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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1980
Page
1
President Carter imposes a 4.62 dollar per barrel fee on imported oil promising less foreign dependence. The tax raises gasoline by 10 cents a gallon in mid May and yields 10.3 billion for the Treasury. Critics doubt the motive and warn of broader inflation and new regulators.
A poll by Associated Press and NBC News shows 34 percent of respondents had not heard of President Carter's anti-inflation program. The result suggests apathy or shortcomings in how economic issues are reported, despite extensive media reach.
Prime time listings feature a blend of network programs and films. Highlights include Washington Week in Review and several classic movies such as The Inland of Dr Moreau, Convoy, and Buckstone County Prison with multiple sports and variety entries throughout the night.
Roving editor notes a modern twist on protest as U S Olympic athletes, unlike 60s-70s draft resisters, choose to go to Moscow despite government calls for boycott. IOC may fund athletes penalized by governments. Britain and Norway push to attend, Thatcher allied with Carter while public athletes defy. World view grows polarized with political stakes, yet athletes frame trip as apolitical, while action becomes a dramatic political act.
A reader asks about heart enlargement due to high blood pressure and how to cope daily. Dr Donohue explains hypertrophy as the stress response, methods to gauge heart size, and the need to treat underlying causes. He notes bran’s minerals binders only matter with deficient diets and advises normal use. Cataract timing is discussed with reassurance that postponing surgery is fine if the other eye remains usable.
Axxa Corp unveils the System 90 electronic office device designed to mail, file, compute, and converse with computers, aiming to fit existing routines. President David Willoughby says it boosts efficiency and targets managers and clerical staff alike, with installations averaging 42000 dollars.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade and nontrade areas with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual options. In Ottawa carrier deliveries include sales tax, with out of state subscribers charged a 3.5 percent tax deduction. Member of the Associated Press.
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