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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1961
Page
2
An editorial argues that U S rules permit 14 year olds to drive to school and 16 year olds to obtain licenses with freedoms like adults. It cites Chrysler executive Paul Ackerman on driving skills improving slowly while accidents rise, blaming complacency and familiarity for costly injuries and fatalities.
Pittsburg editor Fred Brinkerhoff, honored for service to journalism, recalls an incident involving Clarence Moody, former advertising manager turned editor, who once fired a folded paper that knocked Brinkerhoff's derby hat off while he sat at a typewriter. Brinkerhoff muses Kansas history would benefit from his memories.
A brisk column blends satirical asides on Berlin, payola, and Khrushchev with light humor about square dancing and holiday windows. It notes a gift lifting a correspondent's status, mocks a civic club speech, and wryly observes girls and second helpings, all in a clipped, pithy voice.
The U S Public Health Service warns rising syphilis and gonorrhea rates despite treatments. 2,000,000 with syphilis and 1,000,000 new gonorrhea cases yearly, mostly ages 15 to 30. Teen infections rise every 10 minutes. Prompt treatment helps but education and early contact tracing are essential to curb spread.
A dense list of TV programs and time slots from a historical schedule includes Notre Dame vs Oklahoma college football and various studio, movie, and children show blocks. It names programs like Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Ding Dong baskets, Captain Kangaroo, and Davey and Goliath, with numerous time marks and channel labels referenced in a chaotic OCR style.
A TV guide fragment lists Channel 9 Man From Cochise with a strict rancher and his daughter, Perry Mason season five episode The Case of the Missing Melody on channels 5 13, Wells Fargo start on channel 4 with Dale Robertson, plus a parade of religious and talk programs such as Look Up and Live Frontiers of Faith and Camera Three.
A roundup of births and injuries in Ottawa area families plus a long scan of TV and radio listings. Mentions include a new baby for Mr and Mrs W M Boswell, a fall injuring Mrs Nancy Gilbert, a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Joe Bassett, and Rev John A Allen taking a post in Troy. Also notes about Dr C O Wolf at a grading camp near Olathe amid glanders among work animals, and various listings of programs, movies, and sports scores across channels with many titles and times.
Prayer from a church page asks God to guide talents toward service through love. It emphasizes faith in divine power to complete works undertaken with God, concluding in Jesus name. The brief prayer ends with Amen.
AP reports on Annetta Funicello and the Mouseketeers. Describes fellow club members with marital plans, teaching, acting in TV series, and working with Lawrence Welk. Annette, turning 19 this month, stars in The Masters of Horsemanship and Babes in Toyland and has three albums. She remains under Disney contract for four more years.
Ottawa Herald details newspaper contacts and subscription rates. Lists editor Guy Snedaken and postal info. Provides mail rates per month and year for local and out of town readers. Mentions Associated Press content rights and exclusivity for local news.
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