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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
2
Letters from readers urge careful public discussion of the Big Engine issue and the KCP&L deal. Charles D. Carey Jr. argues for more facts, trust in elected officials, and balanced government versus private efficiency, urging citizens to consider purchasing power and implications before action.
A reader asks if yearly hay fever shots are harmful and if slight relief justifies continued injections. The doctor notes variable results, with some patients nearly free of symptoms and others modestly helped, stressing patient judgment over physician opinion. Pills are said to help some but not all, and experiences vary widely.
A long miscellany covers a cosmopolitan magazine format including a Pennsylvanian oil engineer moving to Australia with family in protest of socialism, light social notes on engagements and public figures, brief commentary on the Berlin crisis, and a medical Q A column. Topics include allergy and histamine treatment, anti coagulants and bruising, topical fluoride use, leg cramps remedies, and a request for readers to write to Dr Molner for leg pain guidance.
Ottawans read of Olathe boy Bud dy Rogers and Hollywood star Mary Pickford to marry. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Downing at 1010 S. Main. Mrs. H. H. Shomber and daughter Edna visited Kansas City. A. Morrow, Franklin County commissioner, spent the day at Norwood. A new bridge is being built west of town. Franklin Baker moved from Princeton to 623 Sak.
A devotional prayer urges readiness to witness for the Lord in everyday words and actions. It asks to tell of Christ's love so others may learn through us, concluding with the name of Jesus Christ.
A dense listing of TV programs across channels with shows from Popeye to Wagon Train, news, weather, court programs, game shows, ads, and feature films. It catalogs times, titles, hosts, and descriptions, including sports, soap operas, and variety acts.
Mary Published daily except Sunday and Holidays. Editor Robert B Wellington Publisher Guy Snedake. Subscription rates show trade area by mail one month .85 three months 2 six months 3.78 one year 7. Non trade area by mail one month 1.50 three months 1.25 six months 5.00 one year 15.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
AP reports John Wayne stands as Hollywood’s new king though he rejects the title Saying Hollywood’s true king was Clark Gable and now that Gable and Gary Cooper are gone Duke feels alone The piece notes Burt Lancaster Rock Hudson Kirk Douglas James Garner and others as possible successors with Wayne defending his re act style and resisting overblown mythmaking Long live the king.
Washington AP report says the Senate rejected lowering DC voting age to 18 by a 38 to 36 vote on Tuesday highlighting a narrow margin and party line dynamics in the capital.
Listing of tonight's channels and programs across five stations. Highlights include Huckleberry Hound Sports Spectacular and Real McCoys. Outlaws features a train robbery. Bat Masterson and Untouchables offer Western and crime fare. Late film The Big Knife stars Jack Palance on Channel 9 at 10:15.
A Peculiar Missouri housewife, Mrs. Charles A. Clarkson, argues that factory night shifts devastate marriages and children, increasing divorces and juvenile delinquency. She cites seven years studying the issue, urges monthly shift changes and future tech to end around-the-clock production.
New York AP reports TV advertising leans into plot driven pitches as shows expand. Commercials feature boy meets girl scenes with bottle promos, slow motion hair mirrors, and repeated family toothpaste tests, signaling another season of familiar household scenarios.
Washington AP legislation to extend espionage laws to activities of American citizens abroad was passed by voice vote in the Senate on Wednesday and sent to the White House.
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