21 Apr 1971
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1971
Page
1
An official recently hired by the state from the Kansas Highway Department penning praise for road safety urges greater care in driving. His frequent news releases push reduced speeds as a remedy for highway deaths. Concurrently Ottawa seeks lower speed limits on US-50 and US-59, including recently annexed areas.
Officials seek a 50 mph slowdown in the Gibson shopping area on a state road. City requests state permission, but urban department experts in Topeka doubt approval given questions about need. A Topeka specialist may meet the local safety head amid skepticism about speed limit changes.
Beetle Bailey quips that life love and fun are not always relevant while society pushes constant relevance through drugs politics privacy and civil rights. The strip notes readers tire of relevancy as TV ratings waver old movies draw crowds and people turn to golf diving camping and fishing.
A reader asks about potassium functions in the body and notes a doctor recommending foods rich in potassium. The letter cites potassium as a necessary mineral similar to sodium and references four people taking potassium without understanding its purpose.
A reader overview explains electrolyte balance chiefly sodium and potassium, its role in muscle excitability, and how fluids and minerals are restored after losses from diarrhea burns or diuretics. It notes potassium rich foods and cautions about alcohol’s effects on liver and pancreas, plus a discussion on fever blisters and smallpox vaccination. It ends with a prayer blessing courage and witness.
Washington AP reports H L Straube of Stauffer Chemical warns that a total pesticide ban could trigger famine and soaring farm-product prices. He urges Congress to avoid over restrictive laws and notes a pesticide credibility gap amid anti-chemical rhetoric. He cites potential 50 to 75 percent price rises and warns of reduced food supply without pesticides.
The Supreme Court's busing decisions open questions about de jure segregation in the North. Chief Justice Burger warned that school board actions in locating and closing schools can shape neighborhoods and thus residential patterns. He noted some districts built white suburbs far from Black populations to maintain segregation, potentially affecting future rulings on desegregation. The court did not rule on neighborhood-only segregation, but implications could extend to Northern cases.
Hal Boyle quotes frantic calls from parents begging college directors to admit their children. Lines include threats of protests and bribery, satire on privilege, and jabs at admissions processes. The piece humorously exposes pressure families place on schools and the absurdities of influence in who gets in.
Pete Stark, California banker and head of Security National Bank, urges charging corporate officers with felonies for polluting, proposing up to five years jail and a 12 year probation for a Sacramento River plant case. He ties pollution control to broader social reforms and plans to march against the Vietnam war April 24. Stark, 39, built a Milwaukee origin bank with $80 million in assets in Walnut Grove near Oakland.
New York AP reports James Broderick will have a top featured role in the Columbia Pictures Bastar Production To Find a Man. He portrays the father of a highly sophisticated teenage girl whose life centers on private school New York town houses governesses and fashionable clothes.
Dense log of TV programs listing networks times and titles across a full day. Includes shows like Munsters Petticoat Junction Hawaii Five-O Love Lucy Beverly Hillbillies and news weather and game show blocks.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for in and out of trade areas with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual terms. It notes a 3 percent sales tax for out of state subscribers and states Associated Areas holds exclusive publication rights for local news and all news dispatches.
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