14 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1969
Page
1
Editorial questions the value choices behind a $70 billion defense budget and a $25 billion space program while neglecting domestic poverty and pollution. It cites Ottawa budget hearings on a $4.8 million package including sewer plant improvements and a proposed sewer tax, noting minimal public input and criticizing local values.
A Chanute Tribune editor quotes and rebukes Reynolds Shultz the north district state senator who criticized KU officials for withholding student discipline names. The piece mocks his anti communist framing and argues the university’s refusal was not conspiracy but a difference of opinion while noting his past bid for Congress and restless political rhetoric.
A medical note explains spider veins near the thighs are cosmetic, not varicose, and may come and go with unclear causes possibly linked to estrogen. No reliable cure exists. injections are risky and costly, so cosmetics are suggested and conservative wear advised.
Reader letters ask about trauma definitions and cures and seek medical opinions. Topics include physical injuries mental shock Premarin hormone safety age 60s birth control pill history and hair cyst treatment plus aspirin guidance.
U S Marines and Navy Seabees near the demilitarized zone are building a 10-building children's hospital and a noodle factory. Col William Kerrigan oversees brickwork, hospital construction, noodle equipment customs, fundraising and refugee aid at Ha Thanh village, with Hong Kong noodle veteran John Romenello aiding the project. Hong Kong relief group contributes equipment, and the effort aims to produce over a ton of noodles daily for refugees while the hospital foundation and brickwork advance amid periodic shelling.
New York a p memory essay notes how memory sustains meaning in life. It contrasts balloons with airplanes, recalls famous faces, nicknames, fashions, and social norms. It reflects on childhood, marriage, and U.S. pastimes, concluding with a nostalgic query: Remember?
Hollywood AP television cameras served as X-ray machines revealing genuine public emotion as Apollo 11 heroes toured coast to coast. Networks pooled footage to show crowds cheering while Cronkite Breslin and NBC’s McGee offered on the ground commentary and museum footnotes.
AP reports on the anti inflation program noting that government spending spurred inflation and taxes, while delayed revenue measures worsened the deficit. It argues the core cause was spending, not consumer demand, with implications for loans and mortgages. Police in Devon Cornwall retire whistles as officers switch to radios.
A dense television log lists programs across channels with times and titles. Notable entries include Flintstones and Dragnet repeats, News and Weather blocks, classic films such as Sayonara and Dressed To Kill, and game shows like Jeopardy and Let’s Make A Deal, reflecting a full day’s hourly lineup.
Ottawa Herald publishes local news with AP dispatches. Subscription rates vary by trade area and duration, with monthly, quarterly, semi annual, and yearly options for both in area and outside area. Editor and Publisher is Robert B. Wellington.
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