01 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1976
Page
1
Editorial notes major steel companies raising prices effective today, predicting a six percent rise. The move alarms economists and could push costs for cars and appliances higher, with critics labeling steel firms as gouging the public. The President elect plans to ask for restraint in basic commodity price increases.
A speaker urges sending copies to union leaders and industry groups to plead for inflation relief. He argues inflation is a national cycle with no single culprit and credits government, especially federal cuts, as the key to lowering costs guiding steel prices and the economy.
A Missouri state hearing heard citizens denounce regionalism as an unwanted federal overreach that would usurp state authority. They blamed the Department of Health Education and Welfare for driving the trend, tying regionalism to federal dollars and increased bureaucratic regulation.
A reader asks about Osgood Schlatter disease in a 13-year-old and a 9-year-old girl, with x rays and blood tests, plus advice on injury links and cast treatment. The column then explains adrenal gland location and function, and covers bran’s gas potential, sprue, enlarged uterus, marijuana cancer risk, and a closing prayer.
Jim Bliss leads Telesensory Systems Inc., a Palo Alto company that reinvests most profits in research to aid the visually impaired. The Optacon reading device, a scanner and pin array, helps blind users read printed material and reach higher speeds. The firm also trains buyers and sells a talking calculator, aiming to lift blind workers into normal employment and boost tax revenue.
USDA data show farm prices declined 3 percent from Oct 16 to Nov 15 led by lower grain cattle hog prices and grapefruit. Eggs and soybeans cushioned the drop. Parity ratio dipped to 66 percent, the lowest since early 1933, while meat animal prices fell 3 percent.
NBC shifts strategy after ABC and CBS dominate with Bionic Woman Baretta and Charlie’s Angels. New shows include CPO Sharkey The McLean Stevenson Show and Sirota’s Court with Michael Constantine. Sirota’s Court features a humane night court judge and a budding romance with his clerk, while CPO Sharkey shows a gentler Navy chief amid a parade of gags.
A dense index of TV channels ABC NBC CBS PBS and local cable outlets outlining programs by time slot. It lists shows such as My Three Sons Sesame Street Brady Bunch The Tonight Show and News programs across channels 2 4 5 7 9 11 13 19 27 41 with special events and movie slots and multiple cross network entries for Wednesday.
Ottawa Herald details pricing for daily subscriptions with rates for trade area and outside trade area, including yearly and multi month options. Out of state subscribers are assessed a three percent sales tax.
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