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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1979
Page
1
Colorado piece discusses a drug laden DC-7 landing on a desert mesa with five tons of marijuana valued at ten million dollars. Authorities theorize from traces and reports of trucks. The piece argues fresh laws may help but stresses addressing demand through education at home, in schools, and in churches.
The debate hinges on how many lawmakers used federal dollars for Easter travel abroad with estimates from 115 to 128. Mondale vacationed in Scandinavia for 12 days while junkets reportedly double last year, costing about 3 million dollars. Critics say lawmakers’ own expenses undermine calls to curb government waste.
A scrambled TV guide fragment lists NOVA program hostages, a Korean detective plot, and a Mannix episode about a generation gap. It mentions 1970s comedies with Jackie Gleason and Maureen O Hara, plus scattered descriptions of police and stuntman themes amid a chaotic tone.
A reader asks whether golf can trigger angina and how to tell if chest pain is heart related. The doctor explains angina can present variably, and activity indoors or after meals may provoke symptoms, advising evaluation and possible avoidance of golf for now. A second reader requests opinions on annual small bowel X rays for celiac disease, noting wheat free diet. the doctor supports yearly X rays as a precaution, cites pregnancy risk and vitamin absorption concerns, and suggests diet effectiveness may allow discontinuation. A final inquiry asks if bananas cause constipation, answered briefly with no.
AP writes that Steve Allen's Meeting Of Minds returns with a history and philosophy heavy lineup. Guests include Aristotle, Machiavelli, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sun Yat Sen, Galileo, and Attila the Hun. Allen scripts and hosts a show blending education and entertainment, premiering May 26 with weekly airings thereafter.
AP Business expects stock demand to rise as large pools of capital in pension funds, bank trusts, insurance firms, and mutual funds hold record cash reserves. Merrill Lynch notes mutual funds with 13.3 percent cash and pension funds growing at $20 billion annually, maintaining cautious yet potent potential for future equity purchases.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for local and out-of-area readers, detailing monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options, plus sales tax policies and carrier rates for Ottawa surrounding towns. Publication is daily except Sunday and holidays with Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher.
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