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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1972
Page
2
The Ottawa Herald notes the baseball season won’t start on schedule as players strike over pension funds. Inflation erodes benefits, with most major leaguers qualifying after four years. The dispute mirrors wider national concerns about cost of living and retirement security.
A critique notes residuals from ads and banquet speaking gigs alongside fading gate receipts. Eight major league clubs posted losses last year while front office demands persist. The piece questions public support for players as baseball declines from peak national prominence.
A Kansas newspaper lauds Sen. David Owen of Overland Park as the freshest candidate for lieutenant governor. At 33, with a business background and one term as state senator, he symbolizes youth and new GOP leadership amid a slate featuring Gov. Docking, former Gov. Anderson, and Lt. Gov. Shultz.
A Western Kansas survey notes more women run for public office than in prior years but adds few rise to positions locally or statewide. Across Kansas one senator none, a couple in the House, no congressmen, while women as voters mainly outnumber men and vote with greater regularity.
A 70 year old in good health reports two doctors diagnosed a floating kidney but advised no concern if it causes no symptoms. The patient asks Dear Dr Thosteson for clarification or options given the recent notes.
The editor answers that a floating kidney still functions, mainly held by fat and tissue. No medication fixes it, firm girdles help, surgery is for persistent discomfort or when the kidney kinks the ureter causing urine flow issues and possible infection. Warns that serious problems arise mainly from ureteral obstruction.
Arthur Lipper Corp reports five year gains by mutual fund category. Growth 37.65 percent, Growth & Income 34.42, Balanced 34.42, Income 38.39 percent. Contrary to common belief, income funds posted the largest percentage gain over the period end March 30.
The Veterans World Project at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville reports nearly 650 Saint Louis area Vietnam era veterans feel discrimination in work and education. They say society dehumanizes them and the VA clings to outdated wartime formulas while urging new programs for reintegration.
NEW YORK AP Tele vision's fall entertainment schedules reveal networks' plans to protect gains and shore up weak points. NBC shifts Bonanza and The Bold Ones into Tuesday, ABC carries Julie Andrews and Paul Lynde on Wednesday, and CBS reshuffles All in the Family and Mannix to Sunday as Mystery TheatreMiniseries battles loom.
Daily Ottawa schedule lists dozens of programs from 5 PM to midnight including news weather sports daytime talk shows and multiple serials and movies. Notable items include I Dream Of Jeannie The Partridge Family Batman The Joker Is Wild and The Tonight Show. Local editor Robert B. Wellington notes AP rights and subscription rates.
Washington AP reports that low wool market prices push direct-subsidy payments under the National Wool Act to about 110 million dollars for 1971. The formula ties payments to the gap between the national average price of 19.4 cents per pound and an incentive price of 72 cents, with a 271.1 percent multiplier. Higher prices yield larger payments, aimed at boosting wool quality and production as sheep numbers decline.
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