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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
Kansas state agencies filed requests totaling just over 3733 million for the 1970 fiscal year, about 69 million above the current year and a nine percent rise. General fund requests stand at 323 million, up 43 million or 13 percent, raising questions about efficiency and reform promised by Gov. Robert Docking.
A reader confesses charity fatigue from unsolicited appeals from across the country and abroad. He believes many causes are worthy but worries about worthiness and how to avoid overcommitting. He resents mailing lists and asks to be delisted as Christmas requests flood his mailbox.
A patient seeks help for 200 pound weight loss and asks about intestinal by-pass surgery. The doctor notes the procedure short-circuits the digestive tract and emphasizes that lasting success often requires psychiatric help to address compulsive eating and underlying neurosis.
The text discusses weight loss through bypass surgery and the need for hospital-based care with ongoing tests and possible future operations to restore digestion. It emphasizes reducing intake to lose weight, cautions against untransformed eating habits, and notes electroshock therapy can affect memory. The piece ends with a Bible trivia list and questions.
New York AP reports the pre holiday shopping period arrived with little fanfare as merchants brace for slimmed sales days, consumer mood dips, and lingering concerns over surtax, inflation, and Vietnam. Early openings and big credit availability may offset cautious spending.
The top pre Christmas TV line up features Ann Margret in a CBS special with cameo guests Danny Thomas Jack Benny and Bob Hope plus Perry Como in his sole year show. PBS airs a two hour birth and terminal cancer documentary while Miss Teenage America finals crown Melissa Babish in Pittsburgh.
New York columnist Hal Boyle riffs on daily life and trivia touching on snoring among 20 million Americans and teen spending, debt payments per household, seasickness, floors called stories, women's health gains from quitting smoking and Pap tests, quotes from notable figures, and Micronesia scrap metal as a top export after copra in the National Geographic report.
A dense TV log lists multiple channels with News Weather and a mix of game shows dramas and movies through late night. Notable items include Gunsmoke Perry Mason and The Avengers with various reruns and special programs.
A devotional prayer urges awareness of sin and its seriousness for individuals and nations. It asks for grace to recognize sinfulness and a desire to seek forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Auld Lang Syne recalls World War I medical news as trench foot is reported among soldiers on the Italian front for the first time in this war per the American medical service. Also noted is 50 years ago auctions where four fire horses and harnesses sold for 445 dollars with buyers George Rule and Oscar Lundberg acquiring two spans of horses.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly options. It notes editor Robert B. Wellington and states the Associated Press has exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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