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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1978
Page
1
Franklin County commissioners face a Wednesday budget hearing as over $600,000 sits in surplus earning 7 percent interest while inflation runs about 10 percent. The columnist urges dipping into the surplus to reduce the tax levy, warning taxpayers lose money while institutions profit from the spread.
Swift Inc will build a 24 million meat processing plant in Kansas City Kansas, creating about 400 jobs and opening within a year. The move reverses a regional trend of plants moving to Chicago and similar cities, aiming to restore the area as a packing hub and lower distribution costs by locating centrally.
TV Tonight schedules a Tuesday night with Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley at 7:30, The Russians Are Coming film at 8, Star Trek and The Tonight Show later, plus Edelin conviction re-enactment and Evening news wrap. Major films include The Power and the Prize and Bang The Drum Slowly.
A teenage girl asks about weight gain and return of periods after anorexia nervosa. The doctor explains weight restoration helps restore menses, stresses teamwork in treatment, checks for anemia and deficiencies, and notes fad dieting as a contributing factor.
Los Angeles AP report profiles Mike Metzger who runs The Dating Game and is married to associate producer Ellen. He recalls meeting in 1966 with Chuck Barris and notes the revived syndicated program will ask bolder questions on topics like prostitution and birth control while screening contestants from newspaper ads and referrals.
Economists fault Washington for misreading inflation with the latest 11.4 percent annual rise. They note administration optimism and selective good news slow policy responses. Federal Reserve Chair Miller warns of recession while ready to act independently to curb money supply. A unrelated TV segment quotes a producer about dating show ethics and a jester-like tone.
The Ottawa Herald states that members of the Associated Press hold exclusive rights to publish local news printed in the newspaper and all AP dispatches. The note underscores AP’s entitlement to local news content.
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