in The Capital's trivia features. He notes paradoxes about hairs on the head and daily losses, and cites entries on Gibraltar monkeys, polar bears as fishers, and the Devil's Nostrils caverns in Scotland.
Affairs in health columns describe an available mumps vaccine and a skin test to detect prior infection. Adults without proven exposure may be given the vaccine, noting possible reproductive risks if contracted later.
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry describes NBCs debutante season ending with three new programs. Accidental Family features Jerry Van Dyke as a bachelor raising a child, Maya follows a teen in India with an escaped orphan and elephant, and Mannix on CBS centers on detective Mike Connors solving a staged kidnapping with action and suspense.
Auld Lang Syne marks 25 years with Jim Overholt, ex Ottawa restaurant owner, now employed at Sunflower Ordnance Works in De Soto. Fifty years ago, the Hudson superesix, holder of a San Francisco to New York record of five days three hours and 31 minutes, arrived in Ottawa for a demonstration.
A devotional excerpt recalls Jesus calling his twelve disciples and granting them power to cast out devils and heal diseases. It includes a prayer confessing failure to preach the gospel with proper spirit and asking for renewed inspiration and authority to proclaim the gospel in Jesus name.
A detailed scroll of a television log listing programs by time slot across channels. Many entries include classic shows like Leave It To Beaver Flintstones Andy Griffith Captain Kangaroo and I Love Lucy plus talk shows game shows and movies with occasional parenthetical c labels indicating color or repeated airings.
AP News Analyst James Marlow traces Sen. J William Fulbright’s evolving stance on presidential power in foreign affairs. From arguing for limits on presidents to backing decisive action in Vietnam and proposing Congress share treaty and executive agreement authority, his views shift with the times.
Published daily except Sunday and Holidays in Ottawa Kansas. Subscriptions: trade area by mail one month 1.00, three months 3.00, six months 5.00, one year 9.00. Outside trade area by mail one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. Member of the Associated Press with exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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