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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1960
Page
2
Editorial overview highlights on the Ottawa Herald page for Thursday September 22 1960, surveying local issues, opinion pieces, and public interest topics of the day with the paper's traditional viewpoint and community focus.
State college enrollment has surged 20 to 30 percent from a year ago, threatening crowding. Regents back a crash building program amid debate on a Southwest Kansas college, a move seen as timing to bolster Governor Docking appointees and gain votes. The piece questions public perception of expansion and asks how many will be fooled.
A London column notes a bus conductor appealing a union fine for allowing two standees aboard. Other items include delays to the Hilton hotel near Buckingham Palace, a lone tenant in a cleared site, a wasp disrupts bagpiper Seton Gordon, and protests over butter prices in Copenhagen.
Television listings show 5:00 to 10:16 with a mix of dramas, variety programs, news, and cartoons. Notable items include News with Harold Mack, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, and The Dan Raven news slots. Multiple time slots feature nature of early TV blocks and character titles such as Huckleberry Hound, Popeye, and Walt Disney programming.
Dear Dr Molner explains sun allergies can develop after sensitization and offers practical steps. Advice includes gradual sun exposure, protective clothing, hats, shaded areas, and skin creams or antihistamines. Also covers sun effect on tanning, light sensitivity, and cautions about water or sand bouncing light under umbrellas.
Freshmen at Ottawa University underwent physical examinations as part of events noted from 25 years past. The sophomores beat the freshmen in the annual chicken scrap. Mr and Mrs J W Hudelson are mentioned. Pomona returned home from Alaska. Harrison township Sunday School convened in Union Chapel. A western-like roundup targeted a city council meeting. The quorum of five arrived when two members escorted the fifth from the theater. Mayor A H Slater opened Franklin County Fair horseshoe tournament, defeating the defending champion in a three game display.
A dense OCR listing blends a prayer excerpt with a long broadcast schedule showing five star theaters, multiple programs, and newsreels. It catalogs 4 Weather, Almanac Newsreel, and a string of TV theater and game show items with times, titles like Rio Rita and Night Before the Divorce, and names such as Jack Paar and Gordon Jump.
TV listings describe a lively evening with top favorites and guest comedians. Highlights include Channel 9s Tough Little Termite on Huckleberry Hound, Channel 5s Elixir of the Gods on Pony Express, and Channel 13s Invisible Man plots on Johnny Ringo. Also on air are Banksmouse with Joan Caulfield, Shadows in a Zane Grey western, Ernie Tor and George Gobel on Channel 4, The Frank Nity Story on Untouchables, The Granchs Show with Groucho Marx, To Tell the Truth on multiple channels, and Silents Please featuring Pearl White and Boris Karloff, plus late film Man of Two Worlds on Channel 9 at 10:30.
A 31 year old Californian Mickey Thompson of El Monte aims to beat the 394.1 mph world auto speed mark at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah. The British team led by Donald Campbell failed to break Cobb’s record after a 346 mph crash injuring Campbell and others.
The notice lists publication details for a daily newspaper, names Robert B. Wellington as publisher and Guy Snedaker as master, and provides subscription rates by mail for trade area and outside trade area with monthly and yearly options and tax note. It also mentions newspaper status as a member of the Associated Press.
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