28 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
1
Kansas highway program chaos shows lawmakers meddling in construction plans and priorities. Governors, attorneys general, and party rivalry shape funding, with courts potentially deciding the future of road building. Experts should lead rather than politicians.
Thousands complain to the Post Office Department about obscene mail while Congress weighs anti obscenity bills. The piece cites a best seller and a spoof claiming to be by Penelope Ashe and notes troop withdrawals from South Vietnam as context.
Washington AP reports atomic energy may power planetary grand tours and even an artificial heart. E. Eugene Fowler of the AEC cites four years and 5.5 million dollars for heart research, while Milton Klein argues for Nerva to fuel deep space flight.
A student and family weigh options after acceptance into a registered nursing program and an X-ray technician training. The writer cites concerns about potential sterility in radiology and expresses a love for children while seeking advice on career choice and future family plans.
Dr George C Thosteson outlines two useful fields for a medical career in pediatrics and radiology. Nursing offers steady demand in children s hospitals while X ray work promises challenge, safety training, and skilled interaction with anxious young patients.
In New York, regulators face new issues of reciprocity in corporate buying and minority stake purchases. Large firms seek to diversify by minority acquisitions, while regulators warn that these moves can limit competition. Also raised is stock market power concentration, with mutual funds potentially colluding across funds managed by the same firms, challenging competitive dynamics.
New York AP humor piece about a child starting kindergarten and the anxieties of his parents. It riffs on safeguards, teachers, and the child’s imagined trials in a light, witty tone. The boy Andrew faces advice and jokes from adults about school life and discipline.
In Little Rock Arkansas St Vincent Infirmary runs a child care center to lure nurses with preschool children. The program offers eight plus hours of care plus meals and a learning environment for up to 53 children at a daily fee of $2. Hospital administrator A Allen Weintraub says the center aims to enhance the environment and teaching for children while Dana Durst leads the effort as program director. The nursing shortage is nationwide with Arkansas ranking last in nurses per population.
A dense broadcast log lists the evening through early morning network programming across news, weather, sports, and a string of feature films and TV shows. Notable items include Flintstones, Daniel Boone, Dragnet, Barnaby films, Tonight and Merv Griffin, plus multiple soaps and game shows.
The Ottawa Herald confirms exclusive rights to publish its local news and Associated Press dispatches. The declaration emphasizes the newspaper’s control over its content and the use of AP material for publication.
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