16 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
1
Ottawa Herald reports mayor John Lindsay of New York publicly shifts allegiance from Republican to Democratic, citing dissatisfaction with Nixon era policy and a desire for new national direction. Lindsay previously served as a Republican congressman and mayor.
Lindsay, the New York City mayor, switches from the Independent banner amid a troubled second term marked by a large public payroll welfare woes and outmigration. Analysts debate who benefits as Republicans and Democrats may gain from his move while Lindsay seeks personal advantage in a fractured party leadership.
A Franklin County Ottawa budget hearing for the county and School District 290 showed higher budgets for the coming year with only light public participation. Officials presented united fronts and offered few questions. The piece criticizes the process as costly and a farce, arguing hearings and budgets exist mainly because “we have always done it that way.”
A reader asks Dr Thosteson about “borderline diabetic” status and whether medication exists or if diet is the only aid. The writer cites seven months on a diet with little strength gain, expressing fatigue and frustration.
Health column discusses the term borderline diabetes, sugar tolerance tests, and cortisone testing. Advice covers age, weight, diet adequacy, thyroid checks, anemia, and realistic use of diabetes medications to maintain sugar levels. Readers’ letters on body donation and thyroid testing are also addressed with brief guidance.
The golden age group will have a corner on NBCs forthcoming comedy The Funny Side. Burt Mustin 87 and Queenie Smith, who says age is nobody elses business, are among the cast.
The article argues sponsors favor the young 22 to 85 year olds and expanding families who buy most at checkout, while elderly viewers receive less attention. It notes Lawrence Welk and ABC ended their run due to a largely post-50 audience and daytime game shows lose to soap operas as younger mothers switch channels for soap heroines.
Hollywood entrants face a mixed fate at global film festivals as studios seek to sustain relations with host countries and exploit quotas. Cannes dominates as a vast market while Berlin Moscow and others offer prestige and risk. Producers note festivals aid quotas yet American enthusiasm remains limited.
Hal Boyle reflects on parenting teens, noting a shift from control to trust as his daughter Tracy Ann, now 15, seeks independence. He recalls grief after her mother Frances died of cancer, struggles with chaos, and sees Tracy regain stability, even earning money and maturing.
The American Bible Society reports its Good News for Modern Man translation has sold over 25 million copies, surpassing Dr. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care at 24.1 million as the era’s best seller.
In New York AP reports economists doubt old equations as rising prices occur during recession and wages climb amid joblessness. Arthur Burns notes new approaches may be needed. Steel shows oddities with 31 percent wage gains and 8 percent price increases despite weak demand. Bethlehem delays after big raise.
A sprawling hourly TV guide lists networks, shows, guests, and movie titles from 5:00 p.m. to past midnight, including Munsters It’s Your Bet Dick Van Dyke Petticoat Junction Gunsmoke The Savage Movie descriptions and late news Weather and game shows among numerous program entries across several networks.
Ottawa Herald lists monthly and yearly subscription rates for in and out of trade area readers with a 3 percent sales deduction for out of state subscribers. The paper credits the Associated Press for exclusive publication rights to focal news and AP dispatches.
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