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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1978
Page
1
A Topeka AP report notes a heated campaign between incumbents and challenger Robert Stephan. The piece urges voters to favor an attorney general with professional respect and integrity over past public controversies and personal misconduct.
A Western Kansas report notes counties face illegal fund transfers for a county landfill scrapper bought with landfill and road funds. Auditors flag two-year depreciation and cross fund renting as violations. The piece urges state lawmakers to simplify rules to ease budgeting across Kansas 105 counties.
A jammed schedule features Fonzie and Colleen romance, Red Buttons and Steve Landesberg in a topical humor special, Charlotte's Web with Debbie Reynolds, Laverne and Shirley antics, Anna Karenina episode, and My Name Is Nobody in a festival lineup. Baseball clashes Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals amid trials and films en route.
Readers ask about gradually adjusting thyroid medicine and effects on weight. The doctor notes slow dose increases are reasonable until thyroid activity normalizes and weight concerns may improve with a low calorie diet. Additional letters discuss erythema nodosum causes and treatments, varicose veins in men, and red-linged urine from laxatives.
Hollywood profile of Cheryl Ladd guiding Capitol Records debut Cheryl Ladd after TV success on Charlie’s Angels Her eight years in music noted by producers and Capitol executives while she asserts pop as her true path The piece highlights her early LA struggles, agency with material, and praise from Ben Vereen
AP reports fund trustees and advisers guard pessimism about 1978 and 1980s economy. They foresee rising interest rates and inflation, no early unemployment relief, and a weak investment climate until end of 1978, with a recession likely before 1981.
Northwest Airlines pilots' 109 day strike ended after midnight Monday with a new three year contract signed in Minneapolis following 14 hours of talks. Spokesman Gene Kragness refused to disclose details until members are informed. the pact covers retroactive period and expires July 1, 1980 with some pilots retrained and flights possibly increasing today.
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