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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1977
Page
1
Readers denounce taxpayer funded grants to individuals for property improvements. Marceline Ralston and Lois Smith urge reevaluation of road rock and gravel subsidies, warn of job losses and impassable roads this winter, and call for citizens to contact congressmen.
Public TV producer Thomas McCann adapts real events into verbatim re enactments using public documents. The first one hour program covers a jetliner crash the Karen Ann Quinlin case and a prostitution case involving a Massachusetts masseur. Programs air via PBS with cockpit voice recordings and NTSB findings.
Hill City Kansas officials confirm a federal grand jury is examining Graham County hospital administration. Board chair Russell Pennington of Bogue says records have been subpoenaed though he does not know which. Hospital administrator William Pugh previously denied knowledge of the inquiry. Pennington argues reports may distort facts, while KAYS radio cited former employees alleging falsified records.
AP reports higher farm prices for animals push up retail beef and pork prices through July. Beef tops $1.38 per pound, pork over $1.32, with prices up from June. Compared with a year ago beef similar, pork down about 10 cents. Steers averaged $40.30 per 100 pounds in July, hogs $45.76, up from June.
USDA analysis shows retail beef prices expected to rise gradually through 1977 while pork prices likely hold steady. Farm value for beef rose to 81.3 cents per pound in July from June, with middlemen absorbing part of the rise as the retail price edged up less than a cent. The report notes farm values for eggs poultry and fresh produce up, oilseed drops, and farmers’ share of the market basket down 1 percent versus last July.
A reader asks about conservative hemorrhoid treatment after a failed initial cure and potential need for surgery. Another asks if sperm extraction could aid artificial insemination after a vasectomy, with the response noting biopsy is not done for insemination and some sperm may be frozen. The column also covers chest pains warning signs, child exposure to estrogen, and salt substitutes for hypertension.
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