07 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1972
Page
1
The Ottawa district boards gave teachers a token $100 raise, while a southern community offered medical insurance as the only increase, and a Southeast Kansas district proposed the same salaries next year. With many teachers available and funds tight, districts are harder to bargain with as taxes rise and state aid falls short.
The piece argues that Gov Docking's tax lid blocks teacher salary increases and urges voting in November. It questions starting teacher pay at 6200 to 6500 dollars in many Kansas districts and links pay scales to a scrambled tax system. It criticizes overreliance on property taxes affecting teachers and students.
Wisconsin supporters split with George McGovern and George Wallace finishing first and second with over 50 percent. Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie performed as establishment candidates, while John Lindsay quit. The result signals tremors in the Democratic race and potential protest sentiment.
The Teamsters union editor says Archie Bunker insults workers and plans to silence him. Two million union members reportedly resent the All in the Family star. The piece notes Archie’s popularity and jokes about the conflict.
Patient informs ophthalmologist Dr Thosteson of a glaucoma diagnosis after six years of wearing glasses. Recent visit led to prescription eye drops.
After two days of medication the reader reports improved vision without glasses. Doctors explain this is a side effect of pupil constriction that sharpens focus, not a cure for glaucoma, which must be controlled to prevent blindness.
A dense listing of primetime and daytime programs across networks with show titles, times, and channel capsules. It catalogs CBS NBC ABC and syndicated content including dramas comedies movies sports news cartoons and religious programs, noting dates and episode titles.
The Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital in Chanute plans to shut one wing for TB care and convert it into inpatient alcoholism treatment under the Southeast Kansas Comprehensive Mental Health Center SERAN. State officials project federal funds by 1973 and emphasize a total program combining inpatient and outpatient care.
New York AP reports women professionals near televised golf with the Inner Circle Dinah Shore tournament. April 15 and 16 telecast across Hughes 3 Network stations from Mission Hills Palm Springs California. prize money totals 110000 with 20000 to the winner. Carol Mann expects purses to rival men's tours and questions if TV audiences will sustain yearly events.
Washington AP reports 1971 turkey production reached 120.1 million birds, second to 1967, with a farm value of $501 million. Prices averaged 22.1 cents per pound. California led output at 16.8 million birds worth $70.3 million. Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, and Arkansas also posted large totals. The USDA notes rising use of contract farming and vertical integration, increasing to 22 percent of output by 1970 from 19 percent in 1960.
A column reflects on ideas once rejected becoming accepted as environments and attitudes change. It notes Ford’s 1950s safety push and current auto industry safety efforts spurred by federal influence, then shifts to land taxation as a practical issue highlighted by Carl Kamp Jr. It ends with a report on screwworm infestation in the Southwest and the ongoing sterile fly eradication program begun in 1962, boosting weekly releases from 100 to 160 million.
Ottawa Herald details daily publication, editor and publisher, and subscription pricing. In trade area by mail monthly fourteenth and yearly rates listed. out of state subscriptions taxed at 3 percent. carrier rates include sales tax. AP rights noted for local news and dispatches.
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