31 Aug 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1972
Page
1
Garden City Kansas tried free Saturday downtown parking to attract shoppers but workers occupied prized spaces, hurting customers. Mayor warned the plan would end unless staff parked elsewhere, showing parking meters drive turnover and restrict space use.
Community effort shapes downtown parking as Ottawa moves from angle to wide-angle spaces. Fewer prime spots, but improved traffic flow and hoped reduction in collisions. City notes parking problems signal active business life and trade.
The article urges safer driving for the long weekend with National Safety Council predicting high fatalities. It advises observing speed limits and avoiding alcohol, noting higher risk at dusk and dark, and promotes wearing seat belts for all car occupants to improve survival odds.
President announced the draft will end by July 1 1973 and be replaced by an all volunteer defense force. Calls for eligible men will be minimized in the six months before the draft ends. No draftees are sent to Vietnam now as commitments in Europe decrease. The writer argues ending the draft sooner would better serve the country.
A reader writes that after each single drink her husband experiences a severe headache that appears the same evening or the following day. She seeks medical guidance on this reaction and its possible causes.
Readers seek medical guidance on cluster headaches linked to alcohol, eye floaters after cataract surgery, and kidney stone diets. Dr Thosteson explains causes and simple at home checks, noting alcohol avoidance may help cluster headaches, floaters are not cataract related, and diet varies by stone type with doctor-led testing.
A Des Moines AP report recalls a one week Nielsen ratings diary from a typical family. A 12 inch portable TV and a $100 investment started a process to record every watched program for a Nielsen representative. The narrator details the diary kit and the ritual of logging all viewing across the household.
The piece describes a family’s daily routine during a Nielsen diary study. It notes the diary as a “token” payment and a section on computer selection from households. It recounts late work hours, a wife adjusting her schedule, and five year old Suzanne following a regular day routine with breakfast and television viewing activities.
Television Log lists hourly daytime and prime time programming from 5:00 to 2:15 with shows including Sesame Street News Weather Mister Rogers and numerous daytime soaps sports specials and classic films. It notes channel lineups for News Weather Sports and entertainment programs along with station credits and subscription rates.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department shows baled hay cost $5 more per ton in August than a year earlier. Officials warn a smaller crop and regional shortages may drive higher roughage prices next winter, though no further estimates are issued yet.
J J Jim Yount and the Kansas Federation of Labor plan a six city tour through Liberal Dodge City Great Bend Hutchinson Phillipsburg and Concordia to push a family style farm against corporate farming The program stresses harmony between farmers and factory workers and notes the law allows only family farm corporations of 5000 acres or less and opposes organization of farm labor by outside unions.
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