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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1981
Page
1
The Reagan administration delays mandatory air bags, eases bumper standards and softens emissions rules. It argues shared standards apply to imports and urges lower taxes for corporations and consumers to curb inflation and curb rising car prices while aiding GM Ford and Chrysler.
The plan preserves and expands the Bergland era open market shift, avoids guaranteed parity prices, and trims direct subsidies. It calls for a small rise in wheat and corn support levels, but eliminates deficiency payments for wheat, feed grains, rice, and cotton, reducing federal costs though inviting farm objections.
A jumble of listings spans television and film options including WFAN network news coverage, The Dick Cavett Show auction, Hill Street titles, ABC News Nightline, and several films such as Mandingo and One Minute to Zero. Also features medical Q and A with Dr Donohue on gas and vaginal cysts, plus detective notes on classic TV programs.
Reader questions cover intestinal gas infection risk and drainage, adenosis cancer watch, sugar-restricted diet diarrhea linked to sorbitol, and perioral dermatitis in an 18-year-old. Advice includes stopping sugar-free products if diarrhea is due to sorbitol, and tetracycline therapy for perioral dermatitis after proper diagnosis. Prayer line included.
Peter MacDonald reports from Havana on Cuba's taxless economy and state control where all money is spent by the government. He notes dilapidated streets, grand new installations like the Palacio de Convenciones, microbrigade labor building towns, rationing, and a political system under Fidel with limited dissent.
In a memo on aging, Joun Mc McCormally argues that 1980s policy shifts threaten the elderly poor as federal funds shrink and state budgets tighten. He champions private responsibility and keeping elders with families, noting strains from housing, care, and social security while urging aid aimed at extended families staying together.
Free electronic hearing tests offered at the Royal Manor Motel on Wednesday April 22 from noon to 3 p.m. Beltone Hearing Aid Specialists licensed by Kansas will perform tests using modern electronic equipment. Tests are encouraged annually for anyone with trouble hearing and arrangements for in home testing are available.
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