Saturday Notebook on junk mail and 1984 campaign notes
A broad column criticizes junk mail volume and political fundraising while contrasting Iowa lotteries and national politics. It notes Mondale’s spending limits and recent debates, and pokes fun at Reagan and House Speaker ONeill. It mentions Medal distribution in Grenada and comments on morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runkydink
Arkansas
Senate
From Our Legislators by Rep Dorothy Nichols
Rep Dorothy Nichols reviews the legislative session marking compromises, funding shifts, and looming veto actions. She highlights marriage license, birth certificate, and docket fee changes plus prison crowding, potential tax options, and nonviolent crime sentencing ideas. Nichols notes pending corrections reforms and invites contact before April 22 in Ottawa.
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Dorothy Nichols
House
Corrections Department
Hayden
Ottawa
Ottawa Schools Do Not Practice Automatic Promotion
Ottawa school district does not auto promote students and uses retention when needed. Retention, often in kindergarten or primary grades, follows maturation differences and aims to aid social and academic progress. Parents and teachers discuss retention at conferences, and decisions are made with input from principals and others.
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Roger Nelson
U.S.C
Ottawa
Mysterious Weight Loss Answers From Dr Donahue
A reader questions why dieting fails while a medical expert explains the body's internal calorie counter and the role of exercise. The discussion includes a prayer segment and a practical explanation of arthroscopic knee surgery for a torn meniscus.
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Dr. Donahue
Ottawa Herald local rates and health Q&A column
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details for Ottawa Kansas with subscription prices for trade area and out-of-area readers. The issue includes a health Q and A column addressing arthroscopic knee surgery, arm size asymmetry in weight lifters, megadoses of vitamin B six, psoriasis sun exposure, and office biopsy feasibility, with practical guidance from Dr Donahue for a teen, vitamin guidelines, sun therapy notes, and office procedures.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert
Wellington
Dr. Donahue
Florida
G.W
Hart And Mondale Have Done Us A Favor
A 1980s opinion piece analyzes how Vietnam lessons shape Democratic foreign policy. It contrasts Carter's avoidance, Reagan's interventionism, and Jackson's Latin America stance with Mondale and Hart refining postwar strategy. It argues for halting combat deployments in Central America while sustaining aid and advisers.
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Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Lebanon
Grenada
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Carter
Reagan
Jesse L. Jackson
Jackson
Latin America
United States
Walter F. Mondale
Hart
America
Mondale
U.S
Central America
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