Civic pride urged as solution to local eye sores
An Ottawa woman pressed the city commission to address deteriorating property next to her home. The paper argues no law covers such aesthetic disputes, suggesting civic groups and community spirit as the cure. It notes local civic life and a joke about a ball stuck in a tree after a teacher’s taunt.
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Ottawa
City Commission
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
KC Star
Ottawa College
Baker University
the Herald
KIDC
Milo Hewitt
Ottawa University Board of Trustees
Hewitt
Finest Chefs Are Men and the Kitchen Boy Wonder
A 13-year-old Kansas fair circuit winner dominates cooking contests, prompting a debate on gender and culinary art. The piece argues cooking is a fine art best mastered by men, tracing mastery from apprenticeship to haute cuisine. It assertively envisions male chefs as civilization’s ideal and suggests using gifted boys for public benefit.
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Kansas
X ray exposure in early pregnancy debated by Dr Molner
Reader letters discuss risks of X rays during early pregnancy and potential mutations to the fertilized ovum. Dr Molner argues exposure from chest or abdomen areas may pose little risk if not hitting the ovum, but advises avoiding X rays in early months and consulting a doctor if pregnancy is suspected. Also includes local notices and community notes.
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Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Japan
This Day In History September 28, 1963 Highlights
This date marks Cabrillo sighting the California mainland in 1542 and the Cabrillo National Monument’s 1913 establishment at Ballast Point San Diego. Other items note Congress rebuffing Galloway in 1774, Navy flogging abolition in 1850, Ashland Reservation creation in 1894, a 1936 Denver show death toll, WWII era Nazi emergency declaration in Bohemia, and notable 1960s and 1950s political events including church-state tensions and civil rights court actions.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
California
Ballast Point
San Diego
Congress
Joseph Galloway
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
U.S. Navy
Ashland Forest Reservation
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Remarks that babysitters hear in New York
A collection of social observations on babysitters facing unhelpful and absurd excuses from parents. The anecdotes cover late returns, low pay, broken appliances, dirty diapers, spoiled food, and vague promises to settle debts, illustrating a humorous view of household mismanagement.
One-Woman Congregation Sustains Clover Hill Church
In a remote community near Elizaville a single devotee, Miss Ollie Spencer, maintains Clover Hill church. She funds the pastor salary and missions, keeps the building spotless, tends the piano, and hosts services when the pastor visits or winter weather requires. She tills 130 acres, raises a garden, and refuses to sell, believing the Lord provides.
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Algo
Elizavillé
Spencer
Clover Hill
Harry Oldaker
Ollie
Oldaker
Library picks offer mind sharpening reading choices
Reading Exercises Mind Says Poet praises books that exercise the mind. The Library's picks include The Age of Louis XIV by Durant, a study of Europe in the 17th century, and The Lost World of Quintana Roo by Michel Peissel detailing a lone expedition to Mayan cities. Forge of Democracy by Neil MacNeil surveys the House from its beginnings to Kennedy, with engaging anecdotes.
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Louis XIV
Will
Ariel Durant
Cromwell
Spinoza
Peter the Great
Michel Peissel
Quintana Roo
Neil MacNeil
House of Representatives
Washington
Lower Marriage Age Suggested in Britain
In Harrogate England a woman physician urged reducing Britain's legal marriage age to 14 to curb teenage promiscuity. Dr Olga Nietupska cited Israel where 14 is the marriage age and illegitimacy rates have declined.
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Harrogate
England
Britain
Olga Nietupska
Royal Institute of Public Health
Israel
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Ottawa Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Field
Archie Sinclair
Ricky Bulmer
Ricky
Vatel
Escoffier
Rembrandt
Rodin
Shakespeare
Joseph G. Molner
Basil Kelsey
Franklin County
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Ottawa University Braves
Haskell Indians
Haskell
Barking Dog
Yellowhorse
Lyman Dickey
Elk City
LaFontaine
Fredonia
Spencer C. Frink
L. G. Bauman
Bauman & Maus Studio
Bauman & Maus
Bauman
Frink
W. H. Martin
Roy Fisher
W. 7Th
S. Locust
Jesus
Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
King Features Syndicate
THE
Associated Press
Denver
Bohemia
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
France
Charles de Gaulle
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
NEW York
Junior
Cissie
Mabel
Elsie
Jim
Actiow
Ollie Spencer
Joseph Addison
Library Notes
Nell
Barnaby
Baka
Malm
Rupert B
Wellington
Mali
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