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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1971
Page
1
A light column notes weekend family life and humorous reflections. The author jokes about hungry teenage sons, recalls George C. Scott’s Oscar bid, and shares travel observations from Allen Winchester in Berlin. It also lampoons IRS forms, tax day humor, and Pentagon delays in Calley case review.
A diabetic writer asks Dr Thosteson about a pharmacist refusing to fill an insulin prescription for NPH 30 units daily. The doctor says either insulin type may be used, but the pharmacist demands a specified strength. The writer seeks clarity on correct directions.
Practical medical note on insulin strengths U-40 and U-80 and careful measuring, plus reader questions to Dr Thosteson about disruptive music affecting a pregnant wife, strange tonsil nodules, a chronic lip ulcer, and a caution about cancer risk. Includes Bible verse and prayer excerpts.
President Nixon announced a partial easing of the 20 year trade embargo with Communist China and outlined four provisions to boost trade and travel. The plan includes currency relaxation, allowing American carriers to haul Chinese cargo between non Chinese ports, and limited export and import lists. Officials expect gradual growth to several hundred million dollars annually within a decade. The move requires no congressional approval and follows Beijing inviting an American table tennis team and Premier Chou En Lai's call for a new page in relations.
TV schedule lists varied programs from Dastardly and Mutley to Mission Impossible and The World in His Arms. Washington reports the Agriculture Department will release its final 1971 crop program signup results on April 29, noting expected record gains in corn participation.
Progress reports show March 1 to April 9 signup window for farm programs. By April 8 enrollment reached 1.59 million corn and sorghum farms in the 1971 set aside, with base acres 65.84 million corn and 19.66 million sorghum. Wheat enrollments stood at 947,073 and cotton at 253,821 farms. Final 1970 figures were a close comparator for feed grains.
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