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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1980
Page
1
An incomprehensible editorial discusses Congress debating a $22 billion tax cut. It explains the shift to billions and trillions, and cites the U S Chamber of Commerce spending clock showing federal expenditures at about $1 million every 55 seconds. It notes 13 years of spending rising 72 percent faster than the cost of living with much financed by borrowings.
As schools reopen, motorists are urged to slow down near campuses and obey warning signs. With more children walking and cycling and rising mopeds due to energy costs, drivers must be extra cautious near buses and pedestrians. National Safety Council data show over 25,000 school related accidents in 1978, a sobering reminder to all communities.
A busy prime time shows Washington Week in Review and The Dukes of Hazzard with plot twists about music publishers and money. HBO Sneak Preview features Stiller and Meara, plus multiple films and a live Bluegrass program.
Washington dispatch notes Mondale likely to run with Carter for 1984, while Kennedy faces scrutiny over his convention surge. Mondale aims to inherit Carter’s machinery and expand campaign across the Midwest, with possible debates against Bush. Kennedy campaigns for Congress and contends with his own ambitions amid a wide field of Democratic hopefuls.
A reader asks if she is too young for a hysterectomy after stopping the Pill. The doctor says not too young if needed, but urges diagnosing the cause of heavy, long cycles, considering conditions like endometriosis or adenomyosis, and trying hormone therapy first.
AP television critic Peter J. Boyer trips through the rise of reality TV, lampooning NBC and other networks. He cites Speak Up America and its hosts Marjoe Gortner Rhonda Bates and Jayne Kennedy, noting sensationalism, lack of restraint, and troubling cast segments such as Navy lesbian claims. The piece condemns the genre while suggesting pranks and danger in inviting viewers into private lives.
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