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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1977
Page
1
Chanute city officials held a hearing on rising utility rates as conservation challenges revenue to the general fund. The city, once tax free, now faces higher power costs or reduced services. Officials warn municipal plants, likened to obsolete buggy whips, may yield to outside energy sources as property taxes climb.
Sen James Pearson of Kansas admitted switching on public financing for senate campaigns citing un solicited gifts used to influence him. The Senate killed the public financing bill with 11 of 58 voting yes having raised 2.5 million privately for re election. Several top Republicans are among them. The piece argues self interest trumped morality post Watergate.
A 56 year old woman writes that for four to five months her mouth tastes constantly salty, not in the throat but near the front lip and tongue. She has consulted her dentist, family doctor, and gynecologist without solutions and asks Dr Thosteson for advice.
A reader asks about dental metal interactions and medications affecting taste, notes salty taste as menopause symptom though doctors disagree, and describes tongue habits. The doctor explains male menopause is a misnomer, outlines ovarian hormone decline in women, and cautions against do it yourself red dye and light HSV treatment. The letter also includes Biblical verse and a prayer.
NBC and CBS slate a mix of classics and specials. Donny and Marie, Sanford and Son, The Keane Brothers, and Washington Week in Review share air time alongside NFL preseason action, film features, and late-night Movie programs with classics like Runaway and The Ugly American.
Midland AP Dow Chemical confirmed DBCP was produced in Midland from 1957 to 1975. The company is seeking former workers as it reviews sterilization concerns linked to the soil fumigant. OSHA urged action and warned about the chemical to Dow Occidental Petroleum and Shell Chemical.
Merrill Lynch forecasts IBM earnings rising from 15.94 in 1976 to 17.50 plus this year and 20 in 1978, while the stock slides from 286.12 high in 1977 to 244.50, as institutions fear prudent man rule implications and diversify into safer fixed income, hurting IBM despite growth prospects.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription pricing. Rates differ by trade area and out of state subscribers receive a small tax deduction. Associated Press usage rights are noted.
Wheat growers face severe economic strain with prices near parity lows. Mid July averages for all wheat types were about $2 a bushel, 40 percent of the parity price of $5.05, the worst relative level since 1931. Secretary Bergland says no price improvement in sight, even as government payments may lift incomes but not raise market prices above the loan rate.
A compact ledger of local businesses including McDaniel Walnut Co. and Ace Hardware with numerous retail names such as Olmated Electric Whiting Institute Foods Harry Smith Auto Supply Ottawa Typewriter & Office Supply Olin G. Wollen Western Auto Agsac Store Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio Kramer Drug Store Gas Service Co O'Day Store Otasco Paine's Bootery Max Cramer Don's Shoe Repair Firestone Stores Ottawa Parts House and Harlan's Car & Truck Repair listed among the Ottawa area merchants.
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